Eva Baker, MD, PhD

BS, Harvard University
MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison
PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dr. Baker earned her undergraduate degree in physics at Harvard University. She earned her masters and doctorate in medical physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and subsequently earned a doctorate in medicine from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She completed her transitional internship at Hennepin County Medical Center, radiology residency at the University of Minnesota, and neuroradiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Baker has been a staff radiologist (neuroradiology section) at the Clinical Center Diagnostic Radiology Department since 2004.

Dr. Baker’s research interests focus on quantitative MR spectroscopy applied to diseases of the brain. She collaborates with multiple research groups from various NIH institutes, including groups studying pediatric HIV/AIDS, Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC), infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL), methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, and the undiagnosed diseases program. Some research support is also devoted to quantitative MR imaging of the brain, such as quantitative diffusion tensor imaging (measurements of fractional anisotropy and apparent diffusion coefficient), T1 measurements, and T2 measurements.

Journal Articles

“Neurocognitive Phenotype of Isolated Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA)” Colin J. O’Shea, Jennifer L. Sloan, Edythe A. Wiggs, Maryland Pao, Andrea Gropman, Eva Baker, Irini Manoli, Charles P. Venditti, Joseph Snow. Pediatrics. (submitted)

“Template-based B1 inhomogeneity correction in 3T MRI brain studies” Marcelo A. Castro, Jianhua Yao, Yuxi Pang, Christabel Lee, Eva Baker, John Butman, Iordanis Evangelou, David Thomasson. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 29 (11):1927-1941 (2010)

“Optimized Method for Radiofrequency Inhomogeneity Correction by means of Template B1 Maps” Marcelo A. Castro, Jianhua Yao, Christabel Lee, Yuxi Pang, Eva Baker, John Butman, David Thomasson. Lecture Notes on Computer Science (submitted)

“Subdural Fluid Collections in Patients with Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis” Sondra W. Levin, Eva H. Baker, Andrea Gropman, Zenaide Quezado, Ning Miao, Zhongjian Zhang, Alice Jollands, Mateo Di Capua, Rafael Caruso and Anil B. Mukherjee. Arch Neurol 66(12):1567-71 (2009)

“Children with Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Have Thermoregulation Defect and Increased Risk of Hypothermia During General Anesthesia” Ning Miao, Sondra W. Levin, Eva H. Baker, Rafael C. Caruso, Zhongjian Zhang, Andrea Gropman,  Deloris Koziol, Robert Wesley, Anil B. Mukherjee, and Zenaide M.N.Quezado. Anesthesia & Analgesia 109(2):372-8 (2009)

“Measurement of Glutathione in Normal Volunteers and Stroke Patients at 3 T Using J-Difference Spectroscopy with Minimized Subtraction Errors” Li An, Yan Zhang, David M. Thomasson, Lawrence L. Latour, Eva H. Baker, Jun Shen, and Steven Warach. JMRI 30(2):263-70 (2009)

“Altered Language Processing in Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features” Ruth Ottman, Lisa Rosenberger, Anto Bagic, Kay Kamberakis, Eva K. Ritzl, Afra M Wohlschlager, Sadat Shamim, Susumu Sato, Clarissa Liew, William D Gaillard, Edyth Wiggs, Patricia Reeves-Tyer, Eva H. Baker, John A. Butman, William H. Theodore.  Neurology 71(24):1973-80 (2008)

“Normal regional fractional anisotropy and apparent diffusion coefficient of the brain measured on a 3 T MR scanner.” Lee CE, Danielian LE, Thomasson D, Baker EH.  Neuroradiology 51(1):3-9 (2009)

“Inter-observer variability in the measurement of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas” Robert M. Hayward, Nicolas Patronas, Eva H. Baker, Gilbert Vézina, Paul S. Albert, Katherine E. Warren. J Neurooncol 90(1):57-61 (2008)

“Detection and characterization of neurotoxicity in cancer patients using proton MR spectroscopy” Emilie A Steffen-Smith, Pam L Wolters, Paul S Albert, Eva H Baker, Kim C Shimoda, Alan S Barnett, Katherine E Warren. Childs Nerv Syst 24(7):807-813 (2008)

“Regional Metabolite Concentrations in Young Adult Brain Measured by 1H MRS at 3T” Eva H. Baker, Gianpaolo Basso, Peter B. Barker, Mari A. Smith, David Bonekamp, Alena Horská. JMRI 27(3):489-99 (2008)

“Case study: Delirium in an Adolescent Girl with HIV-Associated Dementia” Alexander M. Scharko, Eva H. Baker, Priti Kothari, Hina Khattak, Duniya Lancaster. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45(1):104-108 (2006)

“The Value of Adding Quantitative 1H MRS for Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of Breast MRI: Preliminary Results from an Observer Performance Study at 4 Tesla” Sina Meisamy, Patrick J. Bolan, Eva H. Baker, Matthew G. Pollema, Chap T. Le, Robin L. Bliss, Frederick Kelcz, Mary C. Lechner, Barbara A. Luikens, Richard A. Carlson, M.D., Kathy R. Brandt, Kimberly K. Amrami, Michael T. Nelson, Lenore I. Everson, Timothy Emory, Todd M. Tuttle, Douglas Yee, Michael Garwood. Radiology 236(2):465-475 (2005)

“Measurement and Correction of Respiration-Induced B0 Variations in Breast 1H MRS at 4 Tesla” Patrick J. Bolan, Pierre-Gilles Henry, Eva H. Baker, Sina Meisamy, Michael Garwood. MRM 52(6):1239-45 (2004)

“Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer with in Vivo 1H MRS: a Pilot Study at 4 Tesla” Sina Meisamy, Patrick J. Bolan, Eva H. Baker, Evin Gulbahce, Lenore I. Everson, Michael T. Nelson, Tim Emory, Todd Tuttle, Douglas Yee, Michael Garwood. Radiology 233(2):424-31 (2004)

“In Vivo Quantification of Choline Compounds in the Breast with 1H MR Spectroscopy” Patrick J. Bolan, Sina Meisamy, Eva H. Baker, Joseph Lin, Timothy Emory, Lenore I. Everson, Douglas Yee, Michael Garwood. MRM 50:1134-1143 (Dec 2003)

“Eliminating spurious lipid sidebands in 1H MRS of breast lesions” Patrick J. Bolan, Lance DelaBarre, Eva H. Baker, Hellmut Merkle, Lenore I. Everson, Douglas Yee, Michael Garwood. MRM 48(2):215-222 (Jul 31, 2002)

“Gender differences in brain volume and size of corpus callosum and amygdala of rhesus monkey measured from MRI images” Franklin MS, Kraemer GW, Shelton SE, Baker E, Kalin NH, Uno H. Brain Res 852(2):263-7 (Jan 10, 2000)

“A Post-Processing Technique for Displaying Vessels from Routine Fast-Spin-Echo Images: MRI-Derived Angiography” Yi-Hsuan Kao, Stefan S. Winkler, Eva H. Baker, Patrick A. Turski, and Woei-Chyn Chu. MRI 17(7): 1057-1063 (1999)

“Neurotoxicity of Glucocorticoids in the Primate Brain” H. Uno, S. Eisele, A. Sakai, S. Shelton, E. Baker, O. DeJesus, J. Holden. Hormones & Behavior 28:366-348 (1994)

“Staging of Arteriovenous Malformations Using Three-Dimensional Time-of-Flight MRA and Volume-Rendered Displays of Surface Anatomy” P. Kesava, E. Baker, M. Mehta, P. Turski. AJR 167:605-609 (1996)

Book Chapters

“Chapter 2: The Noncatechol Tracer 6-Fluoro-m-tyrosine: Extrastriatal Distribution of Dopaminergic Function” W.D. Brown, O.T. DeJesus, S.E. Shelton, H. Uno, D. Houser, R.J. Nickles, S.J. Swerdloff, A. Roberts, E. Baker, J.E. Holden, in Quantification of Brain Function Using PET (R. Myers, V. Cunningham, D. Bailey, T. Jones Eds.). Academic Press, San Diego (1996)