Doctor's Bio
Dr. Ila Sethi, MD, is a nuclear medicine physician who specializes in using advanced imaging to diagnose and evaluate a wide range of medical conditions. At Grady, she uses nuclear medicine imaging to help care teams better understand disease and determine the right treatment for each patient.
Dr. Sethi completed her residency and fellowship training at Emory University School of Medicine and joined the faculty in 2017. Her clinical and research interests include head and neck imaging, as well as advanced imaging of the prostate.
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Sethi is involved in research focused on improving imaging techniques and their use in diagnosing disease.
Board Certifications
American Board of Nuclear Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Jawahar Lal Nehru AMU
- Internship: Weiss Memorial Hospital
- Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Incidence of SBO after bariatric surgery.
Yang J, Khomutova A, Sethi I, Van Roy I, Lee E, Shmelev A, Spaniolas K
American journal of surgery. 2026;
PMID: 41865448 - Comparative Efficacy and Complications Between One-stage Transcystic Common Bile Duct Exploration and Two-stage ERCP Plus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Treatment of Choledocholithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Malaussena Z, Smith B, Sethi I, DeBlieux P, Mhaskar R, Sujka J, DuCoin C, Docimo S
Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques. 2025;
PMID: 40159868 - Evaluating Safety and Durability of Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Torres A, Khomutova A, Sethi I, Zhang X, Yang J, Lee E, Spaniolas K
The Journal of surgical research. 2024;
PMID: 39396460 - Gender-Based Differences in Medical Student Self-Ratings of Clinical Performance.
Sethi I, Mastrogiacomo C, Baldelli P, Wackett A, Abdel-Misih S
The Journal of surgical research. 2024;
PMID: 39116828 - Radiologic findings of occult nodal metastasis during clinically-N0 salvage total laryngectomy.
Chan TG, Wicks J, Sethi I, Becker J, Brandon D, Schmitt NC, Kaka A, Boyce B, Baddour HM, El-Deiry MW, Patel MR, Gross JH
Head & neck. 2025;47(1):201-214.
PMID: 39092682 - Efficacy of Bowel Regimen in Decreasing Postoperative Constipation in Bariatric Surgery Patients.
Sethi I, Lam K, Sanicola C, Lee E, Tuppo C, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD
Obesity surgery. 2024;34(3):830-835.
PMID: 38285300 - Incidental Bleeding Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Identified on 99m Tc-RBC Scintigraphy.
Wu C, Menshikova E, Sethi I
Clinical nuclear medicine. 2024;49(3):228-231.
PMID: 38170924 - Effect of gender discordance on surgical outcomes in predominantly female patient surgeries in NYS.
Smolkin C, Zhang X, Sethi I, Torres A, Yang J, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD
Surgical endoscopy. 2024;38(3):1556-1567.
PMID: 38151678 - Index CT-Based Scoring Systems in Operative Blunt Bowel and Mesenteric Injury Identification.
Sethi I, Aicher AE, Zawin M, Samuel M, Mukhi A, Vosswinkel J, Jawa RS
The Journal of surgical research. 2024;
PMID: 37924561 - The impact of interval cholecystectomy timing after percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy on post-operative adverse outcomes.
Noubani M, Sethi I, McCarthy E, Stanley SL, Zhang X, Yang J, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD
Surgical endoscopy. 2023;37(12):9132-9138.
PMID: 37814166
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