Dorothy Bulas, M.D.
Chief, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology
Dorothy Bulas, M.D., is Chief of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology in the Division of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Bulas serves as the section head of ultrasound and fetal imaging. Her clinical and research interests include prenatal sonographic and MRI evaluation of congenital anomalies, transcranial Doppler evaluation of neonatal and pediatric cerebrovascular injury and blunt abdominal trauma.
Key Studies
| October 2024 | Pishghadam M, Ngwa JS, Wu Y, Kapse K, Haizler-Cohen L, Bulas D, Limperopoulos C, Andescavage NN. Single vs. Multi-Slice Assessments of in Vivo Placental T2∗ Measurements. Placenta. 2024 Oct;156:92-97. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2024.09.006. Epub 2024 Sep 10. PMID: 39293186; PMCID: PMC11515947 | view |
| February 2024 | Mulkey SB, Corn E, Williams ME, Peyton C, Andringa-Seed R, Arroyave-Wessel M, Vezina G, Bulas DI, Podolsky RH, Msall ME, Cure C. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Normocephalic Colombian Children With Antenatal Zika Virus Exposure at School Entry. Pathogens. 2024 Feb 13;13(2):170. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13020170. PMID: 38392908; PMCID: PMC10892822 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403