Scott McNally
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Scott McNally, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

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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My goal as a neuroradiologist is to provide the best diagnostic imaging for patients with a variety of neurological diseases. My primary interest is in cerebrovascular disease and stroke. My roles include optimizing neurovascular imaging protocols, serving as co-moderator of our multidisciplinary neurovascular conference, and providing resident and fellow education based on the latest clinical research. Our neuroradiology section works together with neurology, neurosurgery and vascular surgery to detect and treat patients with neurovascular diseases. Our vascular imaging techniques include ultrasound, CT and MR angiography, CT and MR perfusion, and we are one of the few locations in the nation to offer dedicated vessel wall imaging. Our collaborations with the Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research (UCAIR) allow us to bring the latest imaging innovations from bench to bedside for the best diagnosis and treatment of stroke and vascular disease.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Radiology
American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)

My goal as a neuroradiologist is to provide the best diagnostic imaging for patients with a variety of neurological diseases. My primary interest is in cerebrovascular disease and stroke. My roles include optimizing neurovascular imaging protocols, serving as co-moderator of our multidisciplinary neurovascular conference, and providing resident and fellow education based on the latest clinical research. Our neuroradiology section works together with neurology, neurosurgery and vascular surgery to detect and treat patients with neurovascular diseases. Our vascular imaging techniques include ultrasound, CT and MR angiography, CT and MR perfusion, and we are one of the few locations in the nation to offer dedicated vessel wall imaging. Our collaborations with the Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research (UCAIR) allow us to bring the latest imaging innovations from bench to bedside for the best diagnosis and treatment of stroke and vascular disease.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Radiology & Imaging Sciences -Associate Professor
Neurology -Adjunct Associate Professor
Neurosurgery -Adjunct Associate Professor
Board Certification
American Board of Radiology
American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)

Education history

Undergraduate College Scholars-Mathematics/Biochemistry - University of Tennessee B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - Emory University M.D.
Doctoral Training Pharmacology - Emory University Ph.D.
Internship LDS Hospital Transitional Internship
Residency Radiology - University of Utah Resident
Chief Resident Radiology - University of Utah Chief Resident
Fellowship Neuroradiology - University of Utah Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Alexander MD, de Havenon A, Mossa-Basha M, McNally J (2020). How Far Can We Take Vessel Wall MRI for Intracranial Atherosclerosis? The Tissue is Still the Issue. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 41(5), E30-E31.
  2. Beck MJ, Parker DL, Bolster BD Jr, Kim SE, McNally JS, Treiman GS, Hadley J (2017). Interchangeable neck shape-specific coils for a clinically realizable anterior neck phased array system. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 78(6), 2460-2468.
  3. Damme NM, Fernandez DP, Wang LM, Wu Q, Kirk RA, Towner RA, McNally JS, Hoffman JM, Morton K (2019). Analysis of retention of gadolinium by brain, bone, and blood following linear gadolinium-based contrast agent administration in rats with experimental sepsis. Magnetic resonance in medicine, 83(6), 1930-1939.
  4. de Havenon A, Majersik JJ, Tirschwell DL, McNally JS, Stoddard G, Rost N (2019). Blood pressure, glycemic control, and white matter hyperintensity progression in type 2 diabetics. Neurology, 92(11), e1168-e1175.
  5. Goldstein ED, Majersik JJ, McNally (2020). Intracranial high-resolution vessel wall imaging in CADASIL. Neurology, 94(23), 1040-1041.
  6. Alexander MD, de Havenon A, Kim SE, Parker DL, McNally J (2019). Assessment of quantitative methods for enhancement measurement on vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of intracranial atherosclerosis. Neuroradiology, 61(6), 643-650.
  7. de Havenon A, Majersik JJ, Stoddard G, Wong KH, McNally JS, Smith AG, Rost NS, Tirschwell D (2018). Increased Blood Pressure Variability Contributes to Worse Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke, 49(8), 1981-1984.
  8. McNally JS, Hinckley PJ, Sakata A, Eisenmenger LB, Kim SE, De Havenon AH, Quigley EP, Iacob E, Treiman GS, Parker D (2018). Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Factors Associated With Ischemic Stroke in Patients Suspected of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke, 49(10), 2337-2344.
  9. Peckham ME, Anderson JS, Rassner UA, Shah LM, Hinckley PJ, de Havenon A, Kim SE, McNally J (2018). Low b-value diffusion weighted imaging is promising in the diagnosis of brain death and hypoxic-ischemic injury secondary to cardiopulmonary arrest. Critical care (London, England), 22(1), 165.
  10. Bennett AE, Wilder MJ, McNally JS, Wold JJ, Stoddard GJ, Majersik JJ, Ansari S, de Havenon (2018). Increased blood pressure variability after endovascular thrombectomy for acute stroke is associated with worse clinical outcome. Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 10(9), 823-827.
  11. Chen R, Singh G, McNally JS, Palmer CA, de Havenon (2020). Intravascular Lymphoma with Progressive CNS Hemorrhage and Multiple Dissections. Case reports in neurological medicine, 2020,
  12. Hamrick F, de Havenon A, Taussky P, Alexander MD, McNally JS, Grandhi (2019). Application of Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Intracranial Cerebrovascular Pathology. 11(2), 105-114.
  13. Kim SE, McNally JS, Alexander MD, Zabriskie MS, Parker DL, Day R (2023). Evaluation of methemoglobin as an intravascular contrast agent: T1 relaxation time effect in a rabbit model. Magnetic resonance imaging, 103, 1-7.
  14. Baradaran H, Culleton S, Stoddard G, Alexander MD, Romero JR, Hadley JR, Kim SE, Parker DL, McNally J (2023). Association between high-risk extracranial carotid plaque and covert brain infarctions and cerebral microbleeds. Neuroradiology, 65(2), 287-295.
  15. Culleton S, Hashemizadeh Kolowori SK, Roberts J, de Havenon A, DiBella E, McNally J (2023). A comparison of simultaneous multislice and conventional diffusion tensor imaging techniques for ischemic stroke evaluation at 1.5T. The British journal of radiology, 96(1141), 20220222.
  16. Culleton S, Baradaran H, Kim SE, Stoddard G, Roberts J, Treiman G, Parker D, Duff K, McNally J (2022). MRI Detection of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage and Postintervention Cognition. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 43(12), 1762-1769.
  17. Costello J, Alexander MD, McNally JS, Hecht EM, Porambo ME, Lau VC, DeMarco J (2021). MR Angiography Series: Neurovascular MR Angiography. Radiographics, 41(7), E204-E205.
  18. Kim SE, Parker DL, Roberts JA, Treiman GS, Alexander M, Baradaran H, de Havenon A, McNally J (2021). Differentiation of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid intraplaque hemorrhage using 3D high-resolution diffusion-weighted stack of stars imaging. NMR in biomedicine, 34(11), e4582.
  19. Baradaran H, Delic A, McNally JS, Alexander M, Majersik JJ, Parker DL, de Havenon (2021). Carotid Compliance and Parahippocampal and Hippocampal Volume over a 20-Year Period. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra, 11(3), 227-234.
  20. Baradaran H, Foster T, Harrie P, McNally JS, Alexander M, Pandya A, Anzai Y, Gupta (2021). Carotid artery plaque characteristics: current reporting practices on CT angiography. Neuroradiology, 63(7), 1013-1018.
  21. McNally JS, Havenon A, Kim SE, Wang C, Wang S, Zabriskie MS, Parker DL, Baradaran H, Alexander M (2021). Rabbit models of intracranial atherosclerotic disease for pathological validation of vessel wall MRI. The neuroradiology journal, 34(3), 193-199.
  22. de Havenon A, Mickolio K, O'Donnell S, Stoddard G, McNally JS, Alexander M, Taussky P, Awad A (2021). Predicting neuroimaging eligibility for extended-window endovascular thrombectomy. Journal of neurosurgery, 135(4), 1100-1104.
  23. Baradaran H, Delic A, Wong KH, Sheibani N, Alexander M, McNally JS, Majersik JJ, De Havenon (2021). Using Ultrasound and Inflammation to Improve Prediction of Ischemic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Cerebrovascular diseases extra, 11(1), 37-43.
  24. McNally JS, Jaffey JA, Kim SE, Alexander MD, Shumway KL, Cohn LA, Parker DL, Day R (2019). Methemoglobin Modulation as an Intravascular Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Proof of Concept. Frontiers in veterinary science, 6, 416.
  25. de Havenon A, Muhina HJ, Parker DL, McNally JS, Alexander M (2019). Effect of Time Elapsed since Gadolinium Administration on Atherosclerotic Plaque Enhancement in Clinical Vessel Wall MR Imaging Studies. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 40(10), 1709-1711.
  26. Esopenko C, Jain D, Adhikari SP, Dams-O'Connor K, Ellis M, Haag HL, Hovenden ES, Keleher F, Koerte IK, Lindsey HM, Marshall AD, Mason K, McNally JS, Menefee DS, Merkley TL, Read EN, Rojcyk P, Shultz SR, Sun M, Toccalino D, Valera EM, van Donkelaar P, Wellington C, Wilde E (2024). Intimate Partner Violence-Related Brain Injury: Unmasking and Addressing the Gaps. Journal of neurotrauma, 41(19-20), 2219-2237.
  27. de Havenon A, Wong KH, Elkhetali A, McNally JS, Majersik JJ, Rost N (2019). Carotid Artery Stiffness Accurately Predicts White Matter Hyperintensity Volume 20 Years Later: A Secondary Analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in the Community Study. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 40(8), 1369-1373.

Review

  1. de Havenon A, Mossa-Basha M, Shah L, Kim SE, Park M, Parker D, McNally J (2017). High-resolution vessel wall MRI for the evaluation of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. Neuroradiology, 59(12), 1193-1202.
  2. Hoshina Y, Galli J, Wong KH, Kovacsovics T, Steinbach M, Salzman KL, McNally JS, Lancaster E, Paz Soldán MM, Clardy S (2022). GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant forMultiple Myeloma: Three Cases and Literature Review. Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 9(6),
  3. Bounajem MT, McNally JS, Baker C, Colby S, Grandhi (2022). Emergent neurovascular imaging in patients with blunt traumatic injuries. Frontiers in radiology, 2, 1001114.
  4. Culleton S, Wiggins R, McNally J (2022). Imaging spectrum of extracranial arterial vascular pathology: pearls for the radiologist. Clinical radiology, 77(3), 167-178.
  5. Huang HY, Shah LM, McNally JS, Sant T, Hutchins TA, Goldstein ED, Peckham M (2021). COVID-19-Associated Myelitis Involving the Dorsal and Lateral White Matter Tracts: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 42(10), 1912-1917.
  6. Muddasani V, de Havenon A, McNally JS, Baradaran H, Alexander M (2021). MR Perfusion in the Evaluation of Mechanical Thrombectomy Candidacy. Topics in magnetic resonance imaging, 30(4), 197-204.
  7. de Havenon A, Meyer C, McNally JS, Alexander M, Chung (2019). Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease: Epidemiology and Treatment. Current atherosclerosis reports, 21(10), 39.
  8. Eisenmenger LB, Spahic A, McNally JS, Johnson KM, Song JW, Junn J (2023). MR Imaging for Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging: Pearls and Pitfalls. Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America, 31(3), 461-474.
  9. Peret A, Romero-Sanchez G, Dabiri M, McNally JS, Johnson KM, Mossa-Basha M, Eisenmenger L (2023). MR Angiography of Extracranial Carotid Disease. Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America, 31(3), 395-411.
  10. Sanchez JMS, McNally JS, Cortez MM, Hemp J, Pace LA, Clardy S (2020). Neuroimmunogastroenterology: At the Interface of Neuroimmunology and Gastroenterology. Frontiers in neurology, 11, 787.

Book Chapter

  1. J. Scott McNally MD, Ph (2017). Multifocal Arterial Narrowing. 614-17.
  2. J. Scott McNally MD, Ph (2017). Vessel Wall Abnormalities. 618-621.
  3. Sheri L. Harder MD, FRCPC, Karen L. Salzman MD, J. Scott McNally MD, Ph (2017). Hyperattenuating ("Dense") Artery. 624-625.
  4. McNally JS, McLaughlin (2020). Anatomy of the Carotid Artery. 7-31.
  5. McLaughlin M, McNally J (2020). Imaging of the Carotid Artery. 33-48.
  6. McLaughlin M, McNally J (2020). Carotidynia. 283-286.