Physicians

Department / Division
Radiology / Abdominal Imaging

Address
DUMC 3808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-2711

Office Telephone
919-684-7663

Fax Telephone
919-684-7129

Training

• MD, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2004

Residency

• Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush University Medical Center (Illinois), 2009

Fellowship

• Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Duke University Medical Center, 2010

Clinical Interests
Magnetic resonance imaging, hepatobiliary imaging, workflow, quantitative imaging, image-guided percutaneous interventions/procedures

Research Interests
Quantitative techniques in MRI, diffuse liver disease, hepatobiliary imaging, CT and MR perfusion, image postprocessing

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

• Bayer Schering Pharma AG
• Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.
• Siemens Medical Solutions

Representative Publications
Allen, BC; Barnhart, H; Bashir, M; Nieman, C; Breault, S; Jaffe, TA. Diagnostic accuracy of intra-abdominal fluid collection characterization in the era of multidetector computed tomography. American Surgeon. 2012;78:185-189. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Dale, BM; Gupta, RT; Horvath, JJ; Boll, DT; Merkle, EM. Gradient shimming during magnetic resonance imaging of the liver: comparison of a standard protocol versus a novel reduced protocol. Investigative Radiology. 2012;47:524-529. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Dale, BM; Merkle, EM; Boll, DT. Automated liver sampling using a gradient dual-echo Dixon-based technique. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2012;67:1469-1477. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Gupta, RT. MDCT evaluation of the pancreas: nuts and bolts. Radiologic Clinics of North America. 2012;50:365-377. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Husarik, DB; Ziemlewicz, TJ; Gupta, RT; Boll, DT; Merkle, EM. Liver MRI in the hepatocyte phase with gadolinium-EOB-DTPA: does increasing the flip angle improve conspicuity and detection rate of hypointense lesions?. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2012;35:611-616. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Merkle, EM; Kishnani, PS. Challenges in screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in the glycogen storage disease type 1a population. Internal Medicine. 2012;51:1811. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Merkle, EM; Smith, AD; Boll, DT. Hepatic MR imaging for in vivo differentiation of steatosis, iron deposition and combined storage disorder: single-ratio in/opposed phase analysis vs. dual-ratio Dixon discrimination. European Journal of Radiology. 2012;81:e101-e109. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Weber, PW; Husarik, DB; Howle, LE; Nelson, RC. Improved aortic enhancement in CT angiography using slope-based triggering with table speed optimization: a pilot study. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2012;28:1533-1543. (2012) Abstract

Feuerlein, S; Heye, TJ; Bashir, MR; Boll, DT. Iodine quantification using dual-energy multidetector computed tomography imaging: phantom study assessing the impact of iterative reconstruction schemes and patient habitus on accuracy. Investigative Radiology. 2012;47:656-661. (2012) Abstract

Grimm, LJ; Feuerlein, S; Bashir, M; Nelson, RC. Effectiveness of a breath-hold monitoring system in improving the reproducibility of different breath-hold positions in multiphasic CT imaging. Clinical Imaging. 2012;36:754-757. (2012) Abstract

Horvath, JJ; Austin, SL; Jones, HN; Drake, EJ; Case, LE; Soher, BJ; Bashir, MR; Kishnani, PS. Bulbar muscle weakness and fatty lingual infiltration in glycogen storage disorder type IIIa. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2012;107:496-500. (2012) Abstract

Husarik, DB; Bashir, MR; Weber, PW; Nichols, EB; Howle, LE; Merkle, EM; Nelson, RC. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: first-pass arterial enhancement as a function of gadolinium-chelate concentration, and the saline chaser volume and injection rate. Investigative Radiology. 2012;47:121-127. (2012) Abstract

Husarik, DB; Marin, D; Samei, E; Richard, S; Chen, B; Jaffe, TA; Bashir, MR; Nelson, RC. Radiation dose reduction in abdominal computed tomography during the late hepatic arterial phase using a model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm: how low can we go?. Investigative Radiology. 2012;47:468-474. (2012) Abstract

Marin, D; Dale, BM; Bashir, MR; Ziemlewicz, TJ; Ringe, KI; Boll, DT; Merkle, EM. Effectiveness of a three-dimensional dual gradient echo two-point Dixon technique for the characterization of adrenal lesions at 3 Tesla. European Radiology. 2012;22:259-268. (2012) Abstract

Young, SP; Piraud, M; Goldstein, JL; Zhang, H; Rehder, C; Laforet, P; Kishnani, PS; Millington, DS; Bashir, MR; Bali, DS. Assessing disease severity in Pompe disease: the roles of a urinary glucose tetrasaccharide biomarker and imaging techniques. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics. 2012;160:50-58. (2012) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Merkle, EM. Improved liver lesion conspicuity by increasing the flip angle during hepatocyte phase MR imaging. European Radiology. 2011;21:291-294. (2011) Abstract

Brown, KJ; Bashir, MR; Baker, JA; Tyler, DS; Paulson, EK. Imaging-guided preoperative hookwire localization of nonpalpable extramammary lesions. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2011;197:W525-W527. (2011) Abstract

Duszak, R; Haines, GR; Van Duyn Wear, V; Lexa, FJ; Bashir, M; D'Souza, S; Carlos, R; Chen, JY; King, BF; Wald, C. White paper from the ACR Task Force on Print Media in Radiology. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2011;8:692-702. (2011) Abstract

Lungren, MP; Horvath, JJ; Welling, RD; Azene, EM; Starikovsky, A; Bashir, MR; Mollura, DJ; Maxfield, C. Global health training in radiology residency programs. Academic Radiology. 2011;18:782-791. (2011) Abstract

Miller, CM; Gupta, RT; Paulson, EK; Neville, AM; Bashir, MR; Merkle, EM; Boll, DT. Effect of organ enhancement and habitus on estimation of unenhanced attenuation at contrast-enhanced dual-energy MDCT: concepts for individualized and organ-specific spectral iodine subtraction strategies. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2011;196:W558-W564. (2011) Abstract

Bashir, MR. Changes to resident call and the dilution of education. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2009;6:277-278. (2009) Abstract

Bashir, MR; Ferral, H; Jacobs, C; McCarthy, W; Goldin, M. Endoleaks after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: management strategies according to CT findings. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2009;192:W178-W186. (2009) Abstract

Pillai, AK; Bashir, M; Ferral, H; Paruchuri, S; Domkan, A. Median nerve injury as a result of medial brachial fascial compartment syndrome. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2007;18:1434-1435. (2007) Abstract