Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Certification, Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology 2020
  • Neuroradiology Fellowship, Duke University School of Medicine 2019 - 2020
  • Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2016 - 2019
  • M.D., Wake Forest University School Of Medicine 2014
  • Ph.D., Wake Forest University 2012
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  Medical Licensure

  • 2020-00587. North Carolina. 2021
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Neuroradiology, Radiology 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Staff Neuroradiologist
    Clinical Director of the Duke Center for Artificial Intelligence in Radiology (DAIR)
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Helen & Paul Chang Foundation New Investigator Travel Award. Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. June 2019
  • Resident Research Award. Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Radiology Residency Program. June 2019
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deep Learning
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Dual energy CT (Tomography)
  • Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography
  • Injections, Spinal
  • Machine learning
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • MS Clinical Trial: DUOC awarded by The Marcus Foundation 2020 - 2023
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  Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein Pre-doctoral National Research Scholar Award for MD/PhD Fellowships (F30) awarded by NIAAA/NIH 2010 - 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Travis Caton, Michael, Walter F. Wiggins, Stuart R. Pomerantz, and Katherine P. Andriole. “Effects of age and sex on the distribution and symmetry of lumbar spinal and neural foraminal stenosis: a natural language processing analysis of 43,255 lumbar MRI reports.” Neuroradiology 63, no. 6 (June 2021): 959–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-021-02670-6.
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    • Caton, Michael Travis, Walter F. Wiggins, Stuart R. Pomerantz, and Katherine P. Andriole. “The Composite Severity Score for Lumbar Spine MRI: a Metric of Cumulative Degenerative Disease Predicts Time Spent on Interpretation and Reporting.” J Digit Imaging, May 23, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-021-00462-1.
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    • Caton, M Travis, Walter F. Wiggins, Stuart R. Pomerantz, and Katherine P. Andriole. “Lumbar MRI Reporting Efficiency for Trainees Over the Academic Year: An Opportunity for Improving Clinical Workflows in Academic Medical Centers.” J Am Coll Radiol 18, no. 3 Pt A (March 2021): 428–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2020.08.006.
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    • Wiggins, Walter F., M Travis Caton, Kirti Magudia, Sha-Har A. Glomski, Elizabeth George, Michael H. Rosenthal, Glenn C. Gaviola, and Katherine P. Andriole. “Preparing Radiologists to Lead in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Designing and Implementing a Focused Data Science Pathway for Senior Radiology Residents.” Radiol Artif Intell 2, no. 6 (November 2020): e200057. https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.2020200057.
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    • Caton, M Travis, Walter F. Wiggins, and Diego Nunez. “The "connecting vessel" sign: an imaging biomarker to differentiate ruptured infected (mycotic) intracranial aneurysm mimicking the CTA spot sign.” Emerg Radiol 27, no. 3 (June 2020): 259–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-020-01749-6.
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    • Caton, M Travis, Walter F. Wiggins, and Diego Nunez. “Three-Dimensional Cinematic Rendering to Optimize Visualization of Cerebrovascular Anatomy and Disease in CT Angiography.” J Neuroimaging 30, no. 3 (May 2020): 286–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12697.
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    • Wiggins, Walter F., Christopher A. Potter, and Aaron D. Sodickson. “Dual-Energy CT to Differentiate Small Foci of Intracranial Hemorrhage from Calcium.” Radiology 294, no. 1 (January 2020): 129–38. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2019190792.
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    • Caton, Michael Travis, Walter F. Wiggins, and Diego Nuñez. “Non-traumatic subdural hemorrhage: beware of ruptured intracranial aneurysm.” Emerg Radiol 26, no. 5 (October 2019): 567–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-019-01691-2.
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    • Wiggins, Walter F., and Aaron D. Sodickson. “Radiation Dose Considerations in Emergent Neuroimaging.” Neuroimaging Clin N Am 28, no. 3 (August 2018): 525–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nic.2018.03.010.
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    • Shyn, Paul B., Ailbhe C. O’Neill, Walter F. Wiggins, Nisha I. Sainani, Servet Tatli, Kemal Tuncali, Vincent M. Levesque, and Stuart G. Silverman. “Hepatobiliary phase MRI: impact on planning image-guided liver tumor ablations.” Abdom Radiol (Ny) 42, no. 8 (August 2017): 2168–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1112-9.
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    • Willey, Jeffrey S., Daniel N. Bracey, Patricia E. Gallagher, E Ann Tallant, Walter F. Wiggins, Michael F. Callahan, Thomas L. Smith, and Cynthia L. Emory. “Angiotensin-(1-7) Attenuates Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis and Stiffening in a Mouse Model of Extremity Sarcoma Radiation Therapy.” J Bone Joint Surg Am 98, no. 1 (January 6, 2016): 48–55. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.O.00545.
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    • Burri, Stuart H., Roshan S. Prabhu, Ashley L. Sumrall, Wendy Brick, Brian D. Blaker, Brent E. Heideman, Peggy Boltes, et al. “BCNU wafer placement with temozolomide (TMZ) in the immediate postoperative period after tumor resection followed by radiation therapy with TMZ in patients with newly diagnosed high grade glioma: final results of a prospective, multi-institutional, phase II trial.” J Neurooncol 123, no. 2 (June 2015): 259–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-015-1793-2.
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    • Asher, Anthony L., Stuart H. Burri, Walter F. Wiggins, Renee P. Kelly, Margaret O. Boltes, Melissa Mehrlich, H James Norton, and Robert W. Fraser. “A new treatment paradigm: neoadjuvant radiosurgery before surgical resection of brain metastases with analysis of local tumor recurrence.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 88, no. 4 (March 15, 2014): 899–906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.12.013.
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    • Wiggins, Walter F., John D. Graef, Tiffany W. Huitt, and Dwayne W. Godwin. “Ethosuximide reduces ethanol withdrawal-mediated disruptions in sleep-related EEG patterns.” Alcohol Clin Exp Res 37, no. 3 (March 2013): 372–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01938.x.
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    • Plate, Johannes F., Walter F. Wiggins, Patrick Haubruck, Aaron T. Scott, Thomas L. Smith, Katherine R. Saul, and Sandeep Mannava. “Normal aging alters in vivo passive biomechanical response of the rat gastrocnemius-Achilles muscle-tendon unit.” J Biomech 46, no. 3 (February 1, 2013): 450–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.007.
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    • Haubruck, Patrick, Sandeep Mannava, Johannes F. Plate, Michael F. Callahan, Walter F. Wiggins, Gerhard Schmidmaier, Christopher J. Tuohy, Katherine R. Saul, and Thomas L. Smith. “Botulinum Neurotoxin A injections influence stretching of the gastrocnemius muscle-tendon unit in an animal model.” Toxins (Basel) 4, no. 8 (August 2012): 605–19. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins4080605.
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    • Mannava, Sandeep, Walter F. Wiggins, Katherine R. Saul, Joel D. Stitzel, Beth P. Smith, L Andrew Koman, Thomas L. Smith, and Christopher J. Tuohy. “Contributions of neural tone to in vivo passive muscle--tendon unit biomechanical properties in a rat rotator cuff animal model.” Ann Biomed Eng 39, no. 7 (July 2011): 1914–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-011-0301-x.
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    • Mannava, Sandeep, Michael F. Callahan, Simon M. Trach, Walter F. Wiggins, Beth P. Smith, L Andrew Koman, Thomas L. Smith, and Christopher J. Tuohy. “Chemical denervation with botulinum neurotoxin a improves the surgical manipulation of the muscle-tendon unit: an experimental study in an animal model.” J Hand Surg Am 36, no. 2 (February 2011): 222–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.11.014.
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    • Graef, John D., Brian K. Nordskog, Walter F. Wiggins, and Dwayne W. Godwin. “An acquired channelopathy involving thalamic T-type Ca2+ channels after status epilepticus.” J Neurosci 29, no. 14 (April 8, 2009): 4430–41. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0198-09.2009.
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    • Wiggins, Walter F., Felipe Kitamura, Igor Santos, and Luciano M. Prevedello. “Natural Language Processing of Radiology Text Reports: Interactive Text Classification.” Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, n.d., e210035–e210035. https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.2021210035.
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  • Book Sections

    • Godwin, D. W., W. Wiggins, S. Hayasaka, P. Laurienti, and J. Stapleton-Kotloski. “Overcoming obstacles to creativity in geographically fragmented environments: Lessons from small world networks.” In Creativity and Entrepreneurship: Changing Currents in Education and Public Life, 127–40, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857937209.00021.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Stapleton-Kotloski, Jennifer, Tiffany Huitt, Cormac A. O’Donovan, W. F. Wiggins, T. W. Wilson, and D. Godwin. “IMAGING CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY WITH MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY.” In Epilepsia, 49:412–13, 2008.
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• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Service to the Profession

  • Education Committee. Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. September 2020  2020
  • Clinical Data Informaticist Task Force. Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. August 2019  2019
  • Informatics Advisory Council. American College of Radiology. July 2019  2019

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