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Yoshimi Anzai

Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English, Japanese

Clinical Locations

  • Clinical Neurosciences Center

    801-581-4624
  • 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 and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Neurosurgery - Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences - Adjunct
  • 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 Neurosurgery -Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences -Adjunct

    Research interests

    • Head and Neck Cancers
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI
    • Dynamic Contrast MRI
    • Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
    • Health Services Research

    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