Biography
Mihra S. Taljanovic MD, PhD, FACR is Emerita Professor in Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona since 11/01/2019 after more than twenty years of service. Since 3/29/2021, Dr. Taljanovic is Professor in Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Currently she also works as a per diem radiologist for Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. From 11/1/2019-2/28/2021, Dr. Taljanovic worked as a radiologist for SimonMed Imaging in Tucson, Arizona. She is an accomplished academician with 154 peer reviewed publications, 25 books and book chapters and numerous scientific and educational abstracts and presentations. She presented 325 invited lectures and 42 workshops in the country and throughout the world. Dr. Taljanovic is an active member of numerous professional organizations and serves on several committees and editorial boards. Through International Skeletal Society she served in regional outreach programs in Bulgaria 2008, Uganda and Zambia 2011, Rwanda 2013, Tanzania 2014, China 2014, Kenya 2015 and Nigeria and Ghana 2019. She is recipient of numerous awards including ABR Volunteer Service Award in 2015, 2016 RSNA Honored Educator Award, University of Arizona College of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Award in 2017 and AMA Women in Medicine Award 2019.
Personal Statement
Dedicated to research and teaching in field of Musculoskeletal Radiology.
Areas of Specialty
Musculoskeletal Radiology
Education
Medical School: University of Sarajevo, Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Residency: University Medical Center, Sarajevo, Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Residency: University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI
Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI - Musculoskeletal Radiology
Achievements & Awards
March 2024
RadioGraphics- Editor?s Recognition Award for reviewing with Distinction for 2023
August 2024
Skeletal Radiology- Reviewer with Special Distinction for 2023
Key Publications
Journal Article
Taljanovic, Mihra, Graham, A, R Benjamin, J, B Gmitro, A, F Krupinski, E, A Schwartz, S, A Hunter, T, B Resnick, D, L 2008 Bone marrow edema pattern in advanced hip osteoarthritis: quantitative assessment with magnetic resonance imaging and correlation with clinical examination, radiographic findings, and histopathology. Skeletal radiology, vol. 37, Issue 5, 423-31
Languages
- English
Courses Taught
?Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography- Current Musculoskeletal Applications?, presented in Multidisciplinary Education course ?MRI and Ultrasound Elastography: Where Do We Stand? S2-CMS01, at Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting- 110th RSNA, Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting- RSNA, 12/1-5/20024
Research and Scholarship
Taljanovic MS, Gimber LH, Becker GW, Latt LD, Klauser AS, Melville DM, Gao L, Witte RS. Shear-Wave Elastography: Basic Physics and Musculoskeletal Applications. Radiographics. 2017 May-Jun;37(3):855-870. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160116. PMID: 28493799; PMCID: PMC5452887.