E. Leon Kier, MD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Specialty: Neuroradiology

leon.kier@yale.edu Phone: 203-785-5102 Fax: 203-737-1241 Yale University School of Medicine P.O. Box 208042 (CB-30) New Haven, CT 06520-8042

Clinical Interests: Neuroradiology

Research Interests: Correlative investigation of anatomy, comparative anatomy, embryology and MR of various brain structures. Comparative anatomy and embryology of the spine and spinal cord. MR and anatomic dissection tractography of white matter tracts in the stem of the temporal lobe.

Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology

Education: MD- University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

Residency: Boston City Hospital
                   Yale New Haven Hospital

Fellowship: Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Internships: Boston City Hospital

Honors / Awards:
Memorial Gold Medal Award Association of University Radiologists (Paper)
Radiologic Society of North America (Poster) Summa Cum Laude
American Society of Neuroradiology (Poster) Summa Cum Laude

Selected Publications:
Kier EL, ,Fulbright RK, and Bronen RA. Limbic lobe embryology and anatomy: Dissection and MR of the medial surface of the fetal cerebral hemisphere. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 16:1847-1853, 1995.

Kier EL, Truwit CL: The normal and abnormal genu of the corpus callosum: An evolutionary, embryologic, anatomic and MR analysis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 17:1631-1641, 1996.

Kier EL, Kim JH,, Fulbright RK, Bronen RA: Embryology of the human fetal hippocampus: MR imaging, anatomy and histology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 18:525-532, 1997.

Kier EL, Truwit CL: The lamina rostralis: Modification of concepts concerning the anatomy, embryology and MR appearance of the rostrum of the corpus callosum. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 18:715-722, 1997.

Kier EL, Staib LH, Davis LM, Bronen RA: Anatomic Dissection Tractography: A New Method for Precise MR Localization of White Matter Tracts. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:670-676, 2004.

Kier EL, Staib LH, Davis LM, Bronen RA: MR imaging of the Temporal Stem: Anatomic Dissection Tractography of the Uncinate Fasciculus, Inferior Occipitofrontal Fasciculus, and Meyer's Loop of the Optic Radiation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:677-691, 2004.