Dr. Angela Atinga
Assistant Professor of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto
Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging (Sinai Health, UHN, Women's College Hospital)
Teaching Philosophy
Dr. Atinga teaches with the structure and feedback culture she absorbed during competence-based training in the UK NHS, paired with a deep commitment to learner wellness. She believes a psychologically safe environment — clear orientation, respected meal times, shared stories — is what unlocks engagement, and she leans on assessments and direct feedback to help trainees pinpoint exactly where to grow. Her clarity and empathy earned her the University of Toronto's Outstanding Teacher Award (Residency, Medical Imaging).
About
Dr. Angela Atinga is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto and a staff musculoskeletal (MSK) radiologist with the Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging — covering Sinai Health System, University Health Network, and Women's College Hospital. She trained at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College NHS Trust in London (FRCR, UK) before completing two MSK fellowships and a clinical research fellowship at the University of Toronto. From 2023 to 2025 she served as MSK Division Lead at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Her practice and scholarship focus on sports imaging, MSK ultrasound, and post-operative imaging, and she sits on the organizing committees for the RSNA MSK US Course and the SSR US Course. Her research includes AI-based screening for decreased bone density and imaging of patellofemoral and multi-ligamentous knee injury.
Subspecialty Focus
Courses built with Dr. Angela Atinga
Knee MRI
Read knee MRI with precision using 32 expert-curated cases covering menisci, ligaments, and bone.
View CourseShoulder MRI
Master shoulder MRI with 42 cases covering rotator cuff, labrum, and instability patterns.
View CourseHighlights & Awards
- Outstanding Teacher Award – Residency, Medical Imaging, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2022–2023)
- Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers, University of Toronto (2025) — CAD $100,000
- Society of Skeletal Radiology Seed Grant Research Award, Principal Investigator (2020–2021)
- Guest Co-Editor, Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology — Pre- and Post-operative Imaging issue (2025)
- Subspecialty Section Editor (MSK Radiology), Toronto Notes, University of Toronto (2022–present)
- Organizing Committee Member, MSK Ultrasound Course, RSNA Annual Meeting (2026)
- Organizing Committee Member, Ultrasound Course, Society of Skeletal Radiology (2025–present)
- Faculty, Hands-on Ultrasound Course, RSNA Annual Meeting (2023–present) and SSR Annual Meeting (2022–present)
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) and Royal College of Radiologists, UK (FRCR)
Select Publications
- Probyn L, Flores D, Pathria M, Beaulieu C, Cresswell M, Atinga A. Common Mistakes in Imaging: Ligament Injuries of the Knee in Athletes. Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2025;29(6):747–756.
- Jayarajah AN, Atinga A, Probyn L, et al. AI Screening Tool Based on X-Rays Improves Early Detection of Decreased Bone Density in a Clinical Setting. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, 2025.
- Atinga A, Wasserstein D, Singh MS, Tomescu S, Probyn L. Patellofemoral Instability: Preoperative Considerations and Postoperative Imaging. Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2025;29(1):60–75.
- White LM, Atinga A, Naraghi AM, et al. T2-weighted MRI radiomics in high-grade intramedullary osteosarcoma: predictive accuracy in assessing histologic response to chemotherapy, overall and disease-free survival. Skeletal Radiology, 2022.
- Atinga A, Pearce DH, Whelan DB, Naraghi A, White LM. The accuracy of routine knee MR imaging in detection of acute neuromuscular injury following multi-ligamentous knee injury. Skeletal Radiology, 2022;51(5):981–990.
- Atinga A, Dwyer T, Theodoropoulos J, Dekirmendjian K, Naraghi A, White LM. Preoperative MR Imaging Accurately Detects the Arthroscopic Comma Sign in Subscapularis Tears. Arthroscopy, 2021;37(10):3062–3069.
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