WilliamBoonnMD

Cardiac CT & MRI

Chief Medical Officer, Rad AI. Cardiovascular Radiologist, University of Pennsylvania. Formerly CMIO, Nuance Communications, CEO Equium Intelligence, & CEO Montage Healthcare Solutions.

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Office
3400 Spruce St
Department of Radiology
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Summary

William Boonn, MD is Chief Medical Officer at Rad AI Inc. He is also a practicing cardiovascular radiologist at the University of Pennsylvania. He was co-founder and CEO at Equium Intelligence Inc. prior to its acquisition by Rad AI. He is also a former co-founder and CEO of Montage Healthcare Solutions Inc. which was acquired in 2016 by Nuance Communications Inc. where he continued as CMIO.

Dr. Boonn completed his diagnostic radiology residency and cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and an additional Imaging Informatics fellowship at the University of Maryland. Dr. Boonn has been actively involved in national and international radiology societies and organizations, including chair and committee positions with the Radiological Society of North America, the American College of Radiology, and was previously a member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at the Cobbs Creek Foundation and a member of Robin Hood Ventures.

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, 2007 - 2008
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemChief Residency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2006 - 2007
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2003 - 2007
University of Maryland ProgramFellowship, Imaging Informatics, 2005 - 2006
Albert Einstein Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 2002 - 2003
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2002
Brown University ScB, Neuroscience, Cum Laude, 1997

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Baum-Laufer Award for Excellence in Service to the Univerisity of Pennsylvania Radiology Residency 2007
SOAR Award for Excellence in Cardiac CT 2006
RSNA Education Exhibit Award Winner 2006
Roger A. Bauman, MD Award for Best Trainee Paper 2006
Gaisman Teaching Enhancement Award Scholar. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2002
NIH Award for Outstanding Research and Presentation AMSA, 2000
OSRO Research Scholars Program Grant, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1999
Howard Hughes student fellowship for summer research in neuroscience Brown University, 1995
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Translation of Artificial Intelligence Into Practice: The Radiologist as a Vendor.
Steven Rothenberg, Sonia Gupta, William Boonn, Woojin Kim> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2023 Sep 1
8 citations
Establishing and Running a Three-dimensional and Advanced Imaging Laboratory.
Tessa S. Cook, Samantha J Steingall, Scott R Steingall, William W. Boonn> ;Radiographics. 2018 Oct 10
4 citations
Developing an Automated Database for Monitoring Ultrasound- and Computed Tomography-Guided Procedure Complications and Diagnostic Yield
Jason N. Itri, Lisa P. Jones, W Kim, William W. Boonn, Ana S. Kolansky, Susan Hilton, Hanna M. Zafar> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2014 Apr 1
5 citations
An interactive RADIANCE toolkit for customizable CT dose monitoring and reporting.
Tessa S. Cook, Anand Sundaram, William W. Boonn, Woojin Kim> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2013 Jan 29
8 citations
Using the Microsoft Kinect for Patient Size Estimation and Radiation Dose Normalization: Proof of Concept and Initial Validation
Tessa S. Cook, Gregory Couch, Timothy J. Couch, Woojin Kim, William W. Boonn> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2013 Jan 24
42 citations
A modern experience with saccular aortic aneurysms
Eric K. Shang, Derek P. Nathan, William W. Boonn, Ivan A. Lys-Dobradin, Ronald M. Fairman, Edward Y. Woo, Grace J. Wang, Benjamin M. Jackson> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2013 Jan 1
5 citations
Patient-Centered Imaging: Opportunities and Challenges
Saurabh Jha, William W. Boonn> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2012 Mar 1
5 citations
An algorithm for intelligent sorting of CT-related dose parameters.
Tessa S. Cook, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Scott R Steingall, William W. Boonn, Woojin Kim> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2012 Feb 1
10 citations
Development of Automated Detection of Radiology Reports Citing Adrenal Findings
Jason J. Zopf, Jessica M. Langer, William W. Boonn, Woojin Kim, Hanna M. Zafar> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2012 Feb 1
142 citations
Presentation, complications, and natural history of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer disease.
Derek P. Nathan, William W. Boonn, Eric K. Lai, Grace J. Wang, Nimesh D. Desai, Edward Y. Woo, Ronald M. Fairman, Benjamin M. Jackson> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2012 Jan 1
43 citations
RADIANCE: An automated, enterprise-wide solution for archiving and reporting CT radiation dose estimates.
Tessa S. Cook, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Scott R Steingall, Andrew D. A. Maidment, W Kim, William W. Boonn> ;Radiographics. 2011 Nov 8
4 citations
Use of a Dedicated Server to Perform Coronal and Sagittal Reformations in Trauma Examinations
Jason N. Itri, William W. Boonn> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2011 Jun 1
27 citations
Informatics in Radiology: Automated Structured Reporting of Imaging Findings Using the AIM Standard and XML
Stefan L. Zimmerman, W Kim, William W. Boonn> ;Radiographics. 2011 May 4
25 citations
Automated Extraction of Radiation Dose Information for CT Examinations
Tessa S. Cook, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Andrew D. A. Maidment, Woojin Kim, William W. Boonn> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2010 Nov 1
2 citations
Use of high-frequency jet ventilation for respiratory immobilization during coronary artery CT angiography
Jeff E. Mandel, Ivan J. Perry, William W. Boonn, Harold Litt> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2009 Dec 1
34 citations
Radiologist Use of and Perceived Need for Patient Data Access
William W. Boonn, Curtis P. Langlotz> ;Journal of Digital Imaging. 2009 Aug 1
13 citations
Building virtual communities of practice.
Paul Nagy, Charles E. Kahn, William W. Boonn, Khan M. Siddiqui, Christopher Meenan, Nancy Knight, Nabile M. Safdar> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2006 Sep 1
17 citations
Informatics in radiology (infoRAD): survey of personal digital assistant use in radiology.
William W. Boonn, Adam E. Flanders> ;Radiographics. 2005 Mar 1
15 citations
MR microscopy of normal human brain
Girish M. Fatterpekar, Bradley N. Delman, William W. Boonn, S. Humayun Gultekin, Zahi A. Fayad, Patrick R Hoff, Thomas P. Naidich> ;Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America. 2003 Nov 1
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Journal Articles

TP: MR microscopy of normal human brain.
Fatterpekar. GM, Delman. BN, Boonn. WW, Gultekin. S, Fayad. ZA, Hoff. PR, Naidich, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America 11(4): 641-53
NM: Building Virtual Communities of Practice.
Nagy. P, Kahn. CE Jr, Boonn. WW, Siddiqui. KM, Meenan. C, Journal of the American College of Radiology 3(9): 716-20
Radiologist Use of and Perceived Needs for Patient Data Access in the Interpretation Process.
Boonn. WW, Langlotz. C, Journal of Digital Imaging
Use of a Dedicated Server to Perform Coronal and Sagittal Reformations in Trauma Examinations.
Itri. J, Boonn, WW, Journal of Digital Imaging
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Books/Book Chapters

Naidich. Th.P, Duvernoy. HM, Delman. BN, Sorensen. AG, Kollias. SS, Haacke. EMEditors: Springer.

Abstracts/Posters

Evaluation of cardiac chamber enhancement during 64-slice coronary CT angiography using a triphasic contrast injection protocol and automated bolus tracking.
Boonn. WW, Litt. HI, Charagundla. SR, Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting
SESSION:ISP: Informatics (Searching for Information: Lexicons and Search Engines Changing the Paradigm) Incorporating in a Radiology-centric Semantic Web Search Engine.
Siddiqui. KM, Kim. W, Boonn. WW, Safdar. NM, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Demonstration of a Radiology-centric Semantic Web Search Engine.
Siddiqui. KM, Woojin. K, Boonn. WW, Safdar. NM, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Cardiac CT and MR Imaging Applications in the Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmogenic Heart Disease.
Boonn. WW, Isaac, N, Litt. HI, Jha. S, Association of University Radiologists Annual Meeting
Multimedia RSS for Immersive Display of Radiology Image Search Results.
Boonn. WW, Woojin. K, Siddiqui. KM, Safdar. NM, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
MIRC Teaching File Converter: An Efficient Mechanism for Repurposing Existing Teaching File Content into the MIRC Document Format.
Flanders. AE, Njogu.N, Boonn. WW, Siddiqui. KM, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Moving toward a Hospital wide HL7-based Semantic Search Engine for Patient Information.
Siddiqui. KM, Woojin. K, Ramakrishna. B, Safdar. NM,Boonn. WW, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Demonstration of an Enterprise-wide Semantic Search Engine for Patient Information.
Siddiqui. KM, Woojin. K, Ramakrishna. B, Safdar. NM, Boonn. WW, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Demonstration of a Radlex-driven Web Bot to Extract Image Acquisition Metadata from Materials and Methods Sections of Peer Reviewed Journal Articles.
Siddiqui. KM, Woojin. K, Ramakrishna.B, Ramakrishna. K, Safdar. NM, Boonn. WW, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Harnessing the Power of Web 2.0 for Radiology Residency Programs.
. Zimmerman. S, Boonn. WW, . Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Imaging of Adult Congenital Heart Disease: CT and MR Diagnosis of Common Late Complications of Corrective Surgery Performed at a Young Age.
Zimmerman. S, Litt. HI, Boonn. WW, Jha. S, Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
Automated Structered Reporting of 3D Imaging Findings Using AIM XML.
Boonn. WW, Moffitt. R, Zimmerman. SL, Kim. W, Flanders. AE, Siegel. EL,Chen. JY, Automated Structered Reporting of 3D Imaging Findings Using AIM XML
Avoiding Jail-time and HIPAA Violations with Portable Computers: Using Freely Available, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Software to Secure Data.
Chen. JY, Lakhani. P, Boonn. WW, Kim. W, 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
A TCE-"less" MIRC Teaching File Submission Tool for PACS.
Flanders. AE, Perry. J, Gorniak. RJ, Boonn. WW, Siddiqui. KM, Siegel. EL, 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Automated Web-based Pathology: Radiology Follow-up System.
Kim. W, Agarwal. R, Itri. JN, Chen. JY, Boonn. WW, 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Yottalook Reader: Easy Way to Keep Up to Date with the Latest Radiology-related Online Content.
Kim. W, Boonn. WW, Safdar. NM, Siddiqui. KM, 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Extracting MRI and CT Imaging Acquisiton Metadata from the Materials and Methods Section of Online Peer-reviewed Journal Articles.
Mohiuddin. AZ, Mohiuddin. S, Siddiqui. KM, Siegel. EL, Kim. W, Safdar. NM,Boonn. WW, Ramakrishna. B, 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Intelligent Study Protocoling Using an Integrated Solution Combining RIS and Clinical Information from the Electronic Medical Record.
Zimmerman. SL, Agarwal. R, Kim. W, Boonn. WW, 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Analyzing How Radiologists Recommend Follow-Up Towards Development of an Automated Tracking and Feedback System for Clinical, Laboratory and Radiological Studies.
Cook. TS, Itri. JN, Boonn. WW, Kim. W, American College of Radiology Annaul Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference, Washington, DC
Do Patients Get Follow-Up Studies on Schedule? Analysis of the Follow-Up Timeline for Pulmonary Nodules Using PRESTO.
Cook. TS, Itri. JN, Boonn. WW, Kim. W, The American Roentgen Ray Society
Using a Web-based Application to Enhance Resident Training and Improve Performance On-call.
Itri. JN, Kim. W, Redfern. RO, Boonn. WW, Cook. TS, Scanlon. MH, Association of University Radiologists Annual Meeting
Development of an Automated Follow-up Tracking and Feedback System for Radiologic, Clinical and Laboratory Studies.
Cook. TS, Intri. JN, Kim. W, Boonn. WW, The Society for Informatics Imaging in Medicine Annual Meeting
Automated Extraction and Reporting of Dose Information From Computed Tomography Examinations.
Cook. TS, Zimmerman. SL, Kim. W, Boonn. WW, 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Philadelphia, PA
Changes in Radiation Dose of Abdominal and Pelvic Computed Tomography Examinations Over a Seven Year Period.
Zimmerman. SL, Cook. TS, Kim. W, Boonn. WW, 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Philadelphia, PA
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Lectures

The Mobile Computing Environment: Tablet PCs and PDAs as Workstation Adjuncts.
Society for Computer Applications in Radiology. Austin, Texas
An Open Source Web-based Application for Radiology Decision Support.
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
Using RSNA's Teaching File Software (MIRC): A Hands On Course.
Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
What you need to know about imaging needs for Cardiology.
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. Seattle, Washington
How to Author Teaching Files Using MIRC.
Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois
Cardiac CT and MRI Applications in the Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmogenic Heart Disease
North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging. Scottsdale, AZ
Advanced Pediatric 3D and functional Imaging:Enterprise Solutions for Your Imaging Workflow
Enterprise Solutions for Your Imaging WorSociety of Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting. Carlsbad, CA
3D Visualization Applications for Cardiac Imgaging.
95th Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of N.A, Chicgo,Illinois(2009)
Advanced Visualization Roundtable.
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine(2009)
Advances in Image Transfer, Storage, Teleradiology.
North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, Orlando, Florida (2009)
Anterior Shoulder Repair in the Athletic Upper Extremity.
Joe W. King Colloquia on Applied Science and Sports Medicine, Houston, TX
Arthroscopic Acromioplasty.
First Annual Sports Medicine Symposium, The Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY
Anterior instability in the Throwing Athlete.
12th Annual Symposium on innovations in Sports Medicine, Galveston, TX
Arthroscopic Acromioplasty and "Mini-open" Rotator cuff repair.
AAOS Top Ten Surgical Procedures, Boston, MA
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.
Orthopedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL (1995)
Open Decompression for Massive, Irreparable Rotator Cuff tears.
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA
Latissimus Dorsi Pedicle Flap for Infected wounds after Rotator Cuff repair.
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA
Treatment options for Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears.
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA
Arthroscopic management of TUBS.
University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, TX
Arthroscopic management of AMBRI.
University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, TX
Arthroscopic Management of rotator cuff disease.
Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY.
Automated Data Acquisition in Shoulder Arthroplasty.
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Amelia Island, FL
Arthroscopic anterior glenohumeral ligament reconstruction.
Orthopedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL
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Press Mentions

Re-Imagining Radiology Workflows with Language Understanding and AIFebruary 28th, 2019
FDA Grants Clearance to AI-Powered Imaging SystemDecember 5th, 2018
RSNA 2018: Challenges and Benefits of Using AI in Radiologists' WorkflowsNovember 29th, 2018
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Committees

Co-Chair Infomatics Program Committee, American College of Radiology 2010 - 2017
Board of Directors, Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine 2010 - 2016
Co-Chair, Informatics Refresher Courses, Radiological Society of North America 2008 - 2017