Ramesh Iyer, MD, MBA

Pediatric Radiology

Section Chief of Pediatric Radiology
Medical Director of Radiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital
Professor
Vice-Chair of Education

Biography

Dr. Iyer is the Section Chief of Pediatric Radiology and the Medical Director of Radiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH), as well as a Pediatric Radiologist at SCH and a Professor of Radiology at the University of Washington. He serves as Vice-Chair of Education for UW Radiology, and Medical Staff President-Elect at SCH.

Dr. Iyer is board-certified in Diagnostic Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, and Neuroradiology. His professional interests include quality improvement and educational administration. He has coauthored over 150 peer-reviewed journal publications and the textbook Pediatric Imaging: The Essentials.

Dr. Iyer grew up in Rochester, NY. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Brown University and his MD at New York University (NYU). He completed his radiology residency at the University of Washington and his fellowship in pediatric radiology at SCH.

Research Interests

Pediatric neurological and musculoskeletal imaging.

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Impact on Pediatric Patients, a White Paper From the ACR Pediatric AI Workgroup.
Marla B. K. Sammer, Yasmin S. Akbari, R. Barth, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

Golimumab in Children with Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Claire Yang, Natalie Rosenwasser, Xingxu Wang, et al. - Published 2023 - PEDIATRIC DRUGS

TDABC Cost Comparison of Osteoid Osteoma Ablation Techniques.
J. Reis, K. Koo, G. Shivaram, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Osteomyelitis or Septic Arthritis-Child (Excluding Axial Skeleton).
Narendra S. Shet, R. Iyer, Sherwin S. Chan, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Osteomyelitis or Septic Arthritis-Child (Excluding Axial Skeleton).
Narendra S. Shet, R. Iyer, Sherwin S. Chan, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY : JACR

Increasing Cases of Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis in Children: A Series of 215 Cases From a Single Tertiary Referral Center
Sumaya Aden, Stephen Q. Wong, Claire Yang, et al. - Published 2022 - THE JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Crohn Disease-Child.
M. M. Moore, M. Gee, R. Iyer, et al. - Published 2022 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY : JACR

Imaging to intervention: Thoracic outlet syndrome.
Yijin Huang, M. Abad-Santos, R. Iyer, et al. - Published 2022 - CLINICAL IMAGING

Imaging of pediatric extremity soft tissue tumors: A COG Diagnostic Imaging Committee/SPR Oncology Committee White Paper.
M. Acord, E. Pace, Alexander El-Ali, et al. - Published 2022 - PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER

Safety considerations related to intravenous contrast agents in pediatric imaging
S. Cheeney, E. Maloney, R. Iyer - Published 2022 - PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY