Benjamin Taragin, MD

Clinical focus

Paediatric radiologist with a primary interest in MRI of the pediatric abdomen.

About me

I have been the head of Paediatric Radiology since 2010. I have published multiple articles and book chapters on paediatric imaging and am most interested in MRI of the paediatric abdomen. I am also an Associate Professor of radiology and paediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. I have been an invited lecturer on numerous occasions and am a reviewer for multiple medical journals.

Accepted medical data

Medical report

Experience and training

September 2011 - Today

Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology and Paediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (United States of America)

September 2011 - Today

Associate Professor, Departments of Paediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (United States of America)

June 2009 - Today

Fellowship Director - Paediatric Radiology Fellowship, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York (United States of America)

January 2008 - Today

Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology and Paediatrics; Director Division of Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx (United States of America)

January 2006 - January 2008

Attending Radiologist, Children's Hospital at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson (United States of America)

January 2004 - January 2006

Assistant Professor Department of Radiology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, Manhattan (United States of America)

January 2004 - January 2005

Pediatric Radiology Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center New York, Manhattan (United States of America)

January 2000 - January 2004

Radiology Resident, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center New York, Manhattan (United States of America)

January 1999 - January 2000

Internal Medicine Internship, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park (United States of America)

Licensures and Memberships

Memberships

• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
• American College of Radiology (ACR)
• Society of Paediatric Radiology (SPR)
• Society of Chairmen of Radiology in Children's Hospitals (SCORCH)
• Children's Oncology Group

Links

• www.montefiore.org
• Reducing Kids' MRI Anxiety