Liina Poder, MD

Dr Liina Pōder is the Director of Ultrasound in the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and an internationally known expert in obstetrical and gynecologic imaging. Her current clinical and research focus is multimodality imaging of reproductive age female. She started her medical studies at Tartu University in Estonia but later received her Medical Degree from George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC. After residency at GWU, she completed an Abdominal Imaging fellowship at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. She serves as Gynecology and Obstetrics Imaging Panel Chair for American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria and as a Chair of Placental Working Group and Member of Endometriosis Working Group for Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR).

Expertise:
Abdominal Imaging, Adult and Ultrasound

Specialty:
Gynecologic imaging with the rare perspective of multimodality imaging, including CT, MRI and ultrasound

Professional Interests:
CT/MRI/US as complementary modalities and clinical correlation, abdominal/pelvic imaging, gynecologic/obstetrical imaging

Education and Training:
• Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health University, Washington, DC
• Internship: Exempla Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Colorado
• Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine - Radiology
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Abdominal Imaging
• D.C. Medical License
• DEA
• California State Medical License
• Certification, American Board of Radiology