Nancy M. Major, MD

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• Bone and Soft Tissue Cancer
• Radiology

Director, Medical School Radiology Course

Department / Division:
Radiology / Musculoskeletal Radiology

Address:
DUMC 3808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 684-2711

Office Telephone:
(919) 684-7469

Fax Telephone:
(919) 684-7129

• M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, 1988

• Radiology, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, California, 1990-1991
• Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, 1991-1995

• Musculoskeletal Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1996-1997

Clinical Interests:
Musculoskeletal radiology, emphasis in sports medicine and musculoskeletal tumors

Research Interests:
Musculoskeletal imaging including sports related injuries and biomechanics associated wih injuries with emphasis on imaging.

Particular joints of interest include knee, shoulder, elbow and hip.

MR imaging of labrum of the hip using high field strength imaging (1.5T and 3.0T).

Cartilage imaging with high field strength MRI 1.5T and 3.0T.

Representative Publications:
Major NM, Helms CA. Absence or Interruption of the Supra-acetabular Line: A Subtle Plain Film Indicator of Hip Pathology. Skeletal Radiology 1996; 25: 525-529. (1996)

Dorsay TA, Major NM, Helms CA. Cost-effectiveness of immediate MR imaging versus traditional follow-up for revealing radiographically occult scaphoid fractures. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001 Dec;177(6):1257-63. (2001) Abstract

Major NM. MR imaging after therapeutic injection of the subacromial bursa. Skeletal Radiol. 1999 Nov;28(11):628-31. (1999) Abstract

Major NM, Beard LN Jr, Helms CA. Accuracy of MR imaging of the knee in adolescents. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Jan;180(1):17-9. (2003) Abstract

Major NM. Imaging of the subcoracoid bursa. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001 Mar;176(3):812-3. (2001) Abstract

Helms CA, Major NM. Rapid Triple compartment wrist arthrography using diluted contrast medium. Jour of Canadian Assoc Radiol 1993; 44; 227-229. (1993)

Major NM, Helms CA, Genant HK. Calcification demonstrated as high signal on T1-weighted MR images in the discs of the lumbar spine. Radiology 1993; 189: 494-496. (1993)

Major NM, Helms CA. Idiopathic transient osteoporosis of the hip. Radiologic Vignettes. Arthritis and Rheumatism 1997;40:1178-1179 (1997)

Major NM, Helms CA. Pelvic stress injuries. the relationship between osteitis pubis (symphysis pubis stress injury) and sacroiliac abnormalities in athletes. Skeletal Radiology 1997;26:711-717 (1997)

Weaver CJ, Major NM, Garrett WE, Urbaniak JE. Femoral head osteochondral lesions in painful hips of athletes: MR imaging findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2002 Apr;178(4):973-7. (2002) Abstract

Major NM, Helms CA. Sacral stress fractures in long-distance runners. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000 Mar;174(3):727-9. (2000) Abstract