Professor
Department of Radiology
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
USC Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Background:

Memberships:

Academy of Radiology Research, American Medical Association, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Association of University Radiologists, Endocrine Society, European Society of Pediatric Radiology, International Conferences on Calcium Regulating Hormone, International Skeletal Society, Radiological Society of North America, Society for Pediatric Radiology, Society of Thoracic Radiology

Peer-reviewed Publications:
(from 110 peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters, and 200+ abstracts):

• Gilsanz V, Varterasian MR, Senac M, Cann C. Quantitative spinal mineral analysis in children. Ann Radiol 29:3-4, 1986.
• Gilsanz V, Gibbens DT, Roe TF, Boechat MI, Carlson M, Schulz EE. Effect of sex steroids on peak bone density of growing rabbits. Am J Physiol 255:E416-E421, 1988.
• Gilsanz V, Roe T, Carlson M. Local & systemic factors in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. N Engl J Med 319:794-5, 1988.
• Gilsanz V, Gibbens DT, Carlson M, Boechat MI, Cann CE, Schulz EE. Peak trabecular vertebral density, a comparison of adolescence and adult females. Cal Tiss Intl 43:260-262, 1988.
• Gilsanz V, Gibbens DT, Carlson M, Boechat MI, Tolo VT. The effect of limping on vertebral bone density: A study of children with tarsal coalition. J Pediatr Orthop 9:33-6, 1989.
• Gilsanz V, Gibbens DT, Carlson M, King J. Vertebral density in Scheuermanns disease.J Bone Joint Surg 71:894-7, 1989.
• Gilsanz V, Gibbens DT, Roe TF, Carlson M, Senac MO, Boechat MI, Huang HK, Schulz EE, Cann CE. Vertebral bone density in children: Effect of puberty. Radiology 166:847-850, 1988.
• Gilsanz V, Ortega J, Carlson M, Roe TF. Osteoporosis after treatment for childhood lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr. 117:238-244, 1990.
• Pan EY, Gomperts ED, Millen R, Gilsanz V. Bone mineral density and its association with inherited protein S deficiency. Thrombosis Research 58:221-231, 1990.
• Boechat MI, Curran J, Ortega J, Gilsanz V. Effect of methotrexate on the bone density of growing rabbits. Am J Physiol 260:E471-476, 1991.
• Gilsanz V, Roe TF, Antunes J, Carlson M, Duarte ML, Goodman WG. Effect of dietary calcium on bone density in growing rabbits. Am J. Physiol 260(23):E471-476, 1991.
• Roe TF, Mora S, Costin G, Kaufman F, Carlson ME, Gilsanz V. Vertebral bone density in insulin dependent diabetic children. Metabolism 49(9):967-971, 1991.
• Gilsanz V, Roe TF, Mora S, Costin G, Goodman WG. Vertebral bone density in blackand in white girls during childhood and puberty. N Engl J Med 325(23):1597-1601, 1991.
• Kaufman FR, Loro ML, Azen C, Wenz E, and Gilsanz V. The effect of hypogonadism and deficient calcium intake on bone density in patients with galactosemia. J Ped., 123:365-375, 1993.
• Mora S, Goodman WG, Loro ML, Roe TF, Sayre J, Gilsanz V. Age-related changes in cortical and cancellous vertebral bone density in girls: assessment with quantitative CT. AJR 162:405-409, 1994.
• Gilsanz V, Boechat MI, Gilsanz R, Loro ML, Roe TF, Goodman WG. Gender differences in vertebral size in adults: biomechanical implications. Radiology 190(3):678-682, 1994.
• Gilsanz V, Boechat MI, Roe TF, Loro ML, Sayre J, Goodman WG. Gender differences in vertebral body size in children and adolescents. Radiology 190(3):673-677, 1994.
• Gilsanz V, Roe T, Goodman W. Does radiation research in healthy children pose greater than minimal risk? IRB 16:5-8, 1994.
• Gilsanz V, Loro ML, Roe TF, Sayre J, Gilsanz R, Schulz E. Vertebral size in elderly women with osteoporosis - mechanical implications and relationship to fractures. J Clin Inv 95(5):2332-2337, 1995.
• Formica C, Loro ML, Gilsanz V, Seeman E. Inhomogeneity in body fat distribution may result in inaccuracy in the measurement of vertebral bone mass. J Bone Min Res. 10:1504-1511, 1995.
• Boechat MI, Westra SJ, Van Dop C, Kaufman F, Gilsanz V, Roe TF. Decreased cortical and increased cancellous bone in two children with primary hyperparathyroidism. Metabolism. 45:76-81, 1996.
• Kovanlikaya A, Loro ML, Hangartner TN, Reynolds RA, Roe TF, Gilsanz V. Osteopenia in children: CT assessment. Radiology. 198:781-784, 1996.
• Hangartner TN, Gilsanz V. Evaluation of cortical bone by CT. J Bone Min Res. 11:1518-1525, 1996.
• Kovanlikaya A, Loro ML, Gilsanz V. Pathogenesis of osteosclerosis in autosomal dominant osteopetrosis. Am J Roentgenol 168:929-932, 1997.
• Gilsanz V, Kovanlikaya A, Costin G, Roe TF, Sayre J, Kaufman F. Differential effect of gender on the sizes of the bones in the axial and appendicular skeletons. J Clin Endo Metab 82:1603-1607, 1997.
• Sainz J, Van Tornout JM, Loro ML, Sayre J, Roe TF, Gilsanz V. Vitamin D-receptor gene polymorphisms and bone density in prepubertal American girls of Mexican descent. N Engl J Med 337:77-82, 1997.
• Gilsanz, V. Bone density in children: A review of techniques available and indications. Euro J Rad 26:177-182, 1998.
• Gilsanz V, Skaggs DL, Kovanlikaya A, Sayre J, Loro ML, Kaufman F, Korenman SG. Differential effect of race on the sizes of the bones in the axial and appendicular skeletons. J Clin Endo Metab 83:1420-1427, 1998.
• Gilsanz V. Phenotype and genotype of osteoporosis. Trends Endocrinol Metab 9:184-190, 1998.
• Sainz J, Van Tornout JM, Sayre J, Kaufman F, Gilsanz V. Association of collagen type 1 alfa 1 gene polymorphisms with bone density in early childhood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 84:853-855, 1999.
• Gilsanz, V. Accumulation of bone mass during childhood and adolescence. In: Orwoll E, (ed). Osteoporosis in Men. Academic Press, San Diego, 1999.
• Gilsanz V. Quantitation of bone mineral density in children: methods and meaning. In: Adams JS, Lukert BP (eds). Osteoporosis: Genetics, Prevention and Treatment. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Massachusetts, 1999.
• Mora S, Pitukcheewanont P, Kaufman FR, Nelson JC, Gilsanz V. Biochemical markers of bone turnover and volume and density of bone in children at different stages of sexual development. J Bone Miner Res 14:1664-1671, 1999.
• Mora S. Pitukcheewanont P, Nelson JC, Gilsanz V. Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-I and the density, volume and cross-sectional area of cortical bone in children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:2780-2783, 1999.
• Wheeler SF, Heller L, Salata CM, Kaufman F, Loro ML, Gilsanz V, Haight M, Umman GC, Barton N, Church JA. Evaluation of the effects of oxandrolone on malnourished HIV-positive pediatric patients. Pediatrics 104:1-7, 1999.
• Loro ML, Sayre J, Roe TF, Goran MI, Kaufman FR, Gilsanz V. Early identification of children predisposed to low peak bone mass and osteoporosis later in life. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 85:3908-3918, 2000.
• Cao F, Huang HK, Pietka E, Gilsanz V. Digital hand atlas and web-based bone age assessment. SPIE Med Imag 3976:48, 2000.
• Cao F, Huang HK, Pietka E, Gilsanz . Digital hand atlas and bone age assessment in web environment: system design and implementation. Computerized Med Imag Graph 24:297-307, 2000.
• Pietka E, Gertych A, Pospiech S, Cao F, Huang HK, Gilsanz V. Computer assisted bone age assessment: image preprocessing and epiphyseal-metaphyseal ROI extraction. IEEE Trans Med Imag: 20:715-729, 2001.
• Skaggs DL, Loro ML, Pitukcheewanont P, Tolo V, Gilsanz V. Increased body weight and decreased radial cross-sectional dimensions in girls with forearm fractures. J Bone Miner Res 16: 1337-1342, 2001.
• Arfai K, Pitukcheewanont, P, Goran MI, Tavare CJ, Heller L, Gilsanz V. Bone, Muscle, and Fat: sex-related differences in prepubertal children. Radiology 224:338-344, 2002.