Laura R. Carucci, M.D., FACR, FSAR
Tenured Professor Chief, Abdominal Imaging
 Tenured Professor of Radiology
Chief, Abdominal Imaging 
Director, Abdominal MRI
Director, Computed Tomography
Director, MRI
Tenured Professor of Radiology
Chief, Abdominal Imaging 
Director, Abdominal MRI
Director, Computed Tomography
Director, MRI
Department: Radiology
Phone: (804) 828-3151
Fax: (804) 628-1132
Email: laura.carucci@vcuhealth.org
Address/Location:
Main Hospital, Room 3-410
SPECIALTIES
- Abdominal MRI
- Gastrointestinal radiology
- Genitourinary radiology
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Gastrointestinal imaging
- Genitourinary imaging
- Abdominal and pelvic MRI
- Imaging after bariatric surgery
- Obesity imaging
- Postoperative gastrointestinal and genitourinary imaging
- Esophageal disease
- CT and MR enterography
- Inflammatory bowel disease
RESEARCH PROJECTS/GRANTS
- Bariatric surgery
- Internal hernia and small bowel obstruction after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery
- Biphasic hepatic and splenic imaging with MDCT in blunt-trauma patients
- Imaging of urethral diverticula
- Dysphagia secondary to anterior cervical fusion
EDUCATION
- M.D. – State University of New York Update Medical University, Syracuse, NY
- Residency – University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
- Fellowship, Body Imaging, MR and Gastrointestinal Imaging – University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
BOARD CERTIFICATION
- American Board of Radiology