College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester) Program
Residency
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Program, Radiology
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine Program, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Emory University School of Medicine Program, Pediatric Interventional Radiology
Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Radiology-Pediatric Radiology
Publications
Stowell JT, Zavaletta VA, Carroll EF, Grimstad FW. Multidisciplinary approach to imaging for gender-affirming surgery: engaging surgeons, radiologists, and patients to ensure a positive imaging experience. Ann Transl Med. 2021 Apr;9(7):610. PubMed PMID: 33987308
Davis MA, Gichoya JW, Banerjee I, Sung D, Newsome J, Vey BL, Gerard R, Khan F, Zavaletta V, Mazaheri S, Heilbrun ME. Balancing the Scales: An Analysis of Social Determinants of Health, Radiology Report Acuity, and Radiology Staffing Models in an Academic Health System. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Jan;19(1 Pt B):172-177. PubMed PMID: 35033306
Stowell JT, Zavaletta VA. Radiologists' Education in Transgender Health Care Must Include Sensitivity to Language. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Mar;214(3):W69. PubMed PMID: 32083502
Zavaletta V, Robbins JB. Gender Diversity in Radiology: It Is Not Just Black and White; It Is Multiple Shades of Gray. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Apr;16(4 Pt B):621-623. PubMed PMID: 30947896
Delmotte P, Zavaletta VA, Thompson MA, Prakash YS, Sieck GC. TNFa decreases mitochondrial movement in human airway smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 Jul 1;313(1):L166-L176. PubMed PMID: 28473328
Christner JA, Zavaletta VA, Eusemann CD, Walz-Flannigan AI, McCollough CH. Dose reduction in helical CT: dynamically adjustable z-axis X-ray beam collimation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Jan;194(1):W49-55. PubMed PMID: 20028890
Zavaletta VA, Bartholmai BJ, Robb RA. High resolution multidetector CT-aided tissue analysis and quantification of lung fibrosis. Acad Radiol. 2007 Jul;14(7):772-87. PubMed PMID: 17574128
Zavaletta, V. et al. “High resolution multidetector CT aided tissue analysis and quantification of lung fibrosis.” SPIE Medical Imaging (2006).
Iv Kyrazis CB, Stein EB, Carroll EF, Crissman HP, Kirkpatrick DL, Wasnik AP, Zavaletta V, Maturen KE. Imaging Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients: Best Practices and Recommendations. Radiographics. 2023 Feb;43(2):e220124. PubMed PMID: 36602923
Bird A, Zavaletta V, Carroll EF, McGinnis H, Newsome J, Gichoya J, Oakden-Rayner L. Fostering an inclusive workplace for LGBTQIA people in radiology and radiation oncology. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2022 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36517994
Banerjee I, Davis MA, Vey BL, Mazaheri S, Khan F, Zavaletta V, Gerard R, Gichoya JW, Patel B. Natural Language Processing Model for Identifying Critical Findings-A Multi-Institutional Study. J Digit Imaging. 2022 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36344632
Doo FX, Zavaletta V, Carroll EF, Ellis KL, Rosenkrantz AB. Turning a Page in the Yellow Journal: Figure Legends and Gender-Inclusive Patient Descriptors. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Jul;219(1):1-2. PubMed PMID: 35417186
Zavaletta V, Allen BJ, Parikh AK. Re-defining gender diversity through an equitable and inclusive lens. Pediatr Radiol. 2022 Aug;52(9):1743-1748. PubMed PMID: 35316338
Davis MA, Gichoya JW, Banerjee I, Sung D, Newsome J, Vey BL, Gerard R, Khan F, Zavaletta V, Mazaheri S, Heilbrun ME. Balancing the Scales: An Analysis of Social Determinants of Health, Radiology Report Acuity, and Radiology Staffing Models in an Academic Health System. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Jan;19(1 Pt B):172-177. PubMed PMID: 35033306
Karwoski, R.A., Bartholmai, B.J., Zavaletta, V.A., Holmes, D.R., & Robb, R.A. (2008). Processing of CT images for analysis of diffuse lung disease in the lung tissue research consortium. SPIE Medical Imaging.
Zavaletta, V.A., Bartholmai, B.J., & Robb, R.A. (2007). 3D MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LUNG PATHOLOGY. 2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, 308-311.
Zavaletta, V.A., Bartholmai, B.J., & Robb, R.A. (2007). Nonlinear histogram binning for quantitative analysis of lung tissue fibrosis in high-resolution CT data. SPIE Medical Imaging.
Kim SH, Chang SJC, Dobri G, Strauss S, Lin E, Zavaletta V, Pannullo SC, Osborne JR, Schwartz TH, Knisely JPS, Ivanidze J. [68 Ga]-DOTATATE PET/MR-based evaluation of physiologic somatostatin receptor 2 expression in the adult pituitary gland as a function of age and sex in a prospective cohort. Pituitary. 2023 Aug;26(4):419-428. PubMed PMID: 37285059
Tomblinson CM, Stowell JT, Zavaletta V, Freeman N, Yong-Hing CJ, Carroll EF, Willis MH, Flores EJ, Spalluto LB. Beyond the Binary: Moving the Radiology Workforce Toward Gender Inclusion, From the AJR Special Series on DEI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 Oct;221(4):425-432. PubMed PMID: 36919881
Iv Kyrazis CB, Stein EB, Carroll EF, Crissman HP, Kirkpatrick DL, Wasnik AP, Zavaletta V, Maturen KE. Imaging Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients: Best Practices and Recommendations. Radiographics. 2023 Feb;43(2):e220124. PubMed PMID: 36602923
Bird A, Zavaletta V, Carroll EF, McGinnis H, Newsome J, Gichoya J, Oakden-Rayner L. Fostering an inclusive workplace for LGBTQIA people in radiology and radiation oncology. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2023 Mar;67(2):193-199. PubMed PMID: 36517994
Banerjee I, Davis MA, Vey BL, Mazaheri S, Khan F, Zavaletta V, Gerard R, Gichoya JW, Patel B. Natural Language Processing Model for Identifying Critical Findings-A Multi-Institutional Study. J Digit Imaging. 2023 Feb;36(1):105-113. PubMed PMID: 36344632
Pednekar, A.S., Kakadiaris, I., Zavaletta, V.A., Muthupillai, R., & Flamm, S.D. (2002). Automatic Hybrid Segmentation of Dual Contrast Cardiac MR Data. MICCAI.
Liu, X., Primak, A.N., Zavaletta, V.A., Yu, L., & McCollough, C.H. (2008). SU-GG-I-09: Evaluation of Noise Reduction Methods On Very Low Dose CT Renal Perfusion Imaging. Medical Physics, 35, 2644-2644.
Zavaletta, V.A., Wittling, M., Shah, J., Gill, A.E., & Hawkins, M. (2021). Abstract No. 81 Bleomycin-soaked bio-resorbable particle embolization of benign vascular anomalies. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 32.
Swietlik, J.F., Niemann, D., Zavaletta, V.A., Ferguson, J.S., & Ozkan, O.V. (2021). Bronchial Dieulafoy Lesion Embolization with Onyx: a Case Report. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 3, 684 - 687.
E. Meram, V. Zavaletta, P. Laeseke, O. Ozkan. Hepatic Venous Outflow
Obstruction in Liver Transplant Patients: Venography, Pressure Gradients, or
Biopsy. CIRSE 2018
V. Zavaletta, D. G. Mummy, M. Schiebler, S. Fain. American Thoracic Society.
Regional Comparisons of CT Air Trapping and MRI Ventilation Defect Percent in
Asthma. May 2017. Washington, D.C.
V. Zavaletta, Gail Peters More Than Just a Bile Duct Injury: Managing Complex Hepatobiliary Injuries After Cholecystectomy. SIR 2020
V. Zavaletta, O. Ozkan, J.B. Robbins, M. Kleedehn. Feasability of Implementing A
Mindfulness Group Practice in Interventional Radiology. CIRSE 2020
V. Zavaletta, C.M. Hawkins, R. Swerdlin, A. Gill.. Minimally-invasive, image-guided
treatment of fibroadipose vascular anomalies (FAVA): A single center experience.
Accepted as Oral Presentation to IPR 2021
V. Zavaletta, M. Wittling, A.E. Gill, J.H. Shah, C.M. Hawkins. Bleomycin-soaked
Bio-resorbable Particle Embolization of Benign Vascular Anomalies. Accepted as
Oral Presentation, SIR 2021
Care Philosophy
I strive to provide the best care for my patients. I believe in treating the person as a whole, taking every aspect of a patient’s body and health into consideration during diagnosis and treatment.