Anoop P Ayyappan, M.D.

Associate Professor

Email

anoop.ayyappan@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Office): Houston
United States

Education

MBBS from University of Calicut: 06/1995 - Trichur, Kerala, India

Residency at University of Calicut: 02/2003 - Trichur, Kerala, India

Clinical Fellowship at University of Ottawa: 06/2007 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Thoracic Imaging

Clinical Fellowship at University of Toronto: 06/2008 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Women's Imaging

Clinical Fellowship at University of Toronto: 06/2009 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cardiac Imaging

Certifications

Board Certified: American Board of Radiology, 2015

Board Certified: Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT, 2022

Medical License: #Q6144; Texas Medical Board

Honors & Awards

Senior Faculty Teacher of the Year 2023: Baylor College of Medicine

Greatest potential impact for patient care - Datathon 2024: Visual Ordinal Scoring of Coronary Artery Calcium on Non-contrast Chest CT prior to Lung Transplantation: Implications for Prognostication and Patient Care; Baylor College of Medicine

Senior Faculty Teacher of the Year 2024: Baylor College of Medicine

Senior Faculty Teacher of the Year 2025: Baylor College of Medicine

Selected Publications

Juan B Figueroa-Casas, Noemi Brunner, Alok K Dwivedi, Anoop P Ayyappan. " Accuracy of the chest radiograph to identify bilateral pulmonary infiltrates consistent with the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome using computed tomography as reference standard " J Crit Care. 2013 Aug 1; 28 (4) : 352-357.
Pubmed PMID: 23566733.
Kartik S Jhaveri, Paraskevi A Vlachou, Maha Guindi, Sandra Fischer, Korosh Khalili, Sean P Cleary, Anoop P Ayyappan. " Association of hepatic hemangiomatosis with giant cavernous hemangioma in the adult population: prevalence, imaging appearance, and relevance " AJR. 2011 Apr 1; 196 (4) : 809-815.
Pubmed PMID: 21427329.
A P Ayyappan, S Kulkarni, and P Crystal. " Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: spectrum of imaging appearances " Br J Radiol .. 2010 Jun 1; 83 (990) : 529-534.
Pubmed PMID: 20335428.
Christopher M Thompson, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Durgesh K Dwivedi, Anoop P Ayyappan, Navkiran K Shokar, Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy , Alok K Dwivedi. " The Association of Background Parenchymal Enhancement at Breast MRI with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis " Radiology. 2019 Sep 25; 292 (3) : 552-561.
Pubmed PMID: 31237494.
Anoop P Ayyappan, Carolina Althoff Souza, Jean Seely, Rebecca Peterson, Carole Dennie, Frederick Matzinger. " Ultrathin fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the lung with transfissural approach: does it increase the risk of pneumothorax? " AJR. 2008 Dec 1; 191 (6) : 1725-1729.
Pubmed PMID: 19020242.
Mankidy BJ, Mohammad G, Trinh K, Ayyappan AP, Huang Q, Bujarski S, Jafferji MS, Ghanta R, Hanania AN, Lazarus DR.. " High risk lung nodule: a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management " Respir Med. 2023 Aug 1; 214 : 107277.
Pubmed PMID: 37187432.
Kasaeian A, Ahmadzade M, Hoffman T, Ghasemi-Rad M, Ayyappan AP.. " Fractional Flow Reserve from Coronary CT: Evidence, Applications, and Future Directions.. " Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease.. 2025 ; 12 (8) : 279.

Skills

Cardiothoracic Imaging

Languages

Malayalam