Richard L. Robertson, MD

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory and Satellite Operations; Radiologist-in-Chief and Chair (Emeritus)

John A. Kirkpatrick Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

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Richard L. Robertson, MD

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory and Satellite Operations; Radiologist-in-Chief and Chair (Emeritus)

John A. Kirkpatrick Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Medical Services

Languages

English

Education

Undergraduate School

University of Virginia

1983

Charlottesville

Medical School

University of Virginia School of Medicine

1987

Charlottesville

Internship

Transitional Internship

Roanoke Memorial Hospital

1988

Roanoke

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology

Massachusetts General Hospital

1992

Boston

Fellowship

Neuroradiology

Massachusetts General Hospital

1993

Boston

Fellowship

Pediatric Interventional Radiology

Boston Children's Hospital

1996

Boston

Certifications

American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)

American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)

Professional History

Dr. Robertson received his BA from the University of Virginia and his MD from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He trained in diagnostic radiology and completed a fellowship in neuroradiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and an interventional radiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Radiology in the Division of Neuroradiology at BCH since 1994. He served as the radiologist-in-chief and chair from 2010 through 2021 and is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory and Satellite Operations through the office of Health Affairs at BCH. Dr. Robertson’s clinical and academic focus is in cerebrovascular diseases in children.

Publications

Multi-channel attention-fusion neural network for brain age estimation: Accuracy, generality, and interpretation with 16,705 healthy MRIs across lifespan. View Abstract

Success of Nonsedated Neuroradiologic MRI in Children 1-7 Years Old. View Abstract

BRAIN AGE ESTIMATION USING LSTM ON CHILDREN'S BRAIN MRI. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Head Trauma-Child. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cerebrovascular Disease-Child. View Abstract

Prenatal diagnosis of intraconal lymphatic malformation on fetal magnetic resonance imaging. View Abstract

Diagnostic equivalency of fast T2 and FLAIR sequences for pediatric brain MRI: a pilot study. View Abstract

Comparison of CBF Measured with Combined Velocity-Selective Arterial Spin-Labeling and Pulsed Arterial Spin-Labeling to Blood Flow Patterns Assessed by Conventional Angiography in Pediatric Moyamoya. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Scoliosis-Child. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Spine Trauma-Child. View Abstract

Markerless high-frequency prospective motion correction for neuroanatomical MRI. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Sinusitis-Child. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Headache-Child. View Abstract

Correction to: Ionizing radiation from computed tomography versus anesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging in infants and children: patient safety considerations. View Abstract

Imaging Optimization in Children. View Abstract

Ionizing radiation from computed tomography versus anesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging in infants and children: patient safety considerations. View Abstract

Complex Trajectories of Brain Development in the Healthy Human Fetus. View Abstract

Transient Focal Neurologic Symptoms Correspond to Regional Cerebral Hypoperfusion by MRI: A Stroke Mimic in Children. View Abstract

Quality measures and pediatric radiology: suggestions for the transition to value-based payment. View Abstract

Reusable Client-Side JavaScript Modules for Immersive Web-Based Real-Time Collaborative Neuroimage Visualization. View Abstract

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Back Pain-Child. View Abstract

Cerebrospinal Fluid and Parenchymal Brain Development and Growth in the Healthy Fetus. View Abstract

Quality of pediatric abdominal CT scans performed at a dedicated children's hospital and its referring institutions: a multifactorial evaluation. View Abstract

Preoperative transdural collateral vessels in moyamoya as radiographic biomarkers of disease. View Abstract

Neuroimaging of Children With Surgically Treated Hydrocephalus: A Practical Approach. View Abstract

Third Trimester Brain Growth in Preterm Infants Compared With In Utero Healthy Fetuses. View Abstract

Congenital Brain Abnormalities and Zika Virus: What the Radiologist Can Expect to See Prenatally and Postnatally. View Abstract

Neuropsychological Status and Structural Brain Imaging in Adolescents With Single Ventricle Who Underwent the Fontan Procedure. View Abstract

Altered Gray Matter in Adolescents with d-Transposition of the Great Arteries. View Abstract

Fetal magnetic resonance imaging: exposure times and functional outcomes at preschool age. View Abstract

Down syndrome and moyamoya: clinical presentation and surgical management. View Abstract

Fetal MRI: A Technical Update with Educational Aspirations. View Abstract

White matter microstructure and cognition in adolescents with congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Adolescents with tetralogy of Fallot: neuropsychological assessment and structural brain imaging. View Abstract

Long-term developmental outcome of children with a fetal diagnosis of isolated inferior vermian hypoplasia. View Abstract

Ruptured temporal lobe arachnoid cyst presenting with severe back pain. View Abstract

Imaging after direct and indirect extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery. View Abstract

School-age effects of the newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program for preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction: preliminary findings. View Abstract

Adolescents with D-transposition of the great arteries repaired in early infancy demonstrate reduced white matter microstructure associated with clinical risk factors. View Abstract

Chorea in the clinical presentation of moyamoya disease: results of surgical revascularization and a proposed clinicopathological correlation. View Abstract

Injury to the premature cerebellum: outcome is related to remote cortical development. View Abstract

Delayed cortical development in fetuses with complex congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Regional cerebellar volumes predict functional outcome in children with cerebellar malformations. View Abstract

NIDCAP improves brain function and structure in preterm infants with severe intrauterine growth restriction. View Abstract

Cerebellar malformations alter regional cerebral development. View Abstract

Brain perfusion in asphyxiated newborns treated with therapeutic hypothermia. View Abstract

Adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries corrected with the arterial switch procedure: neuropsychological assessment and structural brain imaging. View Abstract

Ultrasound and MRI of fetuses with ventriculomegaly: can cortical development be used to predict postnatal outcome? View Abstract

Spectrum of neurodevelopmental disabilities in children with cerebellar malformations. View Abstract

MRI as a central component of clinical trials analysis in brainstem glioma: a report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC). View Abstract

Outcome of fetuses with cerebral ventriculomegaly and septum pellucidum leaflet abnormalities. View Abstract

Frequency and cause of disagreements in imaging diagnosis in children with ventriculomegaly diagnosed prenatally. View Abstract

Early versus late MRI in asphyxiated newborns treated with hypothermia. View Abstract

Cerebellar injury in the premature infant is associated with impaired growth of specific cerebral regions. View Abstract

Relationship of intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation to neurodevelopmental outcome and brain magnetic resonance imaging at 1 year of age in infants undergoing biventricular repair. View Abstract

Neurodevelopmental outcome of fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly. View Abstract

Human TUBB3 mutations perturb microtubule dynamics, kinesin interactions, and axon guidance. View Abstract

Brain volume and metabolism in fetuses with congenital heart disease: evaluation with quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. View Abstract

Fetal placental thrombosis and neonatal implications. View Abstract

Cerebellar injury in term infants: clinical characteristics, magnetic resonance imaging findings, and outcome. View Abstract

NR2F1 deletion in a patient with a de novo paracentric inversion, inv(5)(q15q33.2), and syndromic deafness. View Abstract

Subtle hemorrhagic brain injury is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment in infants with repaired congenital heart disease. View Abstract

Methylmalonic acidemia: brain imaging findings in 52 children and a review of the literature. View Abstract

How accurately does current fetal imaging identify posterior fossa anomalies? View Abstract

Frequency and cause of disagreements in diagnoses for fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly. View Abstract

Positive screening for autism in ex-preterm infants: prevalence and risk factors. View Abstract

Randomized trial of hematocrit 25% versus 35% during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery. View Abstract

Does cerebellar injury in premature infants contribute to the high prevalence of long-term cognitive, learning, and behavioral disability in survivors? View Abstract

Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain in infants and children. View Abstract

The Neuroimaging Center of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium-collaborative neuroimaging in pediatric brain tumor research: a work in progress. View Abstract

Moyamoya following cranial irradiation for primary brain tumors in children. View Abstract

Intracranial vascular anomalies in patients with periorbital lymphatic and lymphaticovenous malformations. View Abstract

Evaluation of real-time single-shot fast spin-echo MRI for visualization of the fetal midline corpus callosum and secondary palate. View Abstract

A fuzzy system for helping medical diagnosis of malformations of cortical development. View Abstract

Regional brain development in serial magnetic resonance imaging of low-risk preterm infants. View Abstract

Neurological features of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 2 with mutations in PHOX2A. View Abstract

Diagnosis of inferior vermian hypoplasia by fetal magnetic resonance imaging: potential pitfalls and neurodevelopmental outcome. View Abstract

The current etiologic profile and neurodevelopmental outcome of seizures in term newborn infants. View Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging of the kinked fetal brain stem: a sign of severe dysgenesis. View Abstract

Moyamoya syndrome associated with Down syndrome: outcome after surgical revascularization. View Abstract

Impaired trophic interactions between the cerebellum and the cerebrum among preterm infants. View Abstract

913 Moyamoya Associated with Down Syndrome: Outcome after Surgical Revascularization. View Abstract

Late gestation cerebellar growth is rapid and impeded by premature birth. View Abstract

In vivo visualization of white matter fiber tracts of preterm- and term-infant brains with diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. View Abstract

Prolonged T*2 values in newborn versus adult brain: Implications for fMRI studies of newborns. View Abstract

Fetal imaging of central nervous system abnormalities. View Abstract

Spontaneous superficial parenchymal and leptomeningeal hemorrhage in term neonates. View Abstract

Long-term outcome in children with moyamoya syndrome after cranial revascularization by pial synangiosis. View Abstract

Normal and ischemic epiphysis of the femur: diffusion MR imaging study in piglets. View Abstract

CT versus MR in neonatal brain imaging at term. View Abstract

Diffusion imaging in neonates. View Abstract

Time course of changes in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in a case of neonatal encephalopathy with defined onset and duration of hypoxic-ischemic insult. View Abstract

Fast three-point Dixon MR imaging of the retrobulbar space with low-resolution images for phase correction: comparison with fast spin-echo inversion recovery imaging. View Abstract

Volumetric brain differences in children with periventricular T2-signal hyperintensities: a grouping by gestational age at birth. View Abstract

Biexponential apparent diffusion coefficient parametrization in adult vs newborn brain. View Abstract

Cerebral infarction in Menkes' disease. View Abstract

Prominent basal emissary foramina in syndromic craniosynostosis: correlation with phenotypic and molecular diagnoses. View Abstract

Optimized single-slab three-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the brain. View Abstract

Multi-component apparent diffusion coefficients in human brain: relationship to spin-lattice relaxation. View Abstract

MR line-scan diffusion imaging of the spinal cord in children. View Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection of the head and neck in immunocompetent children: CT and MR findings. View Abstract

MR line-scan diffusion-weighted imaging of term neonates with perinatal brain ischemia. View Abstract

MRI signal changes in the white matter after corpus callosotomy. View Abstract

The postmigrational development of polymicrogyria documented by magnetic resonance imaging from 31 weeks' postconceptional age. View Abstract

Early detection of periventricular leukomalacia by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging techniques. View Abstract

Basal ganglia germinoma with progressive cerebral hemiatrophy. View Abstract

MR line scan diffusion imaging of the brain in children. View Abstract

Head and neck vascular anomalies of childhood. View Abstract

Imaging of pediatric temporal bone abnormalities. View Abstract

Helical CT angiography: dynamic cerebrovascular imaging in children. View Abstract

Multi-component apparent diffusion coefficients in human brain. View Abstract

Neurologic complications of cerebral angiography in childhood moyamoya syndrome. View Abstract

Familial intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Case report and review of the literature. View Abstract

Diagnostic imaging in the evaluation of vascular birthmarks. View Abstract

Cerebral vasculopathy and neurologic sequelae in infants with cervicofacial hemangioma: report of eight patients. View Abstract

Efficacy of fast screening MR in children and adolescents with suspected intracranial tumors. View Abstract

Surgical management of cutis aplasia with high-flow sinus pericranii. View Abstract

Neonatal central nervous system vascular disorders. View Abstract

Thrombocytopenic coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon) is associated with Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and not with common infantile hemangioma. View Abstract

Elevation of cerebrospinal fluid levels of basic fibroblast growth factor in moyamoya and central nervous system disorders. View Abstract

Childhood moyamoya disease: hemodynamic MRI. View Abstract

Angiographic changes after pial synangiosis in childhood moyamoya disease. View Abstract

Pediatric case of the day. Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (MDS) (Schilder disease). View Abstract

Moyamoya and Down syndrome. Clinical and radiological features. View Abstract

Angiography and the evaluation of cerebrovascular disease in childhood. View Abstract

Pediatric orbital and visual pathway lesions. View Abstract

Lupus-related myelitis: serial MR findings. View Abstract

Normal anatomy of the skull base. View Abstract

Cost-effectiveness of immunization in The Gambia. View Abstract

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