Radiology Faculty

Brian F. Mullan, MS, MD

Clinical Professor William & Sondra Myer Family Professor, Carver College of Medicine Director, Cardiac CT Program Vice Chair for Education Chair, Medical Education Committee, Carver College of Medicine Chair, PACS/IRIS Committee Division: Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Office Address: 3896 JPP Phone: (319) 356-3562 Fax: (319) 356-2220 brian-mullan@uiowa.edu

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: Graduate: Medical School: Residency: Fellowship:

BA, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1985 MS, Neuroscience, Northwestern University, 1986 MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1991 Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 1991-95 University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1995-96

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Radiology, 1996
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1992

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research Interests
1. Education in medicine
2. Lung cancer screening
3. Impact of digital imaging and display on lesion detection in radiology
4. Conversion of radiology departments from analog to digital: impact on workflow and departmental layout.
5. Functional imaging of the cardiopulmonary systems

Current Projects
1. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Sponsored by ACRIN.
2. Iowa Comprehensive Lung Imaging Center (I-CLIC)
3. Evaluation of sources of bias in subjective clinical evaluations.
4. Development of various means of data collection and analysis regarding student evaluations of faculty teaching.

AREA AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION

All areas of cardiothoracic imaging, including multidetector, spiral and electron beam computed tomography, cardiac MRI, and critical care imaging