Christian W. Cox, MD

Department

Radiology

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Thoracic Imaging: A Core Review 2nd Edition
  Hobbs, SB, Hobbs SB, Cox CW. Thoracic Imaging: A Core Review 2nd Edition. Oct 2020
  2nd Edition 2020
• Thoracic Imaging: A Core Review
  Hobbs, SD, 1. Hobbs SB, Cox CW. Thoracic Imaging: A Core Review Philadelphia, PA: 320 p
  LWW; Oct 2015. , p. 320 2015

Articles

• Radiology Case Reports
  Weingartz L, Peine B, Humble J, Meyer Z, Torres R, Cox C. Weingartz L, Peine B, Humble J, Meyer Z, Torres R and Cox CW. Case report: Asymptomatic bronchopulmonary sequestration in an adult with dual celiac and aortic supply. Radiology Case Reports 2022; 17:4218-4222.
  17, p. 4218-4222 2022
• Am J Hematol
  Hazim AZ, Hazim AZ, Ruan GJ, Hu M, Ravindran A, Rech KL, Young JR, Cox CW, Abeykoon JP, Scheckel C, Vassallo R, Ryu JH, Tobin WO, Koster MJ, Bennani NN, Shah MV, Goyal G, Go RS; Mayo Clinic-University of Alabama at Birmingham Histiocytosis Working Group. Langerhans cell histiocytosis with lung involvement in isolation and multisystem disease: Staging, natural history, and comparative survival. Am J Hematol. 2021 Dec 1;96(12):1604-1610. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26355. Epub 2021 Oct 8. PMID: 34553412.
  (12):1604-1610, p. 1604-1610 2021
• Epub
  Cox CW, Cox CW, Bartholmai BJ, Baqir M, Geske JR, Specks U. Pulmonary Low Attenuation Areas on CT in ANCA-associated Vasculitis: A quantitative and semi-quantitative analysis correlated with pulmonary function testing for obstructive airway disease. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2020;37(4):e2020016. doi: 10.36141/svdld.v37i4.9584. Epub 2020 Dec 16. PMID: 33597803; PMCID: PMC7883516.
  (4):e2020016 2020
• J Comput Assist Tomogr.
  Walkoff L, Walkoff L, Dixit AS, Ryu JH, Chung JH, Cox CW. Diffuse Pulmonary Ossification on High-Resolution Computed Tomography in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease, and Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Comparative Study. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2020 Sep/Oct;44(5):667-672. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000001076. PMID: 32842066.
  (5):667-672, p. 667-672 2020
• J Am Coll Radiol
  Cox CW, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging, Cox CW, Chung JH, Ackman JB, Berry MF, Carter BW, de Groot PM, Hobbs SB, Johnson GB, Maldonado F, McComb BL, Tong BC, Walker CM, Kanne JP. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Occupational Lung Diseases. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 May;17(5S):S188-S197. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.01.022. PMID: 32370962.
  (5S):S188-S197, p. S188-S197 2020
• J Clin Rheumatol
  De Giacomi F, De Giacomi F, Baqir M, Cox CW, Moua T, Matteson EL, Ryu JH. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in Connective Tissue Diseases. J Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Sep; 25 (6):239-245 PMID: 29916965 DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000835
  (6):239-245, p. 239-245 2019
• Emergency Radiology
  Doolittle DA, Doolittle DA, Froemming AT, Cox CW. High-pitch versus standard mode CT pulmonary angiography: a comparison of indeterminate studies. Emerg Radiol. 2019 Apr;26(2):155-159. doi: 10.1007/s10140-018-1656-1. Epub 2018 Nov 13. PMID: 30426272.
  (2):155-159, p. 155-159 2018
• J Thorac Imaging
  Parvinian A, Parvinian A, Cox CW, Hartman TE. Cowden Syndrome: A Cause of Pulmonary Cysts. J Thorac Imaging. 2018 Nov;33(6):W48-W50. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000358. PMID: 30142139.
  (6):W48-W50, p. W48-W50 2018
• Respir Med
  De Giacomi F, De Giacomi F, White D, Cox CW, Moua T. Evolution of diagnostic UIP computed tomography patterns in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Disease spectrum and implications for survival. Respir Med. 2018 Sep;142:53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.07.014. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30170802.
  142:53-59, p. 53-59 2018
• J Thorac Imaging
  Cox CW, Walkoff L, White DB, Chung JH, Asante D, Cox CW. The Four Corners Sign: A Specific Imaging Feature in Differentiating Systemic Sclerosis-related Interstitial Lung Disease From Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. J Thorac Imaging. 2018 May;33(3):197-203. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000319. PMID: 29346191.
  (3):197-203, p. 197-203 2018
• AJR Am J Roentgenol
  Chung JH, Chung JH, Cox CW, Montner SM, Adegunsoye A, Oldham JM, Husain AN, Vij R, Noth I, Lynch DA, Strek ME. CT Features of the Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Pattern: Differentiating Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease From Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Feb;210(2):307-313. doi: 10.2214/AJR.17.18384. Epub 2017 Nov 15. PMID: 29140119.
  (2):307-313, p. 307-313 2018
• Rho JY, Rho JY, Lynch DA, Suh YJ, Nah JW, Zach JA, Schroeder JD, Cox CW, Bowler RP, Fenster BE, Dransfield MT, Wells JM, Hokanson JE, Curran-Everett D, Williams A, Han MK, Crapo JD, Silverman EK. CT measurements of central pulmonary vasculature as predictors of severe exacerbation in COPD. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Jan;97(3):e9542. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009542. PMID: 29504975; PMCID: PMC5779744.
  (3):e9542, p. e9542 2018
• Acad Radiol
  Cox CW, Cox CW, Gunderman RB. Andragogic Approaches to Continuing Medical Education. Acad Radiol. 2017 Oct;24(10):1325-1326. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 Jun 20. PMID: 28645456.
  (10):1325-1326, p. 1325-1326 2017
• Respir Med
  Zamora AC, Zamora AC, Hoskote SS, Abascal-Bolado B, White D, Cox CW, Ryu JH, Moua T. Clinical features and outcomes of interstitial lung disease in anti-Jo-1 positive antisynthetase syndrome. Respir Med. 2016 Sep;118:39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.07.009. Epub 2016 Jul 16. PMID: 27578469.
  118:39-45, p. 39-45 2016
• Ann Am Thorac Soc
  Mannina A, Mannina A, Chung JH, Swigris JJ, Solomon JJ, Huie TJ, Yunt ZX, Truong TQ, Brown KK, Achcar RD, Olson AL, Cox CW, Kligerman SJ, Curran-Everett D, Fernández Pérez ER. Clinical Predictors of a Diagnosis of Common Variable Immunodeficiency-related Granulomatous-Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Jul;13(7):1042-9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201511-728OC. PMID: 27064856.
  (7):1042-9, p. 1042-1049 2016
• Ann Am Thorac Soc
  Czaja CA, Czaja CA, Levin AR, Cox CW, Vargas D, Daley CL, Cott GR. Improvement in Quality of Life after Therapy for Mycobacterium abscessus Group Lung Infection. A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Jan;13(1):40-8. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201508-529OC. PMID: 26540302.
  (1):40-48, p. 40-48 2016
• Curr Opin Plum Med
  Cox CW, Cox CW, Lynch DA. Medical imaging in occupational and environmental lung disease. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2015 Mar;21(2):163-70. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000139. PMID: 25584938.
  (2):163-170, p. 163-170 2015
• Baltarowich OH, Baltarowich OH, Di Salvo DN, Scoutt LM, Brown DL, Cox CW, DiPietro MA, Glazer DI, Hamper UM, Manning MA, Nazarian LN, Neutze JA, Romero M, Stephenson JW, Dubinsky TJ. National ultrasound curriculum for medical students. Ultrasound Q. 2014 Mar;30(1):13-9. doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000066. PMID: 24901774.
  (1):13-9, p. 13-9 2014
• Chung JH, Chung JH, Cox CW, Forssen AV, Biederer J, Puderbach M, Lynch DA. The dark lymph node sign on magnetic resonance imaging: a novel finding in patients with sarcoidosis. J Thorac Imaging. 2014 Mar;29(2):125-9. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182a4378b. PMID: 24157619.
  (2), p. 125-129 2014
• Epub
  Chung JH, Chung JH, Cox CW, Mohammed TL, Kirsch J, Brown K, Dyer DS, Ginsburg ME, Heitkamp DE, Kanne JP, Kazerooni EA, Ketai LH, Ravenel JG, Saleh AG, Shah RD, Steiner RM, Suh RD. ACR appropriateness criteria blunt chest trauma. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Apr;11(4):345-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.12.019. Epub 2014 Mar 4. PMID: 24603073.
  (4), p. 345-351 2014
• Radiology
  Cox CW, Cox CW, Rose CS, Lynch DA. State of the art: Imaging of occupational lung disease. Radiology. 2014 Mar; 270: (3)681-96. PMID: 24568704 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13121415
  (3), p. 681-696 2014
• Boldt BM, Boldt BM, Cox CW, Dedekam EA, Tsytsik B, Mysliwiec V. Pulmonary embolism at follow-up outpatient CT pulmonary angiography: implications on patient risk stratification. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2013 Sep;24(6):633-7. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328362dee7. PMID: 23912133.
  (6):633-7, p. 633-637 2013
• Boldt BM, Boldt BM, Cox CW, Dedekam EA, Tsytsik B, Mysliwiec V. Pulmonary embolism at follow-up outpatient CT pulmonary angiography: implications on patient risk stratification. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2013 Sep;24(6):633-7. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328362dee7. PMID: 23912133.
  (6):633-7, p. 633-637 2013
• Cox CW, Cox CW, Chung JH, Lynch DA. Dynamic computed tomographic pulmonary angiography as a problem-solving tool in indeterminate computed tomographic angiography for pulmonary embolism. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2012 Sep-Oct;36(5):536-8. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31825f9925. PMID: 22992603. Copy
  (5):536-8, p. 536-538 2012
• Radiology Case Reports
  Yu VY, Yu VY, Leitman DA, Graybeal TB, Cox CW. Subsegmental pulmonary embolus as a precipitating factor for takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Radiol Case Rep. 2015 Nov 6;6(3):531. doi: 10.2484/rcr.v6i3.531. PMID: 27307916; PMCID: PMC4900057.
  (3):531, p. 531 2011
• Radiology Case Reports
  Leitman D., Leitman D, Yu V, Cox C. Investigation of polymethylmethacrylate pulmonary embolus in a patient ten years following vertebroplasty. J Radiol Case Rep. 2011;5(10):14-21. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v5i10.815. Epub 2011 Oct 1. PMID: 22470765; PMCID: PMC3303462.
  (10):14-21, p. 14-21 2011

Publications

• Inoue, Akitoshi, Johnson, Tucker F.; White, Darin; Cox, Christian W.; Hartman, Thomas E.; Thorne, Jamison E. ; Shanblatt, Elisabeth R.; Johnson, Matthew P; Carter, Rickey E.; Lee, Yong S.; Rajendran, Kishore; Leng, Shuai; McCollough, Cynthia H.; Fletcher, Joel G. Inoue, Akitoshi MD, PhD∗; Johnson, Tucker F. MD∗; White, Darin MD∗; Cox, Christian W. MD∗; Hartman, Thomas E. MD∗; Thorne, Jamison E. BSc∗; Shanblatt, Elisabeth R. PhD†; Johnson, Matthew P. MS‡; Carter, Rickey E. PhD§; Lee, Yong S. PhD∗; Rajendran, Kishore PhD∗; Leng, Shuai PhD∗; McCollough, Cynthia H. PhD∗; Fletcher, Joel G. MD∗. Estimating the Clinical Impact of Photon-Counting-Detector CT in Diagnosing Usual Interstitial Pneumonia. Investigative Radiology. 2022 Nov; 57(11):734-741.
  57, p. 734-741 2022
• Elsevier Science
  Goyal G, Expert consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in adults.Tazi A, Go RS, Rech KL, Picarsic J, Vassallo R, Young JR, Cox CW, van Laar JA, Hermiston ML, Cao XX, Makras P, Kaltsas G, Haroche J, Collin M, McClain KL, Diamond EL, Girschikofsky M.Blood. :blood.2021014343. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014343. Online ahead of print 2022
• Radiology Case Reports
  Colby GW, Colby G, Cox C. Pulmonary interstitial emphysema in an adult with metastatic choriocarcinoma. Radiol Case Rep. 2015 Nov 6;5(4):331. doi: 10.2484/rcr.v5i4.331. PMID: 27307875; PMCID: PMC4900986.
  6;5(4):331, p. 331 2015

Presentations

• C-Section Scar Endometrioma, Interesting Case Competition, Nebraska Radiologic Society Spring Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska 2023
• All Twisted Up: Mesenteroaxial Gastric Volvulus. Interesting Case Competition, Nebraska Radiologic Society Spring Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska 2023
• Hard to Handle: the clinical challenges of traumatic mesenteric injury. Interesting Case Competition, Nebraska Radiologic Society Spring Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska 2023
• Big Red Herring: Acute MI mimicking Acute Aortic Syndrome. Interesting Case Competition, Nebraska Radiologic Society Spring Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska 2023
• Advancements in Imaging: Pulmonary Manifestations of Autoimmune Disease, Nebraska Radiological Society Spring Meeting, Omaha Nebraska 2023
• Subpleural Distance as an Imaging Biomarker to Differentiate Post-COVID Pulmonary Fibrotic-like Changes and Non-COVID Pulmonary Fibrosis, Department of Medicine 2023 Research Day, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 2023
• Advanced Diffuse Lung Disease, Session Moderator, Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina 2023
• Nontraumatic Posteromedial Rib Exostosis: Underrecognized, Miscategorized and Misunderstood, 2023 Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina 2023
• Omaha, Bergan Campus Radiology Conference Room, M3/M4 Aquifer Lecture, 1 hour 2022
• Omaha, Bergan Campus Educational Building, MS Student Lecture in Simulation Lab, 1 hour 2022
• Omaha, Creighton University Campus Cardiac Center Active Learning Center, M2 Lecture for Multisystems Disease Course, 1 hour 2022
• Omaha, Bergan Campus Educational Building, Leadership Lunch and Learn, Interdepartmental between Radiology and Pathology 2022
• Omaha, Creighton University Campus Cardiac Center Active Learning Center, M2 Lecture for Multisystems Disease Course, 1 hour 2022
• Omaha, Bergan Campus Radiology Conference Room, Medical Student M3/M4 Aquifer Lecture, 1 hour 2022
• Recapturing Joy in Medicine, Session Moderator, Catholic Medical Association Annual Education Conference, Orlando, Florida. 2021
• Approach to Thoracic Imaging: CXR and CT, Creighton University Pulmonary Fellows, Omaha, Nebraska. 2020
• Interstitial Lung Disease: Beyond IPF, Creighton University Grand Rounds, Omaha, Nebraska. 2020
• Update on Fibrosing Interstitial Pneumonias, University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas. 2020
• Airway-related and Emerging Occupational Lung Disease, RSNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2019
• Update on Fibrosing Interstitial Pneumonias, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology Lecture Series, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Cystic and Calcifying Lung Diseases, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology Lecture Series, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Interesting (and extra challenging) Thoracic Cases, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Interesting Thoracic Cases I, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Interesting Thoracic Cases II, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Large Airway Disease, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Occupational Lung Disease, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Small Airway Disease, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Thoracic Core Exam Review I, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• Thoracic Core Exam Review II, 2019 Tripler AMC Radiology, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2019
• 2018 Update on Fibrosing Interstitial Pneumonias Madigan Army Medical Center, Grand Rounds, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. 2018
• Imaging of Airway Disease, Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Radiology Lecture, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. 2018
• Cystic and Calcifying Lung Diseases, Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Radiology Lecture, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma Washington. 2018
• Update on Fibrosing Interstitial Pneumonias, University of Washington, Department of Radiology Lecture, Madigan Army Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. 2018
• Cowden Syndrome: A Cause of Cystic Lung Disease, 2018 Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. 2018
• Non-Neoplastic Diffuse Soft Tissue Chest Wall Diseases, 2017 RSNA Educational Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois. 2017
• Atypical Pulmonary Metastases, Educational Exhibit, 2017 WCTI/STR Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. 2017
• High-pitch versus standard mode CT Pulmonary angiography: a comparison of indeterminate studies, Research Exhibit, 2017 WCTI/STR Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. 2017
• Ipsilateral Lung Disease in patients with unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis: a retrospective review, Research Exhibit, 2017 WCTI/STR Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. 2017
• Calcifying Lung Disease - Approach to Diagnosis 2017 ARRS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2017
• Large Airway Disease, Tutorials of Diagnostic Radiology Annual Meeting, Mayo Clinic, Maui, Hawaii. 2017
• Small Airway Disease, Tutorials of Diagnostic Radiology Annual Meeting, Mayo Clinic, Maui, Hawaii. 2017
• Hospital Chest Radiology 101, 8th Annual Hospital Medicine for Nps & Pas, Rochester, Minnesota. 2016
• Cystic Lung Disease, 2016 ARRS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California. 2016
• Zebras That You Are Missing on Chest CT, Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Radiology, Tacoma, Washington. 2015
• Large Airway Disease, 2015 ARRS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. 2015
• Chest Imaging, Osler Institute Radiology Core Exam Review Course, Chicago, Illinois. 2015
• Performance Outcome Measures in Medical Student Radiology Education, 2014 AUR Annual Meeting. 2014
• The Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, AMEDD Current Concepts in Imaging Course, Tacoma, Washington 2013
• Common Tests Used in Diagnosing Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease: How and When Chest Imaging is Useful, Chest 2013 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2013
• Interpretation of Chest Computed Tomography: A Pattern-Based Approach, 2013 National Nurse Practitioners Symposium, Copper Ski Resort, Colorado. 2013
• CT Pulmonary Angiography in the Pregnant Patient: Beyond the Binary of Pulmonary Embolism, 2013 AUR Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California. 2013
• Role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Diseases AUR 2013 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California. 2013
• Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism as a Precipitating Factor for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, NASCI 39th Annual Meeting. 2011
• Takayasu Arteritis Presenting as Acute Dyspnea, Madigan Research Day, Tacoma, Washington. 2011
• Impact Case Management of the Appropriate Follow-up of Patients with Pulmonary Nodules, MHS Conference, Bethesda, Maryland. 2010
• Cystic Change of the Large Airways on MDCT, Tripler AMC 2nd Annual Donald A Person Poster Session, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2009

Awards

• Excellence in Education Award
  Creighton University Radiology Residency