Sign inJoin waitlistJoin the waitlist

Thomas Link

Professor, & Division Chief, Musculoskeletal Radiology · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine

Credentials: · · · · ·

History

& Division Chief · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Present
Clinical & Translational Musculoskeletal Imaging · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Present
University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Present

University of California-San Francisco
2002–2003
University Hospital
1997–2002
Teaching Hospital of the University of Bonn
1992–1997
University of California
1995–1996
University of Muenster
1990–1995
• Residency: Department of Radiology Center for Rheumatic Diseases of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz
1988–1992
• Internship: City Hospital Idar-Oberstein
1987–1988
University Hospital, Muenster Department of Radiology
JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIV, MAINZ
1983–1987

Research

In vivo T(1rho) and T(2) mapping of articular cartilage in osteoarthritis of the knee using 3 T MRI
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage · 2007 · 407 citations
Positron emission tomography in non-small-cell lung cancer: prediction of response to chemotherapy by quantitative assessment of glucose use
Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2003 · 387 citations
Long-term effect of testosterone therapy on bone mineral density in hypogonadal men
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 1997 · 379 citations

Nancy Lane
60 papers
Lorenzo Nardo
57 papers · 11 as a resident
Benjamin Ma
44 papers · 4 as a fellow
Alexandra Gersing
26 papers · 11 as a resident
Heike Daldrup-Link
25 papers · 18 as a resident
Lynne Steinbach
25 papers
Andrew Horvai
21 papers
Alan Zhang
19 papers · 2 as a fellow
Hamza Alizai
16 papers · 9 as a resident
Sonia Lee
15 papers
Ali Guermazi
12 papers
John Imboden
12 papers

Grants

Biomedical Imaging for Clinician Scientists
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · T32
Contact PI · $4M · University of California, San Francisco
2004–2028
Understanding the Roles of Synovitis, Knee-Adjacent Obesity and Sarcopenia in Pain Phenotypes and Structural Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis - An Analysis of the Entire Osteoarthritis Initiative
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R56
Contact PI · $620.7K · University of California, San Francisco
2026–2027
Understanding the Mechanisms by Which Weight Change Affects Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis in Obese and Overweight Individuals: An Analysis of the Osteoarthritis Initiative Dataset
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.4M · University of California, San Francisco
2021–2026
Impact of Weight Loss on Knee Joint Biochemical and Structural Degeneration
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.6M · University of California, San Francisco
2014–2021

Clinical trials

Weight-Bearing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for Analysis of Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, San Francisco
2008–2009
Alendronate Prevents Microarchitectural Deterioration of Trabecular Bone in Early Postmenopausal Women
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
University of California, San Francisco
2006–2009
A Longitudinal Study of Osteoarthritis (OA) Disease Progression Measured by MRI, dGEMRIC, and Radiography
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, San Francisco
2004–2007

Honors

AIMBE College of Fellows
2019
AIMBE
Senior Fellows of the ISMRM
2017
ISMRM

radiology.ucsf.edu