LeAnn S. Stokes, MD, earned her medical degree at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a fellowship in interventional radiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2003. In 2022, Dr. Stokes was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor.

Dr. Stokes served as the Quality and Patient Safety Director for the Department of Radiology from 2010 to 2024. In 2024, she was named as the department's new Vice Chair of Quality and Safety. Dr. Stokes also chairs the Radiology Patient Advisory Group. Her clinical interests include endovenous laser ablation for treatment of lower extremity venous insufficiency, uterine artery embolization for treatment of uterine fibroids and percutaneous sclerotherapy for treatment of congenital vascular malformations. In 2018, she was appointed Radiology Director of the Vanderbilt Vein Center, and in 2021 was named Chief of the Interventional Radiology section.

Section: Interventional Radiology

Daniel L. Starnes, MD, JD, FACR, earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and earned his doctor of jurisprudence from Nashville School of Law. Dr. Starnes has practiced for over 30 years in both private and academic settings. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2017 as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences. Dr. Starnes is a member of the Radiology Society of North America, The American College of Radiology, Tennessee Radiological Society and the American Society of Neuroradiology.

Section: Neuroradiology

Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH, is a graduate of University of Virginia and earned her medical degree from University of Virginia School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Brown University and a fellowship in Women’s Imaging at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Spalluto joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2014 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. In 2023, Dr. Spalluto was promoted to Professor. Her clinical work focuses on breast imaging, including mammography, ultrasound, MRI and image-guided procedures.

Section: Breast Imaging

Elizabeth Snyder, MD, is a graduate of Rice University and earned her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. She completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Snyder joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2018 as Assistant Professor. Dr. Snyder is also the Vice Chair of Wellbeing and Culture. She is a member of the American College of Radiology, Society of Pediatric Radiology and the American Society of Neuroradiology. On July 1, 2024, Dr. Snyder was promoted to Associate Professor.

Section: Pediatric Radiology

Seth Smith, PhD, earned a BS in Physics and a BS in Mathematics from Virginia Tech and a PhD in Biophysics ad Biophysical Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. After earning his PhD, he joined the research faculty at Kennedy Krieger Institute at the F.M. Kirby Research Center where he remained until 2009.

In 2009, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Assistant Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering and Physics. In 2015, he was appointed Associate Professor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Ophthalmology. He was named to the 2017 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. Dr. Smith was appointed Associate Director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Sciences (VUIIS) in 2018. In 2020, he was appointed Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.

Since 2010, he has served as Director of the Center for Human Imaging at Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science. His research is focused on translation of advanced, quantitative MRI methods into human diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis and Optic Neuropathies focusing on quantitative assessment of the spinal cord and optic nerves at both high and low field strengths.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Gary T. Smith, MD, is an honors graduate from the University of Tennessee. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School and completed residencies in Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and in Nuclear Medicine at U.C.L.A. and U.T. Medical Center at Knoxville. He practiced at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine from 1990-2009 before joining the Vanderbilt faculty as Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences. He serves as the Chief, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT at Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center. His research interests include: PET/CT clinical applications and volumetric CT for quantification of lung nodule growth rate.

Section: Nuclear Medicine

David Smith, PhD, earned his BS in Physics and BA in Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin before heading to Harvard University for an MA in Astronomy. He returned to UT-Austin to finish his PhD in Astrophysics, where he was National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow and Harrington Doctoral Fellow. After doing postdoctoral research in plasma astrophysics at the University of Arizona for two years, Dr. Smith came to Vanderbilt as a medical physics resident in radiation oncology. In 2010, he became a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, and was appointed Research Assistant Professor in 2014. His research is focused new techniques and applications for MRI in cancer imaging, in particular mathematical methods such as compressed sensing and machine learning.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Sudha Singh, MBBS, MD, earned her MBBS from Sawai Man Singh Medical College in Jaipur, India. She earned her MD Radiodiagnosis after completing a residency in Radiodiagnosis from Sawai Man Singh Hospital. Following 3 years working within the U.K. as a House Officer, Dr. Singh completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Schneider Children’s Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2002 as Assistant Professor and was appointed Associate Professor in 2015. In 2025, Dr. Singh was promoted to Professor. She is highly involved with the resident education and currently serves as the Director of Resident Education in Pediatric Radiology. She is a member of the Society of Pediatric Radiology, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of University Radiologist, Cumberland Pediatric Foundation and the Tennessee Radiological Society.

Section: Pediatric Radiology

Chirayu Shah, MD, earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College and completed residencies in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2012 as Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. In 2019, Dr. Shah was promoted to Associate Professor.

Dr. Shah is passionate about resident education and molecular imaging. His research interests include discovery and implementation of new radiotracers for human use. He serves as an expert reviewer for the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and is a member of the American Roentgen Ray Society, American College of Radiology, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, American College of Radiology and Radiology Society of North America.

Section: Nuclear Medicine

Saikat Sengupta, PhD, earned his MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Memphis and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science and joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Research Assistant Professor in 2015. Dr. Sengupta’s current research involves developing motion and field inhomogeneity robust methods for high field structural and functional MRI.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science