Erik Landman, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology, during which he served as Chief Resident, and a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Landman joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2020 as Assistant Professor. In 2025, Dr. Landman became the Program Director for the Neuroradiology Fellowship.

Section: Neuroradiology

Stephanie Kurita, MD, is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine where she was selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and served as chief resident. She completed a fellowship in Women's Imaging at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Dr. Kurita joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2010. She was appointed Director of Alumni Relations and Development in 2016 and founded the Vanderbilt Radiology Society, serves as editor of the department alumni newsletter, The Reader, and is a member of the Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Association board. In 2019, she was promoted to Associate Professor.

She specializes in obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound and breast imaging and procedures. Dr. Kurita is a member of the Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Breast Imaging.

Section: Breast and Women's Imaging

Rekha Krishnasarma, MD, is a graduate of the University of Southern California, and earned her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology from the University of Texas at Houston and a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Krishnasarma joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2019. In 2022, she became the Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Program Director.

Section: Pediatric Radiology

Mary Ann Keenan, DMP, DABR, earned her MS and Doctorate in Medical Physics from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Keenan is an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2005. She is a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American College of Radiology, where she also actively participates in societal committees and panels.

Section: Radiological Sciences

Christopher S. Jones, MD, is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and earned his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed a residencies in Diagnostic Radiology and Transitional/Internal Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center and a fellowship in Cross Sectional Imaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2018 as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and he was appointed Section Chief of Body Imaging in 2019. Dr. Jones is a member of the American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society and the Radiological Society of North America.

Section: Abdominal Imaging

Xiaoyu Jiang, PhD, earned his undergraduate in Engineering Physics and his masters degree in Physics at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and his PhD in Chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. He completed his postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), which focused on development, validation, and evaluation of advanced MRI techniques, including temporal diffusion spectroscopy imaging and quantitative magnetic transfer imaging, in preclinical and translational cancer imaging. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2018 as Research Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences. In 2022, he was promoted to Research Assistant Professor.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Reza Imani, MD, MS, is a graduate of the University of Iowa and earned his medical degree from the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University and a fellowship in Vascular Interventional Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Dr. Imani joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2019. He is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, and the American College of Radiology. In 2023, after serving as Associate Program Director for the Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency program, he assumed the leadership position of Program Director.

Section: Interventional Radiology

After attending Indiana University for undergraduate education, Dr. Hoyt went to Indiana University School of Medicine for both medical school and diagnostic radiology residency. She came to Nashville for a Women's Imaging Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and stayed as faculty after completion. Dr. Hoyt divides her clinical time doing both breast imaging and ultrasound imaging.

Section: Breast and Women's Imaging

Melissa Hilmes, MD, is an honors graduate and earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at University of Michigan Medical Center, which she served as chief resident, and a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2007 as Assistant Professor following one year in private practice. In 2019, she was promoted to Associate Professor. In 2025, Dr. Hilmes was promoted to Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.

Dr. Hilmes’s many academic interests include medical student education at multiple levels, including faculty leadership in the Vanderbilt Program for Interprofessional Learning (VPIL), serving as a portfolio coach and co-director, and serving as course director for an ACE in pediatric radiology, a course for students in the 3rd and 4th years. Dr. Hilmes previously directed the elective in pediatric radiology for pediatric residents and interested fellows, as well as graduate students in medical physics. Research interests include MR imaging characteristics of the pancreas in diabetic patients, which is partially grant-funded. More recently, she is involved with the PRISM study, a study of children with COVID and MIS-C. The study is sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. In 2023, she received a VUSM Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Small Group Setting. She has been a member of the Academy of Excellence in Education since 2020.

Section: Pediatric Radiology