Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD
- Specialty: Radiology-Abdominal Imaging, Radiology-Diagnostic Radiology
- Languages Spoken: English, Hebrew, Portuguese, Spanish
Biography: Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD
Titles
- Vice Chair, Innovation, University Hospitals
- Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, CWRU School of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Radiology, CWRU School of Medicine
Education
Fellowship | Body Imaging
Body Imaging - BP Hospital (2008 - 2008)
Residency | Diagnostic Radiology
Diagnostic Radiology - BP Hospital (2005 - 2007)
Other Education
Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro (2014)
Other Education
Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro (2011)
Medical Education
Universidad Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro (2004)
About
Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, is the Vice Chair of Innovation at University Hospitals and an Associate Professor of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University. Following a case of prostate cancer in his family during training in radiology, he got deeply involved and interested in prostate cancer research. This led him to investigate new diagnostic technologies, and thus got him engaged in the then emerging field of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) of the prostate. He currently has over 45 peer-reviewed publications, 110 conference abstracts and 100 invited oral presentations. His research focus involves leveraging the use of abdominal and pelvic MR Fingerprinting in conditions such as prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer and diffuse liver diseases. In addition, he currently serves on the American College of Radiology PI-RADS steering committee and is the former President of the Radiological Society of Rio de Janeiro (2017-2018) and Vice-President of the Brazilian College of Radiology (2019-2020).
Research & Publications
Research Links
PubMed
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Research Interests
diagnostic technologies, multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) of the prostate, artificial intelligence