Xavier Garcia-Rojas Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Developing a portable, handheld device that will make spinal punctures (spinal taps) easier, faster, more accurate, and less painful.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

- Attending physician in a private practice radiology group.

San Diego, Ca, Us

- providing minimally invasive MRI-guided options for diagnosis, biopsy, and treatment of low and intermediate grade prostate cancer

Houston, Tx, Us

TMC Biodesign is a program that brings together individuals from engineering, medicine, business, design, computer science, and research to create digital health and medical device solutions. The goal of the program is to identify unmet clinical needs, ideate a range of potential solutions, prototype and iterate multiple designs, then develop R&D, clinical, regulatory, quality and process management, competitive advantage, and business strategies.Link: http://www.tmc.edu/innovation/innovation-programs/biodesign/

Houston, Texas, Us

- assisted with several projects, including end user research for the Intellistat smart operating room sensor and for the Guidabot MRI navigation and surgical system

Boston, Ma, Us

Advanced Image Guided Therapy Research, focusing on solid tumor ablation (cryoablation, RF ablation, microwave ablation, and MR guided focused ultrasound). Clinical and industry collaboration with mutliple clinical groups across subspecialties (radiation oncology, gastroenterology, breast surgery, prostate therapy) and with multiple medical device manufacturers. Closely collaborated with the surgical planning laboratory, clinical image guidance laboratory group, and surgical navigation group. Audited Harvard Business School courses on the commercialization of scientific discoveries, the study of start-up business founders and their dilemmas, the Michael Porter course on value-based healthcare delivery, and also participated in the Harvard Catalyst mini-course on medical device development. Participated in the personalized medicine conference, and also frequently attended the "Science Based Business Initiatives" invited speaker series at HBS and the Cambridge meetings of the MIT enterprise forum.

Us

Advanced MRI of the abdomen and pelvis, including multiparametric prostate MRI, MR enterography, MR guided focused ultrasound of uterine fibroids; CT of the abdomen and pelvis including CT urography, dual beam CT, dynamic CT evaluation of thermal ablation, CT enterography, and CT colonoscopy; performance and evaluation of abdominal and pelvic sonography, including fetal/obstetric sonography; cross-sectional interventional radiology including tumor ablation in lung, liver, kidney, adrenal, and soft tissues, as well as deep tissue biopsies (thyroid, liver, kidney, lung, adrenal, peritoneum, soft tissues, MRI guided robot assisted transperineal prostate biopsy), and deep fluid aspiration drainage (paracentesis, thoracentesis, and deep abscess drainage). 35 hour vascular ultrasound practicum. Department presentations including tumor boards and morbidity and mortality conferences. Participated in research with the surgical navigation group including automation of MR registration of liver ablation zones, multiparametric prostate MR guided biopsy guidance.

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Diagnostic radiology residency training based at University Hospital and University Health System, Audie L. Murphy Veteran's Affairs Hospital, and Christus Santa Rosa Downtown hospital. Rotations included thoracic, abdominal, musculoskeletal, pediatric, breast, interventional, emergency, and neuroradiology, as well as fluoroscopy and nuclear medicine.

Chevy Chase, Maryland, Us

Subspecialty Fellowships, Abdominal Imaging And Image Guided Therapy

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

M.D., Medicine

Ph.D., Radiological Sciences

Auditor From Harvard Medical School

B.S., Biology