Department of Radiology | Training Leaders, Not Just Readers

Colin McKnight, M.D.

colin.d.mcknight@vanderbilt.edu

Clinical Interest

Colin McKnight, MD, is Assistant Professor and Medical Director of Inpatient Radiology for Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is a graduate of Duke University and attended medical school at Oregon Health and Science University. After completing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellowship, he received his residency and neuroradiology fellowship training at University of Michigan. He joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2016. He is the receiptant of the 2016 Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award.

Section: Neuroradiology

VUMC email: colin.d.mcknight@vumc.org

Selected Publications

Johnson SE, McKnight CD, Lants SK, Juttukonda MR, Fusco M, Chitale R, Donahue PC, Claassen DO, Donahue MJ. Choroid plexus perfusion and intracranial cerebrospinal fluid changes after angiogenesis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab [print-electronic]. 2020 Aug; 40(8): 1658-71. PMID: 31500523, PMCID: PMC7370367, DOI: 10.1177/0271678X19872563, ISSN: 1559-7016.
Herr KD, George E, Agarwal V, McKnight CD, Jiang L, Jawahar A, Pakkal M, Ulano A, Ganeshan D. Aligning the Implicit Curriculum with the Explicit Curriculum in Radiology. Acad Radiol [print-electronic]. 2020 Sep; 27(9): 1268-73. PMID: 32061468, PII: S1076-6332(20)30027-1, DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2019.12.028, ISSN: 1878-4046.
McKnight CD, Rouleau RM, Donahue MJ, Claassen DO. The Regulation of Cerebral Spinal Fluid Flow and Its Relevance to the Glymphatic System. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2020 Oct 10/19/2020; 20(12): 58. PMID: 33074399, PII: 10.1007/s11910-020-01077-9, DOI: 10.1007/s11910-020-01077-9, ISSN: 1534-6293.
McKnight CD, Motuzas CL, Srinivasan A. Approach to Brain Neoplasms: What the Oncologist Wants to Know. Semin Roentgenol. 2018 Jan; 53(1): 6-22. PMID: 29405956, PII: S0037-198X(17)30077-9, DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2017.11.002, ISSN: 1558-4658.
McKnight CD, Parmar HA, Watcharotone K, Mukherji SK. Reassessing the Anatomic Origin of the Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2016 Dec; 41(4): 559-64. PMID: 28632604, DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000566, ISSN: 1532-3145.
McKnight CD, Glastonbury CM, Ibrahim M, Rivas-Rodriguez F, Srinivasan A. Techniques and Approaches for Safe, High-Yield CT-Guided Suprahyoid Head and Neck Biopsies. AJR Am J Roentgenol [print-electronic]. 2017 Jan; 208(1): 76-83. PMID: 27657741, DOI: 10.2214/AJR.16.16558, ISSN: 1546-3141.
McKnight CD, Kelly AM, Petrou M, Nidecker AE, Lorincz MT, Altaee DK, Gebarski SS, Foerster B. A Simplified Approach to Encephalitis and Its Mimics: Key Clinical Decision Points in the Setting of Specific Imaging Abnormalities. Acad Radiol [print-electronic]. 2017 Jun; 24(6): 667-76. PMID: 28258904, PII: S1076-6332(17)30048-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2016.04.013, ISSN: 1878-4046.
Baer AH, McKnight CD, Ibrahim M, Parmar HA. Imaging of the Spinal Cord: Classic Syndromes and Non-neoplastic Lesions. Neurographics. 2015 Nov 11/1/2015; 5(7): 238.
Baer AH, Parmar HA, McKnight CD, Gemmete JJ, DiPietro MA, Kasten SJ, Mukherji SK. Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies in the Pediatric Population. Neurographics (March 2014). 2014 Mar 3/1/2014; 4(1): 2.
McKnight CD, Watcharotone K, Ibrahim M, Christodoulou E, Baer AH, Parmar HA. Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction: reducing dose while preserving image quality in the pediatric head CT examination. Pediatr Radiol [print-electronic]. 2014 Aug; 44(8): 997-1003. PMID: 24696285, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-2943-y, ISSN: 1432-1998.
McKnight CD, Winn SR, Gong X, Hansen JE, Wax MK. Revascularization of rat fasciocutaneous flap using CROSSEAL with VEGF protein or plasmid DNA expressing VEGF. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Aug; 139(2): 245-9. PMID: 18656723, PII: S0194-5998(08)00286-6, DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.04.014, ISSN: 0194-5998.
Belfer I, Hipp H, Bollettino A, McKnight C, Evans C, Virkkunen M, Albaugh B, Max MB, Goldman D, Enoch MA. Alcoholism is associated with GALR3 but not two other galanin receptor genes. Genes Brain Behav [print-electronic]. 2007 Jul; 6(5): 473-81. PMID: 17083333, PII: GBB275, DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00275.x, ISSN: 1601-1848.
Belfer I, Hipp H, McKnight C, Evans C, Buzas B, Bollettino A, Albaugh B, Virkkunen M, Yuan Q, Max MB, Goldman D, Enoch MA. Association of galanin haplotypes with alcoholism and anxiety in two ethnically distinct populations. Mol Psychiatry. 2006 Mar; 11(3): 301-11. PMID: 16314872, PMCID: PMC2748409, PII: 4001768, DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001768, ISSN: 1359-4184.
Max MB, Wu T, Atlas SJ, Edwards RR, Haythornthwaite JA, Bollettino AF, Hipp HS, McKnight CD, Osman IA, Crawford EN, Pao M, Nejim J, Kingman A, Aisen DC, Scully MA, Keller RB, Goldman D, Belfer I. A clinical genetic method to identify mechanisms by which pain causes depression and anxiety. Mol Pain. 2006 Apr 4/19/2006; 2: 14. PMID: 16623937, PMCID: PMC1488826, PII: 1744-8069-2-14, DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-2-14, ISSN: 1744-8069.