BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

 

NAME

Ray, Charles E., Jr., M.D., M.S., FSIR, FCIRSE

 

POSITION TITLE

Professor of Radiology

EDUCATION/TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

Lawrence University, Wisconsin

BA

1981-1985

Wisconsin

Rush University, Chicago, Illinois

MS

1986-1989

Anatomy

University of Colorado Denver

PhD Candidate

Anticipated Grad: 2012

Clinical Science

Rush Medical College, Chicago , Illinois

MD

1985-1989

Medicine

MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois

 

1989-1990

Internship

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

 

1990-1994

Residency

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston , Mass.

1994-1995

Fellowship

 

Positions:       Professor or Radiology, University of Colorado Denver - 2007-present

                       Co-Director of Research - Clinical - Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr - 2007-present

                       Chief, Interventional Radiology, Denver Health Medical Center - 1999-2007

                      

Honors:           John Stears Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Radiology, UCD, 2006

                       Faculty Research Award, Department of Radiology, UCD, 2006

                       Category One CME Credit Award, Poster Presentation, RSNA, 2006

                       Fellow (corresponding) of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe,

                                   2005

                       Faculty Research Award, Department of Radiology, UCD, 2005

                      

Committees: 

    University of Colorado HSC:          

Radiology Residency Search Committee, UCD, 2007-present

Research Committee, Dept. of Radiology, UCD, 2007-present

Resident Education Committee, Co-chair, Curriculum, Department of    Radiology, UCD, 2007-present

Colorado Multiple Institution Review Baord (COMIRB), UCD, 2002-        present

Radiology Resident Selection Committee, UCD, 2001-2003

 

    National Committees:         Society of Interventional Radiology: 

·      Executive Committee Member, Councilor, Member Svcs, 2007-present

·      Communications Committee, 2007-present

·      Membership Development Committee, 2007-present

                        Interim Chairman, 2007-present

·      Rules Committee, 2002-present

 

 

 

·      Workshop Committee Chairman/Co-chairman, Sedation and Analgesia
workshop, SIR Annual Meeting, Baltimore - April 2002, Phoenix - March 2004, New Orleans - March 2005, Toronto - March 2006, Seattle - March 2007

·      Categorical Course Coordinator (Embolotherapy), SIR Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 2006

·      Resident and Education Training Committee, 2005-2006

 

·      Educational Materials Committee, 2000-2004

·      Co-course Director, Embolotherapy:  Materials, Techniques and Clinical Applications, Pasadena, CA, June 2002

·      Membership Committee, 1996-2003, Chairman, 1998-2003

·      Bylaws Ad Hoc Committee, 1999-2000

 

American Roentgen Ray Society, Vascular/Interventional Radiology Scientific    Review Committee, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 2008

RadioGraphics Educational Exhibits Review Committee, RSNA Annual             Meeting, Chicago, November 2007

Cancer Committee, University of Colorado Hospital, 2007-present

American Roentgen Ray Society, Vascular/Interventional Radiology Scientific    Review Committee, Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, May 2007

Colorado Radiologic Society (Colorado Chapter, American College of             Radiology), Executive Committee (program committee), 2006-present

Denver Health Medical Center, Medical Education Update Newsletter Editorial Board, 2000-2006

 

Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order):

 

Biffl WL, Ray CE Jr, Moore EE, Mestek M, Johnson JL, Burch JM.

Noninvasive diagnosis of blunt cerebrovascular injuries:  a preliminary report.

J Trauma 2002;53:850-856

 

Cothren CC, Moore EE, Biffl WL, Ciesla DJ, Ray CE Jr, et al. 

Cervical spine fracture patterns predictive of blunt vertebral artery injury.

J Trauma 2003;55:811-813

 

Ahmed I, Ray CE Jr, Conyers C.

Transvaginal sonographic appearance of thrombosed uterine artries after uterine artery embolization: the “white snake” sign.  

J Clin Ultrasound 2003;31:401-406

 

Cothren CC, Moore EE, Biffl WL, Ciesla DJ, Ray CE Jr, Johnson JL, Moore JB, Burch JB.

Anticoagulation is the gold standard therapy for blunt carotid injuries to reduce stroke rate.

Arch Surg 2004;139:540-546

 

Cothren CC, Moore EE, Biffl WL, Ray CE Jr, Ciesla DJ, Johnson JL.

Radiographic characteristics of postinjury splenic autotransplantation:  Avoiding a Diagnostic Dilemma.

J Trauma 2004 Sep;57(3):537-541

 

Knaut AL, Kendall JL, Patten R, Ray C. 

Ultrasonographic measurement of aortic diameter by emergency physicians approximates results obtained by computed tomography.

J Emergency Med 2005;28:119-126

 

Sarin EL, Moore JB, Moore EE, Shannon MR, Ray CE, Morgan SJ, Smith WR

Pelvic fracture pattern does not always predict the need for urgent embolization.

J Trauma 2005;58:973-977

 

Cothren CC, Moore EE, Ray CE Jr, Ciesla DJ, Johnson JL, Moore JG, Burch JM

Carotid artery stents for blunt cerebrovascular injury:  risks exceed benefits.

Arch Surg 2005;140:480-485

 

Ray CE, Bauer JB, Cothren CC, Turner JH, Moore EE.

Occult mediatinal great vessel trauma:  the value of aortography performed during angiographic screening for blunt cervical vascular trauma.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2005;28:422-425

 

Cothren CC, Moore EE, Ray CE Jr, et al.  

Screening for blunt cerebraovascular injuries is cost-effective.

Am J Surg 2005;190:845-849

 

Ray CE Jr, Gupta R, Blackwell J. 

Changes in the American Interventional radiology literature:  comparison over a 10-year time period.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2006;29:599-604

 

Ray CE Jr, Johnson J, Cothren CC.

Endovascular repair of a large post-traumatic calf pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula.

Military Medicine 2006;171:659-661

 

Ray CE Jr, Cothren CC.  

Complicated IVC filter removal using an Amplatz snare device.

Amer J Roentgen 2006;187:575-578

 

Ray CE Jr, Mitchell EL, Zipser S, et al. 

Outcomes with retrievable IVC filters:  a multicenter study.

J Vasc Intervent Radiol 2006;17:1594-1604

 

Cothren CC, Moore EE, Ray CE Jr, Johnson JL, Moore JB, Burch JM

Cervical spine fracture patterns mandating screening to rule out blunt cerebrovascular injury.

Surgery 2007;141:76-82

 

Ray CE Jr, Prochazka A.  

The need for anticoagulation following inferior vena cava filter placement:  systematic review.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (in press)

 

 

 

 

 

Research Support:

(Sponsor, Title of grant, length of grant, PI and Goal of project or grant)

 

Weekly prophylactic urokinase instillation in tunneled central venous access devices. 
Funded by Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

1996-1999 (primary investigator)

 

Importance of catheter size on complications of implantable venous access devices.

Funded by Horizon Medical Products

1998-2000 (primary investigator)

 

Accuracy and feasibility of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in the evaluation of blunt carotid and vertebral artery injuries:  a pilot study. 

Funded by Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Research and Education Foundation (CIRREF)

2001-2003 (primary investigator)