Biography

Dr. Cihan Duran is a Professor of Radiology at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston). With over 90 peer-reviewed publications and more than 100 abstracts presented at national and international conferences, Dr. Duran is an accomplished researcher and educator in the field of radiology, specializing in cardiothoracic and body imaging. She has extensive clinical and research expertise.

She has held multiple academic and leadership positions, including Program Director of the Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship at UTHealth Houston, Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and founder of the Departmental Women in Radiology Committee.

Recognized for his contributions to medical education, Dr. Duran has received several teaching and leadership awards, including the McGovern Medical School Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards and the Outstanding Faculty Leadership Awards.

Dr. Duran continues to mentor the next generation of radiologists and is a prominent figure in promoting diversity and inclusion within the field of radiology. Her commitment to excellence in patient care, education, and research is reflected in her ongoing contributions to the radiology community.

 

CERTIFICATION:

Radiology Board Certification, Ministry of Health, Turkey, 1994

ECFMG Certificate, # 0-824-210-9, 2012

American Board Certification, ABR, US, 2016

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award, UTMB, 2019

Teacher of The Year Award, UTMB, 2020

Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UT Health Houston, 2022

 

Education

Medical Degree
Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey, 1988
Internship
Hacettepe University Medical School Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, July 1988-June 1989
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology
Cerrahpasa Medical School Hospital, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, September 1989 – July 1994
Observer, Diagnostic Radiology - Cardiac MRI Department
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, September 2000 – October 2000
Research Fellowship, Cardiovascular Imaging Section, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts 2010-2011
Research Fellowship, Body Imaging Section
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 2012-2013
Clinical Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Cardiovascular MR Imaging Section
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, July 2013 – June 2014
Clinical Fellowship, Thoracic Imaging Section, Department of Radiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, July 2014 – June 2015
Clinical Fellowship, Musculoskeletal Imaging Section, Department of Radiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, July 2015 – June 2016
Clinical Fellowship, Body Imaging Section, Department of Radiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, July 2016 – June 2017

Publications

**Faculty profiles will only highlight current information (the last three years). Please see the faculty’s CV for more information.

 

REFEREED ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

  1. Ng, C. S., Wei, W., Duran, C., Ghosh, P., Anderson, E. F., Chandler, A. G., & Yao, J. C. (2017). CT perfusion in normal liver and liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors treated with targeted anti vascular agents. Abdominal Radiology (New York). Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s00261-017-1367-1
  2. Odisio EG, Truong MT, Duran C, de Groot PM, Godoy MC. (2018). Role of Dual Energy Computed Tomography in Thoracic Oncology. Radiol Clin North Am. 2018 Jul; 56(4):535-548 doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2018.03.011.
  3. Duran C, Masood I, Saleem A, Muttupillai R, Frank L, Cheong B. (2019) Multi-Detector Computed Tomography Angiography in the Pre-Procedural Assessment of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Eurasian Journal of Medicine-EAJM-2019-0329
  4. Duran ES, Ahmad F, Elshikh M, Masood I, Duran, C. (2019) Computed Tomography Imaging Findings of Acute Aortic Pathologies. Cureus, 2019. doi:10.7759/cureus.5534
  5. Ganeshan DM, Pickhardt PJ, Morani AC, Javadi S, Lubner MG, Elmohr MM, Duran C, Elsayes KM. (2019) Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma: Bi-institutional Comprehensive Cancer Center Review of Multimodality Imaging in 67 Patients. European Radiology EURA-D-19-01394R2 (accepted)
  6. Gormez S, Erdim R, Akan G, Caynak B, Duran C, Gunay D, Sozer V, Atalar F. (2019) Relationships between visceral/subcutaneous adipose tissue FABP4 expression and coronary atherosclerosis in patients with metabolic syndrome. Cardiovascular Pathology doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107192

 

CASE REPORTS

  1. Kumar, R., Duran, C., Amini, B., Araujo, DM, Wang, WL. (2017) Periosteal Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the tibia with multifocal bone metastases: a case report. Skeletal Radiol. 46(7):995-1000. doi: 10.1007/s00256-017-2626-5,
  2. Pirimoglu B, Duran A, Duran C. (2018) Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: A common rhythm due to an uncommon etiology. Eurasian J Med 2018; 50: DOI: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.18138.
  3. Harmon T. S., Olano J. P., Nguyen, Q. D., Duran C, Patel, S. (2019) David Versus Goliath: The Clinical Consequences of an Influenza A Viral Infection in an Unvaccinated Patient. Cureus 11(5):e4788. doi: 10.7759.
  4. Wong, B, Kundra, S., Duran, C. (2020) Portal Vein Thrombosis RSNA Case collection. Doi:10.1148/cases.20201660

 

ABSTRACTS (scientific exhibits and oral presentations)

  1. Duran, C., Saleem, A., Pham, J., Masood, I., & Frank, L. Multi-detector computed tomography angiography in the pre-procedural assessment of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Society of Thoracic Radiology. 2018 Mar 4-7; Austin, TX.
  2. Ersoy, H., Duran, C., Hunsaker, T., Rybicki, F. Coronary Artery Termination Variations and Anomalies Identified on Coronary CT Angiography. North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2018 Sep 22-25; Charleston, SC
  3. Ersoy, H., Duran, C., Hunsaker, T., Rybicki, F. Coronary Artery Termination Variations and Anomalies Identified on Coronary CT Angiography Radiological Society of North America, 2018 Nov 25-30 Chicago, IL.
  4. Duran AH, Dixon LB, Elshikh MI, Tenreiro AF, Ahmad F, Moshksar A, Duran C. Diagnostic Value of the 3D Volume Rendering Imaging in Routine Radiology Practice. RSNA 2019, Dec 1-6 Chicago, IL
  5. Elshikh M, Masood I, Matta E, Duran C. Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Foreign Bodies (FB): Case Based Review.” SAR 2020,Mar 1-6 Maui Hawaii
  6. Farhan A, Dixon LB, Elshikh M, Duran C. Case-Based Pictorial Review of Abdominopelvic Hernias and Complications” SAR 2020, Mar 1-6 Maui Hawaii.
  7. Morshid A, Woongsoon C, Hyunjoo Ko, Kosarek C, Williams S, Walser E, Duran C. Magnetic Resonance/Ultrasound-fusion targeted prostate biopsy in early detection of clinically significant prostate cancer and comparison with PI-RADS v2 score. ACR annual meeting 2020, May 16-20 Washington, DC.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Duran, C. & Visvanathan, C. (2019). Chapter 10: Principles of body imaging in cancer. Cancer rehabilitation: Principles and practice (2nd ed.) New York, Springer Publishing Company. ISBN:97808261111338