Pulin A. Sheth, MD

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Title:

  • Assistant Professor of Radiology, USC Keck School of Medicine
  • Director, Breast Imaging, Henrietta Lee Breast Center, USC/Norris Cancer Center and Hospital
  • Chief of Breast MRI, USC HCCII - Radiology Associates, Inc. Imaging Center

Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Breast Cancer
  • Radiology

Sub-specialties:

  • Breast Imaging and Intervention

Background:

Dr. Pulin A. Sheth, M.D., born in India and raised in Los Angeles, California, graduated from the University of California at San Diego. He did his residency training in diagnostic radiology at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center and his fellowship training in women’s imaging at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

He began working in private practice in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Century City, joining a large subspecialty radiology group. He then joined the faculty of the USC Keck School of Medicine as an assistant professor of clinical radiology in 2002. He is currently the director of Breast Imaging, Henrietta Lee Breast Center, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, since 2004. He is also the head of Breast MRI at the USC Health Science Campus, greatly expanding the practice and serving both the USC community as well as the greater Los Angeles area as a referral center for breast MR and intervention.

Education:

  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, BS, 1985 - 1989
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, 1989 - 1993

Internships:

  • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, Transitional Medicine, 1994

Residencies:

  • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, Diagnostic Radiology, 1994 - 1998
  • Chief Resident, 1996 - 1997

Fellowships:

  • Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Women's Imaging, 1998 - 1999

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Radiology
  • National Board of Medical Examiners

Professional Society Memberships:

  • Radiological Society of North America
  • American Roentgen Ray Society
  • Los Angeles Radiological Society
  • Society for the Advancement of Women's Imaging
  • Society of Breast Imaging

Awards:

  • Freshman National Honor Society, 1981
  • Golden Key National Honor Society, 1985
  • Dean's Honor List, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989
  • College Honors, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989
  • Academic Honors, Anatomy, Physiology, Biostatistics, University of California at San Diego, 1991
  • Clinical Honors, Internal Medicine Sub-internship, University of California at San Diego, 1993

Languages:

  • English