Additional Professor, Radiodiagnosis (2022-Present)
Associate Professor, Radiodiagnosis (2019-2022)

Dr. Dwivedi is also serving as an Additional Proctor at KGMU, Lucknow.

Dr. Dwivedi performed post-doctoral fellowships at:

• Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA, and 

• Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (one of the top USA universities, University world ranking is #10) 

Where he worked with top-notch MRI researchers and Radiologists (eg. Prof. Robert E. Lenkinski, Prof. Greg Karczmar, Prof. Ivan Pedrosa (Director Body MRI and Vice-Chair, UTSW, Dallas), and Prof. A. Oto (Chair, Radiology, UChicago). 

Dr. Dwivedi received several academic awards, to mention a few:

• E. K. Zavoisky Award, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in 2023 (Toronto, Canada) & 2017 (Hawaii, USA),

• Magna Cum Laude Award, Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI), Washington, D.C. in 2018, 

• Best Clinical Science Presentation, Radiology Research Day, UTSW, Dallas, TX, USA in 2018; 

• Magna Cum Laude award (> 4 times, for the best scientific work), ISMRM, USA;

• Several travel awards eg. Travel awards by DST, India; International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB), SNMTS Travel Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, and several other awards. 

Dr. Dwivedi received several grants as a PI, to mention a few:

• Advanced DTI & AI methods in TBI (approx ₹30 million) by ICMR Delhi

• Hybrid MRI in prostate cancer (approx ₹3 million) by ANRF, Govt of India

• RCC and Radiomics (approx ₹1.1 million) by CST UP

• Dr. Dwivedi has been selected as a core committee member for the ISMRM Annual Meeting Program Committee (AMPC) for a three-year term (https://blog.ismrm.org/2024/01/23/2024-is-here/). 

• Dr. Dwivedi has been elected as the Joint Secretary of the ISMRM Indian Chapter! (https://www.ismrm.org/chapters/indian-chapter/)

• Dr. Dwivedi is co-organizing the Plenary Session at ISMRM 2025 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (Organizers: Teresa M. Correia, Durgesh Dwivedi & Mark Griswold). This is one of the largest global gatherings of radiologists and MRI scientists. The Plenary Session typically attracts over 6,000 delegates from the international radiology and MRI research community (https://www.ismrm.org/25/25program.htm). 

As an academician, Dr. Dwivedi actively contributes to the scientific community. 

Editorial Board – International Journals: 

• He currently serves as a Guest Editor for MAGMA (Submissions open for the special issue on qMRI: https://link.springer.com/collections/jjgiahafah). 

• He is also serving as an Editor for BMC Urology (https://bmcurol.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board).

Reviewer: 

Additionally, he serves as a reviewer for renowned journals like: 

• npj Precision Oncology (Nature Portfolio)

• Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM)

• Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), 

• Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI), 

• Neuroscience (Elsevier)

• Medical Physics (AAPM), 

• European Radiology, 

• NMR in Biomedicine; MAGMA; Frontiers in Oncology; British Journal of Radiology, Academic Radiology, Clinical Radiology, etc. 

Dr. Dwivedi's dedication extends beyond research and publication. He has organized a national conference on the 'recent advancements in MRI & CT methods' in Feb 2024. 

• In addition to co-organizing an international seminar at IIT Kanpur, organizing a national conference at KGMU, and various CMEs, he has mentored many postgraduate/PhD students and delivered over 40 invited talks and oral presentations at national and international conferences.

• He holds memberships in several international societies, such as the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and is a life member of numerous national societies, including the ISMRM Indian Chapter, ISPR, NMRS, IBS, SNMI, among others.

• Furthermore, he serves on multiple technical expert committees for KGMU, Lucknow, and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, India.

• Dr. Dwivedi has been the recipient of various extramural grants, serving as an independent Principal Investigator (PI) for DST-SERB, CST, ICMR, etc., and as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on several grants.

Dr. Dwivedi's contribution to science: 

• Involved in leading research in developing Hybrid multidimensional MRI in prostate cancer (UChicago, Chicago, IL, USA).

• Setting up research on developing Hybrid multidimensional MRI in prostate cancer for the first time in India (in collaboration with UChicago and AIIMS, New Delhi).

• Ours is the first group to initiate radiogenomics using 3D-printed patient-specific tumor mold in kidney tumors in the USA (UTSW, Dallas, TX, USA).

• Conducted leading research in India (AIIMS, New Delhi) on the role of pre-biopsy multiparametric MRI in prostate cancer. 

Dr. Dwivedi's research prowess is evident through his prolific publication record, with numerous articles appearing in esteemed peer-reviewed journals such as Radiology (Impact Factor 29.6, the world's top Radiology journal), Clinical Cancer Research (Impact Factor 13.8), Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, JCI Insight, NMR Biomedicine, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Urology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Academic Radiology, and many others. He has also presented over 35 conference proceedings.