Yoshimi Anzai

Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English, Japanese

Clinical Locations

Clinical Neurosciences Center

Salt Lake City
801-585-7575

  • Dr. Anzai is Professor of Radiology at the University of Utah. She completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency and neuroradiology fellowship training at the University of Michigan. In 2000, she moved to the University of Washington, Seattle where she had served as the neuroradiology fellowship director from 2004-2008, subsequently became the section chief in 2008. In 2005, she obtained her MPH from the University of Washington in Health Services funded by GERRAF program and AHRQ K08 award.

    Dr. Anzai currently serves as Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer of the University of Utah Health Care. The major goals as the Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer are to improve safety and quality of patient care, to facilitate the process standardization and coordination of care, to implement patient centered outcomes measures that are relevant for each service line, and connect the costs of delivering care with outcome measures in the entire healthcare enterprise. She received the AAMC (Associations of American Medical College) Award for the implementation of Value Driven Outcome tool in 2016.

    Dr. Anzai has been a longstanding member of many academic organizations, including ASNR, ASHNR, RSNA, AUR, ACR, and AAWR. She also participated in the large clinical trial including ACRIN trial. She has over 16 years of experience in working as a neuroradiologist in leading academic institutions with a background of health services research. Her area of primary imaging research interest includes head and neck cancer imaging, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative disease. She is also involved in the cost effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of diagnostic tests in various conditions.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Radiology
    American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
    Federal Licensing Examination
    Japanese Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)

  • Dr. Anzai is Professor of Radiology at the University of Utah. She completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency and neuroradiology fellowship training at the University of Michigan. In 2000, she moved to the University of Washington, Seattle where she had served as the neuroradiology fellowship director from 2004-2008, subsequently became the section chief in 2008. In 2005, she obtained her MPH from the University of Washington in Health Services funded by GERRAF program and AHRQ K08 award.

    Dr. Anzai currently serves as Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer of the University of Utah Health Care. The major goals as the Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer are to improve safety and quality of patient care, to facilitate the process standardization and coordination of care, to implement patient centered outcomes measures that are relevant for each service line, and connect the costs of delivering care with outcome measures in the entire healthcare enterprise. She received the AAMC (Associations of American Medical College) Award for the implementation of Value Driven Outcome tool in 2016.

    Dr. Anzai has been a longstanding member of many academic organizations, including ASNR, ASHNR, RSNA, AUR, ACR, and AAWR. She also participated in the large clinical trial including ACRIN trial. She has over 16 years of experience in working as a neuroradiologist in leading academic institutions with a background of health services research. Her area of primary imaging research interest includes head and neck cancer imaging, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative disease. She is also involved in the cost effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of diagnostic tests in various conditions.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Radiology & Imaging Sciences -Primary
    Neurosurgery -Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences -Adjunct
    Board Certification
    American Board of Radiology
    American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
    Federal Licensing Examination
    Japanese Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)

    Education history

    Graduate Training University of Washington School of Public Health M.P.H.
    Neuroradiology - The University of Michigan Hospital Fellow
    Residency Radiology - The University of Michigan Hospital Resident
    Head and Neck Radiology - University of California, Los Angeles Fellow
    Doctoral Training Chiba University School of Medicine D.Sc.
    University of California, Los Angeles Research Fellow
    Residency Otolaryngology - Chiba University Hospital Resident
    Radiology - Chiba University Hospital Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Chiba University School of Medicine M.D.
    Chiba University Pre Med

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Yoshimi Anzai, Troy Hutchins (2024).   Online Patient Ratings of Radiologists:  Point-Why We Should Embrace Them. AJR Am J Roentgenol.
    2. Anzai Y, Hutchins T (2024). Online Patient Ratings of Radiologists: Point-Why We Should Embrace Them. AJR Am J Roentgenol. (Read full article)
    3. Wintermark M, Allen JW, Anzai Y, Das T, Flanders AE, Galanaud D, Gean A, Haller S, Lv H, Hirvonen J, Jordan JE, Lee R, Lui YW, Sundgren PC, Mukherjee P, Moen KG, Muto M, Ng K, Niogi SN, Rovira A, de Bruxellas NL, Smits M, Tsiouris AJ, Van Goethem J, Vyvere TV, Whitlow C, Wiesmann M, Yamada K, Zakharova N, Parizel PM (2024). Standardized reporting for Head CT Scans in patients suspected of traumatic brain injury (TBI): An international expert endeavor. Neuroradiology. (Read full article)
    4. Peckham ME, Shah LM, Meeks HD, Fraser A, Galvao C, Safazadeh G, Hutchins TA, Anzai Y, Fritz JM, Kean J, Carlos RC (2024). Disparities in Provider Ordering Practices of Image-Guided Interventions and Surgery for Patients With Low Back Pain: A Cohort Study. J Am Coll Radiol, 21(7), 1010-1023. (Read full article)
    5. Kim SE, Roberts JA, Kholmovski EG, Hitchcock Y, Anzai Y (2024). T1 mapping for Head and Neck Cancer Patients undergoing Chemoradiotherapy: Feasibility of 3D Stack of Star Imaging. Magn Reson Imaging, 112, 38-46. (Read full article)
    6. Liao JM, Anzai Y, Sadigh G, Fendrick AM, Lee CI (2023). JACR Health Policy Expert Panel: Health Equity and Out-of-Pocket Payments for Imaging Studies. J Am Coll Radiol, 21(4), 688-690. (Read full article)
    7. Andre JB, Oztek MA, Anzai Y, Wilson GJ, Mossa-Basha M, Hippe DS, Hoff MN, Cross DJ, Minoshima S (2023). Evaluation of 3-dimensional stereotactic surface projection rendering of arterial spin labeling data in a clinical cohort. J Neuroimaging, 33(6), 933-940. (Read full article)
    8. Roberts J, Kim SE, Kholmovski EG, Hitchcock Y, Richards TJ, Anzai Y (2023). The arterial input function: Spatial dependence within the imaging volume and its influence on 3D quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for head and neck cancer. Magn Reson Imaging, 101, 40-46. (Read full article)
    9. Anzai Y, Chang CP, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith K, Date A, Galvao C, Monroe M, Hashibe M (2023). Surveillance Imaging with PET/CT and CT and/or MRI for Head and Neck Cancer and Mortality: A Population-based Study. Radiology, 307(2), e212915. (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. Peckham ME, Anzai Y, Shah LM, de Gennaro G, Costello JA, Hutchins TA (2021). Shifting Spine Interventional Pain Injections From the Hospital to a Clinic Setting: Increased Efficiency and Decreased Health System Costs. J Am Coll Radiol, 18(9), 1229-1234. (Read full article)
    12. Johnson PT, Anzai Y (2021). Radiology at the Helm of Value-Based Care Transformation: From Stewardship to Leadership. J Am Coll Radiol, 18(9), 1226-1228. (Read full article)
    13. Cross CG, Payne AH, Hawryluk GW, Haag-Roeger R, Cheeniyil R, Brady D, Oden H, Minoshima S, Cross DJ, Anzai Y (2021). Technical Note: Quantification of blood-spinal cord barrier permeability after application of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in spinal cord injury. Med Phys, 48(8), 4395-4401. (Read full article)
    14. Aggarwal A, Lazarow F, Anzai Y, Elsayed M, Ghobadi C, Dandan OA, Griffith B, Straus CM, Kadom N (2020). Maximizing Value While Volumes are Increasing. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, 50(4), 451-453. (Read full article)
    15. 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)
    16. Hsu D, Rath TJ, Branstetter BF, Anzai Y, Phillips CD, Juliano AF, Mosier KM, Bazylewicz MP, Poliashenko SM, Kulzer MH, Rhyner PA, Risk B, Wiggins RH, Aiken AH (2021). Interrater Reliability of NI-RADS on Posttreatment PET/Contrast-enhanced CT Scans in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Radiol Imaging Cancer, 3(3), e200131. (Read full article)
    17. Delaney RK, Locke A, Pershing ML, Geist C, Clouse E, Precourt Debbink M, Haaland B, Tanner AJ, Anzai Y, Fagerlin A (2021). Experiences of a Health System's Faculty, Staff, and Trainees' Career Development, Work Culture, and Childcare Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open, 4(4), e213997. (Read full article)
    18. Anzai Y, Nishizawa S, Shinke T, Takesono S, Asai T, Okada H (2020). Prospective Employer-Initiated Whole-Body Cancer Screening-Costs and Outcomes of a Cancer Screening Program in Japan. J Am Coll Radiol, 18(1 Pt B), 140-147. (Read full article)
    19. Vilendrer SM, Asch SM, Anzai Y, Maggio P (2020). An Incentive to Innovate: Improving Health Care Value and Restoring Physician Autonomy Through Physician-Directed Reinvestment. Acad Med, 95(11), 1702-1706. (Read full article)
    20. Elsayed M, Kadom N, Ghobadi C, Strauss B, Al Dandan O, Aggarwal A, Anzai Y, Griffith B, Lazarow F, Straus CM, Safdar NM (2020). Virtual and augmented reality: potential applications in radiology. Acta Radiol, 61(9), 1258-1265. (Read full article)
    21. Heilbrun ME, Poss B, Boi L, Anzai Y, Hu N, Kaplan RS (2019). Assessing the Training Costs and Work of Diagnostic Radiology Residents Using Key Performance Indicators - An Observational Study. Acad Radiol, 27(7), 1025-1032. (Read full article)
    22. Pfister DG, Spencer S, Adelstein D, Adkins D, Anzai Y, Brizel DM, Bruce JY, Busse PM, Caudell JJ, Cmelak AJ, Colevas AD, Eisele DW, Fenton M, Foote RL, Galloway T, Gillison ML, Haddad RI, Hicks WL, Hitchcock YJ, Jimeno A, Leizman D, Maghami E, Mell LK, Mittal BB, Pinto HA, Ridge JA, Rocco JW, Rodriguez CP, Shah JP, Weber RS, Weinstein G, Witek M, Worden F, Yom SS, Zhen W, Burns JL, Darlow SD (2020). Head and Neck Cancers, Version 2.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 18(7), 873-898. (Read full article)
    23. Costello JE, Shah LM, Peckham ME, Hutchins TA, Anzai Y (2019). Imaging Appropriateness for Neck Pain. J Am Coll Radiol, 17(5), 584-589. (Read full article)
    24. Sherrod BA, Yoon NK, Anzai Y, Schmidt RH, Couldwell WT, Hawryluk GWJ (2018). Delayed Cerebrospinal Fluid Cleft Formation Through the Midbrain and Thalamus Following Hemicraniectomy and Cranioplasty for Acute Subdural Hematoma. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 18(3), E88-E94. (Read full article)
    25. Shankar PR, Hayatghaibi SE, Anzai Y (2019). Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in Radiology: An Overview. J Am Coll Radiol, 17(1 Pt B), 125-130. (Read full article)
    26. Anzai Y, Delis K, Pendleton RC (2019). Price Transparency in Radiology-A Model for the Future. J Am Coll Radiol, 17(1 Pt B), 194-199. (Read full article)
    27. Johnson SM, Hutchins T, Peckham M, Anzai Y, Ryals E, Davidson HC, Shah L (2019). Effects of implementing evidence-based appropriateness guidelines for epidural steroid injection in chronic low back pain: the EAGER (Esi Appropriateness GuidElines pRotocol) study. BMJ Open Qual, 8(4), e000772. (Read full article)
    28. Baradaran H, Gupta A, Anzai Y, Mushlin AI, Kamel H, Pandya A (2019). Cost Effectiveness of Assessing Ultrasound Plaque Characteristics to Risk Stratify Asymptomatic Patients With Carotid Stenosis. J Am Heart Assoc, 8(21), e012739. (Read full article)
    29. Aiken AH, Rath TJ, Anzai Y, Branstetter BF, Hoang JK, Wiggins RH, Juliano AF, Glastonbury C, Phillips CD, Brown R, Hudgins PA (2018). ACR Neck Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (NI-RADS): A White Paper of the ACR NI-RADS Committee. J Am Coll Radiol, 15(8), 1097-1108. (Read full article)
    30. Benito P, Alonso-Vega P, Aguado C, Lujan R, Anzai Y, Hirsch AM, Trujillo ME (2017). Monitoring the colonization and infection of legume nodules by Micromonospora in co-inoculation experiments with rhizobia. Sci Rep, 7(1), 11051. (Read full article)
    31. Koontz NA, Wiggins RH 3rd, Mills MK, McLaughlin MS, Pigman EC, Anzai Y, Shah LM (2017). Less Is More: Efficacy of Rapid 3D-T2 SPACE in ED Patients with Acute Atypical Low Back Pain. Acad Radiol, 24(8), 988-994. (Read full article)
    32. Costa-Mallen P, Gatenby C, Friend S, Maravilla KR, Hu SC, Cain KC, Agarwal P, Anzai Y (2017). Brain iron concentrations in regions of interest and relation with serum iron levels in Parkinson disease. J Neurol Sci, 378, 38-44. (Read full article)
    33. Anzai Y, Heilbrun ME, Haas D, Boi L, Moshre K, Minoshima S, Kaplan R, Lee VS (2017). Dissecting Costs of CT Study: Application of TDABC (Time-driven Activity-based Costing) in a Tertiary Academic Center. Acad Radiol, 24(2), 200-208. (Read full article)
    34. Anzai Y, Meltzer CC, DeStigter KK, Destounis S, Pawley BK, Oates ME (2016). Entrepreneurial Women in Radiology: Role Models of Success. J Am Coll Radiol, 13(11), 1378-1382. (Read full article)
    35. Gaddikeri S, Hippe DS, Anzai Y (2016). Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in the Evaluation of Carotid Space Paraganglioma versus Schwannoma. J Neuroimaging, 26(6), 618-625. (Read full article)
    36. Lee VS, Kawamoto K, Hess R, Park C, Young J, Hunter C, Johnson S, Gulbransen S, Pelt CE, Horton DJ, Graves KK, Greene TH, Anzai Y, Pendleton RC (2016). Implementation of a Value-Driven Outcomes Program to Identify High Variability in Clinical Costs and Outcomes and Association With Reduced Cost and Improved Quality. JAMA, 316(10), 1061-72. (Read full article)
    37. Ishiyama M, Richards T, Parvathaneni U, Anzai Y (02/03/2015). Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Differentiation of New H&N Cancer, Recurrent Disease, and Benign Post Treatment Changes. Epub ahead of print. Clin Imaging, S0899-7071(15), 00041-8.
    38. Gaddikeri S, Andre JB, Benjert J, Hippe DS, Anzai Y (2015). Impact of model-based iterative reconstruction on image quality of contrast-enhanced neck CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 36(2), 391-6. (Read full article)
    39. Wintermark M, Sanelli PC, Anzai Y, Tsiouris Aj, Whitlow CT (02/01/2015). Imaging Evidence and Recommendations for Traumatic Brain INjury: Advanced Neuro- and Neurovascular Imaging Techniques. Epub 2014 Nov 25. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 36(2), E1-E11.
    40. Mathes DW, Edwards JA, Anzai Y, Neligan PC (2014). A functional periorbital subunit allograft: vascular, anatomic, and technical considerations for future subunit facial transplantation. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 67(10), 1371-7. (Read full article)
    41. Furukawa M, Dillon JK, Futran ND, Anzai Y (2014). The prevalence of lymph node metastases in clinically N0 necks with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: is CT good enough for nodal staging? Acta Radiol, 55(5), 570-8. (Read full article)
    42. Bresnahan BW, Alfonso-Cristancho R, He H, Mendez E, Goulart B, Parvathaneni U, Kramer B, Anzai Y (05/01/2014). Assessment of Imaging Utilization and Treatment Patterns for Head and Neck Cancer Patients in the United States. Value Health, 17(3), A 98.

    Review

    1. Wangaryattawanich P, Anzai Y, Mead-Harvey C, Almader-Douglas D, Rath TJ (2024). Does Long-term Surveillance Imaging Improve Survival in Patients Treated for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma? A Systematic Review of the Current Evidence. [Review]. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. (Read full article)
    2. Ibad HA, Ghotbi E, Kasaeian A, Levin AS, Jones LC, Anzai Y, Soltanolkotabi M, Kapoor N, Johnson PT, Demehri S (2024). Screening for Asymptomatic Osteonecrosis of the Hip in Systemic Lupus Erythematous: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of MRI-Based Prevalence. [Review]. Diagnostics (Basel), 14(3). (Read full article)
    3. Lee H, Choi SH, Anzai Y (2022). Glymphatic MRI techniques in sleep and neurodegenerative diseases. [Review]. Curr Opin Pulm Med, 28(6), 499-510. (Read full article)
    4. Norris CD, Anzai Y (2022). Anatomy of Neck Muscles, Spaces, and Lymph Nodes. [Review]. Neuroimaging Clin N Am, 32(4), 831-849. (Read full article)
    5. Heller RE 3rd, Sadigh G, Rao VM, Anzai Y, Moriarity AK (2022). Current Controversies in Radiology on Cost, Reimbursement, and Price Transparency: AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review. [Review]. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 219(1), 5-14. (Read full article)
    6. Riley K, Anzai Y (2021). Imaging of Treated Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease. [Review]. Neuroimaging Clin N Am, 32(1), 145-157. (Read full article)
    7. Kabadi SJ, Fatterpekar GM, Anzai Y, Mogen J, Hagiwara M, Patel SH (2018). Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer. [Review]. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am, 26(1), 135-149. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Haller S, Anzai Y (2024). PRES Meets ARIA: Overlapping Versus Distinct Diseases. Radiology, 310(2), e233381. (Read full article)
    2. Haller S, Moy L, Anzai Y (2024). Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis Along the Perivascular Space as a Marker of the Glymphatic System. Radiology, 310(1), e232899. (Read full article)
    3. Anzai Y, Ertl-Wagner B (2023). Neuroradiology 2040: A Glimpse into the Future. Radiology, 308(3), e231267. (Read full article)
    4. Anzai Y (2022). Editorial for "Influence of Different Measurement Methods of Arterial Input Function on Quantitative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Parameters in Head and Neck Cancer". J Magn Reson Imaging, 58(1), 133-134. (Read full article)
    5. Anzai Y, Moy L (2022). Point-of-Care Low-Field-Strength MRI Is Moving Beyond the Hype. Radiology, 305(3), 672-673. (Read full article)
    6. Anzai Y, Minoshima S (2021). Why We Need to Sleep: Glymphatic Pathway and Neurodegenerative Disease. Radiology, 300(3), 669-670. (Read full article)
    7. Anzai Y (2019). ADC on Diffusion Imaging: The MR Analog of SUV on FDG-PET: Perfect Is the Enemy of Good. J Magn Reson Imaging, 51(1), 286-287. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Heilbrun ME, Poss B, Boi L, Anzai Y, Hu N, Kaplan RS (2020). Authors Response to: "The Profitability of Graduate Medical Education in Radiology". [Letter to the editor]. Acad Radiol, 28(2), 295. (Read full article)

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