Glen Morrell
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Glen Morrell, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English, German

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-7553
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Dr. Morrell bridges the gap between technical research on new methods of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and real world patient care in the clinical practice of radiology. He completed a PhD degree at Stanford University in Electrical Engineering, where his research focused on new methods of MRI. He also completed medical school at Stanford and radiology residency and fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Diagnostic Radiology, and is a practicing board certified radiologist. For the past six years, Dr. Morrell has worked as a faculty member in the Radiology Department at University of Utah Health Care where he splits his time between the clinical practice of radiology and cutting edge laboratory research into new methods of MRI. His clinical specialties include CT, ultrasound, and MRI of the abdomen and pelvis and MRI of the breast. He is a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator and a member of the Experimental Therapeutics program. Current research interests include development of new MRI technologies applied to improved MRI of the breast for detection of breast cancer.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Radiology (Radiology)

Dr. Morrell bridges the gap between technical research on new methods of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and real world patient care in the clinical practice of radiology. He completed a PhD degree at Stanford University in Electrical Engineering, where his research focused on new methods of MRI. He also completed medical school at Stanford and radiology residency and fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Diagnostic Radiology, and is a practicing board certified radiologist. For the past six years, Dr. Morrell has worked as a faculty member in the Radiology Department at University of Utah Health Care where he splits his time between the clinical practice of radiology and cutting edge laboratory research into new methods of MRI. His clinical specialties include CT, ultrasound, and MRI of the abdomen and pelvis and MRI of the breast. He is a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator and a member of the Experimental Therapeutics program. Current research interests include development of new MRI technologies applied to improved MRI of the breast for detection of breast cancer.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Radiology & Imaging Sciences -Professor
Board Certification
American Board of Radiology (Radiology)

Education history

Undergraduate Electrical Engineering - Brigham Young University B.S.
Graduate Training Electrical Engineering - Brigham Young University M.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Stanford University School of Medicine M.D.
Doctoral Training Electrical Engineering - Stanford University Ph.D.
Internship Surgery - Stanford University Medical Center Intern
Residency Radiology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Resident
Fellowship MR Imaging - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bane O, Mendichovszky IA, Milani B, Dekkers IA, Deux JF, Eckerbom P, Grenier N, Hall ME, Inoue T, Laustsen C, Lerman LO, Liu C, Morrell G, Pedersen M, Pruijm M, Sadowski EA, Seeliger E, Sharma K, Thoeny H, Vermathen P, Wang ZJ, Serafin Z, Zhang JL, Francis ST, Sourbron S, Pohlmann A, Fain SB, Prasad P (2020). Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal BOLD MRI. Magma (New York, N.Y.), 33(1), 199-215.
  2. Kaggie JD, Sapkota N, Thapa B, Jeong K, Shi X, Morrell G, Bangerter NK, Jeong E (2016). Synchronous Radial 1H and 23Na Dual-Nuclear MRI on a Clinical MRI System, Equipped With a Broadband Transmit Channel. Concepts in magnetic resonance. Part B, Magnetic resonance engineering, 46B(4), 191-201.
  3. Parsons MW, Hutten RJ, Tward A, Khouri A, Peterson J, Morrell G, Lloyd S, Cannon DM, Johnson S (2021). The Effect of Maximum Tumor Diameter by MRI on Disease Control in Intermediate and High-risk Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Brachytherapy Boost. Clinical genitourinary cancer, 20, e68-e74.
  4. Hutten R, Khouri A, Parsons M, Tward A, Wilson T, Peterson J, Morrell G, Dechet C, O'Neil B, Schmidt B, Kokeny K, Lloyd S, Cannon D, Tward J, Sanchez A, Johnson (2022). The Clinical Significance of Maximum Tumor Diameter on MRI in Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy or Definitive Radiotherapy for Locoregional Prostate Cancer. Clinical genitourinary cancer, 20(6), e453-e459.

Review

  1. Zhu GG, Siegel CL, Rogers DM, Sagel J, Morrell G, Olpin JD, Schmidt B, Hoegger M (2025). Urinary bladder diverticula: imaging features and complications. Abdominal radiology (New York), 50(8), 3584-3598.

Editorial

  1. Morrell G (2019). Toward Rapid Noninvasive Measurement of Kidney Perfusion. Radiology, 293(2), 469-470.
  2. Morrell G (2021). Detection of Tumor Thrombus in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Radiology, 302, 211984.
  3. Morrell G (2023). Editorial for "Assessment of Lymphovascular Invasion in Breast Cancer Using a Combined MRI Morphological Features, Radiomics, and Deep Learning Approach Based on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI". Journal of magnetic resonance imaging,
  4. Morrell G (2024). A Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System for Contrast-enhanced US. Radiology, 312(3), e241666.
  5. Morrell G (2025). Editorial for "Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System to Differentiate HER2-Zero, HER2-Low, and HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Based on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI". Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 61(5), 2221-2222.

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