Education
- Fellowship - Boston Children's Hospital
- Fellowship - Harvard Medical School
- Residency - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
- Medical School - Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-CES
Board Certifications
- Am Bd Radiology (Diag Rad) - Certified
- Am Bd Radiology (Pediatric Rad) - Certified
- Am Bd Radiology (Neuroradiology) - Certified
Publications
Ibrahim, G.M., Weil, A.G., Medina, S., et al (2018). Presurgical hyperconnectivity of the ablation volume is associated with seizure-freedom after magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy. Seizure, 61 (), @89-93. View in Pubmed
Pacheco-Jacome, E., Moore, K.R., Vargas, S.O., Medina, L.S. (2018). Vertebral Column. Pediatric Radiology: Practical Imaging Evaluation of Infants and Children.
Ibrahim, G.M., Sharma, P., Hyslop, A., Guillen, M.R., Morgan, B.R., Wong, S., ..., Altman, N., et al (2017). Presurgical thalamocortical connectivity is associated with response to vagus nerve stimulation in children with intractable epilepsy. Neuroimage. Clinical, 16 (), @634-642. View in Pubmed
Widjaja E., Li L., Medina L.S. (2013). Diagnostic evaluation in patients with intractable epilepsy and normal findings on MRI: a decision analysis and cost-effectiveness study. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 34 (5), @1004-1009. View in Pubmed
(2012). Evidence-Based Neuroimaging: Improving Quality in Patient Care. New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-Based Neuroimaging: Improving Quality in Patient Care.
Kamat, S., Garcia Pena, B.M., Blackmore, C., Medina, S. (2011). “US versus CT: evidence-based medicine and cost-effectiveness in imaging acute appendicitis in children”. New York, NY. Springer. Imaging of Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children.
Medina, L.S., Applegate, K.E., Blackmore, C.C. eds (2011). Evidence-Based Imaging: Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient Care. New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-Based Imaging: Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient Care.
Blackmore, C.C., Medina, L.S., Ravenel, J.G., Silvestri, G.A., Applegate, K.E. (2010). "Critically assessing the literature: understanding error and bias". New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-based imaging.
Hellinger J.C., Cervantes L.F., Medina, L.S. (2010). Congenital Disease of the Aortic Arch: Coarctation and Arch Anomalies. New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics.
Hellinger, J.C., Medina, L.S., Epelman, M. (2010). Pediatric advanced imaging and informatics: state of the art. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MRI, 31 (2), @171-193. View in Pubmed
Medina, L.S., Applegate, K.E., Blackmore, C.C. eds. (2010). Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics: Optimizing Imaging in Pediatric Patient Care. New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics: Optimizing Imaging in Pediatric Patient Care.
Medina, L.S., Blackmore, C.C., Applegate, K.E. (2010). "Principles of evidence-based imaging". New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-based imaging.
Medina, L.S., Jaramillo, D., Pacheco-Jacome, E., Ballesteros, M.C., Young-Poussaint, T., Grottkau, B.E. (2010). "Imaging of spine disorders in children: dysraphism and scoliosis". New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-based imaging in Pediatrics.
Medina, L.S., Perez, M., Vasconcellos, E. (2010). "Children with headaches: evidence-based role of neuroimaging". Springer. Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics.
Tong, K.A., Oyoyo, U.E., Holshouser, B.A., Ashwal, S., Medina, L.S. (2010). "Evidence-based neuroimaging for traumatic brain injury in children". New York, NY. Springer. Evidece-based imaging in Pediatrics.
Vinocur, D.N., Medina, L.S. (2010). "Imaging in the evaluation of children with suspected craniosynostosis". New York, NY. Springer. Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics.
Medina, L. S. (2009). Spinal dysraphism: categorizing risk to optimize imaging. Pediatric Radiology, 39 (Suppl 2), @S242-S246. View in Pubmed
Wan, M.J., Krahn, M., Ungar, W.J., Caku, E., Sung, L., Medina, L.S., Doria, A.S. (2009). Acute appendicitis in younger children: cost-effectiveness of US versus CT in diagnosis – a Markov decision analytic model. Radiology, 250 (2), @378-386. View in Pubmed
Cervantes, L., Altman, N.R., Medina, S. (2006). Case 102: pituitary aplasia. Radiology, 241 (3), @936-938. View in Pubmed
Medina, S., Bernal, B., ..., Cervantes, L., et al (2005). Seizure disorders: functional MR imaging for diagnostic evaluation and surgical treatment--prospective study. Radiology, 236 (1), @247-253. View in Pubmed