Physicians

Departments / Divisions

• Radiology / Nuclear Medicine
• Medicine / Medicine - Cardiology

Address
DUMC 3949
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-7647

Office Telephone
919-684-7619

Fax Telephone
919-684-7167

Training

• MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1974

Residency

• Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular, Riverside Methodist Hospital (Ohio), 1974-1977, 1977-1979

Fellowship

• Nuclear Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1989

Clinical Interests
Cardiovascular nuclear imaging, myocardial perfusion and functional imaging (first-pass RNA and MuGA) with conventional radionuclides, myocardial perfusion and metabolic imaging with PET, exercise and pharmacologic stress testing

Research Interests
Current research efforts within the Division of Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Radiology include the following:

1. Assessment of myocardial viability prior to myocardial revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease and a low left ventricular ejection fraction by means of a resting N-13 Ammonia myocardial perfusion scan followed by a resting and, subsequently, an exercise F-18 FDG myocardial metabolism scan.

2. Quantitative assessment of absolute coronary artery blood flow at rest and following the infusion of intravenous dipyridamole in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.

3. Evaluation of left ventricular function, assessed by MUGA studies, before and after therapy with antidepressants in patients with coronary artery disease and recent myocardial infarction.

4. Evaluation of attenuation correction programs in myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.