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Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD

Abramson Cancer Center

Degree and Institution

MD, PhD, Stanford University

Faculty Title

Associate Professor, Radiology

Administrative Title

Vice Chair for Informatics, Department of Radiology

Department

Department of Radiology

Clinical Expertise

Chest and musculoskeletal radiography

Research Expertise

Biomedical informatics, including the development and evaluation of standard medical vocabularies, image reporting systems, and decision support tools to enhance the quality of radiology practice

Other Affiliations
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Residency
Radiology, University of Pennsylvania

Board Certifications
Diagnostic Radiology

Honors and Awards

Lee B. Lusted Research Prize, Society for Medical Decision Making,
Memorial Award from the Association of University Radiologists
Roger Bauman Award from Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine
Best Paper Award from the Journal of Digital Imaging
GE-AUR Radiology Research Academic Fellowship (GERRAF) Award

Publications
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Contact Information

Researcher/Clinician:
Curtis P. Langlotz

Radiology Administration, Penn Tower Lobby Level
399 South 34th Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA  19104

Office Phone: 215-662-2836
Fax: 215-349-5925

Assistant:
Tiffany Epps
Office Phone: 215-662-6982
Appointment Phone: N/A
Fax: 215-349-5925
EppsT@uphs.upenn.edu

Mailing Address:
Curtis P. Langlotz

Radiology Administration, Penn Tower Lobby Level
399 South 34th Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA  19104

Office Phone: 215-662-2836
Appointment Phone: 215-662-6982
Fax: 215-349-5925

Dr. Langlotz is responsible for the strategic and technical direction of a filmless, paperless radiology department that interprets over 500,000 exams annually at 3 busy hospitals and a large community practice. His informatics research program, funded in part by the NCI?s Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) project and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, focuses on the development and evaluation of standard medical vocabularies, image reporting systems, and decision support tools to enhance the quality of radiology practice. As founding chair of the RadLex Steering Committee of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), he leds a collaborative effort to create a unified radiology lexicon. He now chairs the RSNA Reporting Committee, a collaborative effort to create best-practice templates for radiology reports, based on standard terminology. Dr. Langlotz has published over 90 scientific publications in the fields of imaging informatics and health services research. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Computers in Biomedical Informatics and the Journal of Digital Imaging, and as an Editorial Consultant for Academic Radiology. Dr. Langlotz also serves as President of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) and as a member of the RSNA Radiology Informatics Committee. He is a founder and Past President of the Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research (RAHSR) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of University Radiologists (AUR).