Susan Gootnick, M.D. is a board-certified radiologist who has been practicing radiology for over 35 years. Dr. Gootnick graduated from UCSF Medical School.  Along with her daily radiology work, Dr. Gootnick serves as a radiology expert witness for both plaintiffs and defendants.

RADIOLOGY SPECIALTIES

• Mammography Screening and diagnostic, digital and analog
• Breast - Additional Stereo biopsy, cyst aspiration, & needle localization
• MRI Breast, spine, & brain
• CT Spine, brain, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and extremities
• Ultrasound Breast ultrasound, OB, neck, neonatal head, abdomen, and pelvis
• Hysterosalpingography  
• Arthrography Hip, shoulder, & knee
• Fine Needle Aspirations  
• Paracentesis  
• Thoracentesis  
• Ultrasound & CT guided liver biopsy  
• Fluoroscopy  
• VCUG  
• Plain Films  

RADIOLOGY BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Radiology 1975 - present

EDUCATION

Residency Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California, 1972 - 1975
Internship Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, 1971 - 1972
Medical Degree & Bachelor of Science UCSF Medical School, San Francisco, CA, 1967 - 1971
Undergraduate UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1964 - 1967

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Diagnostic Radiologist & Mammographer

Radiology Group, San Francisco Bay Area, 08/2010 – Present

Medical Director of Women's Imaging

Adventist Medical Center, Hanford, California, 08/2010 – 02/2012

General Diagnostic Radiologist & Mammographer

Sutter Gould Medical Group, Modesto, California, 01/2009 – 02/2010

General Diagnostic Radiologist & Mammographer

RadNet, San Leandro, California, 01/2007 – 02/2008

Radiologist & Practice Owner

Private Practice, Greenbrae, California, 10/1992 – 06/2006

Chief of Radiology & Partner

Ross Valley Medical Group, Greenbrae, California, 09/1982 – 09/1992

Chief of Radiology

United States Public Health Service Hospital San Francisco, California 08/1980 – 08/1982

Radiologist

United States Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, California, 08/1976 – 08/1982

AWARDS

Henry Garland Senior Medical Student Award in Radiology

University of California, San Francisco, California, 1971

Women's Honor Society

University of California, Berkeley, California

Tower and Flame Honor Society

University of California, Berkeley California