Tel: (415) 353-2564
E-mail: Cynthia.Chin@radiology.ucsf.edu

A.    Positions and Honors.

University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

From – to:            Department:                                     Title:

1998 - 1999            Department of Radiology                   Clinical Instructor

1999 – 2007            Department of Radiology                   Assistant Professor

Section of Neuroradiology

2006 – 2007            Department of Neurosurgery            Assistant Professor

2007 –Present         Department of Radiology                  Associate Professor

2007-Present           Department of Neurosurgery            Associate Professor

HONORS

1980         California Scholarship Federation Life Member

1983         American Heart Association Research Scholarship

1984         UC Berkeley – B. A. Physiology - Graduated with Honors

1984         University of California Honor Society

1990         Chinese American Physicians Society Scholarship

1990         Lion’s Club Scholarship

1991         1st place Basic Science Research Award

                 Tufts University, School of Medicine Research Symposium

1992         Francis J. Rigney Scholarship - Intern of the Year

                 California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California

1996         Warren C. Widrich, MD Radiology Resident Award

                 Tufts University School of Medicine

2003         O’Neill C et al. Runner-up for Outstanding Scientific Paper

                 2003 North American Spine Society meeting

2006         Margulis Society Research Grant award:

                 Magic Angle Effects in MR Neurography of the Sciatic Nerve

2007         2007 UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Award nominee

B.   Selected peer-reviewed publications.

CT Chin, R Sarno. Corticosteroid Osteonecrosis. Images in Clinical Medicine New England Journal of Medicine 2/23/95;332(8):511

E Oates, DG Selland, CT Chin, DW Achong Gallbladder Nonvisualization with Pericholecystic Rim Sign: Morphine-Augmentation Optimizes Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis.. J Nucl Med 1996; 37:267-269

C Bonawitz, M Castillo, CT Chin, AJ Barkovich. Utility of Gadolinium DTPA Administration in MR Imaging of Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type I. AJNR 1998; 19:541-546

YW Wu, CT Chin, KM Chan, AJ Barkovich, WJ Peacock, DM Ferriero Pediatric Chiari I Malformations: Do Clinical and Radiologic Features Correlate?. Neurology 1999; 53(6):1271-6

EE Graves, SJ Nelson, DB Vigneron, CT Chin, L Verhey, M McDermott, D Larson, S Chang, M Prados, K Lamborn, WP Dillon. A Preliminary Study of the Prognostic Value of Proton Spectroscopy in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas. Neurosurgery 2000 Feb;46(2):319-26; discussion 326-8.

CS von Koch, G Young, CT Chin, MT Lawton. MRI and MRS of an Intraparenchymal Epidermoid – Similarity to an Abscess: Case Illustration . J Neurosurgery 2002 Aug;97(2):492.

CT Chin, W. Dillon Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Central Nervous System Tumors. In Brain Cancer - American Cancer Society Atlas of Clinical Oncolocy . BC Decker Inc Hamilton, Ontario 2002 pp104-128.

CT Chin, S. Chang, W. Dillon Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors. Oncologic Imaging, 2^nd edition . W.B. Saunders Company. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2002. pp133-159.

CT Chin. Spine Imaging. Seminars in Neurology 2002 June; 22(2):205-220

DC Mohr, D Goodkin, L Epstein, TL Luks, D Cox, A Goldberg, CT Chin, S Nelson, Brain Lesion Volume and Neuropsychological Function Predict Efficacy of Treatment for Depression in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (accepted 2/13/03)

DC Mohr, D Goodkin, L Epstein, TL Luks, D Cox, A Goldberg, CT Chin, S Nelson. Brain lesion volume and neuropsychological function predict efficacy of treatment for depression in multiple sclerosis. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2003 Dec;71(6):1017-24.

CW O’Neill, JJ Liu, E Leibenberg, SS Hu, V Deviren, BK-B Tay, CT Chin, JC Lotz. Percutaneous plasma decompression alters cytokine expression in injured porcine intervertebral discs.

Spine J. 2004 Jan-Feb;4(1):88-98.

FL Acosta, CT Chin, A Quinones-Hinojosa, CP Ames, PR Weinstein, D Chou. Diagnosis and Management of Adult Pyogenic Osteomyelitis of the Cervical Spine. Neurosurgical Focus. 2004 Dec 15;17(6):E2.

S Jothi, CT Chin, KW Rosbe. Radiology Quiz Case 1. Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2005 Jun;131(6):534,536-7

Okuda DT, Chyung AS, Chin CT, Waubant E. Acute Pathological Laughter. Mov Disord. 2005 Oct;20(10):1389-90

Acosta FL Jr, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Gadkary CA, Schmidt MH, Chin CT, Ames CP, Rosenberg WS, Weinstein P. Frameless Stereotactic Image-Guided C1-C2 Transarticular Screw Fixation for Atlantoaxial Instability: Review of 20 Patients. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2005 Oct;18(5):385-391.

Acosta FL, Dowd C, Chin CT, Tihan T, Ames C, Weinstein P. Current Treatment Strategies and Outcomes in the Management of Symptomatic Vertebral Hemangiomas. Neurosurgery. 2006 Feb;58(2):287-95; discussion 287-95.

Auguste K, Chin CT, Acosta F, Ames C. Expandable Cylindrical Cages in the Cervical Spine: A Review of 22 Cases. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2006 April;4(4):285-91.

Lewis A, Layzer R, Barbaro N, Engstrom J, Chin CT. MR Neurography in Extraspinal Sciatica. Archives of Neurology 2006 Oct;63(10):1469-72.

Spontaneous Regression of a Discal Cyst. Chou D, Smith J, Chin CT. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2007 Jan;6(1):81-4.

Yaping JL, Dillon WP, Chin CT, McDermott MW, Horton JC. Intracranial Hypotension Caused by Leakage of Cerebrospinal Fluid from the Thecal Sac after Lumboperitoneal Shunt Case Report. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):173-7.

Smith A,  Gupta N, Strober J, Chin CT.  Magnetic Resonance Neurography in Children with Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Injury. Pediatr Radiol. 2008 Feb;38(2):159-63.

Acosta FL Jr, Sanai N, Chi JH, Dowd CF, Chin C, Tihan T, Chou D, Weinstein PR, Ames CP Comprehensive management of symptomatic and aggressive vertebral hemangiomas.   Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2008 Jan;19(1):17-29.

C.   Research Support.

07/97 - 06/99        Principal Investigator: CT Chin

                              Co-Investigators: SJ Nelson, WP Dillon

                              Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Brain Tumors

                              National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Institute Fellowship

01/99 – 07/01        Principal Investigator: P Janetta

                              Co-Investigators: CT Chin, WP Dillon

                              Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in Ethnic Groups with Adult Onset

                              Diabetes or Neurogenic Hypertension.

                              Allegheny-Singer Research Institute

05/01 – 04             Principal Investigator: S Majumdar

                              Co-Investigators: JC Lotz, T Budinger, D Newitt, T Lang, CT Chin

                              Imaging Analysis of Musculoskeletal Mophology and Function

                              Bioengineering Research Parnership (BRP) NIH

12/01- 04              Principal Investigator: JC Lotz

                              Co-Investigators: CONeill,JLiu, ELeibenberg, SHu, VDeviren, BTay, CT Chin

                              Effect of Nucleoplasty on Pathophysiology of Pain in an Animal Model of Disc Degeneration

                              Arthrocare Corporation, UC Biostar:

1/02 – 03               Principal Investigator: C Lomen-Hoerth

                              Co-Investigators: R Henry, R Olney, B Miller, J Murphy, CT Chin

                              Overlap of ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia

                              Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association Grant

7/06 – 07               Margulis Society Research Grant Award

                              Principal Investigator: CT Chin

                              Co-Investigator: A Ambekar

                              Magic Angle Effects in MR Neurography of the Sciatic Nerve