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
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