Department of Radiology | Penn Medicine

Faculty & Staff

Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D.

Matthew J. Wilson Professor of Research Radiology

Department: Radiology

Contact information

Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-7238
Fax: 215-662-3013

Email:
mitchell.schnall@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Physics)
University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
Ph.D. (Biophysics)
University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1986.

Post-Graduate Training
Medical Intern, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 1986-1987.
Radiology Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1987-1991.

Certifications
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987.
American Board of Radiology, 1991.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Selected Publications

Chen C., Orel SG., Harris E., Schnall MD., Czerniecki BJ., Solin LJ.: Outcome after treatment of patients with mammographically occult, magnetic resonance imaging-detected breast cancer presenting with axillary lymphadenopathy. Clinical Breast Cancer 5(1): 72-7, Apr 2004.

Nguyen PL., Whittington R., Koo S., Schultz D., Cote KB., Loffredo M., Tempany CM., Titelbaum DS., Schnall MD., Renshaw AA., Tomaszewski JE., D'Amico AV.: Quantifying the impact of seminal vesicle invasion identified using endorectal magnetic resonance imaging on PSA outcome after radiation therapy for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 59(2): 400-5, Jun 1 2004.

Wang J., Li L., Roc AC., Alsop DC., Tang K., Butler NS., Schnall MD., Detre JA.: Reduced susceptibility effects in perfusion fMRI with single-shot spin-echo EPI acquisitions at 1.5 Tesla. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 22(1): 1-7, Jan 2004.

Lee JM, Orel SG, Czerniecki BJ, Solin LJ: MRI before re-excision surgery in patients with breast cancer. AJR 182(2): 473-480, 2004.

Lehman CD., Schnall MD., Kuhl CK., Harms SE.: Report of the Working Groups on Breast MRI: report of the High-Risk Screening Group. Breast Journal 10 Suppl 2: S9-S12, Sep-Oct 2004.

Bluemke DA., Gatsonis CA., Chen MH., DeAngelis GA., DeBruhl N., Harms S., Heywang-Kobrunner SH., Hylton N., Kuhl CK., Lehman C., Pisano ED., Causer P., Schnitt SJ., Smazal SF., Stelling CB., Weatherall PT., Schnall MD.: Magnetic resonance imaging of the breast prior to biopsy. JAMA 292(22): 2735-42, Dec 8 2004.

Stevenson JP., Rosen M., Sun W., Gallagher M., Haller DG., Vaughn D., Giantonio B., Zimmer R., Petros WP., Stratford M., Chaplin D., Young SL., Schnall M., O'Dwyer PJ.: Phase I trial of the antivascular agent combretastatin A4 phosphate on a 5-day schedule to patients with cancer: magnetic resonance imaging evidence for altered tumor blood flow. Journal of Clinical Oncology 21(23): 4428-38, Dec 1 2003.

Bedrosian I., Mick R., Orel SG., Schnall M., Reynolds C., Spitz FR., Callans LS., Buzby GP., Rosato EF., Fraker DL., Czerniecki BJ.: Changes in the surgical management of patients with breast carcinoma based on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Cancer 98(3): 468-73, Aug 1 2003.

Lipson DA., Roberts DA., Hansen-Flaschen J., Gentile TR., Jones G., Thompson A., Dimitrov IE., Palevsky HI., Leigh JS., Schnall M., Rizi RR.: Pulmonary ventilation and perfusion scanning using hyperpolarized helium-3 MRI and arterial spin tagging in healthy normal subjects and in pulmonary embolism and orthotopic lung transplant patients. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 47(6): 1073-6, Jun 2002.

Bedrosian I., Schlencker J., Spitz FR., Orel SG., Fraker DL., Callans LS., Schnall M., Reynolds C., Czerniecki BJ.: Magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsy of mammographically and clinically occult breast lesions. Annals of Surgical Oncology 9(5): 457-61, Jun 2002.