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
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.
Permanent linkBA
Cornell University, 1998.
PhD
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
Selected Publications
Sarnowski C, Zhang Y, Ammous F, Shade LMP, DiCorpo D, Jian X, Arnett DK, Austin TR, Beiser A, Bis JC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bressler J, Curran JE, DeCarli CS, Doddapaneni H, Dupuis J, Fardo DW, Florez JC, Gabriel S, Gibbs RA, Glahn DC, Gupta N, González HM, González KA, Hatzikotoulas K, Hayden KM, Heckbert SR, Hidalgo B, Huerta-Chagoya A, Hughes TM, Kardia SLR, Kooperberg CL, Launer LJ, Longstreth WT Jr; T2DGGI consortium; MAGIC consortium; Mandla R, Mathias RA, Morris AP, Mosley TH, Nasrallah IM, Nyquist P, Psaty BM, Qi Q, Raffield LM, Rayner NW, Reiner AP, Satizabal CL, Selvin E, Sevilla-Gonzalez MDR, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smith K, Snively BM, Southam L, Sofer T, Suzuki K, Taylor HJ, Udler MS, Viaud-Martinez KA, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wood AC, Yanek LR, Yin X, Manning AK, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Meigs JB, Fornage M, Seshadri S, Morrison AC; TOPMed Diabetes working group; and the TOPMed Neurocognitive working group.: Association of genetic scores related to insulin resistance with neurological outcomes in ancestrally diverse cohorts from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program. Commun Biol 8: 1352, Sep 2025.Heckbert SR, Jensen PN, Rashid T, Wang DH, Sitlani CM, Franklin CG, Mojtabai M, Navas-Acien A, Charisis S, Bertoni A, Longstreth WT Jr, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM, Habes M.: Association of quantitative susceptibility mapping signal in gray matter with clinical characteristics and aging-related MRI markers: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Neuroimage Clin 48: 103884, Sep 2025.
Brown CA, Cousins KAQ, Korecka M, McGrew E, Chen-Plotkin A, Detre JA, McMillan CT, Lee EB, Das SR, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Yushkevich PA, Nasrallah IM, Shaw LM; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; Wolk DA.: Temporal Modeling of Amyloid and Tau Trajectories in Alzheimer's Disease using PET and Plasma Biomarkers. medRxiv Sep 2025.
Bashyam VM, Erus G, Cui Y, Wu D, Hwang G, Getka A, Singh A, Aidinis G, Baik K, Melhem R, Mamourian E, Doshi J, Davison A, Nasrallah IM, Davatzikos C; ADNI, and ISTAGING Consortium.: DLMUSE: Robust Brain Segmentation in Seconds Using Deep Learning. Radiol Artif Intell Sep 2025.
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.