Radiology

Tal Laor, MD

Title

Staff Radiologist; Division Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging

Appointment

Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

tal.laor@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-8345

Fax

513-636-8145

Bio

Tal Laor, MD, received her medical degree from Harvard University. She completed a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and did her pediatric radiology fellowship at Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Dr. Laor was assistant professor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School and on the staff at Boston Children's Hospital. In 1998, she joined the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Department of Radiology, where she is chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging.

Dr. Laor's interests are of skeletal injuries to the immature child, congenital abnormalities, and normal and abnormal bone growth and development.

Credentials

BA: Brown University, Providence, RI; 1982.

MD: Harvard University, Boston, MA; 1986.

Residency: Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 1987-1991.

Fellowships: Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; 1991-1993.

Certification: Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology, 1991; 2005 Maintenance of Certification in Pediatric Radiology, American Board of Radiology; Certificate of Added Qualifications, Pediatric Radiology, American Board of Radiology, 1995.

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Educator Award, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1999
Outstanding Educator Award, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2001
Corning Benton Outstanding Educator Award, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2007
Corning Benton Outstanding Educator Award, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's, 2006
Outstanding Clinician Award, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's, 2005

Research

Musculoskeletal and joint diseases

Research Grants and Contracts

National Institute of Health (NCI/R21) Principal Investigator: John Bissler, M.D. Utility of Rapamycin for the treatment of renal angiomyolipomas, 2003-2006
National Institute of Health (NIH/P60) Co-Principal Investigator. Principal Investigator: Bernard Dardzinski, PhD. Quantitative MRI of cartilage and synovium in JRA, 2001-2006.
NIN/NICHD Collaborator. Principal Investigator: Heidi Kalkwarf, PhD. Bone mineral density in childhood study: Clinical Center, 2001-2009.
NIH/NIAMS Collaborator. Principal Investigator: Heidi Kalkwarf, PhD. Bone density and forearm fractures in injured children, 2000-2003.
Arthritis Foundation, collaborator Principal Investigator: Bernard J. Dardzinski, PhD. Imaging water mobility of cartilage in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, 1999-2004.

Publications, Most Recent

Laor T, Crawford AH. Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip in children: early MRI findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol 2009;192(2):526-31.

Laor T, Jaramillo D. MR imaging insights into skeletal maturation: what is normal?Radiology 2009;250(1):28-38. Review

Kim HK, Laor T, Racadio JM. MR imaging assessment of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle: prevalence of segmental anomalous origins in children and young adults.Pediatr Radiol 2008;38(12):1300-5. Epub 2008 Oct 7.

Laor T. Musculoskeletal imaging: evaluation of congenital anomalies.Pediatr Radiol 2008;38 Suppl 2:S246-50. Review. No abstract available

Taylor JA, Laor T, Warner BW. Extralobar pulmonary sequestration.Surgery 2008;143(6):833-4. Epub 2007 Dec 3. No abstract available.

Hébert KJ, Laor T, Divine JG, Emery KH, Wall EJ. MRI appearance of chronic stress injury of the iliac crest apophysis in adolescent athletes.AJR Am J Roentgenol 2008;190(6):1487-91.

Kim HK, Laor T, Shire NJ, Bean JA, Dardzinski BJ. Anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments at different patient ages: MR imaging findings.Radiology 2008;247(3):826-35.

Huang IH, Emery KH, Laor T, Valentine M, Tiefermann J. Fast-recovery fast spin-echo T2-weighted MR imaging: a free-breathing alternative to fast spin-echo in the pediatric abdomen.Pediatr Radiol 2008;38(6):675-9. Epub 2008 Mar 15.

Merrow AC, Laor T. Leukemia and treatment: imprint on the growing skeleton.Pediatr Radiol 2008;38(5):594. Epub 2008 Feb 2. No abstract available

Bissler JJ, McCormack FX, Young LR, Elwing JM, Chuck G, Leonard JM, Schmithorst VJ, Laor T, Brody AS, Bean J, Salisbury S, Franz DN. Sirolimus for angiomyolipoma in tuberous sclerosis complex or lymphangioleiomyomatosis.N Engl J Med 2008;358(2):140-51.

Jaramillo D, Laor T. Pediatric musculoskeletal MRI: basic principles to optimize success.Pediatr Radiol 2008;38(4):379-91. Epub 2007 Nov 29. Review

Workie DW, Graham TB, Laor T, Rajagopal A, O'Brien KJ, Bommer WA, Racadio JM, Shire NJ, Dardzinski BJ. Quantitative MR characterization of disease activity in the knee in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a longitudinal pilot study.Pediatr Radiol 2007;37(6):535-43. Epub 2007 Mar 31.

Laor T, Wall EJ, Vu L. Physeal widening in the knee due to stress injury in child athletes. AJR 2006;186:1260-4.

Kahn J, Degen SJF, Mansour M, Goodman E, Zeller M, Laor T, Lanphear N, Boat T. Pediatric faculty members' attitudes about part-time faculty positions and policies to support part-time faculty. A study at one medical center. Academic Med. Acad. Med 2005;80(10):931-9.

Prince JS, Laor T, Bean J. MRI appearance of anterior cruciate ligament injuries and associated findings in the pediatric knee. AJR 2005;185:756-62.

Graham TB, Laor T, Dardzinski BJ. Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Hands and Wrist of Children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol 2005;32:1811-1820.

Presentations, Most Recent

Kim, H.E.; Laor, T; Shire, N.J.; Dardzinski, B.J.; Bean, J.A.: The Effect of Childhood Growth on the Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments. Presented at the RSNA 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2007

Kim, H.E.; Laor, T.; Shire, N.J.; Dardzinski, B.J.; Bean, J.A. The Effect of Normal Growth on the ACL and PCL. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, Miami, FL, April 2007 and the annual meeting of the Society for Skeletal Radiology, Orlando, FL, March 2007.

I-Hua Huang; Emery, K.H.; Laor, T.; Valentine, M. Free breathing alternatives to fast spin echo (FSE) T2-weighted sequences in pediatric abdominal imaging. Presented at the meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Radiology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2006.

Rajagopal, A.; Dardzinski, B.J.; Bommer, W.; O'Brien, K.; Graham, T.B.; Laor, T. T2 Relaxation Time Variations in the Knees of Girls with JRA: the Effect of Side Dominance. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Miami, FL, May 2005.

Rajagopal, A.; Dardzinski, B.J.; Bommer, W.; O'Brien, K.; Graham, T.B.; Laor, T. Patellar Cartilage T2 Relaxation Time Mapping in Children: the effect of Arthritis and Gender. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Miami, Fl, May, 2005.

Wall, E.J.; Vu, L.; Laor, T. Physeal Stress Injuries: A Serious Cause of Pediatric Athletic Knee Pain. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 2005.

Kalkwarf, H.J.; Laor, T.; Bean, J. Bone mass, density, and dimensions and forearm fracture risk among injured children. Presented at the annual meeting of the 3rd International Conference on Children's Bone Health, Sorrento, Italy, 2005.

Dardzinski, B.J.; Kight, A.; Laor, T.; Graham, T.B. MRI-Derived T2 Relaxation Time Mapping: The Effect of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) and Side Dominance. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, Savannah, GA, April 2004.

Laor, T.; Prince, J.S.; Bean, J. MRI appearance of anterior cruciate ligament injuries and associated findings in the pediatric knee. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Skeletal Radiology, Orlando, FL, 2005.

Laor, T.; Vu, L.; Wall, E.J. A Diagnositc Consideration for Knee Pain in Child Athletes. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, Savannah, GA, April 2004.