David S. Gierada, MD

Professor of Radiology

Clinical Expertise:

Cardiothoracic

David S. Gierada, MD, is a professor of radiology in the cardiothoracic imaging section for WashU Medicine’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR). A member of the MIR faculty since 1994, Gierada’s clinical areas of interest include chest radiology, lung cancer screening, lung cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diaphragm, CT imaging and MR imaging. His research interests include CT screening for lung cancer, CT nodule volumetry, and quantitative CT applications in emphysema and asthma.

Gierada is a member of several professional organizations including the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society and the Society of Thoracic Radiology and serves on several committees within those organizations. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and in 2018 was named a fellow of the American College of Radiology, a prestigious honor awarded to only 15% of members.

Gierada completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin, followed by a chest radiology fellowship at MIR. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and medical degree from Wayne State University.

Clinical Interests

Chest radiology, lung cancer screening, lung cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diaphragm, CT imaging, MR imaging

Research Interests

CT screening for lung cancer, CT nodule volumetry, quantitative CT applications in emphysema and asthma

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Education History

Fellowship

Chest radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin

Medical Degree

Wayne State University

Undergraduate

University of Michigan

Associations

Radiological Society of North America
American Roentgen Ray Society
Society of Thoracic Radiology
American College of Radiology
Occult Primary Panel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Co-Chair, Lung Nodule Assessment in CT Screening Profile Writing Group, QIBA
COPD/Asthma Committee, QIBA
Big Data Subcommittee, Society of Thoracic Radiology
Co-chair, Lung Cancer Registry Screening Outcomes Working Group, American College of Radiology

Awards

2018 Fellow, American College of Radiology
2005 Third Prize Poster, 1st World Congress of Thoracic Imaging
1999 1996 Certificate of Merit, American Roentgen Ray Society
1997 Cum Laude Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1996 Certificate of Merit, American Roentgen Ray Society
1995 RSNA Seed Grant