 
Maria Mayoral Penalva, MD, PhD
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Areas of Expertise
My Specialties
- Body imaging
Get to Know Me
I’m a radiologist and nuclear medicine physician who has special training in body imaging to detect cancer. I have a particular interest in thoracic cancers and related conditions of the chest which includes the lungs, mediastinum, and pleura.
At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), I am a member of our thoracic disease management team. I work closely with experts from other teams, including pathology, surgery, medical oncology, and radiation oncology, to provide comprehensive care to our patients.
My research interests include different imaging techniques for diagnosing and assessing treatment response of thoracic tumors, and using artificial intelligence to read imaging scans. I also teach at MSK and enjoy working with our radiology fellows and residents from Weill Cornell Medicine.
Outside of work, I enjoy playing the piano and regular fitness training.
I'm a radiologist, which is a doctor with special training in using imaging to diagnose and treat disease. Imaging includes X-rays, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
I’m a nuclear medicine physician, a doctor with special training in using radioactive drugs to diagnose and treat disease.
- Assistant Attending Physician
My Specialties
- Body imaging
Education
- MD, University of Barcelona, Spain
- PhD, University of Barcelona, Spain
- MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Residencies
- Radiology, Parc Tauli University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
- Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
Fellowships
- Body Oncologic Imaging, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Board Certifications
- European Board of Radiology
- European Board of Nuclear Medicine
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