Prof. Jennifer Ní Mhuircheartaigh became the inaugural Professor of Radiology at the University of Limerick in 2021.  

Professional Experience: 

Radiology Consultant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Boston MA 2014-2021
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School 2018-2021
Fellow in Musculoskeletal Radiology, BIDMC, Boston, MA 2013-2014
Fellow in Vascular & Interventional Radiology, BIDMC, Boston MA 2012-2013
Fellow in Body MRI, BIDMC, Boston MA 2011-2012
Fellow in Abdominal imaging & Intervention, Boston MA, 2010-2011
Specialist Registrar in Radiology, Galway University Hospitals, 2006-2010

Professional Memberships: 

Radiological Society of North America – member 
American College of Radiology – member 
Society of Skeletal Radiology – member 
American Roentgen Ray Society – member
New England Roentgen Ray Society – member

Research Interests: 

Imaging of bone and soft tissue tumours, musculoskeletal interventions, liver imaging, thyroid imaging.

  • MB BCh BAO awarded by NUI, Galway 2001
  • M Med Sci awarded by NUI, Galway 2005
  • FFR RCSI awarded by Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI, 2009
  • MD awarded by NUI, Galway 2012
  • Board Certification, American Board of Radiologists, awarded 2014
Publications

Papers

Shergill AK, Camacho A, Horowitz JM, Jha P, Ascher S, Berchmans E, Slama J, Nougaret S, Wasnik AP, Robbins JB, Dighe MK, Wang CL, Nimhuircheartaigh JM, Phillips J, Menias C, Brook OR. Imaging of transgender patients: expected findings and complications of gender reassignment therapy. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Aug;44(8):2886-2898. doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-02061-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 31154481.

Lin YC, Wu J, Kuo SF, Cheung YC, Sung CM, Fan CM, Chen FP, Mhuircheartaigh JN. Vertebral Fractures in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: Utility of Trabecular Bone Score and Relationship With Serum Bone Turnover Biomarkers. J Clin Densitom. 2019 Jan 12;. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2019.01.003. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30773275.

Becker-Weidman D, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Mortele KJ. The skinny on skin: MRI features of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions detected on body MRI studies. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2018 Oct;43(10):2823-2850. doi: 10.1007/s00261-018-1543-y. Review. PubMed PMID: 29525881.

Fang J, Franconeri A, Boos J, Nimhuircheartaigh J, Zhang Z, Brook A, Brook OR. Opportunistic Bone Density Measurement on Abdomen and Pelvis Computed Tomography to Predict Fracture Risk in Women Aged 50 to 64 Years Without Osteoporosis Risk Factors. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2018 Sep/Oct;42(5):798-806. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000744. PubMed PMID: 29659427.

Chang CD, Wu JS, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Hochman MG, Rodriguez EK, Appleton PT, Mcmahon CJ. Effect of sarcopenia on clinical and surgical outcome in elderly patients with proximal femur fractures. Skeletal Radiol. 2018 Jun;47(6):771-777. doi: 10.1007/s00256-017-2848-6. Epub 2017 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 29247259.

Shif Y, Kung JW, McMahon CJ, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Lin YC, Anderson ME, Wu JS. Safety of omitting routine bleeding tests prior to image-guided musculoskeletal core needle biopsy. Skeletal Radiol. 2018 Feb;47(2):215-221. doi: 10.1007/s00256-017-2784-5. Epub 2017 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 28983679.

Ní Mhuircheartaigh J, McMahon C, Lin YC, Wu J. Diagnostic yield of percutaneous biopsy for sclerotic bone lesions: Influence of mean Hounsfield units. Clin Imaging. 2017 Nov - Dec;46:53-56. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jul 4. PubMed PMID: 28728015.

Lin YC, Huang TS, Wu JS, Cheung YC, Huang YH, Sung CM, Juan YH, Chen FP, Ni Mhuircheartaigh JMAre bilateral decubitus views necessary in assessing for vertebral compression fractures using DXA vertebral fracture assessment?. Osteoporos Int. 2017 Aug;28(8):2377-2382. doi: 10.1007/s00198-017-4040-1. Epub 2017 May 9. PubMed PMID: 28488133.

Agarwal MD, Resnick EL, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Mortele KJ. MR Imaging of the Female Perineum: Clitoris, Labia, and Introitus. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2017 Aug;25(3):435-455. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2017.03.011. Epub 2017 May 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 28668154.

Ni Mhuircheartaigh JM, Lee KS, Curry MP, Pedrosa I, Mortele KJ. Early Peribiliary Hyperenhancement on MRI in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Significance and Association with the Mayo Risk Score. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 Jan;42(1):152-158. doi: 10.1007/s00261-016-0847-z. PubMed PMID: 27472938.

Ní Mhuircheartaigh JM, Siewert B, Sun MR. Correlation between the size of incidental thyroid nodules detected on CT, MRI or PET-CT and subsequent ultrasound. Clin Imaging. 2016 Nov - Dec;40(6):1162-1166. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.08.006. Epub 2016 Aug 5. PubMed PMID: 27569401.

Hsuan HF, Lin YC, Chiu CH, Ni Mhuircheartaigh J, Juan YH, Chan YS, Wu JS. Posterior cruciate ligament tears in Taiwan: an analysis of 140 surgically treated cases. Clin Imaging. 2016 Sep-Oct;40(5):856-60. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.07.015. Epub 2015 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 27179152.

Lin YC, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Lamb J, Kung JW, Yablon CM, Wu JS. Imaging of adult flatfoot: correlation of radiographic measurements with MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Feb;204(2):354-9. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.12645. PubMed PMID: 25615758

Lin YC, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Cheung YC, Juan YH, Chiu CH, Yeh WL, Wu JS. Pain following double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: correlation with morphological graft findings and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. Clin Radiol. 2014 Nov;69(11):1142-8. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2014.06.018. Epub 2014 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 25060934.

Lin YC, Juan YH, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Sheng TW, Saboo SS, Wong HF, Wu JS. Surgically challenging pulmonary and hepatic vascular malformations treated with Onyx application. Vasa. 2014 Sep;43(5):390-4. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000376. PubMed PMID: 25147017.

Mhuircheartaigh JN, Lin YC, Wu JS. Bone tumor mimickers: A pictorial essay. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2014 Jul;24(3):225-36. doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.137026. PubMed PMID: 25114385; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4126137.

Browne AM, Cronin CG, NiMhuircheartaigh J, Donagh C, Morrison JJ, Lohan DG, Murphy JM. Evaluation of imaging quality of pulmonary 64-MDCT angiography in pregnancy and puerperium. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Jan;202(1):60-4. doi: 10.2214/AJR.12.9917. PubMed PMID: 24370129.

Ni Mhuircheartaigh J, Abedin S, Bennett AE, Tyagi G. Imaging features of bariatric surgery and its complications. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2013 Aug;34(4):311-24. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2013.04.005. Review. PubMed PMID: 23895904.

Ní Mhuircheartaigh JM, Sun MR, Callery MP, Siewert B, Vollmer CM, Kane RA. Pancreatic surgery: a multidisciplinary assessment of the value of intraoperative US. Radiology. 2013 Mar;266(3):945-55. doi: 10.1148/radiol.12120201. Epub 2012 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 23220893.

Dewhurst C, Kane RA, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Brook O, Sun M, Siewert B. Complication rate of ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with coagulopathy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Dec;199(6):W753-60. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.8445. PubMed PMID: 23169749.

Ridge CA, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Dodd JD, Skehan SJ. Pulmonary CT angiography protocol adapted to the hemodynamic effects of pregnancy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Nov;197(5):1058-63. doi: 10.2214/AJR.10.5385. PubMed PMID: 22021496.

Browne AM, Cronin CG, English C, NiMhuircheartaigh J, Murphy JM, Bruzzi JF. Unsuspected pulmonary emboli in oncology patients undergoing routine computed tomography imaging. J Thorac Oncol. 2010 Jun;5(6):798-803. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181d6153a. PubMed PMID: 20421822.

O'Sullivan GJ, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Ferguson D, Delappe E, O'Riordan C, Browne AM. Isolated pharmacomechanical thrombolysis plus primary stenting in a single procedure to treat acute thrombotic superior vena cava syndrome. J Endovasc Ther. 2010 Feb;17(1):115-23. doi: 10.1583/09-2940.1. PubMed PMID: 20199277.

Cronin CG, Cashell T, Mhuircheartaigh JN, Swords R, Murray M, O'Sullivan GJ, O'Keeffe D. Bone biopsy of new suspicious bone lesions in patients with primary carcinoma: prevalence and probability of an alternative diagnosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Nov;193(5):W407-10. doi: 10.2214/AJR.08.1882. PubMed PMID: 19843719.

Cronin CG, Dowd G, Mhuircheartaigh JN, DeLappe E, Allen RH, Roche C, Murphy JM. Hypotonic MR duodenography with water ingestion alone: feasibility and technique. Eur Radiol. 2009 Jul;19(7):1731-5. doi: 10.1007/s00330-009-1346-1. Epub 2009 Mar 4. PubMed PMID: 19259682.

Cronin CG, Lohan DG, Mhuircheartigh JN, Meehan CP, Murphy J, Roche C. CT evaluation of Chamberlain's, McGregor's, and McRae's skull-base lines. Clin Radiol. 2009 Jan;64(1):64-9. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.03.012. Epub 2008 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 19070699.

Cronin CG, Lohan DG, Mhuircheartaigh JN, McKenna D, Alhajeri N, Roche C, Murphy JM. MRI small-bowel follow-through: prone versus supine patient positioning for best small-bowel distention and lesion detection. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Aug;191(2):502-6. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.2338. PubMed PMID: 18647923.

Mhuircheartaigh JN, Curran C, Hennessy E, Kerin MJ. Prospective matched-pair comparison of outcome after treatment for lobular and ductal breast carcinoma. Br J Surg. 2008 Jul;95(7):827-33. doi: 10.1002/bjs.6042. PubMed PMID: 18498127.

Cronin CG, Lohan DG, Mhuircheartigh JN, Meehan CP, Murphy JM, Roche C. MRI evaluation and measurement of the normal odontoid peg position. Clin Radiol. 2007 Sep;62(9):897-903. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.03.008. Epub 2007 Jul 16. PubMed PMID: 17662740.

Selected conference presentations:

Small bowel and Mesentery
J Ni Mhuircheartaigh
European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR), annual meeting, Dublin 2018

Incidental bone lesions on body CT: A location based approach
J Ni Mhuircheartaigh
American Roentgen Ray Society, annual meeting, New Orleans, 2017

Incidental chest and musculoskeletal lesions on body CT
J Ni Mhuircheartaigh, S McDermott
Oral presentation, Society of Abdominal Radiology, Annual meeting, Florida, March 2017

Innovative trainee teaching methods in abdominal radiology: past, present and future
J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, A Shenoy-Bhangle, M. Gee
Oral presentation, Society of Abdominal Radiology, Annual meeting, Hawaii, March 2016

Imaging of adult flatfoot:  Correlation of radiographic measurements with MRI
YC Lin, J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, J Lamb, J Kung, C Yablon,  JS WU
Oral presentation, Radiological Society of North America 2014

Pain following double bundle ACL reconstruction: Evaluation with morphologic features and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
YC Lin, J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Yeh W, Y Cheung, Y Juan, J Wu
Oral presentation, American Roentegen Ray Society, 2014

Angiographic ablation for mediastinal parathyroid adenomas: Experience at a tertiary referral center
J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, I Brennan, F Collares, S Faintuch, J Pallotta, B Sacks 
Oral presentation, Society of Interventional Radiology, 2013 

Is arterial biliary wall hyperenhancement on MRI in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis a predictor of disease progression?
J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, KS Lee, M Curry, I Pedrosa, K Mortele
Oral presentation, Radiological Society of North America, 2012

Value of intravenous contrast-enhanced MDCT in evaluation of adult patients presenting with hematuria found to have calculi on non-contrast scan
P Patel, C Dewhurst, J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, B Siewert, V Raptopoulos
Oral presentation, RSNA 2011

Complication rate of ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with coagulopathy
C Dewhurst, J Ní Mhuircheartaigh, P Patel, ME Sun, R Kane, B Siewert, O Brook
Oral presentation, RSNA 2011

Research/Fellowship Awards: 

Awarded departmental grant by Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians for pilot research project

Faculty award for teaching, BIDMC Radiology 2018
Faculty award for teaching, BIDMC Radiology 2017
RSNA roentgen resident/fellow research award 2013