Education

Fellowship
Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging, Houston, TX University of Texas at Houston 7/2012 – 6/2013
Residency
Diagnostic Radiology, Houston, TX University of Texas at Houston 7/2008 – 6/2012
Internship
Transitional Year Program, Marshfield ,WI Marshfield Clinic – St. Joseph’s Hospital 6/2007 – 6/2008
Medical School
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL The Chicago Medical School, Doctor of Medicine 7/2003 – 6/2007
Graduate School
Finch University of Health Sciences, North Chicago, IL Master of Science, Applied Physiology 7/2002 – 6/2003

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

Clinical duties:

  • Level I trauma center: Attending Radiologist at a high-volume level I trauma center interpreting all studies performed in the Trauma/Emergency Department, except for brain imaging. I am proficient with CT protocoling of emergent cases including CT angiograms and poly trauma assessment. I supervise junior and senior residents. I am competent at procedures including retrograde urethrograms and esophagrams. I lead the radiology team in clinical group discussions with the trauma and emergency medicine teams for real time patient care.
  • Level III Trauma center: Staffing a high-volume multimodality emergency radiology department including ultrasound and body imaging.
  • Musculoskeletal: Staffing high volume orthopedic clinics for trauma, postoperative imaging, sports imaging, joint replacements, arthritis, and general musculoskeletal imaging. Proficient in Radiography, Computer tomography, and MRI as well as arthrograms and ultrasound guided MSK procedures. This includes professional athletes on NFL and NBA teams.

Research Interests

Funded Research

  • Co-Investigator: Working Toward a Standardized Emergency Radiology Fellowship Curriculum and Enhancing Resident Awareness of Emergency Radiology Fellowship and Career Opportunities. ASER 2016 Education Grant. 2016-2017.
  • Principal Investigator: Using MedU Core cases and workshops during the first month of radiology residency to help improve homogeneity of basic knowledge and act as a primer to promote learning throughout residency. Total award – $10,000. Research participation starting July 2015.

Current Research

  • Co-Investigator – IRB approved. Evaluation of splenic pseudoaneurysm on CT imaging on arterial phase imaging.
  • Co-Investigator – IRB approved. CT Characteristics of pelvic hemorrhage to determine need for intervention.

Publications

ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

  • Azam S, Myers L, Fields BK, Demirjian NL, Patel D, Roberge E, Gholamrezanezhad A, Reddy S. 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. PMID: 32512479
  • Myers L, Balakrishnan S, Reddy S, Gholamrezanezhad A. Coronavirus Outbreak: Is Radiology Ready? Mass Casualty Incident Planning. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Jun; 17(6): 724-729. PMID: 32304643
  • Schellenberg M, Anderson GA, Owattanapanich N, Cheng V, Lam L, Demetriades D, Inaba K, Myers L. Radiologic predictors of in-hospital mortality after traumatic craniocervical dissociation. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Sep;89(3):565-569. PMID: 32502090
  • Kooraki, S, Hosseiny M, Raman SS, Myers L, Gholamrezanezhad. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Precautions: What the MRI Suite Should Know. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 07; 17(7):830. PMID: 32473107
  • Kooraki, S, Hosseiny M, Myers L, Gholamrezanezhad A. Re: Ventilation-Perfusion Scans During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 06; 17(6):698-699. PMID: 32315600
  • Kooraki, S, Hosseiny M, Myers L, Gholamrezanezhad A. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: What the Department of Radiology Should Know J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 04; 17(4):447-451. PMID: 32092296.
  • Hosseiny M, Kooraki S, Gholamrezanezhad A, Reddy S, Myers L. Radiology Perspective of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Lessons From Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 May;214(5):1078-1082. PMID: 32108495
  • Tofighi S, Abedi A, Salehi S, Myers L, Reddy S, Gholamrezanezhad A. Reason for Exam Imaging Reporting and Data System: Consensus Reached on Quality Assessment of Radiology Requisitions. J Patient Saf. 2020 Mar 10. PMID: 32168282
  • Chahine AH, Hanna TN, Myers L, Kumaravel M, Herr KD. The state of emergency radiology fellowships in North America and the development of a standardized curriculum. Emerg Radiol. 2018 Nov 29. PMID: 30498926
  • Myers LA, Herr KD. Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2015 annual scientific meeting and postgraduate course. Emerg Radiol. 2016 Jun; 23(3):275-89. PMID: 26884403.
  • Myers LA, Herr K. Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course. Emerg Radiol. 2015 Jun; 22(3):295-304. PMID: 25744391
  • Brunner J, Russel M, Herr K, Benjamin E, Myers L, Boyko O, Jaffray P, Reddy S. Nonsuicidal self-injury-related foreign bodies in the emergency department. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2015 Feb; 36(1):80-7. PMID: 25639181
  • Chinapuvvula NR, Myers LA, Bilow R, Haider V. “Case of the Day: Scapular Exostosis with Bursitis.” Presented at ASER 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course. Emerg Radiol. 2014, Volume 21, Issue 5, Page 460.
  • Myers LA, Herr K, Reddy S. Highlights from the scientific and educational abstracts presented at the ASER 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course. Emerg Radiol. 2014 Jun; 21(3):279-97. PMID: 24658690