Marc Kohli, MD

Professor

Marc Kohli, MD is Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medical Director of Imaging Informatics for UCSF Health, and the Associate Chair of Clinical Informatics for the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging.

Marc Co-Leads Imaging IT at UCSF focusing on operations and application support for a variety of clinical services at UCSF. Marc has an extensive record of service to informatics former Chair of the Board of Directors for the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). Marc also participates on the Radiology Informatics Committee (RIC) for RSNA as the co-chair of a joint RSNA/ACR Committee on Common Data Elements (CDE) (http://radelement.org).

Marc has given more than 100 invited lectures on informatics at national conferences, as well as numerous international lectures. One of his youtube videos on radiology informatics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czApoO5N9K8) has been viewed over 24,000 times since 2014, and is used for imaging informatics education around the globe.

Expertise:
Abdominal Imaging

Specialty:
Informatics and Global Outreach

Professional Interests:
Radiology, Informatics, Abdominal Imaging, Ultrasound, Global outreach, Education

Education and Training:
• Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
• Internship: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
• Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
• Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis – Abdominal Imaging and Informatics
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Honors and Awards
  • Extra-Mile Award - Excellence in Global Outreach, IU Radiology and Imaging Sciences, 2015
  • Extra-Mile Award – IT and Informatics Contriubtions, IU Radiology and Imaging Sciences, 2010
  • Clarian Silver Service Excellence Award, Clarian Health Partners Indianapolis, IN, 2009
Websites
Publications

  1. Kitamura F, Kline T, Warren D, Moy L, Daneshjou R, Maleki F, Santos I, Gichoya J, Wiggins W, Bialecki B, O'Donnell K, Flanders AE, Morgan M, Safdar N, Andriole KP, Geis R, Allen B, Dreyer K, Lungren M, Wood MJ, Kohli M, Langer S, Shih G, Farina E, Kahn CE, Reiser I, Giger M, Wald C, Mongan J, Cook T, Tenenholtz N. Teaching AI for Radiology Applications: A Multisociety-Recommended Syllabus from the AAPM, ACR, RSNA, and SIIM. 2025. PMID: 41031949


  2. Tejani AS, Rauschecker AM, Kohli M, Mongan J. AI for Radiology: A Primer Part I. From Idea to Algorithm. 2025. PMID: 41117645


  3. Kitamura F, Kline T, Warren D, Moy L, Daneshjou R, Maleki F, Santos I, Gichoya J, Wiggins W, Bialecki B, O'Donnell K, Flanders AE, Morgan M, Safdar N, Andriole KP, Geis R, Allen B, Dreyer K, Lungren M, Wood MJ, Kohli M, Langer S, Shih G, Farina E, Kahn CE, Reiser I, Giger M, Wald C, Mongan J, Cook T, Tenenholtz N. Teaching AI for Radiology Applications: A Multisociety‑Recommended Syllabus from the AAPM, ACR, RSNA, and SIIM. 2025. PMID: 41030223


  4. Kitamura F, Kline T, Warren D, Moy L, Daneshjou R, Maleki F, Santos I, Gichoya J, Wiggins W, Bialecki B, O'Donnell K, Flanders AE, Morgan M, Safdar N, Andriole KP, Geis R, Allen B, Dreyer K, Lungren M, Wood MJ, Kohli M, Langer S, Shih G, Farina E, Kahn CE, Reiser I, Giger M, Wald C, Mongan J, Cook T, Tenenholtz N. Teaching AI for Radiology Applications: a Multisociety-Recommended Syllabus from the AAPM, ACR, RSNA, and SIIM. 2025. PMID: 41032170


  5. Woolen SA, Ahamed F, MacDougall RD, Scherrer B, Kohli MD, Martin A, Dai S, Shankar P, Wang ZJ. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: Operational and Environmental Impact of Abbreviated MRI Protocols. 2025. PMID: 40956971


  6. Tejani AS, Bialecki B, O'Donnell K, Sippel Schmidt T, Kohli MD, Alkasab T. Standardizing imaging findings representation: harnessing Common Data Elements semantics and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources structures. 2024. PMID: 38900188


  7. Burns JL, Gichoya JW, Kohli MD, Jones J, Purkayastha S. Theory of radiologist interaction with instant messaging decision support tools: A sequential-explanatory study. 2024. PMID: 38408043


  8. Lee CI, Chen JH, Kohli MD, Smith AD, Liao JM. JACR Health Policy Expert Panel: Generative AI. 2024. PMID: 38295922


  9. Smith-Bindman R, Wang Y, Stewart C, Luong J, Chu PW, Kohli M, Westphalen AC, Siegel E, Ray M, Szczykutowicz TP, Bindman AB, Romano PS. Improving the Safety of Computed Tomography Through Automated Quality Measurement: A Radiologist Reader Study of Radiation Dose, Image Noise, and Image Quality. 2024. PMID: 38265058


  10. Canellas R, Kohli MD, Westphalen AC. The Evidence for Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Prostate Cancer MR Imaging. 2023. PMID: 36749494


  11. Tejani AS, Elhalawani H, Moy L, Kohli M, Kahn CE. Artificial Intelligence and Radiology Education. 2022. PMID: 36721409


  12. Ganeshan S, Pierce L, Mourad M, Judson TJ, Kohli MD, Odisho AY, Brown W. Impact of patient portal-based self-scheduling of diagnostic imaging studies on health disparities. 2022. PMID: 36063414


  13. Mongan J, Kohli MD, Houshyar R, Chang PD, Glavis-Bloom J, Taylor AG. Automated detection of IVC filters on radiographs with deep convolutional neural networks. 2022. PMID: 36371471


  14. Marc Kohli, Adam Flanders, Tarik Alkasab, Judy Gichoya, Ashley Prosper, Mansoor Fatehi. Common Data Elements and Modular Reporting. 2022. PMID:


  15. Choi HH, Kotsenas AL, Chen JV, Bronsky C, Roth CJ, Kohli MD. Multi-institutional Experience with Patient Image Access Through Electronic Health Record Patient Portals. 2022. PMID: 35022926


  16. Smith-Bindman R, Yu S, Wang Y, Kohli MD, Chu P, Chung R, Luong J, Bos D, Stewart C, Bista B, Alejandrez Cisneros A, Delman B, Einstein AJ, Flynn M, Romano P, Seibert JA, Westphalen AC, Bindman A. An Image Quality-informed Framework for CT Characterization. 2021. PMID: 34751618


  17. Wiggins WF, Magudia K, Schmidt TMS, O'Connor SD, Carr CD, Kohli MD, Andriole KP. Imaging AI in Practice: A Demonstration of Future Workflow Using Integration Standards. 2021. PMID: 34870224


  18. Choi HH, Chang SD, Kohli MD. Implementation and design of artificial intelligence in abdominal imaging. 2020. PMID: 32211946


  19. Filice RW, Mongan J, Kohli MD. Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Systems to Guide Purchasing Decisions. 2020. PMID: 33035503


  20. Callen AL, Dupont SM, Price A, Laguna B, McCoy D, Do B, Talbott J, Kohli M, Narvid J. Between Always and Never: Evaluating Uncertainty in Radiology Reports Using Natural Language Processing. 2020. PMID: 32813098


  21. Ullrich T, Kohli MD, Ohliger MA, Magudia K, Arora SS, Barrett T, Bittencourt LK, Margolis DJ, Schimmöller L, Turkbey B, Westphalen AC. Quality Comparison of 3 Tesla multiparametric MRI of the prostate using a flexible surface receiver coil versus conventional surface coil plus endorectal coil setup. 2020. PMID: 32696213


  22. Houshyar R, Tran-Harding K, Glavis-Bloom J, Nguyentat M, Mongan J, Chahine C, Loehfelm TW, Kohli MD, Zaragoza EJ, Murphy PM, Kampalath R. Effect of shelter-in-place on emergency department radiology volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020. PMID: 32504280


  23. Raghavan K, Hicks RM, Kohli MD, Kolli KP, Itri JN, Seidenwurm DJ, Ordovas KG. Collaborative Opportunities for Radiology Quality Improvement Projects. 2020. PMID: 32204989


  25. Geis JR, Brady AP, Wu CC, Spencer J, Ranschaert E, Jaremko JL, Langer SG, Borondy Kitts A, Birch J, Shields WF, van den Hoven van Genderen R, Kotter E, Wawira Gichoya J, Cook TS, Morgan MB, Tang A, Safdar NM, Kohli M. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Summary of the Joint European and North American Multisociety Statement. Volume 293 of Issue 2. 2019. PMID: 31573399


  26. Geis JR, Brady AP, Wu CC, Spencer J, Ranschaert E, Jaremko JL, Langer SG, Kitts AB, Birch J, Shields WF, van den Hoven van Genderen R, Kotter E, Gichoya JW, Cook TS, Morgan MB, Tang A, Safdar NM, Kohli M. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Summary of the Joint European and North American Multisociety Statement. Volume 70 of Issue 4. 2019. PMID: 31585825


  27. Geis JR, Brady AP, Wu CC, Spencer J, Ranschaert E, Jaremko JL, Langer SG, Kitts AB, Birch J, Shields WF, van den Hoven van Genderen R, Kotter E, Gichoya JW, Cook TS, Morgan MB, Tang A, Safdar NM, Kohli M. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Summary of the Joint European and North American Multisociety Statement. Volume 16 of Issue 11. 2019. PMID: 31585696


  28. Geis JR, Brady A, Wu CC, Spencer J, Ranschaert E, Jaremko JL, Langer SG, Kitts AB, Birch J, Shields WF, van den Hoven van Genderen R, Kotter E, Gichoya JW, Cook TS, Morgan MB, Tang A, Safdar NM, Kohli M. Ethics of artificial intelligence in radiology: summary of the joint European and North American multisociety statement. Volume 10 of Issue 1. 2019. PMID: 31571015


  29. Juluru K, Heilbrun ME, Kohli MD. Describing Disease-specific Reporting Guidelines: A Brief Guide for Radiologists. Volume 39 of Issue 5. 2019. PMID: 31498741


  30. Kohli M, Alkasab T, Wang K, Heilbrun ME, Flanders AE, Dreyer K, Kahn CE. Bending the Artificial Intelligence Curve for Radiology: Informatics Tools From ACR and RSNA. Volume 16 of Issue 10. 2019. PMID: 31319078


  31. Rajaraman S, Sornapudi S, Kohli M, Antani S. Assessment of an ensemble of machine learning models toward abnormality detection in chest radiographs. Volume 2019. 2019. PMID: 31946676


  33. Elsayes KM, Kielar AZ, Chernyak V, Morshid A, Furlan A, Masch WR, Marks RM, Kamaya A, Do RKG, Kono Y, Fowler KJ, Tang A, Bashir MR, Hecht EM, Jambhekar K, Lyshchik A, Rodgers SK, Heiken JP, Kohli M, Fetzer DT, Wilson SR, Kassam Z, Mendiratta-Lala M, Singal AG, Lim CS, Cruite I, Lee J, Ash R, Mitchell DG, McInnes MDF, Sirlin CB. LI-RADS: a conceptual and historical review from its beginning to its recent integration into AASLD clinical practice guidance. Volume 6. 2019. PMID: 30788336


  34. Shih G, Wu CC, Halabi SS, Kohli MD, Prevedello LM, Cook TS, Sharma A, Amorosa JK, Arteaga V, Galperin-Aizenberg M, Gill RR, Godoy MCB, Hobbs S, Jeudy J, Laroia A, Shah PN, Vummidi D, Yaddanapudi K, Stein A. Augmenting the National Institutes of Health Chest Radiograph Dataset with Expert Annotations of Possible Pneumonia. 2019. PMID: 33937785


  35. Prevedello LM, Halabi SS, Shih G, Wu CC, Kohli MD, Chokshi FH, Erickson BJ, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Andriole KP, Flanders AE. Challenges Related to Artificial Intelligence Research in Medical Imaging and the Importance of Image Analysis Competitions. 2019. PMID: 33937783


  36. Kallianos K, Mongan J, Antani S, Henry T, Taylor A, Abuya J, Kohli M. How far have we come? Artificial intelligence for chest radiograph interpretation. Volume 74 of Issue 5. 2019. PMID: 30704666


  37. Halabi SS, Prevedello LM, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Mamonov AB, Bilbily A, Cicero M, Pan I, Pereira LA, Sousa RT, Abdala N, Kitamura FC, Thodberg HH, Chen L, Shih G, Andriole K, Kohli MD, Erickson BJ, Flanders AE. The RSNA Pediatric Bone Age Machine Learning Challenge. Volume 290 of Issue 2. 2018. PMID: 30480490


  38. Villanueva-Meyer JE, Chang P, Lupo JM, Hess CP, Flanders AE, Kohli M. Machine Learning in Neurooncology Imaging: From Study Request to Diagnosis and Treatment. Volume 212 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 30403523


  39. Dhoot R, Humphrey JM, O'Meara P, Gardner A, McDonald CJ, Ogot K, Antani S, Abuya J, Kohli M. Implementing a mobile diagnostic unit to increase access to imaging and laboratory services in western Kenya. Volume 3 of Issue 5. 2018. PMID: 30364326


  40. Kohli MD, Daye D, Towbin AJ, Kotsenas AL, Heilbrun ME. Social Media Tools for Department and Practice Communication and Branding in the Digital Age. Volume 38 of Issue 6. 2018. PMID: 30303796


  41. Kohli M, Geis R. Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, and Radiology. Volume 15 of Issue 9. 2018. PMID: 30017625


  42. Kays JK, Shahda S, Stanley M, Bell TM, O'Neill BH, Kohli MD, Couch ME, Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA. Three cachexia phenotypes and the impact of fat-only loss on survival in FOLFIRINOX therapy for pancreatic cancer. Volume 9 of Issue 4. 2018. PMID: 29978562


  43. Rajaraman S, Candemir S, Xue Z, Alderson PO, Kohli M, Abuya J, Thoma GR, Antani S. A novel stacked generalization of models for improved TB detection in chest radiographs. Volume 2018. 2018. PMID: 30440497


  44. Gichoya JW, Kohli M, Ivange L, Schmidt TS, Purkayastha S. A Platform for Innovation and Standards Evaluation: a Case Study from the OpenMRS Open-Source Radiology Information System. Volume 31 of Issue 3. 2018. PMID: 29748851


  45. Hussain MA, Langer SG, Kohli M. Learning HL7 FHIR Using the HAPI FHIR Server and Its Use in Medical Imaging with the SIIM Dataset. Volume 31 of Issue 3. 2018. PMID: 29725959


  46. Wang L, Dehm SM, Hillman DW, Sicotte H, Tan W, Gormley M, Bhargava V, Jimenez R, Xie F, Yin P, Qin S, Quevedo F, Costello BA, Pitot HC, Ho T, Bryce AH, Ye Z, Li Y, Eiken P, Vedell PT, Barman P, McMenomy BP, Atwell TD, Carlson RE, Ellingson M, Eckloff BW, Qin R, Ou F, Hart SN, Huang H, Jen J, Wieben ED, Kalari KR, Weinshilboum RM, Wang L, Kohli M. A prospective genome-wide study of prostate cancer metastases reveals association of wnt pathway activation and increased cell cycle proliferation with primary resistance to abiraterone acetate-prednisone. Volume 29 of Issue 2. 2018. PMID: 29069303


  47. Kohli M, Morrison JJ, Wawira J, Morgan MB, Hostetter J, Genereaux B, Hussain M, Langer SG. Creation and Curation of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine Hackathon Dataset. Volume 31 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 28730549


  48. Marcus SG, Candia S, Kohli MD, Mongan J, Zagoria RJ, Behr SC, Sun D, Westphalen AC. Association between misty mesentery with baseline or new diagnosis of cancer: a matched cohort study. Volume 50. 2017. PMID: 29276962


  49. Gichoya JW, Kohli MD, Haste P, Abigail EM, Johnson MS. Proving Value in Radiology: Experience Developing and Implementing a Shareable Open Source Registry Platform Driven by Radiology Workflow. Volume 30 of Issue 5. 2017. PMID: 28623557


  51. Kohli M, Prevedello LM, Filice RW, Geis JR. Implementing Machine Learning in Radiology Practice and Research. Volume 208 of Issue 4. 2017. PMID: 28125274


  52. Chen PH, Loehfelm TW, Kamer AP, Lemmon AB, Cook TS, Kohli MD. Toward Data-Driven Radiology Education-Early Experience Building Multi-Institutional Academic Trainee Interpretation Log Database (MATILDA). Volume 29 of Issue 6. 2016. PMID: 26943660


  53. Takahashi EA, Kohli MD, Teague SD. A Practice Quality Improvement Project: Reducing Dose of Routine Chest CT Imaging in a Busy Clinical Practice. Volume 29 of Issue 5. 2016. PMID: 26992381


  54. Kohli M, Schonlau D. Radiology Quality Measure Compliance Reporting: an Automated Approach. Volume 29 of Issue 3. 2016. PMID: 26510752


  55. Chou HY, Steenburg SD, Dunkle JW, Gussick SD, Petersen MJ, Kohli MD, Shen C, Lin H. Streamlining emergent hand and wrist radiography with a modified four-view protocol. Volume 23 of Issue 4. 2016. PMID: 27220651


  56. Kohli M, Mayo-Smith W, Zagoria R, Sandrasegaran K. Image-guided intervention in the coagulopathic patient. Volume 41 of Issue 4. 2016. PMID: 26915089


  57. Sandrasegaran K, Thayalan N, Thavanesan R, Kohli M, Berry W, Shah A, Kwo P. Risk factors for bleeding after liver biopsy. Volume 41 of Issue 4. 2016. PMID: 26847020


  59. Demner-Fushman D, Kohli MD, Rosenman MB, Shooshan SE, Rodriguez L, Antani S, Thoma GR, McDonald CJ. Preparing a collection of radiology examinations for distribution and retrieval. Volume 23 of Issue 2. 2015. PMID: 26133894


  60. Kohli M, Dreyer KJ, Geis JR. Rethinking radiology informatics. Volume 204 of Issue 4. 2015. PMID: 25794061


  61. Kohli M, Dreyer KJ, Geis JR. The imaging 3.0 informatics scorecard. Volume 12 of Issue 4. 2015. PMID: 25842018


  63. Wang KC, Kohli M, Carrino JA. Technology standards in imaging: a practical overview. Volume 11 of Issue 12 Pt B. 2014. PMID: 25467902


  64. Matthew P. Lungren, Bianca T. Nguyen, Marc D. Kohli, Ali M. Tahvildari. Educational Strategies and Volunteering in Global Health Radiology. 2014. PMID:


  65. Kohli MD, Warnock M, Daly M, Toland C, Meenan C, Nagy PG. Building blocks for a clinical imaging informatics environment. Volume 27 of Issue 2. 2014. PMID: 24248276


  66. Tirkes T, Hollar MA, Tann M, Kohli MD, Akisik F, Sandrasegaran K. Response criteria in oncologic imaging: review of traditional and new criteria. Volume 33 of Issue 5. 2013. PMID: 24025927


  67. Kohli MD, Bradshaw JK. What is a wiki, and how can it be used in resident education? Volume 24 of Issue 1. 2011. PMID: 20386950


  68. Maglinte DD, Bartram CI, Hale DA, Park J, Kohli MD, Robb BW, Romano S, Lappas JC. Functional imaging of the pelvic floor. Volume 258 of Issue 1. 2011. PMID: 21183491


  69. Maglinte DD, Kohli MD, Romano S, Lappas JC. Air (CO2) double-contrast barium enteroclysis. Volume 252 of Issue 3. 2009. PMID: 19717748


  70. M.D. Kohli, D.D.T. Maglinte. CT enteroclysis in small bowel Crohn's disease. 2009. PMID:


  71. Kohli MD, Maglinte DD. CT enteroclysis in incomplete small bowel obstruction. Volume 34 of Issue 3. 2009. PMID: 18548186


  72. Kohli MD, Maglinte DD. CT enteroclysis in small bowel Crohn's disease. Volume 69 of Issue 3. 2009. PMID: 19121904


  74. Kohli MD, Trerotola SO, Namyslowski J, Stecker MS, McLennan G, Patel NH, Johnson MS, Shah H, Seshadri R. Outcome of polyester cuff retention following traction removal of tunneled central venous catheters. Volume 219 of Issue 3. 2001. PMID: 11376249