Joshua Warner, MD, PhD has joined the Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Section as an Assistant Professor (CHS). He completed fellowships in Radiology Informatics and Abdominal Imaging at the Mayo Clinic.
Where are you from?
I am from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Why did you choose radiology?
Through undergraduate research, I met several MD/PhDs who emphasized the need for synergy between clinical practice and research. During the application and interview process for MD/PhD programs, radiology and imaging science came to the forefront as the most exciting way to combine my quantitative background with clinical practice. As a radiologist, it is an honor to assist fellow physicians with the diagnosis and management of their patients, a privilege to help directly care for those patients through the abdominal procedural practice, and exciting to push the practice forward through research and informatics.
What are your career interests and goals?
A: I believe weaving together clinical practice and informatics is how I can help the most patients while striving to improve the practice and value delivered by radiology. I am excited to work with the Abdominal Imaging and Intervention and Informatics sections, bring informatics to our radiology trainees, and build collaborations within UW and with our institutional partners.
What are your research interests?
I love big data and blurring lines between traditional pixel-based machine learning in radiology to fold in data from the electronic medical record. I want to work on bringing concise clinical summaries to radiologists so we can be more efficient, improving non-interpretive tasks like protocoling, exploring automatic rad-path feedback mechanisms, and optimizing scheduling and scanner usage. Clinically, I want to explore cystic kidney disease, NASH/NAFLD, and the value of quantitative imaging biomarkers we can now routinely extract from volumetric imaging.
Why did you choose to work at UW?
UW has the full package: amazing colleagues in clinical and research collaboration, close relationships with industry partners, and the drive to push discoveries out to the world. The city of Madison also offers tremendous opportunities while remaining small enough to live in corn fields with a reasonable commute.
What are your hobbies?
Spending time with my wife and daughter, macro photography, 3D printing, and woodturning.