Matthew Bucknor, MD, is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Musculoskeletal Imaging subspecialty section, and he is Chair of the Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Diversity Committee in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2008, Dr. Bucknor received his medical degree from Stanford School of Medicine and he completed a one-year internship at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, 2009. In 2013, Dr. Bucknor completed his four-year residency in Diagnostic Radiology at UCSF, followed by a clinical fellowship in Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention at Stanford Medical Center, which he completed in 2014. In July 2014, Dr. Bucknor joined the Musculoskeletal Imaging faculty as an Assistant Professor in Residence at UCSF.

Dr. Bucknor’s main research interest is developing new musculoskeletal applications of MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MRgHIFU), including new treatments of bone metastases, desmoid tumors, lower back pain (facet arthropathy), and osteoid osteomas. He is also interested in minimally invasive ultrasound and CT-guided interventions as well as novel techniques for evaluating metabolic bone disease and bone/soft tissue tumors, along with cartilage pathology and sports injuries.

Dr. Bucknor has published 23 reviewed articles, including 10 first author publications.

Expertise:
Musculoskeletal Radiology

Specialty:
MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound and minimally invasive interventions

Professional Interests:
MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound, minimally invasive interventions, cartilage imaging, and musculoskeletal applications of PET/MR

Education and Training:
• Medical School: Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
• Internship: Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA - Preliminary Internal Medicine
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco
• Fellowship: Stanford University, Stanford, CA – Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention