Our Radiologists
Board-certified and subspecialty-trained
Aakash Ahuja, MD
Joined AAR: 2016
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 1995-1999
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 2000 – 2004
Fellowship: MRI and Body Imaging Fellowship with emphasis on Musculoskeletal, Vascular and Cardiac MRI, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois July 2004 – June 2005
Specialized Areas of Practice: Musculoskeletal MRI & Body Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology June 2004 MOC 2014
Carlos Artiles, MD
Joined AAR: 1988
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine Storrs, CT 1978-1982
Residencies: Radiology Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center San Francisco, CA 1983-1985; Radiology University of California San Francisco, CA 1985-1986
Fellowship: Neuroradiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 1986 – 1988
Specialized Areas of Practice: Neuroradiology, Body MRI, Prostate Imaging
Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology, 1986; Certificate of Added Qualification, Neuroradiology, 1995, recertified, 2005
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: American Society of Neuroradiology, American College of Radiology, Radiologic Society of North America, American Medical Association
Current Appointments: Inova Alexandria Hospital Director, MRI and Neuroradiology
Amit Bakri, MD
Joined AAR: 2013
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA 2002-2007
Residencies: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School – Diagnostic Radiology Boston, MA 2008-2012
Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School – MSK and Interventional Boston, MA 2012-2013
Specialized Areas of Practice: Musculoskeletal MRI, Body Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 201
Mitali Bapna, MD
Joined AAR: 2005
Medical School: Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 1995-1999
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA 2000-2004
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA 2004-2005
Specialized Areas of Practice: Musculoskeletal MRI, Body Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2004
Deborah N. Blair, MD
Joined AAR: 1987
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 1978-1982
Residencies: Diagnostic Imaging Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT Chief Resident (1985-1986) 1983-1986
Specialized Areas of Practice: Women’s Imaging, Ultrasound, Body Imaging, MRI
Board Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983; American Board of Radiology, 1986
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Alexandria Medical Society
Current Appointments: Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Chairperson, Department of Radiology
Zach Blegen-DiPietro, MD
Joined AAR: 2023
Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
Specialized Areas of Practice: Critical Limb Ischemia, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Aortic Aneurysms, Interventional Oncology, Vascular Diagnosis and Intervention, Biliary Interventions, Uterine Fibroid Embolization, Vertebroplasty/Spine Augmentation
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Magna Cum Laude, Miramar, FL 2010-2014
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Saint/Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ 2016-2020
Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 2015-2016
Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, The University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 2020-2022
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Society of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology, American Vein & Lymphatic Society
Michael S. Burke, MD
Joined AAR: 2019
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ, 1998-2002
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, July 2003-June 2007
Fellowship: Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, July 2007-June 2008
Specialized Areas of Practice: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Interventional Oncology, Vascular Diagnosis and Intervention, Acute Stroke Interventions, Biliary Interventions, Interventional Pain
Board Certification: Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR), 2017
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Society of Interventional Radiology
James M. Cooper, MD
Joined AAR: 1998
Medical School: Cornell University Medical Center New York, NY 1983-1987
Residencies: Radiology North Shore University Hospital Cornell University Medical College Manhasset, NY 1988-1992
Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology New York University Medical Center New York, NY 1992-1993
Specialized Areas of Practice: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Spinal Intervention, Vascular Diagnosis and Intervention, Aneurysmal Disease, Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Venous Thrombosis
Board Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987; American Board of Radiology, 1992; Certificate of Added Qualification, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 1995
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Society of Interventional Radiology, American Medical Association, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society
Current Appointments: Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Chief, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology; Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Chairman, Performance Evaluation Committee; George Washington University, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Michael L. Doxey, MD, USN (RET), MC
Joined AAR: 2023
Medical School: George Washington University, Washington, DC 2007-2011
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 2012-2016
Specialized Areas of Practice: Women’s Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2017
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: American College of Radiology, Radiologic Society of North America
William J. Dunwoody III, MD
Joined AAR: 2002
Medical School: George Washington University Medical School Washington, DC 1981-1985
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology George Washington Medical Center Washington, DC 1986-1989
Fellowship: Ultrasound and MRI New England Deaconess Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 1989-1990
Specialized Areas of Practice: Musculoskeletal MRI, Body Imaging, Ultrasound, Women’s Imaging
Board Certifications: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1985; American Board of Radiology, 1990; Certificate of Added Qualification, Pediatric Radiology, 1995, recertified 2006; MQSA Certified, 1998
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Fairfax County Medical Society, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society
Nelya Ebadirad, MD
Joined AAR: 2022
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 2012-2016
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital System, Richmond, VA 2017 -2021
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 2021-2022
Specialized Areas of Practice: Neuroradiology, Body Imaging, MRI, Ultrasound
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2022
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: American Society of Neuroradiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, American Medical Association
Armando S. Garza, MD
Joined AAR: 2019
Medical School: University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 2005-2009
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 2010-2014
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 2014-2015
Specialized Areas of Practice: Body Imaging, Neuroradiology, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, 2015, recertified 2024; Certificate of Added Qualification, Neuroradiology, 2017, recertified 2024
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: Radiological Society of North America, American Society of Neuroradiology, Western Neuroradiological Society
Shima Goswami, MD
Joined AAR: 2021
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 2005-2009
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ July 2010–June 2014, Chief Resident 2013-2014
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA July 2014-June 2015
Specialized Areas of Practice: Musculoskeletal, MRI, Body Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2015
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: American Roentgen Ray Society
Charles C. Hoo, MD
Joined AAR: 2021
Medical School: Saint George’s School of Medicine, Grenada 1997-2001
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, New York Medical College Saint Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY 2002-2006
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2006-2007
Specialized Areas of Practice: Body Imaging, MRI, Neuroradiology, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, 2005, recertified 2024
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: Radiological Society of North America
Michael D. Kaplan, MD
Joined AAR: 2019
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, 1988 – 1992
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, July 1995 – June 1999; Surgery, The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, June 1992 – July 1994
Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, July 1999 – June 2000
Specialized Areas of Practice: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Interventional Oncology, Vascular Diagnosis and Intervention, Uterine Artery Embolization, Deep and Superficial Vein Disease
Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology, 1999; Certificate of Added Qualification, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2002; Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1993
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Society of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology, American Vein and Lymphatic Society
Anu K. Khianey, MD
Joined AAR: July 2010
Medical School: Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 1999-2004
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology Georgetown University Washington, DC 2005-2009
Fellowship: Body and Musculoskeletal MRI Georgetown University Washington, DC 2009- 2010
Specialized Areas of Practice: Women’s Imaging, Ultrasound, Body Imaging, MRI
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2009
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: American Medical Association, Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, District of Columbia Metropolitan Radiological Society
Jane Kim, MD
Joined AAR: 2017
Medical School: Georgetown University, Washington, DC Aug 2007-May 2011
Residencies: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD July 2012 – June 2016
Fellowship: Fellow in Breast Imaging and Ultrasound Imaging University of California, San Francisco July 2016 – June 2017
Specialized Areas of Practice: Women’s Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology Oct 2017
Nitin A. Kumar, MD
Joined AAR: 2002
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 1990-1994
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 1995-1999
Fellowship: Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Thoracic Radiology Hospital of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 1999-2001
Specialized Areas of Practice: Musculoskeletal MRI, Body Imaging, Ultrasound, Women’s Imaging
Board Certifications: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1994; American Board of Radiology, 1999
Current Appointments: Association of Alexandria Radiologists, President; Inova Alexandria Hospital Chairman, Department of Radiology
Mark C. Lopiano, MD
Joined AAR: 2002
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, DC 1978-1982
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC Chief Resident (1985-1986) 1983-1987
Specialized Areas of Practice: Neuroradiology, Musculoskeletal MRI, Body Imaging, Prostate Imaging
Board Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983; American Board of Radiology, 1987; Certificate of Added Qualification, Neuroradiology, 1996
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America, Medical Society of Virginia
Current Appointments: MRI of Woodbridge and Medical Imaging Center of Fairfax Medical Director
Annamalai Muthiah Jr, MD
Joined AAR: 2022
Medical School: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 1988-1992
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 1994-1996; Diagnostic Radiology (Transfer), Winthrop-University Hospital/Stony Brook Medical Center, Mineola, NY 1997-1999
Fellowships: Thoraco-Abdominal Imaging, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 1999-2000; Musculoskeletal Imaging, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD 2005-2006
Specialized Areas of Practice: Body Imaging, CT, Ultrasound
Board Certification: Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1992; Diplomat, American Board of Radiology, 1999
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: American Roentgen Ray Society, Society of Skeletal Radiology
Dimitrios Papadouris, MD
Joined AAR: 2006
Medical School: University of Western Ontario London, Ontario 1994-1998
Residencies: Radiology University of British Columbia Victoria, BC 1999-2003
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology Washington University at St. Louis Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology St. Louis, MO 2003-2004
Specialized Areas of Practice: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Interventional Oncology, Chronic Limb Ischemia (CLI)
Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology, 2003; Certificate of Added Qualification, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2006; RCPSC, Diagnostic Radiology, 2003; USMLE, 1996, 1998, 2000; MCCQE, 1998, 1999
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Society of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
Jennifer Park, MD
Joined AAR: 2005
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD 1991-1995
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA 1996-2000
Fellowship: CT/US/MRI Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA 2000-2001
Specialized Areas of Practice: Women’s Imaging, Ultrasound, Body Imaging, MRI
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2000
Current Appointments: Alexandria Imaging Center, Medical Director
Ramesh B. S. Rao, MD
Joined AAR: 2003
Medical School: Mysore Medical College Karnataka, India 1984-1989
Residencies: Nuclear Medicine University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, TN 1994-1996, Diagnostic Radiology Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA 1996-1999
Specialized Areas of Practice: Nuclear Medicine, Musculoskeletal MRI, Body Imaging, Women’s Imaging
Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology, 1999; American Board of Nuclear Medicine, 1997
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Society of Nuclear Medicine – PET center for Excellence, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
Lawrence H. Rose, MD
Joined AAR: 2021
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC 1984-1988
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix AZ 1992-1996
Fellowship: Cross-Sectional Imaging, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington VT 1996-1997
Specialized Areas of Practice: Body Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 1996
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society
Nirali Shah, MD
Joined AAR: 2019
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 2008 – 2012
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 2013-2017; Internal Medicine Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 2012 – 2013
Fellowship: Women’s Imaging Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 2017 – 2018
Specialized Areas of Practice: Women’s Imaging, Abdominal Imaging
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2018
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: Radiological Society of North America, Society of Breast Imaging, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
Jason Shou, MD
Joined AAR: 2017
Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 1998-2004
Residencies: Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY General Radiology 2005-2009
Fellowship: University Medical Imaging, PC, Rochester, NY MRI 2009-2010
Specialized Areas of Practice: MRI, General Radiology
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology Board Certification 2009
J. Evan Tyler, MD
Joined AAR: 2022
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 2012-2016
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 2017-2021
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 2021-2022
Specialized Areas of Practice: Neuroradiology, CT, MRI, Ultrasound
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2022
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: American Society of Neuroradiology, American College of Radiology
Brendan Waters, DO
Joined AAR: 2014
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Body Imaging MRI, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Specialized Areas of Practice: Body Imaging, MRI, Women’s Imaging, Ultrasound
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 2004
Professional Affiliations & Memberships: American College of Radiology
Trelawny Zimmermann, DO
Joined AAR: 2022
Medical School: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, IA 2012-2016
Residencies: Diagnostic Radiology / DIRECT Pathway, Christiana Care, Newark, DE 2018-2021
Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology / DIRECT Pathway, Christiana Care, Newark, DE 2021-2022
Specialized Areas of Practice: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Interventional Oncology, Vascular Diagnosis and Intervention
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology, Board Eligible
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: Society of Interventional Radiology, American Medical Association, American College of Radiology