Jay Jan Pillai, MD

Dr. Pillai graduated cum laude from Yale University and received his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. After internal medicine internship at North Shore U. Hosp-Cornell/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center program, he completed radiology residency at Newark Beth Israel Med.Ctr.(affil. of Mount Sinai School of Medicine), where he was Chief Resident. He joined the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) faculty in 1999 after two year fellowship in neuroradiology at Case Western Reserve U./Univ. Hosp. of Cleveland. At MCG, he was Associate Professor of Radiology, Director of Neuro-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and President of the School of Medicine Faculty Senate in 2006. He joined Johns Hopkins as Visiting Associate Professor in 2007 and is currently Director of Functional MRI.

Dr. Pillai has been on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Neuroradiology since 2007. He currently receives grant funding from Siemens for work in fMRI. His field of research and clinical interest includes functional imaging, particularly of brain tumors. He just completed a term (2008-2009) as President of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology (ASFNR).