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Brandon Fields, MD

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Title(s)RESIDENT, Radiology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address185 Berry Street Bldg B, #B20
San Francisco CA 94107
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    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA06/2026Residency, Diagnostic Radiology
    Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA06/2022Internship, Transitional Year
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CAM.D.05/2021Medicine
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, COB.A.05/2014Integrative Physiology
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, COB.M.05/2014Classical Guitar Performance
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    Radiological Society of North America2025Honored Educator Award
    Radiology: Imaging Cancer2025Editor's Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
    Best In California Magazine Doctor Edition2025Top Doctor
    Radiology: Imaging Cancer2024Editor's Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
    Best In California Magazine Doctor Edition2023Top Doctor
    Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego2022 26th Annual Sue Geller Medical Arts Award
    Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego202226th Annual Jack Geller Research Award for Best Original Investigation Oral Presentation
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 2021Award for Academic Excellence for Years I-IV (Valedictorian)
    University of Southern California2021Elected to the Order of Arête
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California2021Graduation "with Highest Distinction"
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California2021 Graduation with Distinction in Research
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California2020Dean’s Recognition Year III/IV Continuum
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California2020 Elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California2020Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha
    University of Colorado Boulder College of Arts & Sciences2014Outstanding Graduate of the College (Valedictorian)
    University of Colorado Boulder College of Arts & Sciences2014Summa cum laude, Department of Integrative Physiology
    University of Colorado Boulder College of Music2014Graduation "with Highest Honors", Classical Guitar Performance
    University of Colorado Boulder College of Music2013Elected to Pi Kappa Lambda (national honor society for music)
    University of Colorado Boulder Chapter2012Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award
    University of Colorado Boulder College of Arts & Sciences2011Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

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    Brandon K.K. Fields, M.D., is a radiology resident at the University of California, San Francisco. A Colorado native, he earned his undergraduate degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder in Integrative Physiology and Classical Guitar Performance in 2014, and his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in 2021. His research interests include investigating quantitative imaging and machine learning applications for tumor characterization and treatment response.
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    Emergency imaging protocols for pregnant patients: a multi-institutional and multi-specialty comparison of resident education
    American Society of Emergency Radiology Kathirkamanathan Shanmuganathan Research GrantSep 29, 2020 - Oct 19, 2022
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Treatment Response Assessment in Soft Tissue Sarcomas Using MRI-based Texture Analysis
    Radiological Society of North America RMS#1909 Research Medical Student GrantJun 1, 2019 - Jun 1, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Q-MRI) for the Assessment of Soft-tissue Sarcoma Necrosis, Viable Tumor Volume, and Treatment Response with Comparison to Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
    Canon Medical Systems, USA/Radiological Society of North America RMS#1810 Research Medical Student GrantJun 1, 2018 - Jun 1, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Impact of Contrast-enhanced Mammography on Positive Predictive Value in Patients Recommended for Biopsy after Standard-of-Care Diagnostic Imaging. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025 Nov; 7(6):e259031. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 41201350; PMCID: PMC12670037.
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    2. Impact of a Resident-Driven Quality Improvement Project on Incidental Thyroid Nodule Follow-up-A Single Center Study. Acad Radiol. 2025 Dec; 32(12):7187-7192. Bonham LW, Mendez JD, Zhou AL, Fields BKK, Ibrahim II, Sohn JH, Barkovich MJ, Cha S. PMID: 41073177.
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    3. An MRI Histopathology-based Deep Learning Approach for the Classification of Prostate Cancer. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025 Sep; 7(5):e250466. Fields BKK, Hassan OT. PMID: 40970800; PMCID: PMC12492438.
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    4. Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Radiology: Summary of the 2024 Intersociety Summer Conference. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Nov; 22(11):1417-1422. Bruno MA, Grimm L, Pang LJ, Bezold A, Fields BKK, Baird GL, Smetherman D, Coombs L, Rawson JV, Wald C, Hublall RV, Schwartz ES, Chang PJ, Lexa FJ. PMID: 40754127.
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    5. RSNA Medical Student Task Force: A Success Story in Medical Student Initiatives. Radiographics. 2025 07; 45(7):e240253. Anderson JK, Chang B, Fields BKK, Albasha H, Gupta Y. PMID: 40504732.
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    6. Imaging of gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. Radiology: Imaging Cancer Podcasts. 2025. Fields BKK (Host), Holter-Chakrabarty J. View Publication.
    7. MRI-based Supplemental Screening Improves Cancer Detection in Patients with Mammographically Dense Breast Tissue. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025 Mar; 7(2):e259004. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 40052894; PMCID: PMC11966540.
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    8. Association of Clinical and US Features with Malignancy of Breast Tumors: Investigating Shear-Wave Elastography and Radiomics. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025 Jan; 7(1):e249028. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 39704667; PMCID: PMC11791662.
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    9. Conventional radiography for the assessment of focal bone lesions of the appendicular skeleton: fundamental concepts in the modern imaging era. Skeletal Radiol. 2025 Jul; 54(7):1391-1406. Matcuk GR, Waldman LE, Fields BKK, Colangeli M, Palmas M, Righi A, Filonzi G, Crombé A, Spinnato P. PMID: 39718620; PMCID: PMC12078366.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Editorial: Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for the imaging of bone and soft tissue tumors. Front Radiol. 2024; 4:1523389. Fields BKK, Varghese BA, Matcuk GR. PMID: 39742350; PMCID: PMC11685185.
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    11. Correction to: Emergency imaging protocols for pregnant patients: a multiinstitutional and multi- specialty comparison of physician education. Emerg Radiol. 2024 Dec; 31(6):943. Eibschutz L, Lu MY, Jannatdoust P, Judd AC, Justin CA, Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Rehani M, Reddy S, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 39535652; PMCID: PMC11625051.
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    12. Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for the imaging of bone and soft tissue tumors. 2024. Fields BKK, Matcuk GR Jr, Varghese BA, eds. View Publication.
    13. Emergency imaging protocols for pregnant patients: a multi-institutional and multi- specialty comparison of physician education. Emerg Radiol. 2024 Dec; 31(6):851-866. Eibschutz L, Lu MY, Jannatdoust P, Judd AC, Justin CA, Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Rehani M, Reddy S, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 39400643; PMCID: PMC11625072.
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    14. Navigating a Radiology Conference: A Comprehensive Guide for Learners. Acad Radiol. 2025 Jan; 32(1):577-582. Mittal A, Fields BKK, Choe AI, McGillen K. PMID: 39366803.
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    15. Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for the imaging of bone and soft tissue tumors. Front Radiol. 2024; 4:1332535. Sabeghi P, Kinkar KK, Castaneda GDR, Eibschutz LS, Fields BKK, Varghese BA, Patel DB, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 39301168; PMCID: PMC11410694.
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    16. Factors Influencing Probably Benign (BI-RADS 3) Radiologist Assessment at Diagnostic Mammography. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2024 Sep; 6(5):e249021. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 39330925; PMCID: PMC11443468.
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    17. The University of California San Francisco Adult Longitudinal Post-Treatment Diffuse Glioma MRI Dataset. Radiol Artif Intell. 2024 07; 6(4):e230182. Fields BKK, Calabrese E, Mongan J, Cha S, Hess CP, Sugrue LP, Chang SM, Luks TL, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Rauschecker AM, Rudie JD. PMID: 38864741; PMCID: PMC11294954.
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    18. Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Nonimplant-displaced Views May Be Safely Omitted at Screening Mammography. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2024 07; 6(4):e249014. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 38940690; PMCID: PMC11287225.
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    19. Radiomics and Deep Learning to Predict Pulmonary Nodule Metastasis at CT. Radiology. 2024 04; 311(1):e233356. Sohn JH, Fields BKK. PMID: 38591975.
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    20. Screening Breast MRI Effectively Detects Early-Stage Breast Cancer in High-Risk Patients without Prior History of Breast Cancer. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2024 03; 6(2):e249005. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 38391310; PMCID: PMC10988331.
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    21. Lower extremity infections: Essential anatomy and multimodality imaging findings. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Oct; 53(10):2121-2141. Matcuk GR, Skalski MR, Patel DB, Fields BKK, Waldman LE, Spinnato P, Gholamrezanezhad A, Katal S. PMID: 38244060; PMCID: PMC11371865.
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    22. Imaging of lower extremity infections: predisposing conditions, atypical infections, mimics, and differentiating features. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Oct; 53(10):2099-2120. Matcuk GR, Katal S, Gholamrezanezhad A, Spinnato P, Waldman LE, Fields BKK, Patel DB, Skalski MR. PMID: 38240759; PMCID: PMC11371866.
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    23. Empowering breast cancer diagnosis and radiology practice: advances in artificial intelligence for contrast-enhanced mammography. Front Radiol. 2023; 3:1326831. Kinkar KK, Fields BKK, Yamashita MW, Varghese BA. PMID: 38249158; PMCID: PMC10796447.
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    24. Family caregiving. Radiology: Imaging Cancer Podcasts. 2023. Fields BKK & Luker G (Hosts), Applebaum A. View Publication.
    25. Survival Benefits of Repeated Breast Cancer Screening. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2023 11; 5(6):e239019. Fields BKK, Joe BN. PMID: 37889139; PMCID: PMC10698580.
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    26. Imaging approach to pediatric and adolescent familial cancer syndromes. In: Hannah-Shmouni F, ed. Familial endocrine cancer syndromes: navigating the transition of care for pediatric and adolescent patients. 2023; 127–148. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Ahmadzadehfar H, Yordanova A, Nabipour I, Jokar N, Assadi M, Joyce P, Gholamrezanezhad A. View Publication.
    27. Discal cysts and pseudocysts: Single center experience. Interv Pain Med. 2023 Sep; 2(3):100278. Gorolay VV, Fields BKK, Shah VN. PMID: 39238919; PMCID: PMC11372899.
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    28. Spatial assessments in texture analysis: what the radiologist needs to know. Front Radiol. 2023; 3:1240544. Varghese BA, Fields BKK, Hwang DH, Duddalwar VA, Matcuk GR, Cen SY. PMID: 37693924; PMCID: PMC10484588.
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    29. Deep learning image segmentation approaches for malignant bone lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Radiol. 2023; 3:1241651. Rich JM, Bhardwaj LN, Shah A, Gangal K, Rapaka MS, Oberai AA, Fields BKK, Matcuk GR, Duddalwar VA. PMID: 37614529; PMCID: PMC10442705.
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    30. Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma. Radiological Society of North America Case Collection. 2023. Srivastava R, Fields BKK, Shah V, Cha S. View Publication.
    31. Microlearning curriculum series: tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT)/pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS). Radiological Society of North America Case Collection. 2023. Fields BKK, Matcuk GR Jr. View Publication.
    32. Musculoskeletal imaging. In: Gholamrezanezhad A, Assadi M, Jadvar H, eds. Radiology-nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging: a correlative approach. 2023; 577-624. Matcuk GR Jr, Gross JS, Patel DB, Fields BKK, Lapalma DM, Stahl D. View Publication.
    33. Predicting Soft Tissue Sarcoma Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Using an MRI-Based Delta-Radiomics Approach. Mol Imaging Biol. 2023 08; 25(4):776-787. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Cen SY, Varghese BA, Hwang DH, Lei X, Desai B, Duddalwar V, Matcuk GR. PMID: 36695966; PMCID: PMC10333397.
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    34. Educational, psychosocial, and clinical impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic on medical students in the United States. World J Virol. 2022 May 25; 11(3):150-169. Frank V, Doshi A, Demirjian NL, Fields BKK, Song C, Lei X, Reddy S, Desai B, Harvey DC, Cen S, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 35665235; PMCID: PMC9150025.
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    35. CT-based radiomics stratification of tumor grade and TNM stage of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Eur Radiol. 2022 Apr; 32(4):2552-2563. Demirjian NL, Varghese BA, Cen SY, Hwang DH, Aron M, Siddiqui I, Fields BKK, Lei X, Yap FY, Rivas M, Reddy SS, Zahoor H, Liu DH, Desai M, Rhie SK, Gill IS, Duddalwar V. PMID: 34757449.
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    36. Veillonella Bacteremia in Alcoholic Hepatitis. Case Reports Hepatol. 2021; 2021:9947213. Lee P, Fields BKK, Liang T, Dubé MP, Politano S. PMID: 34691793; PMCID: PMC8528621.
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    37. Whole-tumor 3D volumetric MRI-based radiomics approach for distinguishing between benign and malignant soft tissue tumors. Eur Radiol. 2021 Nov; 31(11):8522-8535. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Hwang DH, Varghese BA, Cen SY, Lei X, Desai B, Duddalwar V, Matcuk GR. PMID: 33893534.
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    38. Reply to "Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of radiologists". Clin Imaging. 2021 11; 79:102-103. Demirjian NL, Fields BKK, Cen SY, Lei X, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 33932871; PMCID: PMC8021455.
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    39. COVID-19 in pregnancy: a systematic review of chest CT findings and associated clinical features in 427 patients. Clin Imaging. 2021 Jul; 75:75-82. Oshay RR, Chen MYC, Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Lee RS, Mosallaei D, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 33508754; PMCID: PMC7804384.
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    40. Imaging of COVID-19: CT, MRI, and PET. Semin Nucl Med. 2021 07; 51(4):312-320. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Dadgar H, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 33288215; PMCID: PMC7703471.
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    41. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Modeling Study of Factors Driving Variation in Case Fatality Rate by Country. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 11 05; 17(21). Pan J, St Pierre JM, Pickering TA, Demirjian NL, Fields BKK, Desai B, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 33167564; PMCID: PMC7664233.
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    42. 3D printing novel PPE for response to COVID-19 related shortages. 2020; Proc SPIE 11583, 115830O. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, DeBoer C, Stemen D, Hwang DH. View Publication.
    43. Impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on healthcare workers: A nationwide survey of United States radiologists. Clin Imaging. 2020 Dec; 68:218-225. Demirjian NL, Fields BKK, Song C, Reddy S, Desai B, Cen SY, Salehi S, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 32892107; PMCID: PMC7456195.
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    44. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnostic technologies: A country-based retrospective analysis of screening and containment procedures during the first wave of the pandemic. Clin Imaging. 2020 Nov; 67:219-225. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 32871426; PMCID: PMC7448874.
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    45. Role of Chest CT in Resource-Driven Healthcare Systems. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 09; 215(3):W36. Demirjian NL, Fields BKK, Gholamrezanezhad A. PMID: 32755173.
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    46. Primary hepatic angiosarcoma: a case-based discussion of unique presentations and extrahepatic manifestations. Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports. 2020; 1:100012. Fields BKK, Matcuk GR Jr, Lai D, Lee A, Dwabe S, Hanlon C, Demirjian NL, Politano S. View Publication.
    47. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Review of guidelines for resuming non-urgent imaging and procedures in radiology during Phase II. Clin Imaging. 2020 Nov; 67:30-36. Azam SA, Myers L, Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Patel D, Roberge E, Gholamrezanezhad A, Reddy S. PMID: 32512479; PMCID: PMC7832709.
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    48. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): an update on neurologic sequelae. Neurodiem. 2020. Fields BKK, Demirjian NL, Balakrishnan S, Gholamrezanezhad A.
    49. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (q-MRI) for the assessment of soft-tissue sarcoma treatment response: a narrative case review of technique development. Clin Imaging. 2020 Jul; 63:83-93. Fields BKK, Hwang D, Cen S, Desai B, Gulati M, Hu J, Duddalwar V, Varghese B, Matcuk GR. PMID: 32163847.
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    50. Compressed Sensing MR Imaging (CS-MRI) of the Knee: Assessment of Quality, Inter-reader Agreement, and Acquisition Time. Magn Reson Med Sci. 2020 Aug 03; 19(3):254-258. Matcuk GR, Gross JS, Fields BKK, Cen S. PMID: 31548480; PMCID: PMC7553806.
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    51. Adhesive capsulitis: review of imaging findings, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment options. Skeletal Radiol. 2019 Aug; 48(8):1171-1184. Fields BKK, Skalski MR, Patel DB, White EA, Tomasian A, Gross JS, Matcuk GR. PMID: 30607455.
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    52. MicroRNA-19b associates with Ago2 in the amygdala following chronic stress and regulates the adrenergic receptor beta 1. J Neurosci. 2014 11 05; 34(45):15070-82. Volk N, Paul ED, Haramati S, Eitan C, Fields BKK, Zwang R, Gil S, Lowry CA, Chen A. PMID: 25378171; PMCID: PMC6608371.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    53. The effects of microRNA-19b overexpression and knockdown in the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus on noradrenergic metabolism. 2014. Fields BKK. View Publication.
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