Scott McNally
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Scott McNally, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

  • 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 -Primary
    Neurology -Adjunct
    Board Certification
    American Board of Radiology
    American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)

    Education history

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

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Esopenko C, Jain D, Adhikari SP, Dams-OConnor 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 EA (2024). Intimate Partner Violence-Related Brain Injury: Unmasking and Addressing the Gaps. J Neurotrauma. (Read full article)
    2. Saba L, Cau R, Murgia A, Nicolaides AN, Wintermark M, Castillo M, Staub D, Kakkos SK, Yang Q, Paraskevas KI, Yuan C, Edjlali M, Sanfilippo R, Hendrikse J, Johansson E, Mossa-Basha M, Balu N, Dichgans M, Saloner D, Bos D, Jager HR, Naylor R, Faa G, Suri JS, Costello J, Auer DP, Mcnally JS, Bonati LH, Nardi V, van der Lugt A, Griffin M, Wasserman BA, Kooi ME, Gillard J, Lanzino G, Mikhailidis DP, Mandell DM, Benson JC, van Dam-Nolen DHK, Kopczak A, Song JW, Gupta A, DeMarco JK, Chaturvedi S, Virmani R, Hatsukami TS, Brown M, Moody AR, Libby P, Schindler A, Saam T (2023). Carotid Plaque-RADS: A Novel Stroke Risk Classification System. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 17(1), 62-75. (Read full article)
    3. Culleton S, Niu M, Alexander M, McNally JS, Yuan C, Parker D, Baradaran H (2023). Extracranial carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque and APOE polymorphisms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med, 10, 1155916. (Read full article)
    4. Kim SE, McNally JS, Alexander MD, Zabriskie MS, Parker DL, Day RW (2023). Evaluation of methemoglobin as an intravascular contrast agent: T1 relaxation time effect in a rabbit model. Magn Reson Imaging, 103, 1-7. (Read full article)
    5. Baradaran H, Culleton S, Stoddard G, Alexander MD, Romero JR, Hadley JR, Kim SE, Parker DL, McNally JS (2022). Association between high-risk extracranial carotid plaque and covert brain infarctions and cerebral microbleeds. Neuroradiology, 65(2), 287-295. (Read full article)
    6. Culleton S, Hashemizadeh Kolowori SK, Roberts J, de Havenon A, DiBella E, McNally JS (2022). A comparison of simultaneous multislice and conventional diffusion tensor imaging techniques for ischemic stroke evaluation at 1.5T. Br J Radiol, 96(1141), 20220222. (Read full article)
    7. Culleton S, Baradaran H, Kim SE, Stoddard G, Roberts J, Treiman G, Parker D, Duff K, McNally JS (2022). MRI Detection of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage and Postintervention Cognition. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 43(12), 1762-1769. (Read full article)
    8. Kim SE, Parker DL, Roberts JA, Treiman GS, Alexander M, Baradaran H, de Havenon A, McNally JS (2021). Differentiation of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid intraplaque hemorrhage using 3D high-resolution diffusion-weighted stack of stars imaging. NMR Biomed, 34(11), e4582. (Read full article)
    9. Costello J, Alexander MD, McNally JS, Hecht EM, Porambo ME, Lau VC, DeMarco JK (2021). MR Angiography Series: Neurovascular MR Angiography. Radiographics, 41(7), E204-E205. (Read full article)
    10. Baradaran H, Delic A, McNally JS, Alexander M, Majersik JJ, Parker DL, de Havenon A (2021). Carotid Compliance and Parahippocampal and Hippocampal Volume over a 20-Year Period. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra, 11(3), 227-234. (Read full article)
    11. Baradaran H, Foster T, Harrie P, McNally JS, Alexander M, Pandya A, Anzai Y, Gupta A (2020). Carotid artery plaque characteristics: current reporting practices on CT angiography. Neuroradiology, 63(7), 1013-1018. (Read full article)
    12. McNally JS, Havenon A, Kim SE, Wang C, Wang S, Zabriskie MS, Parker DL, Baradaran H, Alexander MD (2020). Rabbit models of intracranial atherosclerotic disease for pathological validation of vessel wall MRI. Neuroradiol J, 34(3), 193-199. (Read full article)
    13. McNally JS, Sakata A, Alexander MD, Dewitt LD, Sonnen JA, Menacho ST, Stoddard GJ, Kim SE, de Havenon AH (2021). Vessel Wall Enhancement on Black-Blood MRI Predicts Acute and Future Stroke in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 42(6), 1038-1045. (Read full article)
    14. de Havenon A, Mickolio K, ODonnell S, Stoddard G, McNally JS, Alexander M, Taussky P, Awad AW (2021). Predicting neuroimaging eligibility for extended-window endovascular thrombectomy. J Neurosurg, 135(4), 1100-1104. (Read full article)
    15. Baradaran H, Delic A, Wong KH, Sheibani N, Alexander M, McNally JS, Majersik JJ, De Havenon A (2021). Using Ultrasound and Inflammation to Improve Prediction of Ischemic Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra, 11(1), 37-43. (Read full article)
    16. Sanchez JMS, McNally JS, Cortez MM, Hemp J, Pace LA, Clardy SL (2020). Neuroimmunogastroenterology: At the Interface of Neuroimmunology and Gastroenterology. Front Neurol, 11(787).
    17. Goldstein ED, Majersik JJ, McNally S (2020). Intracranial high-resolution vessel wall imaging in CADASIL. Neurology, 94(23), 1040-1041.
    18. Damme NM, Fernandez DP, Wang LM, Wu Q, Kirk RA, Towner RA, McNally JS, Hoffman JM, Morton KA (2019). Analysis of retention of gadolinium by brain, bone, and blood following linear gadolinium-based contrast agent administration in rats with experimental sepsis. Magn Reson Med, 83(6), 1930-1939. (Read full article)
    19. Alexander MD, de Havenon A, Mossa-Basha M, McNally JS (2020). How Far Can We Take Vessel Wall MRI for Intracranial Atherosclerosis? The Tissue is Still the Issue. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 41(5), E30-E31.
    20. Chen R, Singh G, McNally JS, Palmer CA, de Havenon A (2020). Intravascular Lymphoma with Progressive CNS Hemorrhage and Multiple Dissections. Case Rep Neurol Med, 2020.
    21. Hamrick F, de Havenon A, Taussky P, Alexander MD, McNally JS, Grandhi R (2019). Application of Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Intracranial Cerebrovascular Pathology. 11(2), 105-114.
    22. McNally JS, Jaffey JA, Kim SE, Alexander MD, Shumway K, Cohn LA, Parker DL, Day RW (2019). Methemoglobin modulation as an intravascular contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging: proof of concept. 6(416).
    23. McNally JS, Jaffey JA, Kim SE, Alexander MD, Shumway KL, Cohn LA, Parker DL, Day RW (2019). Methemoglobin Modulation as an Intravascular Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Proof of Concept. Front Vet Sci, 6, 416. (Read full article)
    24. Damme NM, Fernandez DP, Wang LM, Wu Q, Kirk RA, Towner RA, McNally JS, Hoffman JM, Morton KA (2019). Analysis of retention of gadolinium by brain, bone, and blood following linear gadolinium-based contrast agent administration in rats with experimental sepsis. Magn Reson Med, 83(6), 1930-1939.
    25. de Havenon A, Muhina HJ, Parker DL, McNally JS, Alexander MD (2019). Effect of Time Elapsed since Gadolinium Administration on Atherosclerotic Plaque Enhancement in Clinical Vessel Wall MR Imaging Studies. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 40(10), 1709-1711.
    26. de Havenon A, Muhina HJ, Parker DL, McNally JS, Alexander MD (2019). Effect of Time Elapsed since Gadolinium Administration on Atherosclerotic Plaque Enhancement in Clinical Vessel Wall MR Imaging Studies. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 40(10), 1709-1711. (Read full article)
    27. de Havenon A, Wong KH, Elkhetali A, McNally JS, Majersik JJ, Rost NS (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 Am J Neuroradiol, 40(8), 1369-1373.
    28. de Havenon A, Wong KH, Elkhetali A, McNally JS, Majersik JJ, Rost NS (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 Am J Neuroradiol, 40(8), 1369-1373. (Read full article)
    29. de Havenon A, Meyer C, McNally JS, Alexander M, Chung L (2019). Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease: Epidemiology and Treatment. Curr Atheroscler Rep, 21(10), 39.
    30. Alexander MD, de Havenon A, Kim SE, Parker DL, McNally JS (2019). Assessment of quantitative methods for enhancement measurement on vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of intracranial atherosclerosis. Neuroradiology, 61(6), 643-650. (Read full article)
    31. de Havenon A, Majersik JJ, Tirschwell DL, McNally JS, Stoddard G, Rost NS (2019). Blood pressure, glycemic control, and white matter hyperintensity progression in type 2 diabetics. Neurology, 92(11), e1168-e1175. (Read full article)
    32. McNally JS, Hinckley PJ, Sakata A, Eisenmenger LB, Kim SE, De Havenon AH, Quigley EP, Iacob E, Treiman GS, Parker DL (2018). Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Factors Associated With Ischemic Stroke in Patients Suspected of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke, 49(10), 2337-2344. (Read full article)
    33. Bennett AE, Wilder MJ, McNally JS, Wold JJ, Stoddard GJ, Majersik JJ, Ansari S, de Havenon A (2018). Increased blood pressure variability after endovascular thrombectomy for acute stroke is associated with worse clinical outcome. J Neurointerv Surg, 10(9), 823-827. (Read full article)
    34. de Havenon A, Majersik JJ, Stoddard G, Wong KH, McNally JS, Smith AG, Rost NS, Tirschwell DL (2018). Increased Blood Pressure Variability Contributes to Worse Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke, 49(8), 1981-1984. (Read full article)
    35. Peckham ME, Anderson JS, Rassner UA, Shah LM, Hinckley PJ, de Havenon A, Kim SE, McNally JS (2018). Low b-value diffusion weighted imaging is promising in the diagnosis of brain death and hypoxic-ischemic injury secondary to cardiopulmonary arrest. Crit Care, 22(1), 165. (Read full article)
    36. Beck MJ, Parker DL, Bolster BD Jr, Kim SE, McNally JS, Treiman GS, Hadley JR (2017). Interchangeable neck shape-specific coils for a clinically realizable anterior neck phased array system. Magn Reson Med, 78(6), 2460-2468. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Peret A, Romero-Sanchez G, Dabiri M, McNally JS, Johnson KM, Mossa-Basha M, Eisenmenger LB (2023). MR Angiography of Extracranial Carotid Disease. [Review]. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am, 31(3), 395-411. (Read full article)
    2. Eisenmenger LB, Spahic A, McNally JS, Johnson KM, Song JW, Junn JC (2023). MR Imaging for Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging: Pearls and Pitfalls. [Review]. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am, 31(3), 461-474. (Read full article)
    3. Bounajem MT, McNally JS, Baker C, Colby S, Grandhi R (2022). Emergent neurovascular imaging in patients with blunt traumatic injuries. [Review]. Front Radiol, 2, 1001114. (Read full article)
    4. Hoshina Y, Galli J, Wong KH, Kovacsovics T, Steinbach M, Salzman KL, McNally JS, Lancaster E, Paz Soldn MM, Clardy SL (2022). GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant forMultiple Myeloma: Three Cases and Literature Review. [Review]. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 9(6). (Read full article)
    5. Culleton S, Wiggins R, McNally JS (2021). Imaging spectrum of extracranial arterial vascular pathology: pearls for the radiologist. [Review]. Clin Radiol, 77(3), 167-178. (Read full article)
    6. Huang HY, Shah LM, McNally JS, Sant T, Hutchins TA, Goldstein ED, Peckham ME (2021). COVID-19-Associated Myelitis Involving the Dorsal and Lateral White Matter Tracts: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. [Review]. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 42(10), 1912-1917. (Read full article)
    7. Muddasani V, de Havenon A, McNally JS, Baradaran H, Alexander MD (2021). MR Perfusion in the Evaluation of Mechanical Thrombectomy Candidacy. [Review]. Top Magn Reson Imaging, 30(4), 197-204. (Read full article)
    8. Nadel J, McNally JS, DiGiorgio A, Grandhi R (2021). Emerging Utility of Applied Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury. [Review]. Med Sci (Basel), 9(1). (Read full article)
    9. Sanchez JMS, McNally JS, Cortez MM, Hemp J, Pace LA, Clardy SL (2020). Neuroimmunogastroenterology: At the Interface of Neuroimmunology and Gastroenterology. [Review]. Front Neurol, 11, 787. (Read full article)
    10. de Havenon A, Meyer C, McNally JS, Alexander M, Chung L (2019). Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease: Epidemiology and Treatment. [Review]. Curr Atheroscler Rep, 21(10), 39. (Read full article)
    11. de Havenon A, Mossa-Basha M, Shah L, Kim SE, Park M, Parker D, McNally JS (2017). High-resolution vessel wall MRI for the evaluation of intracranial atherosclerotic disease. [Review]. Neuroradiology, 59(12), 1193-1202. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. McNally JS, McLaughlin M (2020). Anatomy of the Carotid Artery. In Park, M.S., Kalani, M.Y.S., de Havenon, A., McNally, J.S. (Eds.), Carotid Artery Disease Evaluation and Management (pp. 7-31). Springer.
    2. McLaughlin M, McNally JS (2020). Imaging of the Carotid Artery. In Park, M.S., Kalani, M.Y.S., de Havenon, A., McNally, J.S. (Eds.), Carotid Artery Disease Evaluation and Management (pp. 33-48). Springer.
    3. McLaughlin M, McNally JS (2020). Carotidynia. In Park, M.S., Kalani, M.Y.S., de Havenon, A., McNally, J.S. (Eds.), Carotid Artery Disease Evaluation and Management (pp. 283-286). Springer.
    4. J Scott McNally MD, PhD (2017). Multifocal Arterial Narrowing. In Matt W. Hoecherl, BS (Eds.), ExpertDDx: Brain and Spine, 2nd Edition (2nd, pp. 614-17). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
    5. J Scott McNally MD, PhD (2017). Vessel Wall Abnormalities. In Matt W. Hoecherl, BS (Eds.), ExpertDDx: Brain and Spine, 2nd Edition (2nd, pp. 618-621). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
    6. Sheri L Harder MD, FRCPC, Karen L Salzman MD, J Scott McNally MD, PhD (2017). Hyperattenuating ("Dense") Artery. In Matt W. Hoecherl BS (Ed.), ExpertDDx: Brain and Spine, 2nd Edition (2nd, pp. 624-625). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.