Senior Partner · The Bracken Group

William Reinus, MD, MBA, FACR

Musculoskeletal Radiology · Imaging Endpoints · Clinical Trial Imaging
Musculoskeletal radiologist and former vice chair at Temple University who spent two decades at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and five years as a CRO medical director guiding imaging in pharma trials.
100Peer-Reviewed Publications
35+Years in Academic Radiology
23Book Chapters
2Springer Textbooks

Executive Summary

William (Wil) Reinus, MD, MBA, FACR, is a Senior Partner at The Bracken Group and a musculoskeletal radiologist with more than 35 years in academic radiology. He has worked on clinical trials from both the clinical and CRO sides with a focus on imaging endpoints, including five years as a Medical Director at ICON Clinical Research guiding imaging in pharmaceutical trials.

Wil spent much of his academic career at Washington University’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, where he helped pioneer early musculoskeletal ultrasound, developed protocols for musculoskeletal MRI, and directed the musculoskeletal radiology section. He went on to serve as Vice Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Professor and Chief of Musculoskeletal and Trauma Radiology at Temple University, and as Director of Radiology at Roxborough Memorial Hospital.

His research spans clinical disease and computing. He holds a patent for neural network methods for analyzing complex data and was an early investigator of neural networks for automated diagnosis of mammographic and bone lesions. He has authored 100 publications and 23 book chapters, edited two Springer textbooks, and is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology. He also holds an MBA from Washington University.

Books & Patent

Springer · 2014
A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnostic Imaging
Reinus WR, Ed. · New York
Springer · 2009
Diagnostic Imaging of Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Systematic Approach
Bonakdarpour A, Reinus WR, Khurana J, Eds.
U.S. Patent · 2001
Neural Network-Based Methods and Systems for Analyzing Complex Data
No. 6,285,992 · Reinus WR, Kwasny S, Kalman B.

Areas of Expertise

Musculoskeletal Imaging

MRI, ultrasound, CT, and radiography of bone, joint, and soft tissue disease, including early work in musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Imaging Endpoints

Imaging in clinical trials from both the clinical site and CRO sides, including five years as a CRO medical director.

Bone Tumors & Metabolic Bone Disease

Ewing’s sarcoma cooperative group studies, quantitative analysis of bone lesions, and rare metabolic bone disorders.

Neural Networks in Imaging

Patented neural network methods and early research in automated diagnosis of mammographic and bone lesions.

Emergency & Trauma Imaging

Patient selection criteria for emergency cranial CT, trauma radiology, and imaging utilization in the emergency department.

Radiology Operations & Economics

Departmental planning and leadership, scheduling models, outsourcing, and the economics of radiology practice.

Career History

2021 – Present
Senior Partner
The Bracken Group
Medical consulting to industry and research.
2015 – 2020
Medical Director
ICON Clinical Research
Guided imaging in clinical trials for pharmaceutical sponsors.
2007 – 2009
Director of Radiology
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
2004 – 2014
Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology; Professor and Chief, Musculoskeletal and Trauma Radiology
Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine
1999 – 2005
Director, Vice President & Treasurer
KRK, Inc.
1990 – 2004
Tenured Associate Professor; Director of Musculoskeletal Radiology (1994 – 2001)
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University
Pioneered early musculoskeletal ultrasound, developed musculoskeletal MRI protocols, and led neural network research.
1987 – 1990
Radiologist
Ernst Radiological Clinic, Inc.
1984 – 1987
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University

Selected Publications

  • 2015
    Clinician and Radiologist: A Time for Realignment
    Journal of the American College of Radiology · Reinus WR.
  • 2010
    Nerve Entrapment Syndromes of the Elbow, Forearm, and Wrist
    American Journal of Roentgenology · Miller T, Reinus WR.
  • 1997
    Prescreening Entire Mammograms for Masses Using Artificial Neural Networks: Preliminary Results
    Academic Radiology · Kalman BL, Reinus WR, Kwasny SC, Laine A, Kotner L.
  • 1997
    Machines That Learn: Can They Learn to Interpret Radiographs?
    American Journal of Roentgenology · Reinus WR.
  • 1995
    MR Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Tears of the Shoulder: Value of Using T2-Weighted Fat-Saturated Images
    American Journal of Roentgenology · Reinus WR, Shady KL, Mirowitz SA, Totty WG.
  • 1994
    Diagnosis of Focal Bone Lesions Using Neural Networks
    Investigative Radiology · Reinus WR, Wilson A, Kwasny S, Kalman B.
  • 1986
    Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Rotator Cuff and Biceps Tendon
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · Middleton WD, Reinus WR, Totty WG, Melson GL, Murphy WA.
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