Alexander Gavlin, M.D.

Diagnostic Radiology

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Biographical Info

Alexander Gavlin, MD is a board-certified radiologist specializing in abdominopelvic imaging. He is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus.

While attending New York University, Dr. Gavin was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 2004 and earned his B.S. in 2005, graduating with Summa Cum Laude Honors. He received the Helen and Rita Lurie Scholarship to attend New York University School of Medicine and received his M.D. in 2010.

Dr. Gavlin competed a Medicine internship year at New York downtown Hospital (now NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital) where he was awarded Intern of the Year. This was followed by residency in diagnostic Radiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, where he received the Leo M. Davidoff Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students. After completing a year of Fellowship training in MRI and Body Imaging in 2016, he joined the Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Radiology faculty. He has been board certified in Diagnostic Radiology from the American Board of Radiology since 2016.

Dr. Gavlin’s clinical expertise is in abdominopelvic imaging. He interprets CT, MRI, radiography, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy studies of the abdomen and pelvis as well as PET/CT and PET/MRI imaging.

His imaging and research interests include CT and MRI imaging of the pancreas and liver (including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma), ultrasound imaging, and liver and kidney transplant imaging.

In addition to his clinical and research activities, Dr. Gavlin is actively involved in teaching residents, fellows, and medical students and overseas resident education related to abdominopelvic imaging.

Dr. Gavlin is a member of several prestigious radiological societies listed below:

  • American College of Radiology (ACR)
  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
  • American Board of Radiology (ABR)
  • Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR)
Clinical Expertise
Abdominal Imaging
Body Imaging
Hepatobiliary Pancreas Imaging
Gastrointestinal Radiology
Body Imaging - US/CT/MRI
Genitourinary Radiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Body MRI
MRI of the Abdomen
MRI Liver
MRI of the Pelvis
MRI Pelvis Female
MRA of the Kidneys
CT Scan of the Body
CT Scan of the Abdomen
CT Scan of the Pelvis
CT Angiogram
PET-CT
PET Scan
Positron Emission Tomography
Ultrasound
Abdominal Ultrasound
Pelvic Ultrasound
Gynecologic Ultrasound
Transvaginal Ultrasound
Testicular Ultrasound
Carotid Ultrasound
Vascular Ultrasound
Fluoroscopy
Cancer Screening
Colon Cancer Screening
Virtual Colonoscopy
Kidney Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Languages
English
Education 
  • M.D.
    New York University School of Medicine
    2010
  • B.S.
    New York University
    2005
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Radiologist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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