Perry Pickhardt, MD

Dr. Perry J. Pickhardt graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his hometown school, in 1991 with a B.S. in Physics (class rank 1/3,274). He attended the University of Michigan Medical School on the HPSP Scholarship Program and graduated as an M.D. in 1995 (Hewlett-Packard Award as a top graduate). From 1995-1999, he was a resident in diagnostic radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. During his training in St. Louis, Dr. Pickhardt co-edited a textbook on body CT and published a number of scientific papers. For the next four years after residency training, Dr. Pickhardt served in

the U.S. Navy, spending one year as the Department Head of Radiology, U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and three years as the head of GI-GU Imaging at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, MD (twice named Teacher of the Year). He also served as an assistant professor of radiology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda. Among other projects at NNMC, Dr. Pickhardt organized a large multi-center screening trial evaluating CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) and served as the primary investigator (PI). Dr. Pickhardt joined the Abdominal Imaging Section at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2003 as an associate professor of radiology and was promoted to professor in 2009. He continues to serve as the Chief of Gastrointestinal Imaging. Although CT colonography, colorectal cancer screening, and oncologic imaging, in general, continue to be among Dr. Pickhardt’s clinical and research interests, the primary focus has shifted to opportunistic CT screening using machine learning/artificial intelligence. His work in abdominal imaging has resulted in over 500 scientific publications and book chapters, as well as multiple textbooks. Among other honors, he has received a best paper award at the Annual Meeting for the Society of Abdominal Radiology (formerly SGR) on seven occasions and was named “Most Influential Radiology Researcher” by auntminnie.com in 2016. He has also served as a PI on multiple NIH R01 grants. In 2017, he also assumed the title of Medical Director of Oncologic Imaging for the UW Carbone Cancer Center.

2021 ISCT PRESENTS WEBINAR SERIES

AI and CT Interpretation

Speaker: Automated Body Composition Analysis

2019 Presentations & Workshops

How to Read a CT Colonography for the Practicing Radiologist
Friday | 9:00-9:15
Abdominal

Demystifying Peritoneal Disease and Improving Diagnostic Accuracy
Friday | 10:00-10:15
Abdominal

Automated Opportunistic CT Biomarkers for Predicting Future Cardiometabolic Events
Friday | 10:45-11:00
Abdominal

2016 Presentations & Workshops

Session: Renal and Adrenal | Tuesday June 21st, 2016

• Debate: Volumetric Assessment at Abdominal CT Has Value Beyond Oncology – For the Proposition

• Debate Rebuttal

Session: Pancreas, Liver, GI | Tuesday June 21st, 2016

• Detection of Low-contrast Liver Lesions at Ultra-low Dose CT (Prospective Trial & Reality Check)

• Diagnosis and Quantification of Hepatic and Visceral Fat using MDCT (with MR correlation)