John Huston, III, M.D.

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SUMMARY

John Huston, III, M.D., is a highly regarded clinical neuroradiologist at Mayo Clinic with over 32 years of experience. He holds multiple leadership positions responsible for practice innovations and is an accomplished researcher with over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Additionally, he aided in the development of the world's first high-volume clinical 3T scanner practice and served as the leader of the imaging core for three major multicenter studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Focus areas

• Cerebrovascular disease, including carotid atherosclerosis and intracranial aneurysm. Dr. Huston leads the conventional imaging core of the Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Trial (CREST-2). He also leads Mayo Clinic's brain MR elastography development program.
• High-field clinical MRI. During a time of rapid expansion when Mayo Clinic grew from three to 10 neuroradiology-dedicated MRI units, Dr. Huston was involved in the development and construction of several buildings and practice expansions. These included the creation of a unique combined operating room and MRI environment and the development of the world's first high-volume clinical 3T scanner practice.
• MR angiography. Shortly after joining the staff at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Huston had the opportunity to evaluate the clinical usefulness of a new MRI application called MR angiography. Fortuitous access to this technique allowed the performance of some of the earliest studies regarding its accuracy and usefulness for carotid and intracranial aneurysm imaging.

Significance to patient care

Mayo Clinic's brain MR elastography development shows early promise in the diagnosis and understanding of both diffuse diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus and focal tumors including meningiomas. Researchers are now able to use noninvasive methods to determine both tumor stiffness and the degree of tumor adhesion to adjacent normal brain tissue.

Professional highlights

• Associate chair of Research, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 2017-present.
• Vice-chair, Research Equipment and Space Committee, Mayo Clinic, 2019-2021.
• Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2019.
• Fellow, American College of Radiology, 2016.