Prakash M. Masand, MD

Dr. Masand is the Division Chief for Body and Cardiovascular imaging, in the department of Pediatric Radiology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Masand is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has a certificate of added qualification in the field of Pediatric Radiology. He is an expert in pediatric cardiovascular CT and MRI, and is a key member of the liver, inflammatory bowel disease and coronary anomaly programs at the Texas Children's Hospital. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has over 60 invited lectures on his resume. He has written numerous book chapters and review articles. Dr. Masand is the Chair of the Society of Pediatric Radiology CT committee, and a member of the Cardiovascular committee. Dr. Masand's research interests revolve around the use of Free breathing cardiac MRI sequences, Non-contrast MR Angiography, Non-invasive imaging biomarkers for diffuse liver disease, Free-breathing liver MRI, MR Elastography for fontan associated liver disease, CT Angiography for anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries, CT Dynamic airway imaging, and 3D printing in congenital heart disease amongst others. He is passionate about protocol standardization and image quality improvement across the enterprise.