Assistant Professor
(2016)
School of Medicine,
Radiology
Publications
Turner R, Zander D, Thaker AA, Timpone VM, Callen AL. Structured Reporting for Findings of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension on Brain MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36919883
Smith AC, O'Dell DR, Thornton WA, Dungan D, Robinson E, Thaker A, Gisbert R, Weber KA 2nd, Berliner JC, Albin SR. Spinal Cord Tissue Bridges Validation Study: Predictive Relationships With Sensory Scores Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2022 Spring;28(2):111-115. PubMed PMID: 35521064
Darragh LB, Knitz MM, Hu J, Clambey ET, Backus J, Dumit A, Samedi V, Bubak A, Greene C, Waxweiler T, Mehrotra S, Bhatia S, Gadwa J, Bickett T, Piper M, Fakhoury K, Liu A, Petit J, Bowles D, Thaker A, Atiyeh K, Goddard J, Hoyer R, Van Bokhoven A, Jordan K, Jimeno A, D'Alessandro A, Raben D, McDermott JD, Karam SD. A phase I/Ib trial and biological correlate analysis of neoadjuvant SBRT with single-dose durvalumab in HPV-unrelated locally advanced HNSCC. Nat Cancer. 2022 Nov;3(11):1300-1317. PubMed PMID: 36434392
Callen AL, Tanabe J, Thaker AA, Pollard R, Sauer B, Jones W, Pattee J, Steach B, Timpone VM. Evaluation of Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Vessel Wall Imaging in Patients With Prior COVID-19: A Prospective Case-Control MRI Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Nov 9;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36000667
Bhaumik D, Bhaumik SS, Thaker AA, Timpone VM, Bills CB, Patten L, Pattee J, Chow D, Sugrue LP, Callen AL. Ordering Characteristics Predictive of Noncontrast CT Head Positivity in the Emergency Department. Acad Radiol. 2022 May 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35654657
Callen AL, Timpone VM, Schwertner A, Zander D, Grassia F, Lennarson P, Seinfeld J, Lillehei KO, Birlea M, Thaker AA. Algorithmic Multimodality Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal CSF Leak and Venous Fistula in Patients With Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Aug;219(2):292-301. PubMed PMID: 35261281
Potter H, Woodcock JH, Boyd TD, Coughlan CM, O'Shaughnessy JR, Borges MT, Thaker AA, Raj BA, Adamszuk K, Scott D, Adame V, Anton P, Chial HJ, Gray H, Daniels J, Stocker ME, Sillau SH. Safety and efficacy of sargramostim (GM-CSF) in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2021;7(1):e12158. PubMed PMID: 33778150
Bettcher BM, Olson KE, Carlson NE, McConnell BV, Boyd T, Adame V, Solano DA, Anton P, Markham N, Thaker AA, Jensen AM, Dallmann EN, Potter H, Coughlan C. Astrogliosis and episodic memory in late life: higher GFAP is related to worse memory and white matter microstructure in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2021 Jul;103:68-77. PubMed PMID: 33845398
Pollard R, Thaker A, Johnson P, Roark C. Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in an Intravenous Drug User With Multiple Needle Fragments in the Neck Arteries. Neurohospitalist. 2021 Jul;11(3):272-274. PubMed PMID: 34163558
Hixon AM, Thaker AA, Pelak VS. Persistent visual dysfunction following posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome due to COVID-19: Case series and literature review. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Oct;28(10):3289-3302. PubMed PMID: 34115917
Nelson KA, Thaker AA, Callen AL, Albach E, Timpone VM. New-onset seizures in adults: Low diagnostic yield of gadolinium contrast in initial brain MRI evaluation. J Neuroimaging. 2021 Sep;31(5):874-878. PubMed PMID: 34110667
Thaker AA, Reddy KM, Thompson JA, Gerecht PD, Brown MS, Abosch A, Ojemann SG, Kern DS. Coronal Gradient Echo MRI to Visualize the Zona Incerta for Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting in Parkinson's Disease. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021;99(5):443-450. PubMed PMID: 33902054
Kini LG, Thaker AA, Hadar PN, Shinohara RT, Brown MG, Dubroff JG, Davis KA. Quantitative ([)(18)(])FDG PET asymmetry features predict long-term seizure recurrence in refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Mar;116:107714. PubMed PMID: 33485794
Thaker AA, Chien AL, Dubroff JG. Frontiers in Neuroscience Imaging: Whole-Body PET. PET Clin. 2021 Jan;16(1):137-146. PubMed PMID: 33160927
Tanabe J, Thaker A. Microstructure and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Neuropsychiatry: A Neuroradiology Perspective. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Nov;5(11):1009-1010. PubMed PMID: 33161957
Kunigelis KE, Hosokawa P, Arnone G, Raban D, Starr A, Gurau A, Sunshine A, Bunn J, Thaker AA, Youssef AS. The predictive value of preoperative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) for facial nerve outcomes after vestibular schwannoma resection: clinical study. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Aug;162(8):1995-2005. PubMed PMID: 32440924
Thaker A, Abosch A. MRI and CT Imaging with Stereotactic Neurosurgery. In: Functional Neurosurgery: The Essentials. First ed. Brown JA, Pilitsis JG, Schulder M, editors. New York: Thieme; 2019. Chapter 4; p.15-18. 168p.
Yedavalli V, Nyberg EM, Chow DS, Thaker AA. Beyond the embolus: "do not miss" diffusion abnormalities of ischaemic and non-ischaemic neurological disease. Insights Imaging. 2017 Dec;8(6):573-580. PubMed PMID: 28986862
Thaker AA, Weinberg BD, Dillon WP, Hess CP, Cabral HJ, Fleischman DA, Leurgans SE, Bennett DA, Hyman BT, Albert MS, Killiany RJ, Fischl B, Dale AM, Desikan RS. Entorhinal Cortex: Antemortem Cortical Thickness and Postmortem Neurofibrillary Tangles and Amyloid Pathology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 May;38(5):961-965. PubMed PMID: 28279988
Yu JP, Kansagra AP, Thaker A, Colucci A, Sherry SJ, Subramaniam RM. Building for tomorrow today: opportunities and directions in radiology resident research. Acad Radiol. 2015 Jan;22(1):50-7. PubMed PMID: 25442797
Thaker A, Navadeh S, Gonzales H, Malekinejad M. Effectiveness of Policies on Reducing Exposure to Ionizing Radiation From Medical Imaging: A Systematic Review. J Am Coll Radiol. 2015 Dec;12(12 Pt B):1434-45. PubMed PMID: 26499166
Thaker AA, Razjouyan F, Woods DL, Haemmerich D, Sekhar K, Wood BJ, Dreher MR. Combination therapy of radiofrequency ablation and bevacizumab monitored with power Doppler ultrasound in a murine model of hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Hyperthermia. 2012;28(8):766-75. PubMed PMID: 23043501
Clinical Interests
My clinical interests include diagnostic imaging of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, and epilepsy. I also have clinical expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal CSF leak.
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
(2009)
Undergraduate Schools:
BA, University of Colorado - Boulder (CO)
(2004)
Internships:
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Program
(2010)
Residency Programs:
University of Pennsylvania Health System Program, Radiology (2014)
Fellowships:
University of California (San Francisco) Program, Neuroradiology
(2016)