Dr. Rajiv Pai was recruited to Renaissance Imaging from the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.
A native of Michigan, Dr Pai received his B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He went to medical school also at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he graduated with distinction having published book chapters, articles in medical journals, and abstracts in the discipline of rheumatology.
Following medical school, Dr. Pai completed his internship at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He then completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. During residency, he published multiple articles and was elected to serve as the Chief Resident.
Following residency, Dr. Pai moved to California to complete a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Southern California where he is considered by his mentors to be one of the most talented and most engaging radiologists they have trained. He is able to perform a wide variety of procedures including image guided biopsies, percutaneous catheter placements, uterine artery embolizations, tumor embolizations, tumor ablations and diagnostic and therapeutic angiography. His particular interest include interventional oncology and vascular disease.
Dr. Pai is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and a member of the Los Angeles Radiologic Society, Society of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology and the Radiologic Society of North America. His wife Sarina, also a radiologist, is a member of RIMA’s breast imaging division. When not at work, Dr. Pai’s outside interests include weight lifting, cooking, and music.
Selected Publications
James T. Bui, Derek L. West, Rajiv Pai and Charles A. Owens. Use of a Hydrogel-Coated Self-Expandable Coil to Salvage a Failed Transcatheter Embolization of a Mesenteric Hemorrhage. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. 29 (6): 2006 Dec.
Diaz L.A., Pai R., Endres J., Antony P., Duzyj C., Bishu S., Morita Y. and Fox D.A. Xenogeneic Cells and Superantigen Induce Human T-cell Activation in the Absence of T-cell Recognition of Xenoantigen. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 142 (3):149-57, 2003 Sep.
DA Fox, Y Morita, R Gupta, R Pai, J endres, V Horejsi. Funtional Effects of New T Cell panel Antibodies and Other Workshop Reagents on Interaction between T lymphocytes and Synovial Fibroblasts. Leukocyte Typing VII. Oxford Univ Press: 699-702, 2002.
