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Dr. Atif Zaheer is a Professor of Radiology and Radiological science at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as the director of the Cross-Sectional Body Imaging Fellowship program. Dr. Zaheer practices at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Zaheer earned his medical degree from the Aga Khan University. He completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, followed by a fellowship in abdominal imaging and interventional radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Zaheer is also the medical director of the e-Radiology learning program at Johns Hopkins, which provides radiology residents and practicing radiologists around the world with a lecture series designed to address core knowledge of normal anatomy, pathology and background physics required for successful practice of the field. Dr. Zaheer is clinically active in cross-sectional imaging of the body using CT, MRI and Ultrasound and is also involved in multidisciplinary conferences for pancreas, liver and rectal cancer imaging. His research interests include imaging of tumors and inflammatory disorders of the pancreas and is considered a leader in pancreatic imaging. He is the associate editor of the journal Abdominal Radiology and actively participates in clinical trials, publishes scientific articles, authors books on pancreatic and gastrointestinal imaging, and gives talks at national and international conferences. Dr. Zaheer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Ureterocele, Gallbladder Disease, and Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.

Dr. Satomi Kawamoto is an Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. She specializes in computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, and image-guided biopsy. Dr. Kawamoto received her M.D. from Gunma University in Gunma, Japan, and subsequently completed two residencies, one in internal medicine at St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo, and a second in diagnostic radiology at Johns Hopkins. She received a postdoctoral fellowship in cross-sectional imaging at Johns Hopkins, and then joined the Johns Hopkins faculty. Dr. Kawamoto’s research focuses on body CT and biopsy, particularly imaging of the genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems. Dr. Kawamoto is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Cavernous Lymphangioma, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

"Dr. Katarzyna J. Macura is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine department of radiology and radiological science, a professor of oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Precision Medicine Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer. She is a radiologist consultant for the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Macura established a clinical and research prostate imaging program with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Dr. Macura has expertise in cross-sectional body imaging, MRI and prostate cancer, and image-guided biopsies. Dr. Macura earned her medical degree from the Medical University of Lodz in Poland. She completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the Medical College of Georgia and a fellowship in cross-sectional body imaging at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to arrival at Hopkins in 2000, Dr. Macura completed post-doctoral research in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. With a PhD degree in Medical Informatics, she had pioneered early applications of Artificial Intelligence for medical decision support, a domain that is now rapidly expanding owing to the advancement of computer technologies and recent recognition that decision support augments appropriate utilization of medical technologies, provides second opinion systems for improved diagnostics and management, and allows optimization of medical care delivery with the assessment of quality and safety. Dr. Macura is a certified knowledge engineer. Dr. Macura is a member of several national and international radiology organizations. She served as president of the Maryland Radiological Society, the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Radiology (ACR), between 2013 and 2015, as well as president of the American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR) in 2005. She was a Chancellor on the ACR Board of Chancellors, serving as the Inaugural Chair of the ACR Commission for Women and Diversity, between 2013 and 2019. She served as Vice-President of the ACR 2019-2020. She was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by Hopkins Radiology Residents in 2005 and 2021, and received the Resident Mentoring Awards in 2018 and 2024. Dr. Macura was also named the Honored Educator by the Radiological Society of North America in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, she received the ""Diamond"" Jim Brady Urology Residents teaching award and the AAWR Marie Sklodowska-Curie award. In 2022, she received the Gold Medal from the American College of Radiology. Dr. Macura is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR), the Society for Advanced Body Imaging (FSABI), and the American Association for Women in Radiology (FAAWR).". Dr. Macura is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Prostatectomy, and Penectomy.