Claire Sandstrom, MD

Emergency Radiology

Associate Professor

Biography

Claire Sandstrom is an emergency and trauma radiologist, a physician who specializes in performance and interpretation of imaging of the acutely ill patient in the emergency department, whether the patient is there for chest pain or because of a car accident. She has been a UW associate professor since 2019, after completing four years of radiology training and a one-year emergency radiology fellowship, all at the University of Washington. She is dedicated to providing compassionate, efficient, and appropriate care to all of our acutely ill and underserved patients.

Dr. Sandstrom is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, the American Society of Emergency Radiology, the Association of University Radiologists, and the American Roentgen Ray Society.

Research Interests

Musculoskeletal trauma; multisystem trauma; geriatric trauma; pediatric trauma; education.

Education

Duke Univ. School of Medicine	Medical education	2006
Scripps Mercy Hospital Program	Internship
UW – Dept. of Radiology	Fellowship
UW – Dept. of Radiology Residency	Residency

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Chronic Extremity Joint Pain-Suspected Inflammatory Arthritis, Crystalline Arthritis, or Erosive Osteoarthritis: 2022 Update.
N. Subhas, Fangbai Wu, M. Fox, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

Radiology Training Program Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kara Gaetke-Udager, C. Sandstrom, J. Robbins, et al. - Published 2023 - ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY

Awards from the Society for Pediatric Radiology annual meeting and postgraduate course, Denver, Colorado, April 27 – May 1, 2022
A. Badachhape, L. Devkota, Rohan, et al. - Published 2022 - PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

Radiologists’ Diagnostic Performance in Differentiation of Rickets and Classic Metaphyseal Lesions on Radiographs: A Multicenter Study.
B. Karmazyn, M. Marine, Richard H Jones, et al. - Published 2022 - AJR. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Imaging of Tubes and Lines: A Pictorial Review for Emergency Radiologists.
C. Sandstrom, Yulia Obelcz, Joel A. Gross - Published 2020 - SEMINARS IN ROENTGENOLOGY

The inferior vena cava: a pictorial review of embryology, anatomy, pathology, and interventions
David S. Shin, C. Sandstrom, C. Ingraham, et al. - Published 2019 - ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY

Pattern Recognition: A Mechanism-based Approach to Injury Detection after Motor Vehicle Collisions.
Shaimaa A. Fadl, C. Sandstrom - Published 2019 - RADIOGRAPHICS : A REVIEW PUBLICATION OF THE RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, INC

Pathophysiology and Imaging Diagnosis of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
C. Sandstrom - Published 2018

Head and Neck Injuries: Special Considerations in the Elderly Patient.
C. Sandstrom, D. Nunez - Published 2018 - NEUROIMAGING CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Trauma
B. T. Stewart, C. Sandstrom, G. O’Keefe, et al. - Published 2018