SSR Researcher Spotlight

SSR Researcher Spotlight

 My Research

• My area of clinical expertise is advanced imaging of peripheral nerves utilizing MR neurography and high resolution ultrasound techniques.

• In collaboration with clinicians and surgeons, I have worked to establish peripheral nerve imaging services as a vital component of team-based patient care and multidisciplinary research initiatives.

• My research efforts have included optimizing nerve visualization with novel technologies, identifying and investigating Covid-19-related nerve and musculoskeletal injuries, and standardizing MR neurography lexicon and scoring systems in conjunction with a multi-institutional working group of experts.

• I also have a strong interest in physician wellness and institution-based quality improvement initiatives to combat burnout.

• I graduated from the Northwestern Medicine Scholars of Wellness program, an innovative 1-year professional development program for physicians aimed at creating a critical mass of wellness experts to drive meaningful change.

• Subsequently, through Harvard Medical School, I was awarded a Shore fellowship to develop radiologist-specific wellness programs.

• My current research focuses on the complex impact of work-from-home options on wellness and radiologist burnout.

Selected recent manuscripts:

• Deshmukh S, Sun K, Komarraju A, Singer A, Wu JS. Peripheral Nerve Imaging: Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Correlation. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2023 May;31(2):181-191. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2023.01.003. Epub 2023 Feb 20. PMID: 37019545.

• Ramani SL, Samet J, Franz CK, Hsieh C, Nguyen CV, Horbinski C, Deshmukh S. Musculoskeletal involvement of COVID-19: review of imaging. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Sep;50(9):1763-1773. doi: 10.1007/s00256-021-03734-7. Epub 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33598718; PMCID: PMC7889306.

• Fernandez CE, Franz CK, Ko JH, Walter JM, Koralnik IJ, Ahlawat S, Deshmukh S. Imaging Review of Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Patients with COVID-19. Radiology. 2021 Mar;298(3):E117-E130. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020203116. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33258748; PMCID: PMC7709352.

• Deshmukh S, Tegtmeyer K, Kovour M, Ahlawat S, Samet J. Diagnostic contribution of contrast-enhanced 3D MR imaging of peripheral nerve pathology. Skeletal Radiol. 2021 Dec;50(12):2509-2518. doi: 10.1007/s00256-021-03816-6. Epub 2021 May 30. PMID: 34052869.

• Chhabra A, Deshmukh SD, Lutz AM, Fritz J, Sneag DB, Mogharrabi B, Guirguis M, Andreisek G, Xi Y, Ahlawat S. Neuropathy Score Reporting and Data System (NS-RADS): MRI Reporting Guideline of Peripheral Neuropathy Explained and Reviewed. Skeletal Radiol. 2022 Oct;51(10):1909-1922. doi: 10.1007/s00256-022-04061-1. Epub 2022 Apr 27. PMID: 35478047.

• Harrell AD, Johnson D, Samet J, Omar IM, Deshmukh S. With or without? A retrospective analysis of intravenous contrast utility in magnetic resonance neurography. Skeletal Radiol. 2020 Apr;49(4):577-584. doi: 10.1007/s00256-019-03321-x. Epub 2019 Nov 6. PMID: 31691835.

• Deshmukh S, Shmelev K, Vassiliades L, Kurumety S, Agarwal G, Horowitz JM. Imposter phenomenon in radiology: incidence, intervention, and impact on wellness. Clin Imaging. 2022 Feb;82:94-99. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.11.009. Epub 2021 Nov 16. PMID: 34801842.

 My “Two Cents”

• Good mentors & sponsors are priceless

• Whether it floats or sinks, we’re all on the same boat

• Time puts everything in its place