Walter Wiggins | Scholars@Duke

Walter Wiggins
Assistant Professor of Radiology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Neuroradiology, Radiology 2021

Contact Information

DUMC 3808, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3808, Durham, NC 27710
walter.wiggins@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Neuroradiology Subspecialty Certification, American Board of Radiology 2021
- 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
Medical Licensure
- 2020-00587. North Carolina. 2021
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Neuroradiology, Radiology 2020
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Staff Neuroradiologist - Diagnostic Neuroradiology & Spine Intervention
  Clinical Director of the Duke Center for Artificial Intelligence in Radiology (DAIR)
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 20, 2020
  
  Top Challenges of Applying Artificial Intelligence to Medical Imaging
- NOV 6, 2020
  
  To Remain a Technology Leader, Radiology Must Train Residents in Machine Learning
- NOV 4, 2020
  
  Data Science Pathway Prepares Radiology Residents for Machine Learning
- NOV 4, 2020
  
  Data science pathway prepares radiology residents for machine learning
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
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Building and implementing a TBI prognostic model featuring real-time analysis of brain CT images awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
- MS Clinical Trial: DUOC awarded by The Marcus Foundation 2020 - 2023
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
External Relationships
- Qure.ai
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Daye, Dania, Walter F. Wiggins, Matthew P. Lungren, Tarik Alkasab, Nina Kottler, Bibb Allen, Christopher J. Roth, et al. “Implementation of Clinical Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Who Decides and How?” Radiology, August 2, 2022, 212151. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.212151.
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  - Wiggins, Walter F., and Ali S. Tejani. “On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models for Natural Language Processing in Radiology.” Radiol Artif Intell 4, no. 4 (July 2022): e220119. https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.220119.
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  - Drews, Elena, Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, Amanda Mathews, Joao Ricardo N. Vissoci, Kevin Kalisz, Timothy J. Amrhein, Walter Wiggins, et al. “Prospective evaluation of novice-acquired three-dimensional point-of-care ultrasound for carotid stenosis.” Acad Emerg Med 28, no. 12 (December 2021): 1440–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14320.
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  - Dalton, Tara, David Sykes, Timothy Y. Wang, Dustin Donnelly, Khoi D. Than, Isaac O. Karikari, C Rory Goodwin, Dhanesh K. Gupta, Walter F. Wiggins, and Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr. “Robotic-Assisted Trajectory Into Kambin's Triangle During Percutaneous Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Initial Case Series Investigating Safety and Efficacy.” Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 21, no. 6 (November 15, 2021): 400–408. https://doi.org/10.1093/ons/opab325.
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  - Wiggins, Walter F., Kirti Magudia, Teri M Sippel Schmidt, Stacy D. O’Connor, Christopher D. Carr, Marc D. Kohli, and Katherine P. Andriole. “Imaging AI in Practice: A Demonstration of Future Workflow Using Integration Standards.” Radiol Artif Intell 3, no. 6 (November 2021): e210152. https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.2021210152.
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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 34, no. 4 (August 2021): 811–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-021-00462-1.
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  - Wiggins, Walter F., M Travis Caton, Kirti Magudia, Michael H. Rosenthal, and Katherine P. Andriole. “A Conference-Friendly, Hands-on Introduction to Deep Learning for Radiology Trainees.” J Digit Imaging 34, no. 4 (August 2021): 1026–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-021-00492-9.
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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.” Radiol Artif Intell 3, no. 4 (July 2021): e210035. https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.2021210035.
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  - 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, 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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  - “Erratum to: Asher AL, Burri SH, Wiggins WF, et al. A new treatment paradigm: Neoadjuvant radiosurgery before surgical resection of brain metastases with analysis of local tumor recurrence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014;88:899-906.” International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 89, no. 3 (July 2014): 696–696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.03.037.
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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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- Book Sections
  - Wiggins, W. F., A. X. Dixon, and P. G. Kranz. “Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury.” In Atlas of Emergency Imaging from Head-to-Toe, edited by M. N. Patlas, D. S. Katz, and M. Scaglione, 1–17. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44092-3_5-1.
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  - 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
  - Korlimarla, Aditi, Walter Wiggins, Michael Malinzak, James M. Provenzale, and Priya S. Kishnani. “Seizures in infantile Pompe disease: Expanding our understanding of the clinical spectrum.” In Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 135:S68–S68. Elsevier BV, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.11.170.
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  - Bizzo, Bernardo, Behrooz Hashemian, Troy McNitt, Michael T. Caton, Walter Wiggins, James Hillis, Neil Tenenholtz, et al. “Interpretable Deep Learning-based Characterization of Intracranial Hemorrhage on Head CT.” In Stroke, Vol. 50, 2019.
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  - Bizzo, Bernardo, Christopher Bridge, Romane Gauriau, Walter Wiggins, Michael T. Caton, James Hillis, Bradley Wright, et al. “Deep Learning for Acute Ischemic Stroke on Diffusion MRI: Performance Analysis in a Consecutive Cohort.” In Stroke, Vol. 50, 2019.
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  - 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
Presentations & Appearances
Service to the Profession

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Medical Licensure

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

In the News

Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Presentations & Appearances

Service to the Profession