Ilya M Nasrallah - Faculty Biosketch

Ilya M Nasrallah, MD PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Active Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Chester County Hospital

Active Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital

Active Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Attending, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Active Radiologist, Phoenixville Hospital, Department of Radiology

Department: Radiology

Contact information

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

Office: 215-615-8054

Education:
BA
Cornell University, 1998.
PhD
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 2005.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, 2005-2006.
Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, 2006-2010.
Rotation / Medical officer, Princess Marina Hospital, Gabarone Botswana., 2006-2006.
Chief Resident, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2009-2010.
Neuroradiology Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2010-2011.
Nuclear Medicine Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2011-2012.
Neuroradiology Second Year Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2011-2012.
RSNA clinical trials methodology workshop 1 week course, Radiologic Society of North America, 2014-2014.

Certifications
ABR, 2010.
ABNM, 2012.
ABR - neuroradiology CAQ, 2013.

Permanent link

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Selected Publications

Duong MT, Das SR, Khandelwal P, Lyu X, Xie L, McGrew E, Dehghani N, McMillan CT, Lee EB, Shaw LM, Yushkevich PA, Wolk DA, Nasrallah IM.: Hypometabolic mismatch with atrophy and tau pathology in mixed Alzheimer's and Lewy body disease. Brain 148: 1577-1587, May 2025.

Zhang W, Ascher SB, Dolui S, Nasrallah IM, Lu Y, Neitzel J, Toledo E, Glodzik L, Shaltout HA, Hughes TM, Berry JD, Ma Y.: Cardiac Biomarkers, Subclinical Brain Vascular Changes, and Cognitive Decline: Post Hoc Analysis of the SPRINT Trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 80: glaf005, May 2025.

Williams JR, DeConne TM, Pewowaruk R, Korcarz C, Tanley J, Carlsson C, Heckbert SR, Habes M, Nasrallah I, Lockhart SN, Luchsinger JA, Ding J, Hayden KM, Hughes TM, Gepner AD.: Total and Structural Carotid Artery Stiffness Are Associated With Cognitive Decline and Structural Brain Abnormalities Related to Alzheimer Disease and Alzheimer Disease-Related Dementias Pathology: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc 14: e039925, May 2025.

Petersen KK, Nallapu BT, Lipton RB, Grober E, Davatzikos C, Harvey DJ, Nasrallah IM, Ezzati A; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.: Development of Simple Risk Scores for Prediction of Brain β-Amyloid and Tau Status in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Machine Learning Approach. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci May 2025.

Kozhemiako N, Heckbert SR, Castro-Diehl C, Paquet CB, Bertisch SM, Habes M, Fohner AE, Bryan RN, Nasrallah I, Hughes TM, Redline S, Purcell SM.: Mapping the Relationships Between Structural Brain MRI Characteristics and Sleep EEG Patterns: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Sleep Apr 2025.

Hajipour M, Hu WH, Esmaeili N, Sands S, Wellman A, Kwon Y, Labarca G, Nasrallah IM, Bryan RN, Strollo PJ, Heckbert SR, Redline S, Ayas NT, Azarbarzin A.: Sleep apnea physiological burdens and markers of white matter injury: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Clin Sleep Med 21: 457-466, Mar 2025.

Vedaei F, Srinivasan D, Parker D, Erus G, Dolui S, Sorond FA, Jacobs DR Jr, Launer LJ, Lackland DT, Davatzikos C, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM.: Spatial and signal features of white matter integrity and associations with clinical factors: A CARDIA brain MRI study. Neuroimage Clin 46: 103768, Mar 2025.

Govindarajan ST, Mamourian E, Erus G, Abdulkadir A, Melhem R, Doshi J, Pomponio R, Tosun D, Bilgel M, An Y, Sotiras A, Marcus DS, LaMontagne P, Benzinger TLS, Espeland MA, Masters CL, Maruff P, Launer LJ, Fripp J, Johnson SC, Morris JC, Albert MS, Bryan RN, Resnick SM, Habes M, Shou H, Wolk DA, Nasrallah IM, Davatzikos C.: Machine learning reveals distinct neuroanatomical signatures of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in cognitively unimpaired individuals. Nat Commun 16: 2724, Mar 2025.

Tahir MJ, Xie Y, Nasrallah IM, Elbejjani M, Wellons MF, Bryan RN, Dolui S, Erus G, Launer LJ, Schreiner PJ.: The menopausal transition and multiple physiologic measures of early brain health in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. Menopause 32: 45-53, Jan 2025.

Cohen JS, Phillips J, Das SR, Olm CA, Radhakrishnan H, Rhodes E, Cousins KAQ, Xie SX, Nasrallah IM, Yushkevich PA, Wolk DA, Lee EB, Weintraub D, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT.: Posterior hippocampal sparing in Lewy body disorders with Alzheimer's copathology: An in vivo MRI study. Neuroimage Clin 2025.