Shireen Hayatghaibi, PhD

Health Services Researcher, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Radiology

shireen.hayatghaibi@cchmc.org

About

Biography

My research focuses on understanding how healthcare costs inform the medical decisions of both clinicians and patients. My overall goal is to reduce the cost of advanced imaging, making it more affordable and accessible to patients and families.

I became interested in health economics due to my personal experience as a young adult needing medical care and not having insurance. This experience, along with the sticker shock of medical bills, opened my eyes to the need to understand the economic complexity of the healthcare system. My objective is to make positive changes that enhance the affordability and efficiency of the healthcare system.

I’ve been a researcher for more than six years and began working at Cincinnati Children’s in 2021. My work is published in many well-respected journals including, Pediatric Radiology, Journal of the American College of Radiology and Academic Radiology.

Services and Specialties

Radiology and Medical Imaging

Interests

Cost of medical care; patient preferences; medical decision making; new technology assessment

Research Areas

Publications

Parental Attitudes on Outpatient Imaging Costs in Clinical Pediatric Decision Making. Hayatghaibi, SE; Jordan, GL; Hansen, T; Ensing, AE; Gupta, A; Mihalakakos, EA; Wang, S; Zhang, B; Debnath, P; Coughlin, CC. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2026; 23(6):951-956.

Financial Toxicity and Cost-Related Imaging Nonadherence in Pediatric Outpatient Imaging. Hayatghaibi, SE; Jordan, GL; Hansen, T; Ensing, AE; Gupta, A; Mihalakakos, EA; Zhang, B; Debnath, P; Coughlin, CC. Academic Radiology. 2026.

Payor and patient costs for rapid brain MRI: analysis from a single pediatric institution. Hayatghaibi, S; Debnath, P; Ulland, L; Coley, B; Hoo Kim, M; Trout, A; Ayyala, R. Pediatric Radiology. 2026.

Pediatric MRI Safety: Frequency, Types, and Severity of Zone IV MRI Safety Events at Five US Children's Hospitals. Guan, AS; Iyer, RS; Barth, RA; Lall, N; Desai, NK; Hayatghaibi, S; Ayyala, RS; Jones, BV; Dillman, JR. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2026.

Imaging Utilization Among Pediatric Beneficiaries at Children's Hospital Versus Non-Children's Hospital Outpatient Facilities Using Medicaid Claims. Pelzl, CE; Doria, AS; Drake, A; Christensen, EW; Gee, MS; Hayatghaibi, SE; Ho, M-L; Teixeira, SR; Trout, AT; Widjaja, E; Rula, EY; Chan, SS. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2026; 23(5):757-767.

Imaging Modalities in Children With Suspected Vesicoureteral Reflux: A Comparative Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis. Debnath, P; Hayatghaibi, S; Ayyala, RS; Trout, AT. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2026; 226(4):e2534028.

Discrepancies between primary and secondary interpretations of pediatric nuclear medicine imaging examinations. Hoeksema, P; Hayatghaibi, S; Sharp, SE; Li, Y; Anton, CG; Norris, RE; Trout, AT. Pediatric Radiology. 2026; 56(2):464-472.

Clinician perspectives on imaging decisions for children with vesicoureteral reflux: A qualitative study. Hayatghaibi, SE; Trout, AT; Iyer, R; Britto, MT. Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2025.

Contrast-Enhanced Voiding Urosonography and Radionuclide Cystography for Diagnosing Vesicoureteral Reflux Using VCUG as the Reference Standard: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hayatghaibi, SE; Alves, VV; Coley, BD; Previtera, MJ; Zhang, B; Ayyala, RS; Iyer, R; Trout, AT. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2025; 225(4):e2532739.

Can Modern NLP Systems Reliably Annotate Chest Radiography Exams? A Pre-Purchase Evaluation and Comparative Study of Solutions from AWS, Google, Azure, John Snow Labs, and Open-Source Models on an Independent Pediatric Dataset. Hegde, S; Ninan, MM; Dillman, JR; Hayatghaibi, S; Babcock, L; Somasundaram, E. . 2025; abs/2505.23030.