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Megan K. Mills

Megan K. Mills, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
Salt Lake City
801-581-8699
  • Megan Mills, MD, serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Operations and Chief of the Musculoskeletal section in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Dr. Mills provides diagnostic and imaging-guided procedural expertise in a range of disorders affecting the musculoskeletal system. Her research focuses on innovating techniques for training future radiologists.

    Board Certification

    National Board of Medical Examiners
  • Megan Mills, MD, serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Operations and Chief of the Musculoskeletal section in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Dr. Mills provides diagnostic and imaging-guided procedural expertise in a range of disorders affecting the musculoskeletal system. Her research focuses on innovating techniques for training future radiologists.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Radiology & Imaging Sciences -Primary
    Board Certification
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Fellowship Musculoskeletal Radiology - University of Colorado Fellow
    Diagnostic Radiology - University of Utah, School of Medicine Chief Resident
    Chief Resident Diagnostic Radiology - University of Utah, School of Medicine Junior Chief Resident
    Diagnostic Radiology - University of Utah, School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Riverside Methodist Hospital Transitional Internship
    Medicine - University of Utah M.D.
    Undergraduate Business Administration - Utah State University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Gunawan R, Tran Y, Zheng J, Nguyen H, Carrigan A, Mills MK, Chai R (2024). Combining Multistaged Filters and Modified Segmentation Network for Improving Lung Nodules Classification. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform, 28(9), 5519-5527. (Read full article)
    2. Perchik JD, Maxfield C, Mills M, Agarwal A, Hull NC, Darrow A, Wang M, Cooke E, Seekins J, Marx M, Wassef H, Gould J, Grimm L (2024). Status of LGBTQ+ inclusion: Multi-institution Assessment of US Radiology Residencies. J Am Coll Radiol. (Read full article)
    3. Cole HA, Grimm LJ, Omofoye TS, Cooke EA, Heitkamp DE, Mills MK, Wang M, Maxfield CM, Chapman T (2024). Women in leadership matters: Achieving diversity in radiology residency recruitment. Clin Imaging, 111, 110144. (Read full article)
    4. Braun S, Mascoe J, Caragea M, Woodworth T, Curtis T, Blatt M, Cheney C, Brown T, Carson D, Kuo K, Randall D, Huang EY, Carefoot A, Teramoto M, Cooper A, Mills M, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick ZL (2024). The association of payer type on genicular radiofrequency neurotomy treatment outcomes: Results of a cross-sectional study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 3(2), 100407. (Read full article)
    5. Hansford BG, Li NP, Stacy GS, Mills MK, Tommack M, Yablon CM (2023). Cubonavicular Coalition: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Associated Pathology of a Rarely Reported Condition in 27 Patients. Acad Radiol. (Read full article)
    6. Caragea M, Woodworth T, Curtis T, Blatt M, Cheney C, Brown T, Carson D, Kuo KT, Randall D, Huang EY, Carefoot A, Teramoto M, Mills M, Cooper A, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick ZL (2023). Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Knee Joint Pain: A Real-world Cohort Study with Evaluation of Prognostic Factors. Pain Med, 24(12), 1332-1340. (Read full article)
    7. Aru MG, Davis JL, Stacy GS, Mills MK, Yablon CM, Hanrahan CJ, McCallum R, Nomura EC, Hansford BG (2022). Beyond schwannomas and neurofibromas: a radiological and histopathological review of lesser-known benign lesions that arise in association with peripheral nerves. Skeletal Radiol, 52(4), 649-669. (Read full article)
    8. Auffermann WF, Mills MK (2023). Perceptual training and teaching medical students how to window and level chest radiographs. J Med Imaging (Bellingham), 10(Suppl 1), S11907. (Read full article)
    9. Ivy S, Rohovit T, Stefanucci J, Stokes D, Mills M, Drew T (2023). Visual expertise is more than meets the eye: an examination of holistic visual processing in radiologists and architects. J Med Imaging (Bellingham), 10(1), 015501. (Read full article)
    10. Komori S, Cross DJ, Mills M, Ouchi Y, Nishizawa S, Okada H, Norikane T, Thientunyakit T, Anzai Y, Minoshima S (2022). Deep-learning prediction of amyloid deposition from early-phase amyloid positron emission tomography imaging. Ann Nucl Med, 36(10), 913-921. (Read full article)
    11. Tomasevich KM, Mills MK, Allen H, Crawford AM, Mortensen AJ, Presson AP, Zhang C, Aoki SK (2021). Magnetic Resonance Arthrogram Improves Visualization of Hip Capsular Defects in Patients Undergoing Previous Hip Arthroscopy. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil, 4(2), e471-e478. (Read full article)
    12. Chalmers PN, Christensen GV, Ishikawa H, Henninger HB, Kholmovski EG, Mills M, Tashjian RZ (2021). Can magnetic resonance imaging accurately and reliably measure humeral cortical thickness? JSES Int, 6(2), 297-304. (Read full article)
    13. Mills MK, Leake RL, Crawford AM, Soltanolkotabi M, Hansford BG (2021). Concepts in Musculoskeletal Bone and Soft Tissue Biopsy. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol, 25(6), 711-724. (Read full article)
    14. Maxfield CM, Montano-Campos JF, Chapman T, Desser TS, Ho CP, Hull NC, Kelly HR, Kennedy TA, Koontz NA, Knippa EE, McLoud TC, Milburn J, Mills MK, Morgan DE, Morgan R, Peterson RB, Salastekar N, Thorpe MP, Zarour JG, Reed SD, Grimm LJ (2021). Factors Influential in the Selection of Radiology Residents in the Post-Step 1 World: A Discrete Choice Experiment. J Am Coll Radiol, 18, 1572-1580. (Read full article)
    15. Williams LH, Carrigan AJ, Mills M, Auffermann WF, Rich AN, Drew T (2021). Characteristics of expert search behavior in volumetric medical image interpretation. J Med Imaging (Bellingham), 8(4), 041208. (Read full article)
    16. Williams L, Carrigan A, Auffermann W, Mills M, Rich A, Elmore J, Drew T (2020). The invisible breast cancer: Experience does not protect against inattentional blindness to clinically relevant findings in radiology. Psychon Bull Rev, 28(2), 503-511. (Read full article)
    17. Li NP, Wingfield MA, Mills MK, Beckett BR, Hansford BG (2020). Percutaneous image-guided sternal biopsy: a cross-institutional retrospective review of diagnostic yield and safety in 50 cases. Skeletal Radiol, 50(3), 495-504. (Read full article)
    18. Schlickewei C, Krhenbhl N, Dekeyser GJ, Mills M, Priemel M, Rammelt S, Frosch KH, Barg A (2021). [Unstable injuries of the deltoid ligament complex in ankle fractures : How to diagnose, how to treat?]. Unfallchirurg, 124(3), 190-199. (Read full article)
    19. Steadman J, Sripanich Y, Rungprai C, Mills MK, Saltzman CL, Barg A (2020). Comparative assessment of midfoot osteoarthritis diagnostic sensitivity using weightbearing computed tomography vs weightbearing plain radiography. Eur J Radiol, 134, 109419. (Read full article)
    20. Fawver B, Thomas JL, Drew T, Mills MK, Auffermann WF, Lohse KR, Williams AM (2020). Seeing isn't necessarily believing: Misleading contextual information influences perceptual-cognitive bias in radiologists. J Exp Psychol Appl, 26(4), 579-592. (Read full article)
    21. Sripanich Y, Steadman J, Krhenbhl N, Rungprai C, Mills MK, Saltzman CL, Barg A (2020). Asymmetric lambda sign of the second tarsometatarsal joint on axial weight-bearing cone-beam CT scans of the foot: preliminary investigation for diagnosis of subtle ligamentous Lisfranc injuries in a cadaveric model. Skeletal Radiol, 49(10), 1615-1621. (Read full article)
    22. Leake RL, Mills MK, Allen H, Crawford AM, Kobes PH, Soltanolkotabi M (2020). MRI of the Wrist Ligaments. Top Magn Reson Imaging, 29(5), 209-220. (Read full article)
    23. Chan BY, Crawford AM, Kobes PH, Allen H, Leake RL, Hanrahan CJ, Mills MK (2020). Septic Arthritis: An Evidence-Based Review of Diagnosis and Image-Guided Aspiration. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 215(3), 568-581. (Read full article)
    24. Banerjee S, Drew T, Mills MK, Auffermann WF (2019). Perceptual training: learning versus attentional shift. J Med Imaging (Bellingham), 7(2), 022407. (Read full article)
    25. Sripanich Y, Weinberg MW, Krhenbhl N, Rungprai C, Mills MK, Saltzman CL, Barg A (2019). Imaging in Lisfranc injury: a systematic literature review. Skeletal Radiol, 49(1), 31-53. (Read full article)
    26. Weintraub MD, Hansford BG, Stilwill SE, Allen H, Leake RL, Hanrahan CJ, Chan BY, Soltanolkotabi M, Kobes P, Mills MK (2020). Avulsion Injuries of the Hand and Wrist. Radiographics, 40(1), 163-180. (Read full article)
    27. Meek RD, Mills MK, Hanrahan CJ, Beckett BR, Leake RL, Allen H, Williams DD, Tommack M, Schmahmann S, Hansford BG (2020). Pearls and Pitfalls for Soft-Tissue and Bone Biopsies: A Cross-Institutional Review. Radiographics, 40(1), 266-290. (Read full article)
    28. Hansford BG, Mills MK, Hanrahan CJ, Yablon CM (2019). Pearls and pitfalls of fluoroscopic-guided foot and ankle injections: what the radiologist needs to know. Skeletal Radiol, 48(11), 1661-1674. (Read full article)
    29. Krhenbhl N, Weinberg MW, Davidson NP, Mills MK, Hintermann B, Saltzman CL, Barg A (2018). Currently used imaging options cannot accurately predict subtalar joint instability. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 27(9), 2818-2830. (Read full article)
    30. Hansford BG, Mills MK, Stilwill SE, McGow AK, Hanrahan CJ (2019). Naviculocuneiform and Second and Third Tarsometatarsal Articulations: Underappreciated Normal Anatomy and How It May Affect Fluoroscopy-Guided Injections. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 212(4), 874-882. (Read full article)
    31. Stilwill SE, Mills MK, Hansford BG, Allen H, Mahan M, Moore KR, Hanrahan CJ (2018). Practical Approach and Review of Brachial Plexus Pathology With Operative Correlation: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Semin Roentgenol, 54(2), 92-112. (Read full article)
    32. Leake RL, Mills MK, Hanrahan CJ (2018). Spinal Marrow Imaging: Clues to Disease. Radiol Clin North Am, 57(2), 359-375. (Read full article)
    33. Mills MK, Putbrese B, Allen H, Stilwill SE (2018). Lymphangiomatosis: a rare entity presenting with involvement of the sacral plexus. Skeletal Radiol, 47(9), 1293-1297. (Read full article)
    34. Krhenbhl N, Weinberg MW, Davidson NP, Mills MK, Hintermann B, Saltzman CL, Barg A (2017). Imaging in syndesmotic injury: a systematic literature review. Skeletal Radiol, 47(5), 631-648. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Requist MR, Mills MK, Carroll KL, Lenz AL (2024). Quantitative Skeletal Imaging and Image-Based Modeling in Pediatric Orthopaedics. [Review]. Curr Osteoporos Rep, 22(1), 44-55. (Read full article)
    2. Soltanolkotabi M, Mills MK, Nixon DC, Shomal Zadeh F, Chalian M (2023). Postoperative Imaging of the Ankle Tendons. [Review]. Semin Ultrasound CT MR, 44(4), 309-318. (Read full article)
    3. Mills MK, Allen H (2022). Knee Plical Pathology and Impingement Syndromes. [Review]. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am, 30(2), 293-305. (Read full article)
    4. Soltanolkotabi M, Mallory C, Allen H, Chan BY, Mills MK, Leake RL (2022). Postoperative Findings of Common Foot and Ankle Surgeries: An Imaging Review. [Review]. Diagnostics (Basel), 12(5). (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Johnson TZ, Annis T, Kennedy A, Kobes P, Mills M (2019). Intramuscular Placement of Birth Control Device: A Multimodality Case and Review. Cureus, 11(1), e3835. (Read full article)