Thomas H. Urbania, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia in 2004. He completed a four-year Diagnostic Radiology residency in 2009, and a one-year Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging fellowship in 2010 at UCSF.

Dr. Urbania’s research focuses on using information technology to improve the practice of radiology and radiology education. He believes that radiological education can be improved by making the latest clinical research available at the time of interpretation. By doing so, building effective teaching files, and providing clinical follow-up information to residents as vital feedback about their interpretations.

His prior experience as a software developer has assisted him with creating and customizing computer applications that improve the practice of radiology and radiological education. One of Dr. Urbania’s goals is to create a software tool that integrates with the radiology image-viewing workstation allowing the radiologist to ask a question about a particular interesting or difficult case at the time of interpretation.

Expertise:
Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging

Specialty:
Cardiovascular computed tomography (CT), thoracic oncology, high-resolution chest CT, thoracic trauma

Professional Interests:
Medical informatics, hospital information systems, radiology informatics, radiology information systems, picture archiving and communication system (PACS)

Education and Training:
• Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Internship: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging
• Medical License, California
• Board Certification, American Board of Radiology
• Fluoroscopy Supervisor's and Operator's Permit