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Akram Shaaban

Akram Shaaban, MBBCh

Languages spoken: English, Arabic

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
Salt Lake City
801-581-7553
  • Dr. Shaaban is a Professor in the Department of Radiology. He completed his residency training at the University of Utah. He is fellowship trained in Abdominal Imaging. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Radiology
  • Dr. Shaaban is a Professor in the Department of Radiology. He completed his residency training at the University of Utah. He is fellowship trained in Abdominal Imaging. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Radiology & Imaging Sciences -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Radiology

    Education history

    Other Training Cardiovascular Imaging - University of California Certification
    Radiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Radiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Residency Radiology - University of Alexandria Hospitals Resident
    University of Alexandria Hospitals Intern
    Professional Medical University of Alexandria M.B.B.Ch.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Stanietzky N, Salem AE, Elsayes KM, Rezvani M, Fraivillig K, Salem U, Klimkowski S, Diab M, Naik S, Menias CO, Shaaban AM (2024). Tumor-like conditions that mimic liver tumors. Diagn Interv Radiol. (Read full article)
    2. Liu X, Tan SBM, Awiwi MO, Jang HJ, Chernyak V, Fowler KJ, Shaaban AM, Sirlin CB, Furlan A, Marks RM, Elsayes KM (2023). Imaging Findings in Cirrhotic Liver: Pearls and Pitfalls for Diagnosis of Focal Benign and Malignant Lesions. Radiographics, 43(9), e230043. (Read full article)
    3. Griffiths ER, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Shaaban A, Rezvani M, Carlo WF, Schumacher KR, DiPaola F, OConnor MJ, Nandi D, Zangwill S, McCulloch MA, Friedland-Little JM, West SC, Lee TM, Alejos JC, Chen S, Molina KM (2022). Fontan-associated liver disease after heart transplant. Pediatr Transplant, 27(2), e14435. (Read full article)
    4. Patel N, Jensen KK, Shaaban AM, Korngold E, Foster BR (2022). Multimodality Imaging of Cholecystectomy Complications. Radiographics, 42(5), 1303-1319. (Read full article)
    5. Griffith AM, Ockerse P, Shaaban A, Kelly C (2021). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on CT scans ordered from the emergency department for abdominal complaints. Emerg Radiol, 28(3), 485-495. (Read full article)
    6. Nassar S, Menias CO, Palmquist S, Nada A, Pickhardt PJ, Shaaban AM, Gaballah AH, Elsayes KM (2021). Ligament of Treitz: Anatomy, Relevance of Radiologic Findings, and Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 216(4), 927-934. (Read full article)
    7. Tawfik A, Thomas AJ, Menias CO, Nada A, Shaaban AM, Gaballah AH, Morani AC, Jensen CT, Elsayes KM (2020). Trans-diaphragmatic Pathologies: Anatomical Background and Spread of Disease on Cross-sectional Imaging. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, 50(2), 252-261. (Read full article)
    8. Etchison A, Menias CO, Ganeshan DM, Consul N, Nada A, Shaaban AM, Gaballah AH, Javadi S, Elsayes KM (2020). A review of anatomy, pathology, and disease spread in the perisplenic region. Abdom Radiol (NY), 46(2), 805-817. (Read full article)
    9. Zheng Y, Shabana A, Elsayes KM, Hamid A, Abdelaziz A, Menias CO, Shaaban AM, Liu P, Gaballah AH (2020). Cross-Sectional Imaging Evaluation of Vascular Lesions in the Gastrointestinal Tract and Mesentery. J Comput Assist Tomogr, 44(6), 870-881. (Read full article)
    10. Hanafy AK, Morani AC, Menias CO, Pickhardt PJ, Shaaban AM, Mujtaba B, Mellnick VM, Elsayes KM (2019). Hematologic malignancies of the gastrointestinal luminal tract. Abdom Radiol (NY), 45(10), 3007-3027. (Read full article)
    11. Elmohr MM, Blair KJ, Menias CO, Nada A, Shaaban AM, Sandrasegaran K, Elsayes KM (2020). The Lesser Sac and Foramen of Winslow: Anatomy, Embryology, and CT Appearance of Pathologic Processes. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 215(4), 843-851. (Read full article)
    12. Zheng Y, Elsayes KM, Waranch C, Abdelaziz A, Menias CO, Sandrasegaran K, Shaaban AM, Gaballah AH (2020). IgG4-related disease in the abdomen and pelvis: atypical findings, pitfalls, and mimics. Abdom Radiol (NY), 45(8), 2485-2499. (Read full article)
    13. Nassar S, Menias CO, Nada A, Blair KJ, Shaaban AM, Mellnick VM, Gaballah AH, Lubner MG, Baiomy A, Rohren SA, Elsayes KM (2020). Morison's pouch: anatomical review and evaluation of pathologies and disease spread on cross-sectional imaging. Abdom Radiol (NY), 45(8), 2315-2326. (Read full article)
    14. Robinson KA, Menias CO, Chen L, Schiappacasse G, Shaaban AM, Caserta MP, Elsayes KM, VanBuren WM, Bolan CW (2019). Understanding malignant transformation of endometriosis: imaging features with pathologic correlation. Abdom Radiol (NY), 45(6), 1762-1775. (Read full article)
    15. Morani AC, Jensen CT, Habra MA, Agrons MM, Menias CO, Wagner-Bartak NA, Shaaban AM, Roman-Colon AM, Elsayes KM (2019). Adrenocortical hyperplasia: a review of clinical presentation and imaging. Abdom Radiol (NY), 45(4), 917-927. (Read full article)
    16. Elsayes KM, Elmohr MM, Javadi S, Menias CO, Remer EM, Morani AC, Shaaban AM (2019). Mimics, pitfalls, and misdiagnoses of adrenal masses on CT and MRI. Abdom Radiol (NY), 45(4), 982-1000. (Read full article)
    17. Consul N, Venkatesan AM, Blair KJ, Morshid A, Menias CO, Shaaban AM, Elmohr MM, Gaballah AH, Elsayes KM (2020). Calcified Adrenal Lesions: Pattern Recognition Approach on Computed Tomography With Pathologic Correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr, 44(2), 178-187. (Read full article)
    18. Rogers D, Al-Dulaimi R, Rezvani M, Kennedy A, Shaaban A (2019). Peripheral hypervascularity of the corpus luteum with ovarian edema (CLOE) may decrease false positive diagnoses of ovarian torsion. Abdom Radiol (NY), 44(9), 3158-3165. (Read full article)
    19. Thomas AJ, Menias CO, Pickhardt PJ, Shaaban AM, Gaballah AH, Yedururi S, Elsayes KM (2019). Bleeding Liver Masses: Imaging Features With Pathologic Correlation and Impact on Management. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 213(1), 8-16. (Read full article)
    20. Foster BR, Jensen KK, Bakis G, Shaaban AM, Coakley FV (2019). Revised Atlanta Classification for Acute Pancreatitis: A Pictorial Essay-Erratum. Radiographics, 39(3), 912. (Read full article)
    21. Hall IE, Shaaban A, Wei G, Sikora MB, Bourija H, Beddhu S, Shihab F (2019). Baseline living-donor kidney volume and function associate with 1-year post-nephrectomy kidney function. Clin Transplant, 33(3), e13485. (Read full article)
    22. Javadi S, Menias CO, Karbasian N, Shaaban A, Shah K, Osman A, Jensen CT, Lubner MG, Gaballah AH, Elsayes KM (2018). HIV-related Malignancies and Mimics: Imaging Findings and Management. Radiographics, 38(7), 2051-2068. (Read full article)
    23. Rezvani M, Shaaban AM (2011). Fallopian tube disease in the nonpregnant patient. Radiographics, 31(2), 527-48. (Read full article)
    24. Schwartz J, Hatch J, Shaaban A, Hutson W (2010). Education and Imaging. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: angiosarcoma of the liver. J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 25(5), 1016. (Read full article)
    25. Bader F, Shaaban A, Karwande S (2005). A rare case of pulmonary vein sarcoma. Can J Cardiol, 21(10), 839-40. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Eskildsen DE, Guccione J, Menias CO, Shaaban AM, Morani AC, Shehata MA, Fagan RJ, Singer ED, Abdelaal MA, Jensen CT, Elsayes KM (2023). Perirenal lymphatics: anatomy, pathophysiology, and imaging spectrum of diseases. [Review]. Abdom Radiol (NY), 48(8), 2615-2627. (Read full article)
    2. Rogers D, Menias C, Shaaban A (2023). Malignant Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary: Clinical and Imaging Features. [Review]. Radiol Clin North Am, 61(4), 579-594. (Read full article)
    3. Wang MX, Mahmoud HS, Klimkowski S, Salem U, Korivi BR, Corwin M, Ahmed AM, Shaaban AM, Menias CO, Elsayes KM (2022). Cystic adrenal masses: spectrum of multimodality imaging features and pathological correlation. [Review]. Clin Radiol, 77(7), 479-488. (Read full article)
    4. Awiwi MO, Badawy M, Shaaban AM, Menias CO, Horowitz JM, Soliman M, Jensen CT, Gaballah AH, Ibarra-Rovira JJ, Feldman MK, Wang MX, Liu PS, Elsayes KM (2022). Review of uterine fibroids: imaging of typical and atypical features, variants, and mimics with emphasis on workup and FIGO classification. [Review]. Abdom Radiol (NY), 47(7), 2468-2485. (Read full article)
    5. Cai ZJ, Salem AE, Wagner-Bartak NA, Elsayes KM, Negm AS, Rezvani M, Menias CO, Shaaban AM (2021). Sciatic foramen anatomy and common pathologies: a pictorial review. [Review]. Abdom Radiol (NY), 47(1), 378-398. (Read full article)
    6. Fattahi N, Moeini A, Morani AC, Elsayes KM, Bhosale HR, Badawy M, Menias CO, Rezvani M, Gaballah AH, Shaaban AM (2021). Fat-containing pelvic lesions in females. [Review]. Abdom Radiol (NY), 47(1), 362-377. (Read full article)
    7. Badawy M, Nada A, Crim J, Kabeel K, Layfield L, Shaaban A, Elsayes KM, Gaballah AH (2021). Solitary fibrous tumors: Clinical and imaging features from head to toe. [Review]. Eur J Radiol, 146, 110053. (Read full article)
    8. Badawy M, Gaballah AH, Ganeshan D, Abdelalziz A, Remer EM, Alsabbagh M, Westphalen A, Siddiqui MA, Taffel MT, Itani M, Shaaban AM, Elsayes KM (2021). Adrenal hemorrhage and hemorrhagic masses; diagnostic workup and imaging findings. [Review]. Br J Radiol, 94(1127), 20210753. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Winter TC, Shaaban A (2020). The characteristic splenic calcifications of systemic lupus erythematosus. [Letter to the editor]. Abdom Radiol (NY), 46(2), 607-608. (Read full article)

    Other

    1. Cai ZJ, Salem AE, Wagner-Bartak NA, Elsayes KM, Negm AS, Rezvani M, Menias CO, Shaaban AM (2022). Correction to: Sciatic foramen anatomy and common pathologies: a pictorial review. Abdom Radiol (NY) (47(7), p. 2562). United States. (Read full article)