Sudhakar Pipavath, M.D.

Professor
Director of Pulmonary Imaging
Thoracic Radiology

Biography

Dr. Pipavath is a UW professor of radiology whose clinical interests include imaging of lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease, lung cancer and acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PE).  He is director of pulmonary imaging.  He is also conducting research on utilization of digital tomosynthesis in chest, imaging of interstitial lung disease and acute PE.

Education

Degree	Description	Year
MD		1996

Board Certifications

Certification	Specialty	Year
American Board of Radiology	Diagnostic Radiology	2010

Recent Publications

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Diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by virtual means using “IPFdatabase”- a new software
Bennett D., Mazzei M., Collins B., Bargagli E., Pipavath S., Spina D., Valentini M., Rinaldi C., Bettini G., Ginori A., Refini R., Rottoli P., Raghu G.
Respiratory Medicine. 2019 Feb:31-36

Accuracy of Digital Tomosynthesis of the Chest in Detection of Interstitial Lung Disease Comparison with Digital Chest Radiography
Kruamak T., Edwards R., Cheng S., Hippe D., Raghu G., Pipavath S.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 2019 Jan:109-114

Letter from the Guest Editor
Pipavath S.
Seminars in Roentgenology. 2019 Jan:3

Diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical practice guideline
Raghu G., Remy-Jardin M., Myers J., Richeldi L., Ryerson C., Lederer D., Behr J., Cottin V., Danoff S., Morell F., Flaherty K., Wells A., Martinez F., Azuma A., Bice T., Bouros D., Brown K., Collard H., Duggal A., Galvin L., Inoue Y., Gisli Jenkins R., Johkoh T., Kazerooni E., Kitaichi M., Knight S., Mansour G., Nicholson A., Pipavath S., Buendía-Roldán I., Selman M., Travis W., Walsh S., Wilson K.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Sep:e44-e68

Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (WRAP-IPF): a multicentre, randomised, controlled phase 2 trial
Raghu G., Pellegrini C., Yow E., Flaherty K., Meyer K., Noth I., Scholand M., Cello J., Ho L., Pipavath S., Lee J., Lin J., Maloney J., Martinez F., Morrow E., Patti M., Rogers S., Wolters P., Yates R., Anstrom K., Collard H.
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2018 Sep:707-714

Lung cancer screening, version 3.2018
Wood D., Kazerooni E., Baum S., Eapen G., Ettinger D., Hou L., Jackman D., Klippenstein D., Kumar R., Lackner R., Leard L., Lennes I., Leung A., Makani S., Massion P., Mazzone P., Merritt R., Meyers B., Midthun D., Pipavath S., Pratt C., Reddy C., Reid M., Rotter A., Sachs P., Schabath M., Schiebler M., Tong B., Travis W., Wei B., Yang S., Gregory K., Hughes M.
JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2018 Apr:412-441

Radiologic computed tomography features of Mycobacterium abscessus in cystic fibrosis
Lam D., Kapnadak S., Godwin J., Kicska G., Aitken M., Pipavath S.
Clinical Respiratory Journal. 2018 Feb:459-466

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease alters immune cell composition and immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer
Mark N., Kargl J., Busch S., Yang G., Metz H., Zhang H., Hubbard J., Pipavath S., Madtes D., McGarry Houghton A.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Feb:325-336

Deep-learning derived features for lung nodule classification with limited datasets
Thammasorn P., Wu W., Pierce L., Pipavath S., Lampe P., Houghton A., Haynor D., Chaovalitwongse W., Kinahan P.
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. 2018 Jan

Crus Atrophy: Accuracy of Computed Tomorgraphy in Diagnosis of Diaphragmatic Paralysis
Sukkasem W., Moftah S., Kicska G., Godwin D., Pipavath S., Stern E.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 2017 May