Patricia Balthazar, MD, CIIP

Role

Abdominal Imaging
Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Practicing Since

2021

Biography

Patricia Balthazar, MD, CIIP, is a board certified abdominal radiologist and imaging informaticist at Emory University Hospital Midtown.

Titles & Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Emory University School of Medicine

Education & Training

Education

Fellowship, Body Imaging, 2021
Massachusets General Hospital
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, 2020
Emory University School of Medicine
Internship, Transitional Year, 2016
Metrowest Medical Center
Medical Education, , 2012
Bahiana Escola de Medicina e Saude Publica

Professional Memberships

Dr. Balthazar is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds professional memberships with the American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society and Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. She actively serves on several national society committees with leadership roles including ACR® Junior Representative for the Association of American Medical Colleges Council on Faculty and Academic Societies.

Research

Dr. Balthazar's goal is to improve patient-centered and evidence-based healthcare delivery for all patients using information technology and digital health interventions. She has received a career development grant to work on a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of text message and patient portal reminders on adherence to recommended breast cancer screening mammography. She has also researched US Census and institutional data on the use of computers and online patient portals to improve healthcare delivery.

Her prior research has encompassed the impact of information-technology tools in:

translational patient-centered care
appropriateness of imaging utilization
trends and drivers of imaging utilization and radiology clinical practice patterns
ethics and bias in research

Publications

Dr. Balthazar has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and serves as assistant editor for RadioGraphic.

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
MRI with DWI improves detection of liver metastasis and selection of surgical candidates with pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European radiology	S Altmayer, LM Armelin, JS Pereira, LV Carvalho, J Tse, P Balthazar, MZ Francisco, G Watte, B Hochhegger	01/01/2024
A New (Digital) Era in Medical Journalism: Leveraging Social Media and Other Online Tools to Increase Reach and Engagement. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc	KS Traylor, S Bastawrous, EL Riedesel, DH Ballard, B Hochhegger, I Ukeh, S Jaswal, M Agarwal, JE Clarke, DA Lakhani, P Balthazar, CM Tomblinson, PM Bunch	01/11/2023
Are Academic Emergency Radiologists Systematically Disadvantaged Compared With Diagnostic Radiology Subspecialty Counterparts When It Comes to Promotion? Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	F Hajibonabi, H Khalid, R Duszak, P Balthazar, ST Lirette, TN Hanna	01/10/2023
Decoding radiology reports: Potential application of OpenAI ChatGPT to enhance patient understanding of diagnostic reports. Clinical imaging	H Li, JT Moon, D Iyer, P Balthazar, EA Krupinski, ZL Bercu, JM Newsome, I Banerjee, JW Gichoya, HM Trivedi	01/09/2023
Performing Quality Control on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Liver Fat/Iron Quantification Studies: A Critical Requirement. Journal of computer assisted tomography	F Hajibonabi, P Sharma, AH Davarpanah, P Balthazar, CC Moreno, M Pectasides, SB Nandwana	01/09/2023
Results of the 2020 Survey of the American Alliance of Academic Chief Residents in Radiology. Clinical imaging	KM Marquis, MJ Hoegger, AS Shetty, GL Bishop, P Balthazar, JE Gould, DH Ballard	01/06/2023
Sociodemographic Variables Reporting in Human Radiology Artificial Intelligence Research. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	R Driessen, N Bhatia, JW Gichoya, NM Safdar, P Balthazar	01/06/2023
Uterine Inversion. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc	KM Zaki-Metias, M Hosseiny, F Behzadi, P Balthazar	01/06/2023
Performing Quality Control on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Liver Fat/Iron Quantification Studies: A Critical Requirement. Journal of computer assisted tomography	F Hajibonabi, P Sharma, AH Davarpanah, P Balthazar, CC Moreno, M Pectasides, SB Nandwana	19/05/2023
Imaging Informatics Fellowship Curriculum: Building Consensus on the Most Critical Topics and the Future of the Informatics Fellowship. Journal of digital imaging	R Gerard, V Makeeva, B Vey, TS Cook, P Nagy, RW Filice, KC Wang, P Balthazar, P Harri, NM Safdar	01/02/2023
Abdominal Imaging Findings on Computed Tomography as a Tool for COVID-19 Mortality Risk Assessment: Comparison With Chest Radiograph Severity Scores. Journal of computer assisted tomography	P Balthazar, N Mercaldo, N Pisuchpen, DP Mendoza, BP Little, EJ Flores, A Kambadakone	01/01/2023
The Digital Divide in Radiology: Computer Use for Health Care-related Tasks and Breast Cancer Screening. Radiology	P Abraham, P Balthazar, NJ Reid, EJ Flores, AK Narayan	01/01/2023
Working Smarter: Harnessing the Electronic Medical Record for Radiology. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	K Oh, P Balthazar	01/12/2022

Awards

Dr. Balthazar's awards and honors include the prestigious RSNA Research & Education Foundation Resident/Fellow Research Grant and the Association of University Radiologists GE Radiology Research Academic Fellowship Award.

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