Marcus I Hook, MD
Diagnostic Radiology
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Bio & Overview
As a pediatric radiologist, Marcus Hook, MD, interprets imaging examinations and performs non-invasive procedures on children. His primary clinical and research interests involve quality assurance, patient safety, process improvement, and how technologies like AI (artificial intelligence), and computer learning are helping to improve all aspects of patient care. He is also interested in growing the availability and sustainable use of medical imaging technologies in resource-poor environments around the world.
Dr. Hook was born and raised in western Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine before completing his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He completed special training in pediatric radiology during a fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He joined UVA Health Children's in 2020.
An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Hook is interested in mountain culture and environmental stewardship. Aside from medicine and radiology, his main interests are rock and ice climbing, alpinism, backpacking, sustainability and renewable energy, wilderness survival and rescue, fly fishing, hunting, and paddle sports. He and his wife learned how to sail and downhill ski and they love traveling internationally and discovering new cultures and ideas. They have both spent time working in New Zealand, have completed several outreach trips to Latin America, and together completed a self-organized outreach trip to Cuba.
Academic Information
- Department
- Radiology and Medical Imaging
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Pediatric Imaging
- 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 Kansas School of Medicine
- Residency
- University of Vermont Medical Center
- Certification
- American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology), American Board of Radiology (Pediatric Radiology)
- Additional Specialties
- Pediatric Radiology
Highlights
Meet Pediatric Radiologist Marcus Hook, MD
Hello, I'm Marcus Hook, and I'm a doctor of pediatric radiology here at the Universityof Virginia. I spend most of my time interpreting diagnostic imaging studies performed onchildren and young adults, as well as performing some minimally invasive image-guided procedures. So I have a family member that was born with congenital heart disease. Being with them through their journey every step of the way, you know, in medicine and having them cared for has been impactful on me, and what's really driven my interest in medicine. I really derive all of my satisfaction in patient care from the experience of kind of being the one driving the care. Physicians come to us with very important questions, complex patients. Nobody really quite understands what's happening until we get a major imaging study done that in a lot cases can only be offered here at the University of Virginia. And all of a sudden, all the pieces fall into place, and we have the answer. We can finally get our complex and sickest and most complicated patients the care that they need.