Radiology Personnel

Mahesh Thapa, MD

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

Pediatric Radiology

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.

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)



Palpable pediatric chest wall masses
A. Ngo, Helen H. R. Kim, E. Maloney, et al. - Published 2022 - PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

Review of spinal involvement in chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO): What radiologists need to know about CRMO and its imitators.
A. Shah, M. Rosenkranz, M. Thapa - Published 2022 - CLINICAL IMAGING

Prevalence and Severity of Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Andrew J. Hinkle, Celeste Quitiquit Dickason, Thomas M. Jinguji, et al. - Published 2021 - ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Review of spinal involvement in Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO): What radiologists need to know about CRMO and its imitators.
Amisha J. Shah, M. Rosenkranz, M. Thapa - Published 2021 - CLINICAL IMAGING

Where technology succeeds and fails in education
K. Wong, M. Thapa - Published 2021 - PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

Normative Values for the Sonographic Measurement of the Pediatric Median and Ulnar Nerves.
Sarah J Menashe, E. Maloney, Francisco A Perez, et al. - Published 2021 - ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY

A Novel Algorithm using Within-leg Calibration for Enhanced Accuracy of Detection of Arthritis by Infrared Thermal Imaging in Children.
Yongdong Zhao, R. S. Iyer, M. Thapa, et al. - Published 2021 - THE JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

45° FLEXION ANTEROPOSTERIOR ELBOW RADIOGRAPHS IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF CAPITELLUM OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS
Michael G. Saper, Monique S. Burton, Sarah J Menashe, et al. - Published 2021 - ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Pediatric Bone Marrow: Normal and Abnormal MRI Appearance.
Allison Person, E. Janitz, M. Thapa - Published 2021 - SEMINARS IN ROENTGENOLOGY

Association Between 45° Flexion Anteroposterior Elbow Radiographs and Diagnostic Accuracy of Capitellum Osteochondritis Dissecans
Michael G. Saper, V. Bompadre, G. Schmale, et al. - Published 2021 - THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE