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Jing Gao

Jing Gao

MD, FAIUM

Montana Campus

406-901-2726
Faculty Innovator Award

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine
    Dalian Medical College
    Dalian, China
    1972-1976
  • Doctor of Chinese Medicine
    Changchun College of Chinese Medicine
    Changchun, China
    1977-1980
  • Postdoctoral Training in Radiology
    Changchun 208 Hospital
    Changchun, China
    1980-1983
  • Fellowship in Diagnostic Ultrasound
    China Medical University
    Shenyang, China
    1983-1984
  • Fellow
    American Institute of Ultrasound Machine
    2012

Professional Experience

  • 2017-Present: Adjunct Research Faculty, Department of Radiology
    Weill Cornell Medicine
  • 2014-Present: Assistant Research Professor of Radiology
    Weill Cornell Medicine
  • 2011-Present: Director, Division of Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging
    Institute of Ultrasound Imaging, Chongqing Medical University
  • 1995-2015: Consultant in Ultrasound Services
    United Medical, Inc.
  • 1990-2014: Ultrasound Technologist
    New York Presbyterian Hospital
  • 1989-1995: Visiting Assistant Professor of Radiology
    Cornell Medical College
  • 1989: Visiting Fellow of Radiology
    University of Michigan
  • 1989: Visiting Fellow of Radiology
    Ultrasound Institute of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • 1984-1989: Attending Physician of Ultrasound
    Changchun 208 Hospital

Certifications and Licenses

  • RDMS (Abdomen, OB/GYN) (1990-present)
  • RDCS (Adult Echocardiography) (1996-present)
  • RVT (Vascular Ultrasound) (1991-present)

Service and Contributions

Miscellaneous

  • AIUM/QIBA Pulse-Echo Quantitative Ultrasound Biomarker (PEQUS) Committee
  • AIUM/QIBA Ultrasound Volume Blood Flow Biomarker Committee
  • Editorial Board, Clinical Imaging (Elsevier)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (Wiley)
  • Editorial Board, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (Elsevier)
  • Reviewer, European Radiology
  • Reviewer, Kidney International (2016)
  • Reviewer, European Journal of Ultrasound (2016)
  • Reviewer, European Radiology (2014)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (2013)
  • Chapter Reviewer, Interventional Ultrasonography (2012)
  • Chapter Reviewer, Thyroid Cancer from emergent biotechnologies to clinical practice guidelines(2011)
  • Book Reviewer, Teaching manual of Color Duplex Stenography: a workbook on color duplex ultrasound and echocardiography (2010)
  • Book Reviewer, Diagnostic and surgical imaging anatomy (2009)
  • Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology (2006)
  • Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Interventional Imaging and Therapy (2006)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Ultrasound in Clinical Medicine (2006)
  • Editorial Board, Clinical Imaging (2004)
  • Book Reviewer, Ultrasonography of the Abdomen: 700 Questions and Answers (1988)

Research Grant

American Osteopathic Association (Funding #22018857): 2022-Present
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05497622
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Quantitative ultrasound biomarkers to assess upper trapezius muscles in patients with chronic neck pain

Professional Societies and Affiliations

  • American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
    Fellow (2014-present)
    Member (2001-2014)
  • Chinese Ultrasound Doctors Association
    Fellow (2014-present)
  • Chinese Association of Ultrasound in Medicine
    Fellow (1996-present)
  • Chinese Association of Medical Imaging Technology
    Fellow (1996-present)

Honors and Awards

  • Faculty Innovator Award
    Rocky Vista University
    2020
  • Faculty Research Appreciation Award
    Rocky Vista University
    2019
  • Outstanding Reviewer
    Clinical Imaging
    2010-2015
  • Ultrasound Research in Oncology
    National Scientific Committee in Oncology
    1988
  • Top 100 Ultrasound Physicians
    Chinese Association of Medical Imaging Technology
    1987

Publications and Presentations

Peer-review Publications

 

Presentations

  • Quantitative assessment of tendon backscatter anisotropy in B-mode ultrasound. UltraCon 2024
  • Quantitative ultrasound imaging to assess MASLD. RSNA 2023
  • Quantitative ultrasound biomarkers to assess NAFLD. UltraCon 2023
  • Ultrasound Normalized Local Variance and Liver/Kidney Ratio to Assess Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. AIUM 2023
  • Ultrasound elastography detects age-related changes in adult false vocal folds. AIUM 2023
  • Superb microvascular imaging based vascular index to assess adult hepatic steatosis: a feasibility study. AIUM 2022
  • Ultrasound in medical education. CUDA 2021
  • Ultrasound shear wave elastography and doppler sonography to assess the effect of hydration on human kidneys: a preliminary observation. AIUM 2020
  • Ultrasound strain elastography in assessment of chronic post-stroke spasticity of the biceps brachii muscles”
    IEEE-Ultrasound (2017)
  • Quantitative ultrasound imaging assesses skeletal muscles in adults with multiple sclerosis. WFUMB 2019
  • Ultrasound elastography to assess Botulinum Toxin-A treatment for post-stroke spasticity: a feasibility study. AIUM 2018
  • “Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging in Assessment of Skeletomuscular Disorders”
    Chinese Ultrasound Doctors Association (2016)
  • “Ultrasound strain ratio in assessment of muscle stiffness in Parkinson’s disease: A preliminary observation”
    AIUM (2016)
  • “Quantitative ultrasound imaging in chronic kidney disease”
    Institute of Weill Cornell Medicine (2016)
  • “Ultrasound strain relaxation time ratio in assessment of cortical inflammation/edema in renal allograft”
    IEEE Ultrasound (Taipei) (2015)
  • “Spleen ultrasound shear wave elastography in monitoring transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt function”
    IEEE Ultrasound (Taipei) (2015)
  • “Ultrasound elasticity imaging: Clinical applications. The second international ultrasound conference for molecular imaging. Chongqing, China, April 25, 2014
  • “Ultrasound elasticity imaging: Towards standardization”
    Annual conference of Chinese ultrasound doctors association (2014)
  • “Corticomedullary strain ratio: a quantitative marker in assessment of renal allograft cortical fibrosis”
    AIUM convention (2014)
  • “Ultrasound Strain Zero-crossing Elasticity Measurement in Determing Renal Allograft Fibrosis and Inflammation/edema”
    AIUM convention (2014)
  • “Color Doppler sonography in lupus nephritis”
    MedImmune (2013)
  • “Corticomedullary strain ratio: a quantitative marker in assessment of renal allograft cortical fibrosis”
    ITEC (London) (2013)
  • “Corticomedullary strain ratio: a quantitative marker in assessment of renal allograft cortical fibrosis”
    IEEE ultrasound (Prague) (2013)
  • “What’s new in renal sonography?”
    The First forum of international Dalian conference for Medical Imaging (2013)
  • “Advances in extracranial arterial sonography”
    Cangzhou ultrasound conference (2013)
  • “Renal transplant ultrasound elasticity imaging”
    WFUMB (2013)
  • “Ultrasound elasticity imaging”
    Annual conference of Chinese Ultrasound doctors association (2013)
  • “Ultrasound elasticity imaging in the liver diseases”
    International Conference of Medical Imaging for infectious Diseases (2012)
  • “Stiffness of the spleen on ARFI before and after TIPS placement”
    IEEE Ultrasound (2012)
  • “Doppler parameters in monitoring renal cortical fibrosis”
    National Conference of Ultrasound Doctors Association (2012)
  • “Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging”
    First International Forum of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging (2012)
  • “Stiffness of the spleen on ARFI before and after TIPS placement”
    IEEE Ultrasound (2012)
  • “Doppler parameters in monitoring renal cortical fibrosis”
    National Conference of Ultrasound Doctors Association (2012)
  • “Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging”
    First International Forum of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging (2012)
  • “Intrarenal Doppler parameters in renal transplant dysfunction: correlations with histopathological changes”
    WFUMB (2011)
  • “Sonographic pitfalls and technical errors in renovascular hypertension”
    Conference of Jilin ultrasound association (2011)
  • “Emergency vascular sonography of the extremities”
    6th International Forum for Medical Imaging Technology (2010)
  • “Arterial Imaging of the Lower Extremities”
    Chinese bioengineering ultrasoundAssociation (2009)
  • “Emergency Vascular sonography of the extremity”
    Annual conference of Chinese Ultrasound Association (2009)
  • “How to improve the accuracy of US guided thyroid nodule FNA biopsy”
    Internationalconference of interventional radiology in oncology (2009)
  • “Sonography of the thyroid carcinoma”
    Chinese Association in Medical Imaging Technology, conference of small parts ultrasound (2009)
  • “Renovasular hypertension in color duplex sonography”
    Chinese Medical imaging association, conference of abdominal ultrasound (2008)
  • “Pre-operative localization of abnormal parathyroid glands”
    Annual conference of Chinese Ultrasound Association (2008)
  • “Carotid ultrasound”
    Chinese Association in Medical Imaging Technology, Conference of Vascular ultrasound (2007)
  • “Ultrasound in pancreas transplantation”
    The second Tiantan International  Conference of Ultrasound in Medicine (2006)

Research and Studies

  • Principal Investigator; “Quantitative ultrasound imaging to assess treatment effect for individuals with post-stroke upper limb spasticity” (2016-present)
  • Principal Investigator; “Quantitative ultrasound imaging in kidney disease” (2015-present)
  • Co-Principal Investigator; “Ultrasound elasticity imaging in assessment of muscular mechanical property and function in patients with neurological disorders;” Capital Medical University (2013-present)
  • Co-Investigator; “Repository of Novel Analytes Leading to Autoimmune, Inflammatory and Diabetic Nephropathies” (2013-present)
  • Co-Investigator; “Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis / The ATTRACT Trial” (2012-present)
  • Co-Investigator; “Evaluation of Subclinical Renal Allograft Damage” (2008-present)
  • Co-Principal Investigator; “Shear wave velocity measurements in the abdominal organs;” Chongqing Medical University (2011-2016)
  • Co-Investigator; “Flow Turbulence or Twinkling Artifact? A Primary Observation on Intrarenal Color Doppler Sonography” (2009-2016)
  • Co-Investigator; “Renal Transplant Ultrasound Strain” (2012-2015)
  • Co-Investigator; “2011 Factors affecting the appearance of color Doppler twinkling in renal calculi” (2011-2013)
  • Co-Investigator; “Doppler angle correction in measuring intrarenal blood flow velocity in Lupus Nephritis” (2010-2012)
  • Co-Investigator; “Mirror artifact on color Doppler imaging” (2010-2011)
  • Co-Investigator; “Emergency ultrasonography” (2010-2011)
  • Co-Investigator; “Correlation of serum creatinine and peak systolic velocity of the intrarenal artery: a hemodynamic indicator of the transplanted kidney” (2008-2010)
  • Co-Investigator; “Renal Vascular Hypertension on Color Duplex Sonography” (2008-2009)
  • Co-Principal Investigator; “Renovascular hypertension and Color Doppler Sonography;” Peking Union Medical College and Chinese National Natural Science (2006-2009)
  • Co-Investigator; “Intrarenal Color Duplex Ultrasonography: A Window to Vascular Complications of Renal Transplants” (2006-2007)
  • Co-Investigator; “Color Duplex Sonography in Severe Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis: A Comparison of End-to-End and End-to-Side Arterial Anastomoses” (2006)
  • Co-Principal Investigator; “Transcranial color Doppler sonography in assessment of vertebral artery stenosis;” Department of Science and Education (2004-2006)

Grants

  • Research support by loaning ultrasound scanner; Siemens Medical Solutions (2015-2018)
  • Principal Investigator; NIH/NCATS grant (2016-2017)
  • CTSC-NIH Grant (2015-2016)

Bio

Jing Gao, M.D., FAIUM earned her doctor of medicine in 1976 and Chinese traditional medicine in 1980 in China. After completing a year-long post-doctoral fellowship at the China Medical University and serving for 4 years as an attending physician in the Department of Ultrasound in China, she came to the US as a visiting assistant professor of Radiology. She participated in clinical ultrasound services, teaching radiology residents and medical students, and research in the Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University for more than 25 years.
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She had research grant awarded by NIH and Weill Cornell Medicine. She has published a book, 3 book chapters, and 60 peer reviewed articles. She is an editorial board member in journals of Clinical imaging and Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. She is also a reviewer for several medical journals. She lectured and presented in the international and national ultrasound conferences many times. She still has her adjunct professorships in Weill Cornell Medicine and medical universities in China. Her goal is to contribute her knowledge and experience to ultrasound in medical education and research. Dr. Gao is currently an Associate Professor of Ultrasound at RVU. She is a fellow in the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM).