Arthritis, Enthesitis, and Development of Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disease in Patients with PANS (Presented by Dr. Jenny Frankovich, Dr. Meiqian Ma, and Dr. Shreyas Vasanawala)
Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD
Division Chief of Pediatric Radiology, Associate Chair of Radiology
Radiologist-in-Chief for Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Shreyas Vasanawala is the William R. Brody Professor of Pediatric Radiology and Child Health and serves as Radiologist-in-Chief for Stanford Children’s Health and Chief of Pediatric Radiology at Stanford University. After completing undergraduate studies in mathematics at the California Institute of Technology, he pursued a medical degree and doctorate in biophysics at Stanford University, where his studies led to a resurgence of signal efficient methods in magnetic resonance imaging. After a surgical internship, a residency in radiology, and a fellowship in pediatric radiology, Dr. Vasanawala joined the faculty at Stanford University. He then focused on building the MRI programs at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and building the Division of Body MRI.
He leads a multidisciplinary research group focused on developing fast and quantitative pediatric medical imaging methods. The group’s efforts include development of new medical imaging hardware, new pediatric-friendly image acquisition methods, novel image reconstruction approaches, and unique strategies to image analysis. These endeavors have led to the first routine clinical translational deployment of high density pediatric specific MRI receiver coils, the first routine clinical use of innovative compressive sensing and deep learning medical image reconstruction methods, and the routine ability to obtain high resolution pediatric images with reduced anesthesia. Together, these efforts, and those of other pediatric radiology faculty, have contributed to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford becoming a leading pediatric MRI program internationally. With over 150 peer-reviewed publications and 25 patents, he has developed a deep collaborative network within Stanford and beyond.
Meiqian Ma, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Rheumatology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Ma is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology Rheumatology (AIR) at Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She completed her medical training at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She then went to Cohen Children’s Medical Center/Northwell Health to complete her training in pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology. Her research in fellowship focused on the validation of the 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Criteria Compared to the 1997 American College of Rheumatology Criteria and the 2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Criteria in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus . She joined the Stanford PANS Program in July 2020.