Rate My Professor Gelareh Sadigh

Gelareh Sadigh, MD, is an Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Radiological Sciences within the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. She specializes in neuroradiology and earned her MD from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2009. Sadigh completed a transitional year internship in 2013, diagnostic radiology residency in 2017, and neuroradiology fellowship in 2018, all at Emory University School of Medicine. Before joining UCI, she was an assistant professor of radiology at Emory University. In her current roles at UCI, she serves as Director of Radiology Health Services and Comparative Outcome Research, Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Radiological Sciences, Assistant Program Leader for Cancer Control at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention.

A board-certified neuroradiologist, Dr. Sadigh's clinical practice focuses on imaging of the brain and spine, including brain neoplasms and white matter diseases. Her research interests encompass health services research, healthcare delivery and utilization, health disparities, medical financial hardship, price transparency, costs of care discussions, shared decision making, and care adherence. She leads the Sadigh Lab and is principal investigator for two multi-institutional randomized controlled trials funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, as well as projects like CONCURxP on medication adherence, CostCOM on financial hardship interventions, and Empower Latinx LCS on lung cancer screening. Sadigh has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including 'Financial Hardship Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer in the United States' (JAMA Network Open, 2024), 'An Introduction to Implementation Science in Radiology' (Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2023), and 'Accuracy of Quantitative Ultrasound Elastography for Differentiation of Malignant and Benign Breast Abnormalities: a Meta-analysis' (Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 2012). Her impact is evidenced by awards such as the 2023 Radiology Research Alliance New Investigator Award, the 2023 UCI School of Medicine Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research Award, and the 2025 UCI School of Medicine Innovation in Mentoring Award.