Pablo Jose Abbona

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HS Associate Clinical Professor; Chief of Pediatric Radiology, Radiological Sciences
School of Medicine
MD: National University of Cuyo - Mendoza, Argentina (1999)
Fellowship: Radnet, Los Angeles, Musculoskeletal Imaging (2019)
Fellowship: David Geffen School of Medicine - UCLA, Cardiovascular Imaging and Acute Care Imaging (2008)
Fellowship: David Geffen School of Medicine - UCLA, Pediatric Radiology (2007)
Fellowship: David Geffen School of Medicine - UCLA, Vascular and Interventional Radiology (2006)
Residency: Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata, Argentina, Diagnostic Radiology (2004)
Phone: (714) 456-6921
Email: pabbona@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive South
Bldg. 1, Rt. 140
Mail Code: 5005
Orange, CA 92868
Publications
Choy N, Wang S, Abbona P, Leffler D, Kimonis V. Severe cardiomyopathy associated with the VCP p.R155C and c.177_187del MYBPC3 gene variants. Eur J Med Genet. 2022 Jun;65(6):104480. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104480. Epub 2022 Mar 16. PMID: 35306227.

Zhao Y, Hubbard L, Malkasian S, Abbona P, Molloi S. Contrast timing optimization of a two-volume dynamic CT pulmonary perfusion technique. Sci Rep. 2022 May 17;12(1):8212. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12016-8. PMID: 35581304; PMCID: PMC9114423.

Abbona P, Zhao Y, Hubbard L, Malkasian S, Flynn B, Molloi S. Absolute cerebral blood flow: assessment with a novel low-radiation-dose dynamic CT perfusion technique in a swine model. Journal of Neuroradiology. Accepted on Oct 2021.

Hubbard L, Malkasian S, Zhao Y, Abbona P, Molloi S. Combining perfusion and angiography with a low-dose cardiac CT technique: a preliminary investigation in a swine model. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 May;37(5):1767-1779. doi: 10.1007/s10554-020-02130-x. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33506345; PMCID: PMC8105235.

Malkasian S, Hubbard L, Abbona P, Dertli B, Kwon J, Molloi S. Vessel-specific coronary perfusion territories using a CT angiogram with a minimum cost path technique and its direct comparison to the American Heart Association 17-segment model. Eur Radiol. 2020 Jun;30(6):3334-3345. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06697-w. Epub 2020 Feb 18. PMID: 32072257; PMCID: PMC7416454.

Zhao Y, Hubbard L, Malkasian S, Abbona P, Molloi S. Dynamic pulmonary CT perfusion using first-pass analysis technique with only two volume scans: Validation in a swine model. PLoS One. 2020 Feb 12;15(2): e0228110.

Hubbard L, Malkasian S, Zhao Y, Abbona P, Kwon J, Molloi S. Low-Radiation-Dose Stress Myocardial Perfusion Measurement Using First-Pass Analysis Dynamic Computed Tomography: A Preliminary Investigation in a Swine Model. Invest Radiol. 2019 Dec;54(12):774-780.

Hubbard L, Malkasian S, Zhao Y, Abbona P, Molloi S. Contrast-to-noise-ratio optimization in coronary computed tomography angiography: validation in a swine model. Academic Radiology Journal. 2019 Jun;26(6): e115-e125.

Hubbard L, Abbona P, Malkasian S, Zhao Y, Molloi S. Timing optimization of low-dose prospective dynamic computed tomography perfusion: validation in a swine model. European Radiology Experimental Journal. 2019 Apr 3;3(1):16.

For full list of publications, please click on the link above.
Professional Societies
American Heart Association (AHA)
The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Society of Pediatric Radiology (SPR)
Last updated
04/12/2023