Thomas W Battey, MD

Thomas Battey, MD, is a diagnostic radiologist with expertise in cardiac CT and MRI, vascular imaging, and thoracic radiography and CT. He is also interested in medical education.

He lived in the United Kingdom and the US for the first few years of his life before his family settled outside of Baltimore.

From an early age, his parents, and later his AP biology teacher and undergraduate mentor, instilled the importance of asking deep questions, thinking critically, and enjoying puzzles even when there is no clear answer.

“I decided to explore a career in medicine to unite all of these interests while having a positive impact on the world around me,” he says.

His initial exposure to radiology came as an undergraduate, when he worked on a project evaluating brain volumes in sea lions exposed to environmental neurotoxins and helped publish the first MRI-based atlas of the sea lion brain. His final decision to become a physician came after working with the stroke research team at Massachusetts General Hospital before medical school.

Battey earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland and completed his internal medicine internship at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. He then moved to Charlottesville to complete diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship in noninvasive cardiovascular and thoracic imaging at UVA Health, where he was chief resident for two years.

Gender

Male

Languages

English

Age Groups Seen

Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)

Primary Education

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Residency

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Additional Specialties

Thoracic Imaging