Kathleen Ruchalski, MD

Kathleen Ruchalski, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences

Languages

English

Education

Fellowships

Abdominal Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2014
Thoracic Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2015

Internship

Medicine internship, Georgetown University Hospital, 2009

Degrees

MD, Harvard Medical School, 2008
BS, Boston University, Sargent College, MA, 2002

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2013

Board Certification

Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology, 2013

Contact Information

Scientific Interests

Dr. Ruchalski's research interests include use of multimodality imaging to better understand and improve treatment outcomes.

Highlighted Publications

Coy H, Douek M, Ruchalski K, Kim H, Gutierrez A, Patel M, Sai V, Margolis D, Kaplan A, Brown M, Goldin J, Raman S. Components of radiologic progressive disease defined by RECIST 1.1 in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Radiology 2019; 292(1): 103-109.

Berry J, Munier F, Gallie B, Polski A, Shah S, Shields C, Gombos D, Ruchalski K, Shah R, Jubran R, Kim J, Mruthyunjaya P, Marr B, Wilson M, Brennan R, Chantada G, Chintagumpala M, Murphree A. Response Criteria for Intraocular Retinoblastoma: RBRECIST. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2021; e28964.

Braschi-Amirfarzan M, Douek M, Sai V, Gutierrez A, Dewan R, Goldin J. A primer on RECIST 1.1 for Oncologic Imaging in Clinical Drug Trials. Radiology: Imaging Cancer 2021 3:3.