Dr. Nilo Avila is chief of
Computed Tomography, Diagnostic Radiology Department, at the
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. Dr. Avila received his
medical degree in 1983 from the State University of New York
at Syracuse, and did his residency training at Bridgeport Hospital
from 1983 to 1987. He completed a fellowship in ultrasound and
MRI at the University of Michigan Hospitals in 1988. Dr. Avila
joined the Diagnostic Radiology Department in 1988.
Dr. Avila has authored or co-authored over
30 manuscripts and book chapters and is a member of the ACR and
RSNA. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Roentgenology
and for the Journal of Computed Tomography.
His current research interests include dynamic
CT imaging, imaging of coronary calcifications, high resolution
CT of the chest, and imaging of congenital conditions such as
congenital adrenal hyperplasia and lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
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