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Mahesh Thapa, MD

Pediatric Radiology

Director of Operations
Division Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging, and Director of Diagnostic Imaging
Professor

Biography

After completing his fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Dr. Thapa accepted the position of Acting Assistant Professor at the same institution. In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Thapa helped organize the monthly resident and fellow teaching conferences at Seattle Children’s.

Dr. Thapa began collaborating with the Pediatric Rheumatologists and established a monthly interdepartmental conference to discuss interesting rheumatologic conditions with radiologic and clinical correlation. This was also the inaugural year of the medical student anatomy course with imaging correlation (HuBio 511), which Dr. Thapa helped establish and has actively participated in ever since.

In July of 2007 Dr. Thapa became an Assistant Professor and continued his work in medical student/resident/fellow education. Dr. Thapa began collaborating with other departments and obtained additional training in musculoskeletal imaging at Roosevelt Medical Center. In addition to the human anatomy course, Dr. Thapa began educating fourth-year medical students by participating in the University of Washington’s Capstone Course (Transition into Residency) and Rheumatology workshops.

Dr. Thapa has been invited to lecture about pediatric musculoskeletal and informatics topics at several national radiology education meetings, including the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS). Dr. Thapa’s main areas of expertise include Medical Education, Informatics, and Pediatric Musculoskeletal Imaging.

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