University of California San Francisco

Kallianos Kimberly Web
Kimberly Kallianos, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging



Brett M. Elicker, M.D.
Department of Radiology
University of California, San Francisco
505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0628, Room M-392
San Francisco, California 94143-0628
[email protected]
(415) 476-1397

    Biography

    Brett M. Elicker, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Chief of Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging Section in the Department of Radiology and & Biomedical Imaging at UCSF. Dr. Elicker is also co-Director of the UCSF Lung Cancer Screening Program, which uses the latest low-dose CT scan technology.

    Dr. Elicker is a specialist in thoracic radiology. He earned a medical degree in 2000 from New York Medical College. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California, followed by a diagnostic radiology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conneticut from 2001-2005. He came to UCSF in 2005 as a Clinical Fellow in Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging and joined the faculty of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging in July 2006. Dr. Elicker was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Academy of Medical Educators in 2007.

    Education

    Education

    1990-1993 Connecticut College, Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, Minor in Music
    1996-2000 New York Medical College, M.D.

    Residencies

    2000-2001 Internship, Internal Medicine
    Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital, Santa Clara, CA

    2001-2005 Resident, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
    Yale/New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

    Fellowships

    2005-2006  Clinical Fellow in Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology,
    University of California, San Francisco, CA

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology

    Clinical Expertise

    High-resolution CT of the lung
    Interstitial lung disease
    Airway disease
    MDCT/MRI of pulmonary embolism
    Traumatic aortic injury
    Intravenous contrast media
    Coronary CT angiography
    Thoracic Malignancies
    Lung Cancer Screening

    Program Affiliations

    UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
    Department of Pulmonary Medicine
    UCSF Lung Cancer Screening Program

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Elicker's research interests are in thoracic CT and MRI.  His research is primarily clinical which is a reflection of the strong clinical training during his radiology residency at Yale University and thoracic fellowship at UCSF.  His research interests primarily involve three areas: high resolution CT (HRCT) in the evaluation of diffuse lung disease, imaging in patients with lung transplants and thoracic vascular imaging.  These interests have evolved from the strong training he received during fellowship by leaders in these respective fields.

    While HRCT has been used in the evaluation of diffuse lung disease for years, its role in diagnosis is continually evolving.  Dr. Elicker is a participant and radiologist in the nationwide idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis network (IPF-NET).  This is a NIH sponsored cooperative study that investigates different drug treatments' efficacy in arresting the progression of lung fibrosis in patients with IPF.  He is also involved in elucidating the role of HRCT in a variety of other diffuse lung diseases including hypersensitivity pneumonitis, connective tissue disease and smoking related interstitial lung disease.

    UCSF is a center for lung transplant imaging providing a variety of unique opportunities for research, namely complications of lung transplantation and assessment of the native (non-transplanted) lung in the setting of more pronounced immunosupression than usually given in the treatment of interstitial lung disease.

    Research Interests

    High resolution CT (HRCT) in the evaluation of diffuse lung disease
    Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis network
    Complications of lung transplantation
    Vascular imaging of the thorax