Director of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (2004 - Present)
Radiological Society of North America(2004 - Present)

Specialties & Programs

PET
MR
CT
Nuclear Medicine
Clinical
Translational
Digital Imaging

Clinical Interest

• Oncologic PET/CT and PET/MRI - diagnosis and treatment response evaluation
• Neurological PET/MRI - neurodegenerative disease, pseudoprogression of brain tumors
• Radioiodine ablation for benign and malignant thyroid diseases
• Lu-177 Lutathera therapy for neuroendocrine tumors

Research Interest

• Oncological and neurological PET/CT and PET/MRI
• Clinical evaluation of digital PET imaging (direct photon counting technology)
• Enhanced visualization of fused PET/CT and SPECT/CT images using a multipurpose CT window.
• Effect of Gd contrast (dimeglumine gadobenate) on brain MRI signal intensity and FDG metabolism.
• Artificial intelligence for real-time monitoring of nuclear medicine data acquisition and analysis.