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Ryan Peterson

  • Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Associate Professor
  • ryan.peterson@emory.edu
  • @RyanBPetersonMD
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Overview

Dr. Peterson obtained his medical degree from University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis Tennessee in 2009 and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Emory University in Atlanta in 2014. After a year long Neuroradiology fellowship at Emory, he continued on as an Assistant Professor in the division of Emergency and Trauma Imaging (ETI). After two years in ETI, he returned to the division of Neuroradiology. Dr. Peterson has served as the clinical site director for Neuroradiology and Assistant Chief of Service at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlantas only ACS-verified level 1 trauma center and one of the leaders in stroke related care in the Southeast. He holds a subspecialty certificate in Neuroradiology and is currently an Associate Professor.

Dr. Peterson is a Neuroradiologist focused on resident and medical student education with clinical interests in neurotrauma and general neuroradiology. He is the Program Director for the Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Associate Program Director for the Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency. He is the former Associate Program director for the Transitional Year Internship and faculty advisor for the Clinical Education Track (CET) residents in radiology. He routinely lectures medical students during their CORE clerkships in Neurology. His current interests include radiology education tools, resident curriculum/education development, stroke, infectious disease of CNS and neurotrauma.

Academic Appointment

  • Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Associate Program Director, Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Associate Professor, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
  • BS Microbiology from Brigham Young University, Provo

Research

Publications

  • Large Language Model Use in Radiology Residency Applications: Unwelcomed but Inevitable.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 22 Page(s): 33 - 40
    01/01/2025 Authors: Gordon EB; Maxfield CM; French R; Fish LJ; Romm J; Barre E; Kinne E; Peterson R; Grimm LJ
  • Welcome Back! How the New Oral Examination Will Change Radiology Education.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 21 Page(s): 1813 - 1815
    11/01/2024 Authors: Deitte LA; Huang JJ; Morgan DE; Peterson RB
  • The Influence of Extracurricular Activities on Radiology Resident Selection Decisions.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 21 Page(s): 949 - 958
    06/01/2024 Authors: Maxfield CM; Montano-Campos JF; Gould J; Koontz NA; Milburn J; Omofoye T; Peterson R; Seekins J; Grimm L
  • Training the New Radiologists: Approaches for Education.
    Semin Ultrasound CT MR Volume: 45 Page(s): 139 - 151
    04/01/2024 Authors: Penn L; Golden ED; Tomblinson C; Sugi M; Nickerson JP; Peterson RB; Tigges S; Kennedy TA
  • Streaming Success: Harnessing Social Media for Dynamic Radiology Education.
    Curr Probl Diagn Radiol Volume: 53 Page(s): 335 - 340
    01/01/2024 Authors: Kadom N; Peterson RB
  • Unintended Consequence: Diversity as a Casualty of Eliminating United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 Scores.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 20 Page(s): 1177 - 1187
    11/01/2023 Authors: Campos FM; Grimm LJ; Maxfield CM; Radiology Residency Education Research Alliance
  • Conquering Educational Mountains: Maintaining a Radiology Clinical Education Track.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 20 Page(s): 364 - 368
    03/01/2023 Authors: Peterson RB; Tuburan S; Ho C; Awan O; Mendoza DP; Mullins ME
  • PRES and RCVS: Two Distinct Entities or a Spectrum of the Same Disease?
    J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis Volume: 31 Page(s): 106472
    06/01/2022 Authors: Jeanneret V; Jillella DV; Rangaraju S; Groover O; Peterson R; Koneru S; Nahab F; Kase CS
  • Evolving Radiology Trainee Neuroimaging Workloads: A National Medicare Claims-based Analysis.
    Acad Radiol Volume: 29 Suppl 3 Page(s): S215 - S221
    03/01/2022 Authors: Allen JW; Peterson RB; Hughes DR; Hemingway J; Rula EY; Rubin E; Duszak R
  • Developing a Resident-led First-year Radiology Resident Lecture Series.
    Curr Probl Diagn Radiol Volume: 51 Page(s): 434 - 437
    01/01/2022 Authors: Dolan RS; Theriot D; Mendoza D; Ho C; Mullins ME; Peterson RB
  • Imaging Intracranial Aneurysms in the Endovascular Era: Surveillance and Posttreatment Follow-up.
    Radiographics Volume: 42 Page(s): 789 - 805
    01/01/2022 Authors: Chung CY; Peterson RB; Howard BM; Zygmont ME
  • Automated Processing of Head CT Perfusion Imaging for Ischemic Stroke Triage: A Practical Guide to Quality Assurance and Interpretation.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 217 Page(s): 1401 - 1416
    12/01/2021 Authors: Chung CY; Hu R; Peterson RB; Allen JW
  • Factors Influential in the Selection of Radiology Residents in the Post-Step 1 World: A Discrete Choice Experiment.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 18 Page(s): 1572 - 1580
    11/01/2021 Authors: Maxfield CM; Montano-Campos JF; Chapman T; Desser TS; Ho CP; Hull NC; Kelly HR; Kennedy TA; Koontz NA; Knippa EE
  • "Failing Up" on Social Media-Finding Opportunities in Moments of #Fail.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 18 Page(s): 531 - 533
    03/01/2021 Authors: Gadde JA; Peterson RB; Koontz NA
  • Misleading Public Statements About COVID-19.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 18 Page(s): 6 - 7
    01/01/2021 Authors: Meltzer CC; Wiggins RH; Mossa-Basha M; Palasis S; Russell E; Mikulis D; Rhyner P; Anderson J; Peterson RB; Smirniotopoulos J
  • PET and SPECT Imaging of Epilepsy: Technical Considerations, Pathologies, and Pitfalls.
    Semin Ultrasound CT MR Volume: 41 Page(s): 551 - 561
    12/01/2020 Authors: Kuruva M; Moncayo VM; Peterson RB
  • Clinical Reasoning: A 62-year-old man with history of catheter ablation presenting with recurrent strokes.
    Neurology Volume: 95 Page(s): e3065 - e3069
    12/01/2020 Authors: Jeanneret V; Peterson RB; Kase CS
  • Cytotoxic Lesion of the Corpus Callosum in an Adolescent with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome and SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 41 Page(s): 2017 - 2019
    11/01/2020 Authors: Lin J; Lawson EC; Verma S; Peterson RB; Sidhu R
  • Winter Is Here: A Case Study in Updating the Neuroradiology Didactic Curriculum Through a Gamification of Thrones Solution.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 17 Page(s): 1485 - 1490
    11/01/2020 Authors: Wu X; Peterson RB; Gadde JA; Baugnon KL; Mullins ME; Allen JW
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting as Trigeminal Neuralgia: 2 Case Reports and Review of the Literature.
    World Neurosurg Volume: 139 Page(s): 298 - 308
    07/01/2020 Authors: Brown EC; Texakalidis P; Stedelin B; Tora MS; Rindler RS; Grossberg JA; Peterson RB; Campbell M; Cetas JS; Boulis NM
  • Ischemic Infarction in Young Adults: A Review for Radiologists.
    Radiographics Volume: 39 Page(s): 1629 - 1648
    10/01/2019 Authors: McCarty JL; Leung LY; Peterson RB; Sitton CW; Sarraj A; Riascos RF; Brinjikji W
  • Skull Base-related Lesions at Routine Head CT from the Emergency Department: Pearls, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned.
    Radiographics Volume: 39 Page(s): 1161 - 1182
    01/01/2019 Authors: Bello HR; Graves JA; Rohatgi S; Vakil M; McCarty J; Van Hemert RL; Geppert S; Peterson RB
  • The Effects of Fatigue From Overnight Shifts on Radiology Search Patterns and Diagnostic Performance.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 15 Page(s): 1709 - 1716
    12/01/2018 Authors: Hanna TN; Zygmont ME; Peterson R; Theriot D; Shekhani H; Johnson J-O; Krupinski EA
  • Cultivating Future Radiology Educators: Development and Implementation of a Clinician-Educator Track for Residents.
    Acad Radiol Volume: 25 Page(s): 1227 - 1231
    09/01/2018 Authors: Mendoza D; Peterson R; Ho C; Harri P; Baumgarten D; Mullins ME
  • Internal auditory canal meningocele-perilabyrinthine/translabyrinthine fistula: Case report and imaging.
    Laryngoscope Volume: 126 Page(s): 1931 - 1934
    08/01/2016 Authors: Truesdale CM; Peterson RB; Hudgins PA; Vivas EX
  • Fluoroscopic-guided lumbar puncture: fluoroscopic time and implications of body mass index--a baseline study.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 35 Page(s): 1475 - 1480
    08/01/2014 Authors: Boddu SR; Corey A; Peterson R; Saindane AM; Hudgins PA; Chen Z; Wang X; Applegate KE
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