## Methodologist & Data Manager ## ---------- **Eric Lam, BSc, MSc.** ![][1] Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON. Email: erlam@ohri.ca **Brief Biography** Eric Lam is a Methodologist in the OHRI Clinical Epidemiology Program. He completed a BSc. with Specialization in Statistics and a MSc. in Mathematics and Statistics with Specialization in Bioinformatics at the University of Ottawa (2021). His focus, as part of a multi-disciplinary team with Dr. Matthew McInnes, is meta-analysis research of individual participant data to improve the diagnostic accuracy of the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma. **For all data sharing and project detail inquiries, please contact Eric Lam (erlam@ohri.ca).** ---------- ## LI-RADS IPD Group Executives ## ---------- **Matthew DF McInnes, MD PhD. FRCPC.** ![][2] Abdominal Radiologist, The Ottawa Hospital Professor of Radiology and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa Scientist, OHRI Clinical Epidemiology Program Co-Chair LI-RADS Research and Evidence Working Group Member of the LI-RADS Steering Committee and Writing Group. [Google Scholar][3] | Email: mmcinnes@toh.ca **Brief Biography** Dr. McInnes completed his radiology training at the University of Toronto in 2006, followed by a 1 year clinical fellowship at the University Health Network at the University of Toronto in Abdominal Imaging. He is a Professor of Radiology and Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa and works as a Radiologist in the divisions of Abdominal and Chest radiology in the Department of Medical Imaging at the Ottawa Hospital. He is a Scientist in the OHRI Clinical Epidemiology program. He completed a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Amsterdam (2018). ---------- **Mustafa R. Bashir MD.** ![][5] Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. [Google Scholar][6] | Email: mustafa.bashir@duke.edu **Brief Biography** Dr. Bashir is an abdominal radiologist and Professor and Associate Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Radiology at Duke University. He specializes in hepatobiliary imaging, particularly with CT and MRI. His research interests include screening and diagnosis of primary liver cancer as well as metabolic diseases affecting the abdomen. He further co-chairs the LI-RADS Evidence and Research Working Group, which is focused on developing new evidence to improve the performance and broaden the scope of LI-RADS. ---------- **Christian B. van der Pol, MD FRCPC.** ![][7] Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University. [Google Scholar][8] | Email: vanderpolc@hhsc.ca **Brief Biography** Dr. van der Pol is an abdominal radiologist at McMaster University with an interest in hepatobiliary imaging who is building expertise around liver cancer diagnosis. His academic interests include diagnostic imaging accuracy research and evidence synthesis research focused on study methodology, reporting, data curation and bias assessment. He has published several relevant studies including a study-level systematic review on the diagnostic performance of LI-RADS, and more recently two LI-RADS Individual Patient Data (IPD) meta-analyses using the current database. ---------- **Andreu F. Costa, MD, MSc, FRCPC.** ![][9] Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Victoria General Building, 3rd floor, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Y9. [Google Scholar][10] | Email: Andreu.Costa@nshealth.ca **Brief Biography** Dr. Andreu Costa is an abdominal radiologist at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University. He is a graduate of Queen’s University (Engineering Physics), the University of Western Ontario (Master’s in Medical Biophysics), the University of Ottawa (medical doctorate and radiology residency), and the University of Toronto (Abdominal Imaging fellowship at the University Health Network). Dr. Costa specializes in hepatopancreaticobiliary and oncologic imaging. His research focuses on diagnostic performance, clinical guidelines, and quality improvement. ---------- ## LI-RADS IPD Group Trainees ## ---------- **Haben Dawit, BSc, MSc. - MD Candidate** ![][11] Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Email: haben.dawit@mail.utoronto.ca **Brief Biography** Haben is a first-year medical student at the University of Toronto. He completed his undergraduate degree in Translational and Molecular Medicine, before pursuing his master’s degree in Epidemiology, both at the University of Ottawa. He conducted his thesis under the supervision of Dr. Matthew McInnes, where he evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of pre-operative imaging in renal cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. His primary research interests are in diagnostic test accuracy studies, research guidelines, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses. ---------- **Robert Adamo, BSc, MA, MSc. - MD Candidate** ![][12] The University of Ottawa. Email: r.adamo@uottawa.ca ---------- **Stacy Goins, BA. – MD Candidate (MS4)** ![][13] Duke University School of Medicine. Email: stacy.goins@duke.edu **Brief Biography** Stacy completed her undergraduate education at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, where she studied Molecular Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in Mathematics. After graduating Summa Cum Laude and being awarded Phi Beta Kappa during her junior year, she was a Math Teaching Fellow at Noble & Greenough School in Dedham, MA, where she taught Geometry and Algebra II, and coached volleyball and ice hockey. Since beginning medical school at Duke, she has developed a passion for imaging and her research interests include LI-RADS and gender inequity in the radiology field. ---------- **Emily Claire Lerner, PhD, MHS - MD Candidate** ![][14] Duke University School of Medicine Email: emily.sherber@duke.edu **Brief Biography** Emily is an MD/PhD candidate at Duke University School of Medicine in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her major areas of study include mechanisms of resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy and antigen independent anti-tumor immunity. ---------- **Nicole Abedrabbo, MS3** ![][15] Duke University School of Medicine Email: nicole.abedrabbo@duke.edu **Brief Biography** Nicole completed her undergraduate education at the University of Central Florida, where she studied Health Sciences- A pre-clinical track. After graduating Summa Cum Laude, she worked as an EMS first responder and pastry chef instructor. Since beginning medical school at Duke, she has developed a love for radiology and has a specific interest in hepatobiliary imaging and oncology in relation to diagnostic accuracy and prognosis. ---------- **Jean-Paul Salameh, MD, BSc, MSc.** ![][16] Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa Email: jeanp0409@gmail.com ---------- **Haresh Naringrekar, MD RPVI** Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology Assistant Program Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, United States Email: haresh.naringrekar@jefferson.edu ---------- **Mostafa Alabousi, MD FRCPC** Staff Radiologist Brampton Civic Hospital, William Osler Health System Email: mostafa.alabousi@medportal.ca ---------- **Diana Kadi, MD** ![][17] Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA Email: diana.kadi@duke.edu ---------- **Hoda Osman, BSc, MSc candidate** ![][4] School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa. **Brief biography** Hoda is a 1st year MSc Epidemiology student at the University of Ottawa, under the supervision of Dr. McInnes. She completed her undergraduate degree in Translational and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa, where she conducted her honours thesis at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. ---------- ## LI-RADS Steering Committee Liaisons ## ---------- **Victoria Chernyak, MD MS.** Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Email: vichka17@hotmail.com **Dr. Kathryn J Fowler, MD** Department of Radiology, Scripps Medical Group, San Diego, CA Email: kathryn.jane.fowler@gmail.com ---------- ## LI-RADS IPD Methodologic Advisors ## ---------- **Brooke Levis, PhD.** Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2. Email: brooke.levis@gmail.com ---------- ## LI-RADS IPD Contributing Authors ## ---------- Mustafa R. Bashir MD. Brian C. Allen, MD Lauren M. B. Burke, MD Jin-Young Choi, MD, PhD Sang Hyun Choi, MD Tyler J. Fraum, MD Alice Gianperoli, MD Hanyu Jiang, MD Ijin Joo, MD Zhen Kang, MD Andrea S. Kierans, MD Hyo-Jin Kang, MD Gaurav Khatri, MD Jung Hoon Kim, MD Myeong-Jin Kim, MD, PhD So Yeon Kim, MD Yeun-Yoon Kim, MD Heejin Kwon, MD Jeong Min Lee, MD Sara C. Lewis, MD Katrina A, McGinty, MD Lorrenzo Mulazzani, MD Mi-Suk Park, MD Fabio Piscaglia, MD Joanna Podgórska, MD Cäcilia S. Reiner, MD Maxime Ronot, MD, PhD Grzegorz Rosiak, MD, PhD Bin Song, MD Ji Soo Song, MD An Tang, MD Eleonora Terzi, MD Jin Wang, MD Wei Wang, MD Stephanie R. 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