Katja Pinker-Domenig, MD, PHD

Dr. Katja Pinker-Domenig is an internationally renowned physician-scientist and board-certified radiologist with expertise in breast imaging. She is a professor of radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and chief of the Division of Breast Imaging. She is an attending radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 

Dr. Pinker-Domenig has extensive expertise in all aspects of state-of-the-art breast imaging and interventions, including mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, ultrasound, MRI, and biopsy procedures.

She is widely recognized for her pioneering work advancing the field of breast MRI through the development, improvement, and implementation of multiparametric MRI (which give more detailed pictures) into routine patient care, enabling the most accurate breast cancer detection. Her current research is focused on advanced functional multimodality breast imaging and the implementation of artificial intelligence into breast imaging with the goal of enabling personalized medicine in breast care.

Dr. Pinker-Domenig is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals, and she has been recognized with numerous awards. She is the editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Radiology Open, deputy editor of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and section editor and reviewer for numerous medical journals.

After studying medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Dr. Pinker-Domenig completed  a residency in radiology in the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. She then completed a research fellowship at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Princess Grace Hospital in London, UK, and obtained a PhD at the Medical University of Vienna, as well as earning the European Diploma in Breast Imaging (EBBI) of the European Society of Breast Imaging.