Fellowship faculty
The physicians and specialists who teach and supervise the fellowship.
Musculoskeletal Radiologist · Fellowship Program Director · Director of Musculoskeletal Imaging, RadNet West Coast
Dr. Robert Lee is a board-certified, fellowship-trained radiologist with extensive expertise in musculoskeletal and sports imaging. His medical education began at Northeast Ohio Medical University, where he completed the combined BS/MD program. He subsequently completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Case Western Reserve University, followed by fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Radiology at the University of California, San Diego, under the tutelage of internationally renowned musculoskeletal radiologist Dr. Donald Resnick.
Dr. Lee has been a prominent member of the RadNet Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship for many years, contributing significantly to the education and development of future leaders in musculoskeletal imaging. He currently serves as Program Director of the RadNet Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship and Director of Musculoskeletal Imaging for RadNet’s West Coast operations. In these leadership roles, he is dedicated to advancing the specialty through clinical excellence, education, mentorship, and the continued development of innovative musculoskeletal imaging services including AI initiatives.
A particular area of Dr. Lee’s professional focus and passion is sports imaging. He has developed extensive collaborative relationships with numerous sports organizations, providing specialized imaging expertise in the evaluation and management of athletic injuries. His professional affiliations and collaborative work have included NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS and NWSL teams, as well as collegiate, World Cup and Olympic team affiliations. These relationships reflect his commitment to providing high-level diagnostic expertise to athletes and sports medicine professionals across all levels of competition.
John Crues, M.D. has an extensive history in the field of Musculoskeletal MR imaging. He is currently a Medical Director for RadNet Management and also the President of ProNet Imaging Medical Group in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Crues has a keen interest in teaching and has previously directed fellowship programs at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. He currently has ongoing research projects in Orthopedic and Rheumatologic MRI. He has published over one hundred articles, twenty textbook chapters, eight textbooks in the medical literature, and one novel titled “Firestorm in Paradise.”
David W. Stoller, M.D., F.A.C.R. is a graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine and has more than 25 years of experience as a board-certified diagnostic radiologist with subspecialty expertise in musculoskeletal radiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Radiology and currently serves as National Director of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Imaging for RadNet and Director of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Imaging for Beverly Radiology, Northern California.
Dr. Stoller provides additional teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Director of Current Issues of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, a national symposium course that provides radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons with advanced orthopaedic MRI education www.stollermskcourse.com. Dr. Stoller also conducts a series of Comprehensive Tutorials in Musculoskeletal Imaging using an innovative checklist technique on both the East and West Coast www.stollermskcourse.com.
Dr. Stoller is the author of eight textbooks, including MRI in Orthopaedics and Rheumatology; MRI, Arthroscopy, and Surgical Anatomy of the Joints; Pocket Radiologist Orthopaedics; Diagnostic Imaging Orthopaedics; Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (now in its 3rd edition); Stoller’s Atlas of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, which have been translated in various languages. Dr. Stoller developed the Interactive Knee, Shoulder, Hip, Ankle, Foot and Wrist CDs with Primal Pictures of London. He also developed the Virtual Radiology Fellowship as a DVD online training program www.virtualradiologyfellowship.com.
Dr. Stoller served as the Musculoskeletal Radiologist for the XXV Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain 1992. He has served on two American College of Radiology Committees, including American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Expert Panel on Musculoskeletal Imaging and the Committee on Education. He reviews for the American Journal of Sports Medicine, the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Journal of Hand Surgery. Dr. Stoller has lectured extensively at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Instructional Courses and RSNA Refresher Courses including current Refresher Course on MRI of the Shoulder 2012-2014.
Dr. Gregory R. Applegate is a graduate of the Temple University School of Medicine. He completed residencies in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine at the University of California Irvine. Following a year-long fellowship in magnetic resonance imaging at University of Pittsburgh he joined their faculty as Assistant Professor of Radiology in the division of magnetic resonance imaging. He is also a former Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Applegate serves as RadNet's Medical Director for MSK Imaging for Southern California.
He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally as a recurrent invited faculty member for the American Academy of Orthopedics, the International Shoulder Congress, the Metcalf Memorial Arthroscopy course and the Napa Course - Advancements in Shoulder and Hip Arthroscopy. He has also been invited to address the ISAKOS as well as the Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society. He has published extensively on the advanced applications of magnetic resonance imaging, primarily with emphasis on musculoskeletal applications. He published a textbook with four shoulder arthroscopists entitled, "Shoulder Arthroscopy and MRI Techniques".
Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D. is a physiologist with more than 20 years of experience conducting laboratory and clinical investigations in the field of MRI. He is a Clinical Professor of Radiology and Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and the Founder of the Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Education, and Research. As a commitment to the field of MRI safety, he created and maintains the internationally popular web site, www.MRIsafety.com.
Dr. Shellock has more than 200 publications and three of his medical textbooks are considered “best sellers”. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and a Reviewing Editor for several medical journals including Radiology, Investigative Radiology, the American Journal of Roentgenology, the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Memberships in professional societies include the American College of Radiology, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the Radiological Society of North America, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. He is also a member and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Sportsmedicine. In 2004, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine recognized the significant contributions Dr. Shellock has made to the scientific and educational mission of the ISMRM by designating him a Fellow of the Society. The American College of Radiology awarded him a Distinguished Committee Service Award for years of dedicated service to the Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards Committee – Body MRI.
Kevin R. Stone, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic and the Chairman of the Stone Research Foundation in San Francisco. He has lectured around the world as an expert in cartilage and meniscal growth, repair and replacement. Dr. Stone has pioneered new ways to address biologic as opposed to bionic (artificial) joint replacement. He and his clinic (The Stone Clinic in San Francisco) developed the first collagen scaffold for re-growing the meniscus cartilage, the first techniques for replacing the meniscus in an arthritic knee, the first method to humanize animal tissue for use as ligaments in ACL replacement, the first stem cell cartilage paste graft for re-growing articular cartilage inside injured joints, and the first glucosamine beverage for joint health.
His foundation directs basic science and clinical outcomes research focused on accelerating healing, treating, preventing and curing arthritis. His work has led to multiple awards, publications, grants, over 50 issued U.S. patents and initiated a dozen start-up companies. As an orthopaedic surgeon, he has served the U.S. Ski Team, the U.S. Pro Ski Tour, the Marin Ballet, the Smuin Ballet, the Rebelle Rally, the modern Pentathlon at the U.S. Olympic Festival, and for the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
He was trained at Harvard in internal medicine and orthopaedic surgery and at Stanford in general surgery. He completed a visiting research fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery and clinical sports medicine fellowship with Richard Steadman. He divides his work life between clinical practice, not for profit research and for-profit start-up companies commercializing his inventions.
Dr. Phillip Tirman is an internationally recognized expert in the applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for evaluating orthopedic, sports medicine, and spine disorders. He is the co-author of three textbooks, including MRI of the Shoulder and Diagnostic Imaging: Orthopaedics. He is also the author or co-author on over sixty original scientific articles published in the radiology and orthopedic literature. A native of Arkansas, Dr. Tirman attended both college and medical school at the University of Arkansas. He did his radiology residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and did fellowship training in magnetic resonance imaging at Cottage Community Magnetic Resonance Center in Santa Barbara and at the San Francisco Magnetic Resonance Center (SFMRC) in San Francisco where he continued to practice and was named Medical Director. Dr. Tirman was subsequently recruited from SFMRC to the prestigious National Orthopedic Imaging Associates Group. Dr. Tirman is a widely sought lecturer and has spoken at over 50 international meetings and was the founder of the on-line musculoskeletal forum OCAD - One Case A Day. Dr. Tirman is also a food and wine connoisseur and is the author of the popular book The Wine and Food Lover's Diet which was a James Beard award nominee.
Steven Kussman, M.D. is a board-certified, fellowship-trained radiologist specializing in advanced musculoskeletal imaging and sports medicine.
A Los Angeles native, Dr. Kussman completed his undergraduate studies in Biology at Brown University before earning his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He then completed his diagnostic radiology residency training at Boston University Medical Center. Dr. Kussman then returned to California to complete a prestigious, specialized fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the mentorship of Dr. Donald Resnick.
Over his career, Dr. Kussman has held prominent leadership and academic appointments in Southern California, including serving as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UCLA Health and Medical Director at Renaissance Imaging Medical Associates. Deeply dedicated to education and mentorship, he has helped train the next generation of MSK radiology fellows at both UCLA and RadNet.
His specialized clinical interest in sports medicine has driven extensive collaborations with orthopedic surgeons to manage diagnostic imaging for numerous collegiate and professional sports teams.
Janis Fodran-Keeney RPA, RRA, is a 21-year member of the Radnet Management team. A board certified, Summa Cum Laude graduate from Weber State University Radiology Practitioner Assistant program, and also board certified as a RRA (Radiologist Assistant) by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, Janis assists Dr. Crues and contracted radiologists. She specializes in MR Rheumatology imaging, and routine radiology procedures. Her prior research includes contrast enhanced MR imaging of the hands and wrists in rheumatoid arthritis patients with active erosive disease.
Rosa Orellana-Lewis has been loyally employed for Radnet Management for over 19 years. Her eagerness to learn has given her an opportunity to gain knowledge in the fields of Billing/Collections/Customer Service and Administration. She currently assists Dr. John V. Crues and his staff of radiologists in the coordination of the Fellowship Program and daily operations of the practice as required.
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