Avneesh Chhabra MD, MBA, FACR

Avneesh Chhabra, M.D., M.B.A., FACR is Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Chief of its Musculoskeletal Radiology Division. He also serves as Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Parkland Memorial Hospital. His clinical interests include magnetic resonance neurography (MRN), sports imaging, rheumatology, infection, and sarcoma imaging, and related image-guided interventions.

Originally from India, Dr. Chhabra earned his Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) degree at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. He completed his radiology residency training at Delhi University’s Willington Hospital before receiving additional diagnostic radiology residency training at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He then received advanced training in musculoskeletal radiology through a fellowship program at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. In 2021, Dr. Chhabra earned an Executive M.B.A. in healthcare leadership and management from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2013, Dr. Chhabra was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Chhabra focuses his research on refining musculoskeletal ultrasound, computed tomography, and MRI practices; and the novel use of 3D MRI and 3D CT joint imaging in sports medicine, MR neurography, and multiparametric sarcoma imaging, infection, whole-body MRI and rheumatology imaging. He is working on new forms of image-guided pain management, including minimally invasive image-guided injections.

Dr. Chhabra is actively involved in 3D MRI and 3D CT research on adult painful hip disorders, functional bone and soft tissue tumor assessment, Shoulder MRI research for rotatory cuff and labral injuries, and 3D knee MRI research with respect to meniscus and cruciate ligament injuries.