Monal, the IR doctor and illustrator.
台灣介入放射科醫師,長年從工作中培養出對醫學藝術的興趣,進而赴美進修,追求更完整的「醫學繪圖師」訓練。
Monal Yu-Hsuan Chang is a Taiwan board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist specializing in abdominal and pediatric radiology. She is also a medical illustrator in training. (monal@email.com)
Experience
Imperial College London St. Mary’s Hospital, Radiology observership
National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Radiology residency
► NTUH Pediatric diagnostic and interventional radiologist
NTUCH (Children Hospital) Neonatology Imaging advisor
► NTUH ACGME Radiology Resident Milestones Committee Member
► NTUH Portal Menu Imaging Orders Organizing Committee Member
► Member of the Taiwan Radiological Society
► Member of the Taiwan Society of Interventional Radiology
► 2021 Young IR 3.0 Video Demo and Hands-on Workshop Seed Teacher
► Student Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators


Education
China Medical University, MD (2014)
► Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Medical Biological Illustration Program, MA (2024)

Awards
Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC), Visual Design Category, Honorable Mention, top 35 out of 3954 world entries. (2011)
Golden Design Award, Photography, First Prize (2019)
► Journal of Radiological Science Best Article Award, First Prize (2020)
World Illustration Award, Exploration Category, shortlisted (2022)
► Johns Hopkins The William P. Didusch Scholarship (2022)
RadArt Gallery by Guerbet, finalist (2022)

Publication
[⊕First author/⊗Coauthor/⊘Illustrator]
⊕/⊘ Diagnosis of Double-Chambered Right Ventricle With Dynamic Cardiac CT. Journal of Radiological Science 44 volume (2019/03/01); P121 - 130 (DOI:10.6698/JRS.201912_44.0021)
► ⊗/ Comparison of single and tandem ureteral stenting for malignant ureteral obstruction: a prospective study of 104 patients. European Radiology (2019) 29:628–635 (DOI:10.1007/s00330-018-5560-6)
► ⊗ PET/MRI in Cervical Cancer: Association between Imaging Biomarkers and Tumour Stage, Disease Progression, and Overall Survival. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2020 Aug 14;e27311 (DOI:10.1002/jmri.27311)
► ⊗/ Isolated Middle-Third Clavicle Fracture Causing Horner's Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review. Frontiers in Surgery. 28 May 2021. (DOI:10.3389/fsurg.2021.640900)
►  Efficacy and safety of single-session radiofrequency ablation for intrathoracic goiter: preliminary results and short-term evaluation. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 2021; 38(1): 976-984. (DOI:10.1080/02656736.2021.1942241)
► ⊗/⊘ Iodized oil computed tomography versus ultrasound‑guided radiofrequency ablation for early hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology International. 2021 Aug 2. (DOI:10.1007/s12072-021-10236-0)
► ⊗/⊘ Ultrasound single-phase CBE imaging for monitoring radiofrequency ablation of the liver tumor: A preliminary clinical validation. Frontiers in Oncology. 22 July 2022 Sec. Cancer Imaging and Image-directed Interventions (DOI:10.3389/fonc.2022.894246)
► ⊗/ From grapes to huazhimaru: A case of brachial plexus injury hidden in traumatic brain injury. Medical Ultrasonography. 2022 Dec 21;24(4):506-507. 
(DOI:10.11152/mu-3805)

► ⊕/⊘ Dynamic cardiac computed tomography characteristics of double-chambered right ventricle. Scientific Reports. 12, 20607 (2022).  (DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-25230-1)
► ⊕ Determining Biventricular Repair Feasibility in Children with Dominant Right Ventricle Using Left Ventricular Quality Measured on Cardiac Computed Tomography. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023, 24(3), 92;  (DOI:10.31083/j.rcm2403092)
► ⊗/⊘ Blood supply Distribution In Human And Porcine Lumbar Vertebrae By Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Awaiting acceptance.

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