Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD

Vikas Gulani
Fred Jenner Hodges Professor of Radiology
Chair, Department of Radiology
Professor of Radiology, Medical School
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
Michigan Medicine
Radiology
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5030
[email protected]
Available to mentor
Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD
Vikas Gulani
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  • About

    Dr. Vikas Gulani is the Fred J. Hodges Professor, Chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan, and co-Director of the Michigan Institute of Imaging Technology and Translation (MIITT). He is committed to a collaborative, diverse, and friendly work environment where people are valued above all else, and yet clinical, research, and teaching excellence is expected. He trained in Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and then did his MD and PhD at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After Internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois, he completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology and fellowship training in Body MRI from the University of Michigan, and also a postdoctoral year in Physics at the University of Würzburg in Germany. His clinical interests are abdominal and pelvic MRI, and MRI guided intervention. Research interests are diverse and include the same, plus MRI technology development and translation, quantitative MRI, fast MRI, amongst other areas.

    Qualifications

    • MD
      University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign 801 South Wright Stret, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, United States
      1994 - 2000
    • PhD, Physiology (Biophysics)
      University of Illinois, 801 South Wright Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, United States
      1994 - 1998
    • MS
      University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 801 South Wright Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, United States
      1991 - 1994
    • BS, Chemical Engineering
      University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
      1987 - 1991

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Center for Global Health Equity

    Research Overview

    MRI technology development and translation
    Quantitative MRI
    Accessible MRI
    Fast MRI
    MRI guided intervention
    Relaxometry
    MRI acquisitions and reconstruction techniques
    Abdominal and Pelvic MRI
    Prostate MRI
    Liver MRI
    Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for imaging data analysis
    Value of imaging
    Workplace resilience
    Workplace culture

    Recent Publications

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    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      IP08-17 CHARACTERIZATION OF NORMAL BLADDER PARAMETERS USING 3D MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING
      Ippolito GM, Ozkan M, Gulani V, Sarma A, Cameron AP, Wells S, Hamilton J. Journal of Urology, 2026 Apr 30; 215 (5S): e186 DOI:10.1097/01.ju.0001191312.43845.bb.17
    • Journal Article
      LoRA fine‑tuning of a small 3B LLM for clinical information extraction and five‑year survival prediction in bladder cancer
      Day R, Hadjiiski L, Sun D, Chan H-P, Caoili E, Cohan RH, Alva A, Bruno G, Zhou C, Gulani V. 2026 Apr 30; 14 - 14. DOI:10.1117/12.3087747
    • Journal Article
      A Step Closer to the Promise of Quantitative MRI for Prostate Cancer
      Margolis DJA, Gulani V. Radiology, 2026 Apr 1; 319 (1): e260545 DOI:10.1148/radiol.260545
      PMID: 41944720
    • Journal Article
      Removal of Mini-Sling Anchor With Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Site Marking With Methylene Blue.
      Shih S, Maturen K, Skeith A, Wells S, Chenevert T, Gulani V, Morgan DM. O G Open, 2026 Apr; 3 (2): e163 DOI:10.1097/og9.0000000000000163
      PMID: PMC12999148
    • Journal Article
      Learning neuroimaging models from health system-scale data
      Lyu Y, Harake S, Chowdury A, Banerjee S, Gologorsky R, Liu S, Meissner AK, Rao A, Zhao C, Kondepudi A, Jiang C, Hou X, Joshi RS, Neuschmelting V, Srinivasan A, Kleindorfer D, Athey B, Gulani V, Pandey A, Lee H, Hollon T. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2026 Jan 1; DOI:10.1038/s41551-025-01608-0
      PMID: 41652068
    • Journal Article
      Global Cancer Imaging Access: Addressing Barriers and Harnessing Innovations.
      Hussain HK, Rajeev R, DeStigter KK, Gulani V. Radiol Imaging Cancer, 2025 Nov; 7 (6): e250019 DOI:10.1148/rycan.250019
      PMID: 41134140
    • Preprint
      Learning neuroimaging models from health system-scale data
      Lyu Y, Harake S, Chowdury A, Banerjee S, Gologorsky R, Liu S, Meissner A-K, Rao A, Zhao C, Kondepudi A, Jiang C, Hou X, Joshi RS, Neuschmelting V, Srinivasan A, Kleindorfer D, Athey B, Gulani V, Pandey A, Lee H, Hollon T. 2025 Sep 25; arXiv, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2509.18638
    • Journal Article
      Learning neuroimaging models from health system–scale data
      Lyu Y, Harake S, Banerjee S, Gologorsky R, Liu S, Meissner A-K, Akshay R, Zhao C, Kondepudi A, JIang C, Hou X, Joshi R, Neuschmelting V, Srinivasan A, Kleindorfer D, Athey B, Gulani V, Pandey, M.D. A, Hollon T. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2025 Oct 9; DOI:10.1038/s41551-025-XXXX-X

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