Education and Training

Internship

Biomedical Engineering - Philips Healthcare
Applied Sciences Laboratory - GE Healthcare

Undergraduate Degree

BE in Engineering - University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Graduate Degree

PhD in Bio-engineering - University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
MS in Bio-engineering - University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

Additional Training

Research Assistant in Bioengineering - University of Illinois, Department of Bioengineering, Champaign County, IL

Titles and Academic Titles

Research Scientist

Publications

Papers

2019

Serai SD, Abu-El-Haija M, Trout AT (2019 May). 3D MR Elastography of the Pancreas in Children. Abdominal Radiology (NY), 44 (5): 1834-1840. Doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-01903-w.

Serai SD, Otero HJ, Calle-Toro JS, Berman JI, Darge K, Hartung EA (2019 May). Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Kidney in Healthy Controls and in Children and Young Adults with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease.  Abdominal Radiology (NY), 44 (5): 1867-1872. Doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-01933-4.

Serai SD, Dudley J, Leach JL (2019 May 21). Comparison of Whole Brain Segmentation and Volume Estimation in Children and Young Adults Using SPM and SyMRI. Clinical Imaging, 57: 77-82. Doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.05.008. 

Dillman JR, Serai SD, Trout AT, Singh R, Tkach JA, Taylor AE, Blaxall BC, Fei L, Miethke AG. Diagnostic Performance of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers for Predicting Portal Hypertension in Children and Young Adults with Autoimmune Liver Disease. Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Mar;49(3):332-341. doi: 10.1007/s00247-018-4319-1. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

2018

Gonçalves FG, Serai SD, Zuccoli G. Synthetic Brain MRI: Review of Current Concepts and Future Directions. Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Dec;27(6):387-393. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000189.

Morin CE, Dillman JR, Serai SD, Trout AT, Tkach JA, Wang H. Comparison of Standard Breath-Held, Free-Breathing, and Compressed Sensing 2D Gradient-Recalled Echo MR Elastography Techniques for Evaluating Liver Stiffness. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Dec;211(6):W279-W287. doi: 10.2214/AJR.18.19761. Epub 2018 Oct 9.

Kazour I, Serai SD, Xanthakos SA, Fleck RJ (2018 Oct). Using T1 Mapping in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance to Assess Congestive Hepatopathy. Abdominal Radiology (New York), 43(10): 2679-2685. PMID: 29500649. Doi: 10.1007/s00261-018-1528-x.

Morin CE, Dillman JR, Serai SD, Trout AT, Tkach JA, Wang H (2018 Oct 9). Comparison of Standard Breath-Held, Free-Breathing, and Compressed Sensing 2D Gradient-Recalled Echo MR Elastography Techniques for Evaluating Liver Stiffness. American Journal of Roentgenology: 1-9. Doi: 10.2214/AJR.18.19761. PMID: 30300003. 

Serai SD, Trout AT: Can MR elastography be used to measure liver stiffness in patients with iron overload? Abdom Radiol (NY). 2018 Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s00261-018-1723-9. [Epub ahead of print]

Serai SD, Rigsby CK, Kan HJ, Panigrahy A, Hernanz-Schulman M, Anupindi SA: Inclusion of Pediatric-Specific Indications and Procedures in the New ACR MRI Accreditation Program. Journal of the American College of Radiology 15(7): 1022-26, July 2018.

Trout AT, Sheridan RM, Serai SD, Xanthakos SA, Su W, Zhang B, Wallihan DB: Diagnostic Performance of MR Elastography for Liver Fibrosis in Children and Young Adults with a Spectrum of Liver Diseases. Radiology 287(3): 824-832, June 2018.

Serai SD, Naidua AP, Burrow TA, Prada CE, Xanthakosd S, Towbin AJ: Correlating Liver Stiffness with Disease Severity Scoring System (DS3) Values in Gaucher Disease Type 1 (GD1) Patients  Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 123(3): 357-363, March 2018.

Kazour I, Serai SD, Xanthakos ST, Fleck RJ: Using T1 mapping in cardiovascular magnetic resonance to assess congestive hepatopathy. Abdominal Radiology March 2018 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Kan J, Ashok P, Rigsby C, Hernanz-Schulman M, Anupindi SA, Serai SD: Inclusion of Pediatric-Specific Indications and Procedures in the New ACR MRI Accreditation Program. Journal of the American College of Radiology March 2018 Notes: Accepted for publication.

Yokoo T, Serai SD, Pirasteh A, Bashir MR, Hamilton G, Hernando D, Hu HH, Hetterich H, Kühn J-P, Kukuk GM, Loomba R, Middleton MS, Obuchowski NA, Song JS, Tang A, Wu X, Reeder SB, Sirlin CB: Linearity, Bias, and Precision of Hepatic Proton Density Fat Fraction Measurements by Using MR Imaging: A Meta-Analysis. Radiology 286(2): 486-498, February 2018.

Trout AT, Sheridan R, Serai SD, Wallihan D, Xanthakos S: Diagnostic Performance of MR Elastography for Liver Fibrosis in Children and Young Adults with a Spectrum of Liver Diseases. Radiology February 2018 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Serai SD, Trout AT, Fleck RJ, Quinn CT, Dillman JR: Measuring liver T2* and cardiac T2* in a single acquisition. Abdominal Radiology February 2018  Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Serai SD, Smith EA, Trout AT, Dillman JR: Agreement Between Manual Relaxometry and Semi-Automated Scanner-Based Multi-Echo Dixon Technique for Measuring Liver T2* in a Pediatric and Young Adult Population. Pediatric Radiology 48(1): 94-100, January 2018.

Dillman JR, Trout AT, Costello EN, Serai SD, Bramlage KS, Kohli R, Xanthakos SA: Quantitative Liver MRI-Biopsy Correlation in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Can One Be Used to Predict the Other? American Journal of Roentgenology 210(1): 166-174, January 2018.

2017

West H. Leach JL, Jones BV, Care M, Radhakrishnan R, Merrow AC, Alvarado E, Serai SD: Clinical Validation of Synthetic Brain MRI in Children: Initial Experience. Neuroradiology 59(1): 43-50, 2017.

McAllister A, Leach J, West H, Jones B, Zhang B, Serai S: Quantitative Synthetic MRI in Children: Normative Intracranial Tissue Segmentation Values during Development. American Journal of Neuroradiology 38(11): E94, November 2017.

Serai SD, Obuchowski NA, Venkatesh SK, Sirlin CB, Miller FH, Ashton E, Cole PE, Ehman RL: Repeatability of MR Elastography of Liver: A Meta-Analysis. Radiology 285(1): 92-100, October 2017.

Joshi M, Dillman JR, Singh K, Serai SD, Towbin AJ, Xanthakos S, Zhang B, Su W, Trout AT: Quantitative MRI of Fatty Liver Disease in a Large Pediatric Cohort: Correlation Between Liver Fat Fraction, Stiffness, Volume, and Patient-Specific Factors. Abdominal Radiology (New York) August 2017 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Trout AT, Wallihan DB, Serai SD, Haija MA: Secretin-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography for Assessing Pancreatic Exocrine Function in Children. Journal of Pediatrics  188: 186-191, July  2017.

Serai SD, Dillman JR, Trout AT: Proton Density Fat Fraction Measurements at 1.5- and 3-T Hepatic MR Imaging: Same-Day Agreement Among Readers and Across Two Imager Manufacturers. Radiology 284(1): 244-254, July 2017.

Joshi M, Dillman JR, Towbin AJ, Serai SD, Trout AT: MR Elastography: High Rate of Technical Success in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients. Pediatric Radiology 47(7): 838-843, June 2017.

Serai SD, Dillman JR, Trout AT: Spin-Echo Echo-Planar Imaging MR Elastography Versus Gradient-Echo MR Elastography for Assessment of Liver Stiffness in Children and Young Adults Suspected of Having Liver Disease. Radiology 282(3): 761-770, March 2017.

Squires J, Wallihan D, Bradley K, Serai S, Rattan M, Miethke A: Contrast enhanced MRI for quantitative assessment of liver function in children. Journal of Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs Page: 1-7, January 2017.

Serai SD, Trout AT, Sirlin CB: Elastography to Assess the Stage of Liver Fibrosis in Children: Concepts, Opportunities, and Challenges. Clinical Liver Diseases  9(1): 5-10, January 2017.

2016

Trout AT, Serai SD, Mahley AD, Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhang B, Dillman JR: Agreement and Repeatability of MR Elastography Across Scanners, Field Strengths, and Pulse Sequences. Radiology 281(3): 793-804, 2016.

Trout AT, Dillman JR, Xanthakos S, Kohli R, Sprague G, Serai S, Mahley AD, Podberesky DJ: Prospective Assessment of Ultrasound Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI)-MR Elastography Correlation in a Pediatric Population: Dispersion of Ultrasound Shear Wave Speed Measurement Matters. Radiology 281(2): 544-552, 2016.

Serai SD, Dillman JR, Jonathan R, Trout AT: Spin-Echo Echo-Planar Imaging (SE-EPI) Based MR Elastography Replace Gradient Echo (GRE) Based MR Elastography for Assessment of Liver Stiffness in Children and Young Adults with Suspected Liver Disease? Radiology 282(3): 761-770, 2016.

Roach DJ, Crémillieux Y, Serai SD, Thomen RP, Wang H, Zou Y, Szczesniak RD, Benzaquen S, Woods JC: Morphological and Quantitative Evaluation of Emphysema in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: A Comparative Study of MRI with CT. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 44(6): 1656-1663, December 2016.

Betts AM, Leach JL, Jones BV, Zhang B, Serai S: Brain Imaging with Synthetic MR in Children: Clinical Quality Assessment. Neuroradiology 58(10): 1017-1026, 2016.

Roach DJ, Crémillieux Y, Fleck RJ, Brody AS, Serai SD, Szczesniak RD, Kerlakian S, Clancy JP, Woods JC: Ultrashort Echo-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is a Sensitive Method for the Evaluation of Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 13(11): 1923-1931, November 2016.

Radhakrishnan R, Betts A, Care M, Serai S, Zhang B, Jones BV: Reduced Field of View Diffusion Weighted Imaging in the Evaluation of Congenital Spine Malformations. Journal of Clinical Neuroradiology 26(3): 273-277, November 2016.

2015

Serai SD, Fleck RJ, Quinn CT, Zhang B, Podberesky DJ: Retrospective Comparison of Gradient Recalled Echo R2* and Spin-Echo R2 Magnetic Resonance Analysis Methods for Estimating Liver Iron Content In Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Radiology 45(11): 1629-34, October 2015.

Kim HK, Serai S, Lindquist D, Merrow A, Horn P, Wong B: Quantitative Skeletal Muscle MRI Part 2: MR Spectroscopy (MRS) as a Noninvasive Biomarker to Determine Pathologic Fatty Infiltration: Comparison Between Boys with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Healthy Boys. American Journal of Roentgenology 205(2): W216-23, August 2015.

Johnston JH, Kim HK, Merrow AC, Laor T, Serai S, Horn P, Kim DH, Wong B: Quantitative Skeletal Muscle MRI Part 1: The Derived T2 Fat Map as an MRI Technique to Distinguish Boys with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy From Healthy Boys. American Journal of Roentgenology 205(2): W207-15, August 2015.

Serai SD, Yin M, Wang H, Ehman RL, Podberesky DJ: Cross-Vendor Validation of Liver Magnetic Resonance Elastography. Abdominal Imaging 40(4): 789-94, April 2015.

2014

Wallihan D, Podberesky D, Marino B, Sticka J, Serai S: Relationship of MR Elastography Determined Liver Stiffness with Cardiac Function After Fontan Palliation. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 40(6): 1328-1335, November 2014.

Kim HK, Serai S, Merrow AC, Wang L, Horn PS, Laor T: Objective Measurement of Minimal Fat in Normal Skeletal Muscles of Healthy Children Using T2 Relaxation Time Mapping (T2 Maps) and MR Spectroscopy (MRS). Pediatric Radiology 44(2): 149-157, November 2014.

Xanthakos SA, Podberesky DJ, Serai SD, Miles L, King EC, Balistreri WF, Kohli R: Use of Magnetic Resonance Elastography to Assess Hepatic Fibrosis in Children with Chronic Liver Disease. The Journal of Pediatrics 164(1): 186-8, January 2014.

Serai SD, Wallihan DB, Venkatesh SK, Ehman RL, Campbell KM, Sticka J, Marino BS, Podberesky DJ: Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Liver in Patients Status-Post Fontan Procedure: Feasibility and Preliminary Results. Congenital Heart Disease 9(1): 7-14, January-February 2014.

Serai S, Laor T, Dwek J, Zbojniewicz A, Carl M: Feasibility of Ultrashort TE (UTE) Imaging of Children at 1.5T. Pediatric Radiology 44(1): 103-108, January 2014.

2013

Towbin AJ, Serai SD, Podberesky DJ: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pediatric Liver: Imaging of Steatosis, Iron Deposition, and Fibrosis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America 21(4): 669-80, November 2013.

Kim HK, Lindquist DM, Serai SD, Mariappan YK, Wang LL, Merrow AC, McGee KP, Ehman RL, Laor T: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Pediatric Muscular Disorders: Recent Advances and Clinical Applications. Radiologic Clinics of North America 51(4): 721-42, July 2013.

Serai SD, Merrow AC, Kline-Fath BM: Fetal MRI on a Multi-Element Digital Coil Platform. Pediatric Radiology 43(9): 1213-1217, May 2013.

Trout AT, Podberesky DJ, Serai SD, Ren Y, Altaye M, Towbin AJ: Does Secretin Add Value in Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography? Pediatric Radiology 43(4): 479-86, April 2013.

Serai SD, Jones BV, Podberesky DJ, Coley B: Is It Time For a Dedicated Pediatric MRI ACR Accreditation Program? Journal of the American College of Radiology 10(4): 274-8, April 2013.

2012

Serai S, Leoni L, Haque M, Roman B: MEMRI Characterization and Quantification Maps of Human Pancreatic Islets. Journal of Diabetes Research and Clinical Metabolism 1: 1-5, December 2012.

Birkemeier KL, Podberesky D, Salisbury S, Serai S: Limited, Fast-MRI as an Alternative for Preoperative Evaluation of Pectus Excavatum: A Feasibility Study. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 27(6): 393-7, November 2012 .

Serai SD, Towbin AJ, Podberesky DJ: Pediatric Liver MR Elastography. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 57(10): 2713-9, October 2012.

Makrogiannis S, Serai S, Fishbein KW, Schreiber C, Ferrucci L, Spencer RG: Automated Quantification of Muscle and Fat in the Thigh from Water-Fat-and Non-Suppressed MR Images. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 35(5): 1152-61, May 2012.

Serai S, Towbin AJ, Podberesky DJ: Non-Contrast MRA Using an Inflow-Enhanced, Inversion Recovery SSFP Technique in Pediatric Abdominal Imaging. Pediatric Radiology 42(3): 364-8, March 2012.

2011

Myers AB, Towbin AJ, Serai S, Geller JI, Podberesky DJ: Characterization of Pediatric Liver Lesions with Gadoxetate Disodium. Pediatric Radiology 41: 1183-1197, 2011.

Birkemeier KL, Podberesky DJ, Salisbury S, Serai S: Breathe In... Breathe Out... Stop Breathing: Does Phase of Respiration Affect the Haller Index in Patients with Pectus Excavatum? American Journal of Roentgenology 197(5): W934-9, November 2011.

2010

Leoni L, Serai SD, Haque ME, Magin RL, Roman BB: Functional MRI Characterization of Isolated Human Islet Activation. NMR in Biomedicine 23(10): 1158-65, December 2010.

Posters and Presentations

2018

Toro JC, Serai SD, Otero HJ, Darge K, Hartung E: DTI of the Kidney in Healthy Controls and in Patients with ARPKD. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA),  McCormick, IL November 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Taylor A, Kofron JM, Sheridan RM, Singh R, Lam S, Dillman JR,Trout AT, Serai SD, Blaxall BC, Fei L, Miethke AG: Morphometric Quantification of Hepatic Collagen Content Predicts Liver Fibrosis Stage and Portal Hypertension in Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), San Francisco, CA November 2018 Notes: Poster presentation.

Serai SD, Trout AT, Abu-El-Haija M: 3D MR Elastography of the Pancreas as a Novel Approach in Detecting Chronic Pancreatitis in Children and Young Adolescents. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA),  McCormick, IL November 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Morin CE, Wang H, Tkach JA, Serai SD, Trout AT, Dillman JR: Accelerating MR Elastography: Comparison of Breath-Held, Free-Breathing, and Compressed Sensing Gradient Recalled Echo MR Elastography for Evaluating Liver Stiffness. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), McCormick, IL November 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Lam S, Singh1 R, Dillman JR, Serai SD, Trout AT, Sheridan R, Sharma D, Su W, Blaxall BC, Haramija MM, Ridgway G, Woodward G, Miethke1 AG: Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7) As a Biomarker of Sclerosing Cholangitis in Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), San Francisco, CA November 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Barrera CA, Otero HJ, Hartung H, Serai SD: Comparison between T2 and T2* For Cardiac and Hepatic Iron Content Estimation in Children and Adolescents. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), McCormick, IL November 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Wang H, Serai D, Cull1 T,  Dillman JR, Dumoulin CL, Trout AT: Development and validation of spin echo - echo planar imaging (SE-EPI) based MR Elastography on 3T: A phantom and volunteer study. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Paris, France August 2018 Notes: Poster presentation.

Serai SD, Trout AT: Can MR elastography be used to measure liver stiffness in patients with iron overload? International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Paris, France August 2018 Notes: Poster presentation.

Trout A, Sheridan R, Serai S, Xanthakos S, Su W, Zhang B, Wallihan D : Predictive performance of MR elastography in children and young adults with suspected liver disease.  Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Nashville, TN, USA May 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Trout A, El-Haija MA, Serai SD, Fei L, Sun Q: Normal pancreatic secretion in children measured by MRI with secretin. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Nashville, TN, USA May 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Dillman J, Trout A, Serai S, Meithke A: Diagnostic performance of quantitative MRI parameters for predicting radiological portal hypertension in autoimmune liver diseases. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Nashville, TN, USA May 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Dillman J, Serai S, Trout A, Meithke A: Multiparametric liver MRI in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease: correlation between quantitative imaging methods. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Nashville, TN, USA May 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

Dillman JR, Serai SD, Trout AT,  Miethke A: Quantitative Imaging in the Pediatric Population. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Delhi, India March 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.

2017

Trout AT, Dillman JR, Serai SD, Towbin A: Comprehensive Review of Pediatric Liver MR Elastography (MRE): Techniques, Tips, and Common Indications          Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, IL, USA November-December 2017 Notes: Poster presentation.

Smith E, Serai SD, Trout AT, Dillman JR: Comparison of T2 Relaxometry and Multi-Echo Dixon Method for Measuring Liver Iron Content by MRI. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 2017 Notes: Oral presentation.

Naidu A, Serai SD, Burrow TA, Xanthakos SA, Sprague G, Zhang B, Towbin AT: MR Elastography as an Alternative to Disease Severity Scoring System for Patients with Gaucher Disease. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 2017 Notes: Oral presentation.

West H, Leach J, Jones B, McAllister A, Serai S: Synthetic MRI in Children: Clinical Utility of Quantitative Segmentation. American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), Long Beach, California April 2017 Notes: Oral presentation.

Wang H, Serai SD, Cull T, Dillman JR, Dumoulin C, Trout AT: Development and validation of spin-echo planar imaging (SE-EPI) based MR elastography on 3T: a phantom and volunteer study. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu, HI  April 2017 Notes: Poster presentation.

McAllister A, West H, Leach J, Jones B, Serai S: Quantitative Synthetic MRI in Children: Normative Intracranial Tissue Segmentation Values During Development. American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), Long Beach, California April 2017 Notes: Oral presentation.

Dillman JR, Madalsa J, Towbin AT, Serai SD, Zhang B, Trout AT: Quantitative Liver MRI: Correlation between Fat Fraction, Stiffness and Volume in a Pediatric Cohort. Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR), Hollywood, FL  March 2017 Notes: Oral presentation.

Dillman J, Serai S, Joshi M, Towbin A, Zhang, Bin (Bin); Trout, Andrew: Quantitative Liver MRI: Correlation between Fat Fraction, Stiffness and Volume in a Pediatric Cohort. Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) Annual Scientific Meeting and Educational Course, Hollywood, Florida March 2017 Notes: Oral Presentation.

2016

West H, Leach J, Serai S, Care M, Radhakrishnan R, Alvardo E, Merrow A: Clinical Validation of Synthetic MRI in Children. American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), Washington, DC May 2016 Notes: Oral presentation.

Serai SD, Trout AT, Wang H, Dillman JR: Cross Vendor Comparison of Gradient Recalled Echo (GRE) and Spin Echo-Echo Planar Imaging (SE-EPI) Based MR Elastography of the Liver at 3T. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Singapore  May 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.

Serai SD, Trout AT, Dillman JR, Glaser KJ, Ehman RL: Comparison of Gradient Recalled Echo (GRE) and Spin Echo-Echo Planar Imaging (SE-EPI) Based MR Elastography of the Liver in Children with Liver Disease. International Pediatric Radiology (IPR), Chicago, IL May 2016  Notes: Poster presentation .

Joshi M, Towbin AJ, Dillman JR, Serai S, Xanthakos S, Kohli R, Trout AT: MR Elastography is a Technically Robust Technique for Assessment of Hepatic Stiffness in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients. International Pediatric Radiology (IPR), Chicago, IL May 2016 Notes: Oral presentation.

Joshi M, Towbin AJ, Dillman JR, Serai S, Xanthakos S, Kohli R, Trout AT: Quantitative MR of the Liver: Correlation Between Liver Volumes, Stiffness and Fat Fraction in a Pediatric Population. International Pediatric Radiology (IPR), Chicago, IL May 2016 Notes: Oral presentation.

2015

Warntjes M, Serai S, Leach J, Jones B: Adaptive Tissue Cluster Tracking on Quantitative MRI for Fully Automatic Brain Segmentation on Young Children. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL November-December 2015 Notes: Poster presentation.

Roach DJ, Cremillieux Y, Serai S, Thomen R, Benzaquen S, Woods JC: Quantitative Evaluation of Emphysema in COPD Patients via CT and UTE MR Image Analysis. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Toronto, Ontario, Canada  May-June 2015 Notes: Oral presentation.

Invited Lectures

2018

Serai SD. "MRI Device Safety Update", Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Nashville, TN, USA. May, 2018.

Serai SD. "Multiparametric liver and splenic MRI in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease: correlation between quantitative imaging methods", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Delhi, India. Mar, 2018.

Serai SD. "Clinical Applications of Fat Fraction Mapping", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Delhi, India. Mar, 2018.

Serai SD. "Accuracy, Repeatability & Reproducibility in Quantitative Imaging: Challenges & Precedents", International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Delhi, India. Mar, 2018.

2017

Serai SD. Measuring Cardiac and Liver T2* for Iron Quantification in a Single Breath-Hold Acquisition, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, IL. Nov, 2017.

2016

Serai SD. "MRI Hepatic Proton Density Fat Fraction Measurements at 1.5T and 3T: Same-Day Agreement Between Readers and Across Two Scanner Manufacturers", Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, IL. Dec, 2016.

Serai SD. "Test-Retest Repeatability of Magnetic Resonance Elastography of Liver-A Meta-Analysis", Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, IL. Nov, 2016.

Serai SD. "MR Imaging of Uncooperative Patients", Society for Magnetic Resonance Radiographers & Technologists, A Section of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Covington, KY. Jan, 2016.

2015

Serai SD. "Quantitative Liver Imaging", Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Dec, 2015.

Awards and Honors

2017, Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA) Certificate of Appreciation, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

2011, Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

2005, Provost's Award for Graduate Research, University of Illinois

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer

2010-present, Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2010-present, Radiology
2010-present, American Journal of Roentgenology
2010-present, Pediatric Radiology
2010-present, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2010-present, Abdominal Imaging
2010-present, Academic Radiology

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

International

2008-present, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
2005-present, International Society for Magnetic Resonance (ISMRM)

National

2013-present, Society for Pediatric Radiology
 - 2013-present, Cardiac Imaging Committee
2013-present, Quantitative Imaging Bio-markers Alliance (QIBA)
 - 2013-present, Cardiac Imaging Committee
2010-present, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)