Rate My Professor Brian Connolly

Brian D. Connolly, DO, MBA, is an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic and Neurology and Vice Chair of Outreach and Community Radiology in the Department of Radiology at West Virginia University School of Medicine. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh, awarded in 2007, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, obtained in 2011, and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University-Shreveport, completed in 2021. Dr. Connolly's postgraduate training encompasses an osteopathic internship from 2011 to 2012 at Allegheny General Hospital-West Penn Allegheny Medical Consortium, a residency in Diagnostic Radiology from 2012 to 2016 at West Virginia University Hospitals, and a fellowship in Neuroradiology from 2016 to 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. These experiences have equipped him with expertise in diagnostic imaging and specialized neuroradiological applications.

Dr. Connolly has made contributions to the radiological literature. He co-authored the publication 'Acute Longus Colli Tendonitis' in the West Virginia Medical Journal in April 2015, alongside C. Bailey, K. Sterner, and T. Roberts. Another work, co-authored with A. Malik, M. Connolly, G. Barretto, T. Narumanchi, and S. Mitra, titled '3-Phosphoglycerate deficiency: A treatable cause of congenital microcephaly and seizures,' was submitted to the journal Pediatrics. Furthermore, he presented 'Is Contrast Needed in Routine Intracranial MR Surveillance Imaging in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type-1 Patients? Gadolinium Deposition and Considerations for Surveillance Scanning' at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology, held in Long Beach, California, from April 22 to 27, 2017, with co-presenters M. S. Tamber and G. Zuccoli. In his role as Vice Chair of Outreach and Community Radiology, Dr. Connolly supports the department's efforts to provide diagnostic and neurological imaging services across the region.