Patricia Carrascosa MD, PhD, FSCCT, FACC, MSCCT

Patricia Carrascosa, MD, PhD, FSCCT, FACC, MSCCT is the Medical Director and Head of the Research Department of Diagnóstico Maipú-DASA (one of the main imaging centers in Argentina). She is currently assistant professor at Buenos Aires University in Argentina. She obtained her Ph.D. in Virtual Colonoscopy in 2007. She has been working in research in 3D special studies (virtual studies, angiographies) and since 1999 she has focused her main activity in the cardiovascular field in CT and MRI. She is boarded in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and she is a Fellowship and Master of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography as well as Co-President of the Latinamerican Committee of the SCCT. Author of many scientific publications, she also participates in international trials. Dr. Carrascosa has over 100 manuscripts published in national and international journals. She has written 5 books: La enfermedad Coronaria en Tomografía Computarizada, Colonoscopía Virtual, CT Virtual Hysterosalpingography, Dual Energy CT in Cardiovascular and Clinical Atlas of Cardiac and Aortic CT and MRI. She is also the author of national and international book chapters about different subjects in the radiology field.