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Fergus V. Coakley, MD

Biographical Sketch

MB BCh (MD equivalent), 1988, School of Medicine, University College, Cork, Ireland

Internship, 1989, Mercy Hospital, Cork, Ireland

Medical Residency, 1991, Mater and St. Vincents Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland

Radiology Residency, 1996, Leicester Teaching Hospitals, Leicester, England

Fellowship, 1997, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

 

 

1997-2000

Visiting Assistant Professor and Associate Clinical Professor, Abdominal Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2000-2001

Assistant Professor and Director, Body MRI, Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

2001-2007

Associate Professor and Chief of Abdominal Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2004-2007

Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2007-present

Professor, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2007-present

Abdominal Imaging Section Chief and Vice Chair of Clinical Service, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA


Fergus Coakley, MD is vice chair of clinical services and chief of the abdominal imaging section of the UCSF Medical Center's radiology department. His interests include the evaluation of prostate cancer by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), assessment of fetal anomalies by MRI, advanced hepatobiliary imaging, and computed tomography (CT) characterization of renal masses.

Coakley earned his medical degree from the National University of Ireland. He completed a medical residency in Dublin, Ireland, a radiology Residency in Leicester, England, and a fellowship in body imaging at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He has received numerous awards for his accomplishments in radiology and is board certified in radiology by the American Board of Radiology and the Royal College of Radiologists in London. He also is board certified in medicine by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Coakley’s achievements have been nationally and internationally recognized. His research awards include the 1996 Caffey Award and the 1996 John A Kirkpatrick Young Investigator of the Year Award, both from the Society of Pediatric Radiology, and the 1998 Twining Medal from the Royal College of Radiologists, London.