Roozbeh Houshyar

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Clinical Professor, Radiological Sciences
School of Medicine
Vice Chair of Imaging Informatics, Radiological Sciences
School of Medicine
Director of Clinical Trials Imaging Core Lab
MD: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies (2006)
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, Abdominal Imaging (2013)
Residency: Tufts Affiliate - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, Diagnostic Radiology (2012)
Phone: (714) 456-6921
Email: rhoushya@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive South, Rt. 140
Mail Code: 5005
Orange, CA 92868
Research Interests
Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Artificial intelligence in Medicine
Academic Distinctions
Radiology teacher of the year, 2015-2016 UCI, Department of Radiology
Magna Cum Laude Award, 2016, Society of Abdominal Radiology, Composite Tumors in Abdominal Imaging Radiologic and Pathologic Correlation
Cum Laude Award, 2017, Society of Body Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, Combining Four Kallikrein Panel and PI-RADSv2 to Predict Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
Top Doctor- Orange County, 2019-2023. Orange County California. https://www.orangecoast.com/guide/topdoctors/roozbeh-houshyar/
Super Doctors – Rising Stars – 2019-2022. Los Angeles Region. https://bit.ly/2SeAucq
Publications
Rao S, Glavis-Bloom J, Bui TL, Afzali K, Bansal R, Carbone J, Fateri C, Roth B, Chan W, Kakish D, Cortes G, Wang P, Meraz J, Chantaduly C, Chow DS, Chang PD, Houshyar R. Artificial Intelligence for Improved Hepatosplenomegaly Diagnosis. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2023 May 12. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2023.05.005.
Fateri C, Roth B, Rao S, Peta A, Danza C, Wignarajah S, Park SM, Kar N, Houshyar R, Landman J. Evaluation of a novel Re-VASC score to differentiate malignant and benign T1a renal masses. Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, no. 16_suppl (June 01, 2023) e16548-e16548. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e16548
Roth B, Kampalath R, Nakashima K, Shieh S, Bui TL, Houshyar R. Revenue and Cost Analysis of a System Utilizing Natural Language Processing and a Nurse Coordinator for Radiology Follow-up Recommendations. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2023 May 13. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2023.05.008.
Dayyani F, Lee W, Houshyar R, Fountain P. Rapid and Deep Response to Lorlatinib in Pancreatic High Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma with a Treatment Emergent Novel KANK1-ALK Fusion. JCO Precision Oncology. 2022 Nov. https://doi.org/10.1200/po.22.00230

Han E, Bansal R, *Houshyar R, Glavis-Bloom J. Ruptured endometrioma in a nonpregnant patient: a case report. Eurorad November 2022. https://doi.org/10.35100/eurorad/case.17938

Young H, Bui TL, Cramer SE, O’Connell R, *Houshyar R. Ruptured endometrioma in a nonpregnant patient: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 16, 161 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03361-3

Kampalath R, Roth B, Nakashima K, Lee S, *Houshyar R, Shieh S. The Incidental Findings Coordinator: How a Radiology Nurse can Add Value and Promote Patient Safety. Journal of Radiology Nursing. 2022 Feb 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jradnu.2021.12.007

Sasani A, Bui TL, O’Connell R, Hyoung O, *Houshyar R. Incidental diagnosis of asymptomatic gastric metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. Eurorad April 2022. https://doi.org/10.35100/eurorad/case.17687

Rupasinghe M, Houshyar R, Chahine C, Bui, TL, Glavis-Bloom J, Cheng C, Tseng J. (2021). A 61-year-old woman with jejunal lymphatic malformation visualized on computed tomography: a case report. Journal of medical case reports, 15(1), 302. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-
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Glavis-Bloom J, Houshyar R, Ushinsky A, Liu H, Bui T, Bardis M, Fujimoto DK, Grant WA, Golshan-Momeni M, Burns JE. Musculoskeletal Findings on Prostate MRI: Beyond Metastases. Appl Radiol. 2020;49(2):21-28.

Chao T, Glavis-Bloom J, Fanucci L, Bryan T, Houshyar R. Severe COVID-19 Infection in Young Patient with Hypertension on ACE inhibitor. Eurorad 2020. https://www.eurorad.org/case/16669

Tran J, Glavis-Bloom J, Bryan T, Harding Karen T, Chahine C, Houshyar R. COVID-19 patient presenting with initial gastrointestinal symptoms. Eurorad 2020;16554. https://www.eurorad.org/case/16654

Westphalen, AC, McCulloch, CE, Anaokar, JM, Arora, S, Barashi, NS, … Houshyar, R, et. al. Variability of the Positive Predictive Value of PI-RADS for Prostate MRI across 26 Centers: Experience of the Society of Abdominal Radiology Prostate Cancer Disease-focused Panel. Radiology(2020): 190646. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020190646
Professional Societies
Radiologic Society of North America
American Roentgen Ray Society
Society of Abdominal Imaging
Society of Abdominal Radiology
Last updated
01/09/2024