Joel Gross, MD

Emergency Radiology

Professor

Biography

Dr. Gross is the director of emergency and trauma radiology, as well as the fellowship director. He is a UW professor in the Department of Radiology. He is an expert in imaging of trauma patients, with an interest and experience in appropriate and effective imaging, to optimize information extracted to improve patient care while minimizing time spent in imaging and radiation dose. He also has extensive expertise in the imaging of urologic trauma.

Dr. Gross earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from the University of California at San Diego, and his MD from the University of California at Davis. He completed an internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and his residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Following his fellowship at UW/HMC in emergency and trauma radiology in 2000-2001, he joined the section, and eventually accepted the position as director.

He is a fellow of the American Society of Emergency Radiology, where he continues to serve in multiple roles, and is board certified in diagnostic radiology.

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)

Shattered Kidney After Renal Trauma: Should it be Classified as an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Grade V Injury?
S. Keihani, D. Rogers, Sherry S Wang, et al. - Published 2023 - UROLOGY

Grade V renal trauma management: results from the multi-institutional genito-urinary trauma study
Nizar Hakam, S. Keihani, Nathan M. Shaw, et al. - Published 2023 - WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

PD12-01 THE ROLE OF NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT IN SEVERE RENAL INJURIES: DO ALL GRADE V INJURIES NECESSITATE INTERVENTION?
Nizar Hakam, S. Keihani, Nathan M. Shaw, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

PD12-02 URINARY EXTRAVASATION AFTER RENAL TRAUMA: SHOULD IT BE A CRITERION FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR SURGERY OF TRAUMA (AAST) GRADE IV INJURY?
S. Keihani, D. Rogers, Sherry Wang, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Computed tomography-based volume calculations of renal ischemia predicts post-traumatic renal function after renal infarction injury
Z. Lee, Emma Gause, Catalina Hwang, et al. - Published 2022 - WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Nonoperative Management in Blunt Splenic Trauma: Can Shock Index Predict Failure?
Lara Senekjian, B. Robinson, A. Meagher, et al. - Published 2022 - THE JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Ballistic Debris of Unknown Composition Should Be Considered MRI Conditional.
N. Ditkofsky, Joel A. Gross, Justin P Dodge - Published 2021 - AJR. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

A Piercing Diagnosis – Occult Foreign Body as the Cause of Acute Inguinal Pain
Coral Bays-Muchmore, Deion T Sims, Joel A. Gross, et al. - Published 2021 - CLINICAL PRACTICE AND CASES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Imaging of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Emergencies.
P. Pathak, Joel A. Gross, M. Thapa - Published 2020 - SEMINARS IN ROENTGENOLOGY

Trauma Imaging
Joel A. Gross, M. Gunn, K. R. Fink - Published 2020 - DECKERMED TRANSITIONAL YEAR WEEKLY CURRICULUM™