Education

1998-2007       M.D., Tehran University of Medical Sciences      

2020-2023       M.B.A., Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Technology, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School                                

Post Graduate Medical Training    

2009 - 2010     Internship, Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

2010 - 2014     Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital

2014 - 2016     Fellowship and Clinical Instructorship, Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Yahyavi is an Associate Professor, Senior Vice Chair for Business Affairs, and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is a nationally and internationally renowned Healthcare Leader and Neuroradiologist overseeing the operations, business development, strategic planning, and financial management of the Department of Radiology.

Dr. Yahyavi received her medical degree from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences and did her internship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH followed by a Diagnostic Radiology Residency at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She then did a two-year Neuroradiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, during the second year of which she served as a Clinical Instructor. Dr. Yahyavi was recruited in 2022 to the University of Maryland from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she served as faculty for 5 years. She received her MBA with a focus on Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Technology in 2023 from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Dr. Yahyavi serves on multiple local and national Boards and Committees. She is on the Neurological Imaging expert panel for the ACR’s Appropriateness Criteria. She is a member of the American College of Radiology (ACR)’s Engage Steering Committee and Incidental Finding Committees. Dr. Yahyavi serves on the executive board and is currently the Secretary of the Washington DC Metropolitan Society of Radiology chapter of the American College of Radiology. She is a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology’s Health Policy Committees on Standards & Guidelines, Safety Quality and Value Committees. She is the Vice Chair of the International Collaboration Committee of the American Society of Neuroradiology.

Dr. Yahyavi has been a successful educator at local, national, and international meetings and is a member of the American Board of Radiology, Neuroradiology Certifying and Subspecialty exam question writing committee. She also serves on the Radiological Society of North America's Education Exhibits Awards Committee.  

Her research interests include Health policy and management, Informatics, Value-Based Healthcare, diversity, and health equity. Her Neuroradiology research interest is in vessel wall imaging, advanced imaging of stroke, functional imaging, and resting state fMRI. She has authored/co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.

Tao TY, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Singh GK, Bhalla S. Pediatric cardiac tumors: clinical and imaging features. Radiographics. 2014 Jul-Aug;34(4):1031-46. doi: 10.1148/rg.344135163. PMID: 25019440.

Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Menias CO, Bhalla S, Siegel C, Gayer G, Katz DS. Imaging of cosmetic plastic procedures and implants in the body and their potential complications. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Apr;204(4):707-15. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.13516. PMID: 25794060.

Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Poretti A, Idowu OR, Hoon AH Jr, Huisman TA, Izbudak I. Case 236: Middle Interhemispheric Variant of Holoprosencephaly. Radiology. 2016 Dec;281(3):969-974. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2016150503. PMID: 27870630.

Sair HI, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Calhoun VD, Airan RD, Agarwal S, Intrapiromkul J, Choe AS, Gujar SK, Caffo B, Lindquist MA, Pillai JJ. Presurgical brain mapping of the language network in patients with brain tumors using resting-state fMRI: Comparison with task fMRI. Hum Brain Mapp. 2016 Mar;37(3):913-23. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23075. Epub 2015 Dec 10. PMID: 26663615; PMCID: PMC6867315.

Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Pillai JJ, Lindquist MA, Calhoun VD, Agarwal S, Airan RD, Caffo B, Gujar SK, Sair HI. Presurgical Brain Mapping of the Ventral Somatomotor Network in Patients with Brain Tumors Using Resting-State fMRI. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 May;38(5):1006-1012. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5132. Epub 2017 Mar 31. PMID: 28364005; PMCID: PMC7960361.

Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Kiczek M, Zeiler SR, Wasserman BA. Imaging Features of Susac Syndrome on High-Resolution Intracranial Vessel Wall MRI. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 Apr 16;8(4):e994. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000994. PMID: 33863793; PMCID: PMC8105894.

Yi PH, Kim TK, Siegel E, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N. Demographic Reporting in Publicly Available Chest Radiograph Data Sets: Opportunities for Mitigating Sex and Racial Disparities in Deep Learning Models. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Jan;19(1 Pt B):192-200. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.08.018. PMID: 35033310.

Ryan D, Mirbagheri S, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N. The Current State of Functional MR Imaging for Trauma Prognostication. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2023 May;33(2):299-313. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2023.01.005. Epub 2023 Feb 26. PMID: 36965947.

Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Kucharczyk W, Juliano AF, Policeni BA. The ASNR International Collaborations Committee: Cultivating a Global Learning Community. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Aug 9;45(8):988-990. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8177. PMID: 38724202; PMCID: PMC11383406.

Chen SC, Doig D, Puac-Polanco P, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N. The Global Reading Room: A Pregnant Patient With Headache. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2024 Sep 11. doi: 10.2214/AJR.24.31990. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39259010.

Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N. Preserving the Academic Mission Amid Radiologist Shortages and Financial Pressures. AJR Am J Roentgenol. Published online January 15, 2025. doi:10.2214/AJR.24.32397