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Akram Shaaban, MBBCh

Languages spoken: English, Arabic

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

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 -Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Radiology

Education history

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

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

Review

  1. Brandão A, Oliveira BC, Ferreira IAG, Matteoni-Athayde LG, Torres LR, Belém L, Franco IP, Shaaban AM, Rogers D, Chamié L (2025). Imaging Spectrum of Typical and Atypical Adenomyosis. Radiographics, 45(5), e240152.
  2. Wang MX, Furrow ML, Gao M, Nasrullah A, Shehata MA, Shaaban AM, Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Revzin MV, Katz DS, Elsayes K (2025). Gastrointestinal oncologic emergencies: a radiologists' guide. Abdominal radiology (New York), 50(12), 5708-5718.
  3. Stanietzky N, Salem AE, Elsayes KM, Rezvani M, Palmquist S, Ahmed I, Marey A, Faria S, Gaballah AH, Menias CO, Shaaban A (2025). Unusual liver tumors: spectrum of imaging findings with pathologic correlation. Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey), 31(2), 58-67.
  4. Eskildsen DE, Guccione J, Menias CO, Shaaban AM, Morani AC, Shehata MA, Fagan RJ, Singer ED, Abdelaal MA, Jensen CT, Elsayes K (2023). Perirenal lymphatics: anatomy, pathophysiology, and imaging spectrum of diseases. Abdominal radiology (New York), 48(8), 2615-2627.
  5. Rogers D, Menias C, Shaaban (2023). Malignant Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary: Clinical and Imaging Features. Radiologic clinics of North America, 61(4), 579-594.
  6. Cai ZJ, Salem AE, Wagner-Bartak NA, Elsayes KM, Negm AS, Rezvani M, Menias CO, Shaaban A (2022). Sciatic foramen anatomy and common pathologies: a pictorial review. Abdominal radiology (New York), 47(1), 378-398.
  7. Fattahi N, Moeini A, Morani AC, Elsayes KM, Bhosale HR, Badawy M, Menias CO, Rezvani M, Gaballah AH, Shaaban A (2022). Fat-containing pelvic lesions in females. Abdominal radiology (New York), 47(1), 362-377.
  8. 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 K (2022). Review of uterine fibroids: imaging of typical and atypical features, variants, and mimics with emphasis on workup and FIGO classification. Abdominal radiology (New York), 47(7), 2468-2485.
  9. Wang MX, Mahmoud HS, Klimkowski S, Salem U, Korivi BR, Corwin M, Ahmed AM, Shaaban AM, Menias CO, Elsayes K (2022). Cystic adrenal masses: spectrum of multimodality imaging features and pathological correlation. Clinical radiology, 77(7), 479-488.
  10. Badawy M, Nada A, Crim J, Kabeel K, Layfield L, Shaaban A, Elsayes KM, Gaballah A (2022). Solitary fibrous tumors: Clinical and imaging features from head to toe. European journal of radiology, 146, 110053.
  11. Badawy M, Gaballah AH, Ganeshan D, Abdelalziz A, Remer EM, Alsabbagh M, Westphalen A, Siddiqui MA, Taffel MT, Itani M, Shaaban AM, Elsayes K (2021). Adrenal hemorrhage and hemorrhagic masses; diagnostic workup and imaging findings. The British journal of radiology, 94(1127), 20210753.
  12. Salem AE, Zaki YH, El-Hussieny G, ElNoueam KI, Shaaban AM, Koppula BR, Bustoros M, Salama M, Elsayes KM, Morton K, Covington M (2021). An Overview of Selected Rare B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Imaging, Histopathologic, and Clinical Features. Cancers (Basel), 13(22), 5853.
  13. Salem AE, Zaki YH, El-Hussieny G, ElNoueam KI, Shaaban AM, Koppula BR, Yang M, Salama M, Elsayes KM, Covington M (2021). Uncommon Variants of Mature T-Cell Lymphomas (MTCLs): Imaging and Histopathologic and Clinical Features with Updates from the Fourth Edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms. Cancers (Basel), 13(20), 5217.

Book

  1. Shaaban AM et a (2025). Diagnostic Imaging: Gynecology.
  2. Shaaban AM et a (2021). Diagnostic Imaging: Gynecology.
  3. Shaaban AM et a (2020). Diagnostic Imaging: Gynecology.

Letter

  1. Winter TC, Shaaban (2021). The characteristic splenic calcifications of systemic lupus erythematosus. Abdominal radiology (New York), 46(2), 607-608.

Other

  1. Cai ZJ, Salem AE, Wagner-Bartak NA, Elsayes KM, Negm AS, Rezvani M, Menias CO, Shaaban A (2022). Correction to: Sciatic foramen anatomy and common pathologies: a pictorial review. Abdominal radiology (New York), 47(7), 2562.