H. Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FACNM, FACNP

 

     

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      Associate Professor of Radiology
      and Biomedical Engineering
Director of Radiology Research
Keck School of Medicine

      University of Southern California      
     2250 Alcazar Street, CSC Suite #102
      Los Angeles, California 90033 USA
      Tel: (323) 442-1107, Fax : (323) 442-3253
      E-mail: jadvar@usc.edu

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Visiting Associate in Bioengineering
Bioengineering Program

Division of Engineering and Applied Science

California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 105-50
Pasadena, California 91125 USA
Email : jadvar@caltech.edu

President, Los Angeles Radiological
Society (LARS) Nuclear Medicine Section


EDUCATION


B.S.

Chemical Engineering

Iowa State University, Ames, IA

1982 

M.S.

Biomedical Engineering

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1984

M.S.E.

Computer, Information & Control Engineering

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1986

Ph.D.

Bioengineering

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1988

M.D.

Medicine

University of Chicago (Pritzker), Chicago, IL

1993

Internship

Internal Medicine

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA

1993-1994

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1994-1998

Fellowship

PET, Oncologic & Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1998-1999

M.P.H.

Public Health

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2005

M.B.A.

Business Administration (Executive)

University of Southern California (Marshall), Los Angeles, CA

2007


EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS


Certificate

Clinical Effectiveness

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2003

Certificate

History and Philosophy of Science

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

2007

Certificate

History and Architecture of Oxford

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

2008


PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSE


Medical License, California (1994-present)
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) (1994)
Diplomat, American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM) (1998-present)
Diplomat, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) (1999-present)


HONORS & AWARDS


Dean's Honor List, Iowa State University (March 1979, June 1981, Feb 1982)

Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society (April 1985)

Eta Kappa Nu, National Electrical Engineering Honor Society (April 1986)

Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society (April 1986)

Honorable Mention, Young Investigator Paper Competition, Engineering Foundation Computerized Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram XII, Palm Coast, Florida (April 1987)

Medical Student Summer Research Award, University of Chicago (January 1991)

Honors, Medicine and Psychiatry Junior Clerkships, University of Chicago (1992)

Biographee, Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in the World (1992-present);  Outstanding Young Men of America (1996-present), RR Bowker's American Men and Women of Science (1998), Strathmore's Who's Who (2000-2002), International Biographical Center (Cambridge, England) 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century and the 21st Century Award for Achievement (2001) and International Scientist of the Year (2002)

Medical Alumni Prize, Best Oral Presentation at the 47th Annual Senior Scientific Session of research done in medical school, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago (June 1993)(See Publication List)

NIH Resident Research Award, Clinical Trainees Program for Distinguished Accomplishments in the Biomedical Sciences, Office of Education, National Institutes of Health Research Festival, Bethesda, Maryland. (New Engl J Med, Vol. 331, No. 23, December 8, 1994)(See Publication List)

Chief Resident in Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998)

RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award, Radiological Society of North America Research & Education Fund (1997 Progress Report, Page 10, in Radiology, Vol. 205, No. 3, December 1997)

ACNP Resident Research Competition Award, American College of Nuclear Physicians 24th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Las Vegas, NV (1998)(See Publication List)

SNM-1998 Featured Research, Official Conference Press Release (Nuclear Medicine and Women's Health) of the Society of Nuclear Medicine 45th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1993)(See Publication List)

1999 Year Book of Nuclear Medicine Research Article Citation (Gottschalk A, Balufox MD, Coleman RE, Strauss HW, Zubal IG (eds.), Mosby Inc., St. Louis, MO, Chapter 5, pp. 207-208, ISBN 0-8151-3822-9)(See Publication List)

Aerospace Medicine Young Investigator Award Nominee, Aerospace Medical Association (Aviat Space Environ Med, Vol.71, No. 8, Page 875, August 2000)(See Publication List)

SNM Marc Tetalman Young Investigator Award, Education and Research Foundation, Society of Nuclear Medicine (for work accomplished by a young investigator based on research accomplishments, teaching ,clinical service, administration, service to the Society and a commitment to academic nuclear medicine)(J Nucl Med, Vol. 41, No. 9, Page 18N; September 2000, and USC HSC Weekly, Vol. 6, No. 20; June 23, 2000) [JNM Newsline Online: page 6] [USC HSC Weekly Online]

RSNA-2000 Featured Research, "In Review: News From the 2000 Meeting of the RSNA", by C. Kaiser. (Diagnostic Imaging (Suppl.): 46-47, January 2001)(See Publication List)

RSNA-2001 Featured Research, "PET scans help doctors better evaluate women with cervical cancer", by A. Di Rado. (USC HSC Weekly ,Vol. 21, No. 35;  December 14, 2001, and USC Chronicle, Vol. 21, Issue 17; February 4, 2002)(See Publication List) [USC HSC Weekly Online] [USC Chronicle Online]

RSNA-2002 Featured Research, "PET/CT proves its value in ovarian and prostate cancers", by H. Abella. (Diagnostic Imaging WebCast )(See Publication List)

RSNA-2002 Electronic Education Exhibit Certificate of Merit, "Coincidence imaging with modified gamma cameras: physical principles and clinical utility" (Radiology 225(P): 678; 2002)(See Publication List)

Fellow, American College of Nuclear Medicine (2003)

Fellow, American College of Nuclear Physicians (2005)

Bestseller Book, "Clinical PET and PET-CT (with JA Parker), Springer-Verlag, Inc., London, UK ", European Association of Nuclear Medicine Annual Congress, Istanbul, Turkey (2005)

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS)(2006) -- ("for professional maturity and significant professional achievement"; as of January 2006, about 7.6% of IEEE members hold the SM grade)

USC CER Faculty Fellow, Center for Excellence in Research, University of Southern California (2007-2010)

NIH-NCI Medical Imaging (MEDI) Review Panel Charter Member (2007-2011)

America's Top Radiologists, Consumers' Research Council of America, Washington, DC (2007)

 

Research Article Highlighted on Journal Cover (International Journal of Clinical Oncology -  Official Journal of the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology - see Publication – Journal Articles No. 39)(2008)


APPOINTMENTS 


Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Human Oncology, Madison, WI
(Aug 1983-May 1984)

Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics, Madison, WI
(June-Aug 1984)

Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Ann Arbor, MI (1985)

Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Medical Computing Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science , Ann Arbor, MI
(Aug 1984-Aug 1988), Director: JM Jenkins, Ph.D.)

Research Engineer, Arzco Medical Electronics, Inc. ,Chicago, IL
(Sept 1986-Aug 1988)

Research Associate, Illinois Institute of Technology, Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering, Chicago, IL
(Sept 1986-Aug 1988), Director: RC Arzbaecher, Ph.D.

Senior Research Engineer, Arzco Medical Electronics, Inc. ,Chicago, IL
(Sept 1988-Sept 1989)

Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
(Oct 1990-March 1991)

Senior Research Associate, Illinois Institute of Technology, Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering, Chicago, IL
(1989-1992), Director: RC Arzbaecher, Ph.D.

Medical Resident I, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
(June 1993-June 1994)
Director: R Watchner, M.D., Chairman: F Rector, M.D.
Moffett-Long Hospital-4 months
San Francisco General Hospital-5 months
San Francisco Fort Miley VA Hospital-3 months

Radiology Resident, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
(July 1994-June 1996)
Residency Director: RE Mindelzun, M.D., Chairman: GM Glazer, M.D.
Stanford University Hospital-12 months
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford-2 months
VA Palo Alto Health Care System-10 months

Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Continuing Education, Berkeley, CA
(1996-1998)

Nuclear Medicine Resident, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
(July 1996-June 1998)
Residency Director: IR McDougall, M.D., Ph.D., Chief: HW Strauss, M.D.
Stanford University Hospital-16 months
VA Palo Alto Health Care System-8 months

Nuclear Medicine Chief Resident, Stanford University ,School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
(July 1997-June 1998)

Clinical Fellow in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine, Boston, MA
(July 1998-June 1999)
Program Director: SJ Adelstein, M.D., Ph.D., Fellowship Training Director: ST Treves, M.D.
Official Appointment: Department of Radiology, Brigham &Women's Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital, PET Imaging Center-7 months (Director :AJ Fischman, M.D., Ph.D.)
Children's Hospital-2 months service and 12 months Emergency Call Coverage
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-3 months service and 12 months Emergency Call Coverage
Brigham & Women's Hospital and West Roxbury VA Hospital-12 months Emergency Call Coverage

Assistant Professor of Radiology (Tenure-Track)
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
(July 1999-present)
Director of Nuclear Medicine: RW Henderson, M.D., Chairman of Radiology : EG Grant, M.D.
LAC+USC Medical Center, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC University Hospital, USC PET Imaging Science Center, Foothill Cardiology/California Heart Medical Group Inc., USC Radiology Associates & Diagnostic Imaging Network (Glendale, CA and Riverside, CA)

Visiting Associate in Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
(Feb 2001-present)
Host Faculty: M Gharib, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Joint Appointment with Radiology)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(July 2001-present)
Chairman: DZ D'Argenio, Ph.D.

Faculty Member, Programs in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (PIBBS)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(July 2001-present)

Interim Director, Nuclear Medicine Residency Program
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(Nov 2003-Jan 2004)

Associate Professor of Radiology (with Tenure)
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
(July 2005-present)
Chairman: E Grant, M.D.

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Joint Appointment with Radiology)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(July 2005-present)
Chairman: M Khoo, Ph.D.

Director of Research, Department of Radiology
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
(Jan 2006-present)

Center for Research Excellence (CER) Faculty Fellow
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(2007-2010)


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 


Research Experience (Major Projects) :

University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI (1982-1984)
-Instrumentation for characterization of the thermal properties of ultrasonic tissue-mimicking materials (Mentor : JA Zagzebski)
-Master's Thesis Research (Advisor: WH Dennis, Ph.D.)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1984-1988)
-Doctoral Dissertation Research
(Committee Members: JM Jenkins, Ph.D., Chairman, DJ Anderson, Ph.D., RC Arzbaecher, Ph.D., M Schwaiger, M.D., WJ Williams, Ph.D.)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and Arzco Medical Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (Sept 1986-Sept 1989)
-Testing of a real-time ocular counterroll instrument ( Mentor: DJ Anderson)
-Design and development of electrodes and instrumentation for esophageal electrocardiography and cardiac pacing (Mentors : JM Jenkins, RC Arzbaecher)

Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (April 1989-Aug 1992)
-Development of computer algorithms for automatic tachyarrhythmia detection (Mentor: RC Arzbaecher)

Stanford University, Stanford, CA (1996-1998)
-PET applications in clinical cardiology and oncology
-Brain perfusion SPECT imaging of attention deficit disorder
-Sentinel lymph node lymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer

Harvard Medical School, Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine, Boston, MA (1998-2000)
-Activity and size estimation of the striatum dopamine transporter density with SPECT imaging
-Positron emission tomography (PET) applications in clinical oncology

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (July1999-)
-Clinical applications of PET and PET-CT in oncology
-Discrimination of inflammation from cancer with dynamic FDG-PET kinetic analysis (ACS Grant)
-Implication of coronary collateralization on the assessment of myocardial viability (SNM Pilot Grant)
-Oxidative metabolism in cancer: validation study with C-14 acetate autoradiography and MicroPET (RSNA Seed Grant)
-Pre-clinical study of choline in prostate cancer with autoradiography and MicroPET (The Wright Foundation Grant)
-PET study of retinal prosthesis functionality (DOE)

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2001- present)
-Method for monitoring the electrical activity of the developing zebra fish (Danio rerio) heart

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (2004-2005)
-Decision tree sensitivity and cost-effectiveness analyses of FDG PET in staging of the axilla in T1/T2 N0 breast cancer

Current Research Interests:

General
-PET and PET-CT in cost-effective clinical decision-making, outcome research, and management of patients with cancer
-Differentiation of inflammation-infection and malignancy with dynamic FDG PET kinetic analysis
-Transitional research related to molecular imaging with PET in oncology
-Bioengineering methods in zebra fish electrocardiography (Caltech)

Specific
-Diagnostic and prognostic utility of FDG PET-CT in metastatic prostate cancer (NIH/NCI)
-MicroPET and autoradiographic studies of FDG, radiolabeled acetate and choline in murine implanted xenografts of human prostate cancer ( RSNA Seed Grant, The Wright Foundation)
-Effect of androgen on the glucose metabolism of murine implanted xenografts of human prostate cancer (RSNA Seed Grant, The Wright Foundation)
-PET imaging of retinal prosthesis functionality (supported by DOE in collaboration with Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, at the USC Doheny Eye Institute and the Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Teaching Experience:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Jan-April 1985)
-Digital Design Laboratory (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; 1 semester unit, undergraduate senior level)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Oct 1990-March 1991)
-Patient History Taking (Department of Medicine; first-year medical school level)

University of California, Berkeley, Department of Continuing Education, Berkeley, CA (1996-1998)
-Bioengineering: Introduction to Medical Instrumentation (A new 15-hour course proposed and developed by me and approved by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC-Berkeley as equivalent to 1 semester unit at the undergraduate senior/graduate level)

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1999-present)
-Clinical Nuclear Medicine (Department of Radiology; Education of medical students, residents, fellows, and technologists)
-Organizer, Nuclear Medicine Journal Club (2000-2003)
-Organizer, Nuclear Cardiology/Coronary Angiography Case Correlation (2000-2004)
-Organizer, Molecular Imaging Seminar Series (2001-2005)
-Faculty Mentor
1. A. Epstein, USC MSII (PET in the evaluation of breast cancer--published SNM 2003 abstract)
2. A. Xu, P. Tumeh, J. Pollock, USC MS IV's (Serial FDG PET-CT in the evaluation of lymphoma--Published RSNA 2005 abstract )
3. A. Forouhar, Caltech Bioengineering PhD Candidate (Monitoring the electrical activity of the developing zebra fish heart-- published IEEE-EMBS 2004 article)
4. F. Saremi, M.D., Radiology Resident/Fellow (Pharmacologic interventions in nuclear radiology--published Radiographics 2002 article)
5. S. Gamie, M.D., S. Bonyadlou, M.D., Nuclear Medicine Residents (Coincidence imaging of lung and colon cancer--published WSNM and ACNP 2003 abstracts)
6. H. Kherbache, M.D., Nuclear Medicine Resident (FDG PET and prostate cancer-- published Oncology Reports and Clinical Nephrology 2003 article)
7. F. Wang, M.D., Nuclear Medicine Fellow (Coincidence imaging and myocardial viability--published SNM 2002 abstract)
8. H. Wassef, M.D., Radiology Junior Faculty (FDG PET in the evaluation of pancreatic cancer--published RSNA 2002 abstract)
9. L. Ho, M.D., PET Fellow (FDG PET in breast cancer osseous metastases--published SNM 2006 abstract; Clin Nucl Med  case reports)
10. B. Huang, M.D., PET Fellow (FDG PET in acute and chronic leukemia--published SNM 2006 abstract)
11. S. Sadda, M.D., (Project Assistant -- 25% financial support for work on R01 research project)
12. P. Wadhera, USC Graduate Student  (Project Assistant -- 25% financial support for work on R01 prostate cancer research project)
13. A. Gurbuz, USC Undergraduate Student (Translational imaging research on prostate cancer -- published ASCO Prostate Cancer Symposium 2007 and SNM 2008 abstracts)
14. K Rona, USC Undergraduate Student (Translational imaging research on prostate cancer -- published AMI/SMI 2007 abstract)
15. T. Wells, USC MSII (Student Assistant -- R01 prostate cancer research project)
16. L. Hovanessian-Larson, M.D., Radiology Junior Faculty (MRI in breast cancer -- Komen Foundation grant award)
17. A. Nacca, Ph.D., Radiology Junior Faculty (PET imaging of hypoxia in prostate cancer -- American Cancer Society grant award)

18. L. Carlton, USC MPH Student (R01 prostate cancer research project)

19. H. Modaressifar, PET-CT Fellow (Breast and head & neck cancer—published SNM 2008 and RSNA 2008 abstracts)

20. V. Quan, M.D., PET-CT Fellow (Bladder cancer—published IJCO 2008 article)

21. S. Shams, M.D., Visiting Physician (Breast and head and neck cancer—published SNM 2008 and RSNA 2008 abstracts)

-Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member
1. Javier A. Jo (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular variability in obstructive sleep apnea. (August 2001)
2. Anna Blasi (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Time-varying analysis of autonomic cardiovascular control during arousal from sleep. (Dec 2001)
3. John Xie (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, PET assessment of substituted vision with retinal implant in the visually impaired. (June 2007)
4. Chiun-Wei Huang (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering)

5. Siti Mohtdjani (Ph.D. Candidate, Pharmaceutical Sciences)

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (December 2001)
-Cardiac Pathophysiology: Bioengineering Applications (Bioengineering Program; BE200 undergraduate senior/graduate level)

Industrial Experience:

Arzco Medical Electronics, Inc. , Chicago, IL (Sept 1986-Sept 1989)
-Research and Development (Transesophageal Cardiac Stimulator and Biopotential Amplifier, Stimulus Artifact Suppressor for esophageal cardiac pacing, Affixable Esophageal Sheet for cardiac pacing during transesophageal echocardiography, Variable stiffness and Expandable esophageal catheters); Collaboration with clinicians to procure and evaluate new ideas; Laboratory demonstration of company products at major meetings; Preparation of publication literature pertaining to products; Technical training support for sales and manufacturing; Compliance with device regulatory affairs; Management of various product-related clinical studies

Selected Graduate and Continuing Education Courses:

University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI (1982-1984)
Bioengineering (Medical Instrumentation, Computers in Medicine, Medicine and Clinical Engineering, Biomechanics, Diagnostic Ultrasound Physics)
Computers (Machine Language Programming, Logic Design, Microprocessor Laboratory)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1984-1988)
Bioengineering (Electrical Biophysics, Biomedical Instrumentation and Design, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neurophysiological Systems)
Information Engineering (Signal Processing and Analysis, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Design Laboratory, Biosignal Processing, Advanced Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence)
Mathematics (Probability Theory and Random Processes, Complex Variables)

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
-Basic Radiation Protection (Sept 1996)
-Small Animal Imaging Workshop (Nov 2006)

University of California, Berkeley, Extension, Berkeley, CA
-Wilderness Emergency Medicine (April 1997)
-Current Issues and Careers in Public Health (Oct 1996)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington, DC
-Radiologic-Pathology Correlation (6-week curriculum: April-May 1998)

Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinical Research Program, Boston, MA
-Scientific Writing (Oct 1998)

Harvard University, Extension School, Cambridge, MA
-Genetic Engineering (Sept 1998-Jan 1999)

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
-Clinical Nuclear Medicine (April 1999)
-MGH/BWH Radiology Review (April 1999)

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
-Biomedical Imaging Symposium: Visualizing the Future of Biology and Medicine (June 1999)

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Summer Fellowship Program in Clinical Effectiveness (July 1-August 15, 2003)
A Joint Program of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health, "designed for the clinician seeking the quantitative and analytic skills needed for clinical research and health care administration"
Curriculum Courses: Introduction to Biostatistics, Advanced Statistics for Medical Research, Clinical Epidemiology, Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis in Public Health and Medicine, Decision Analysis in Clinical Research
Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree Program (Summer-Only; Clinical Effectiveness Concentration)
(Part I (See above): July 1-August 15, 2003; Part II: July 1- August 15, 2004; Part III : July 5-29, 2005)
Curriculum Courses: Ethical Basis of the Practice of Public Health, Society and Health, Principles of Environmental Health, Survival Methods in Clinical Research, Principles of Clinical Trials, Linear and Longitudinal Regression, Analytical Clinical Epidemiology, Practicum Project (Topic: Decision Tree Sensitivity Analysis of FDG PET in Axillary Staging of Breast Cancer)

University of Cambridge, Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK
International Summer School, Term II (August 5-18, 2007)
Courses (by Prof. Piers Bursill-Hall - Lecturer, Department of Pure Mathematics):
I. Renaissance arts and science: Brunelleschi to Galileo
II. The origins of modern science: the scientific revolution
III. The other middle ages: the Islamic world and the Latin debt to Islam
Evening Lectures
: Hampton Court : 'The greatest English palace' by Dr. Jonathan Foyle, Britain 's changing landscape, AD300-1900 by Dr. Nicholas James, Shakespeare and the Middle Ages by Prof. Helen Cooper, Making the Earth move: 1200-1600 by Prof. Piers Bursill-Hall, An introduction to Love’s Labour’s Lost by Dr. Catherine Alexander, Shakespeare from manuscript to print by Dr. Alexander Lindsay, The fate of Faerie by Dr. Stewart Eames, One, two, three: Twelfth Night deconstructed and performed by Prof. Eunice Rober

University of Oxford, Christ Church College, Oxford, UK

The Oxford Experience 2008 (Colleges of Oxford: Exploring the historic colleges and buildings of the university and city in the context of the origins of the town and growth of the university including a look at the changing architectural styles of the buildings, the college gardens and the surrounding countryside – Excursions to St. Catherine’s & Wolfson colleges and South Park, Wolvercote & Boars Hill, Oxfordshire – by John Munby)


University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
-Business Fundamentals for Healthcare Practitioners (Jan-May 2000)
-Methods in Clinical Investigation (Oct 2000)
-Responsibilities and Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (Feb-March 2001)
-Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (April 2002)
-Laboratory Safety (May 2002)
-Emergency Preparedness (Oct 2004)
Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree Program, Marshall School of Business (August 2005-May 2007)
Theme I: Top Management Perspective (One-week Residential in Ojai, CA), Theme II: Evaluating Market Performance; Theme III : The General Manager as Integrator; Theme IV: Operations and Information Systems Management; Theme V: Consulting Project; Theme VI: Environmental Analysis: Establishing Competitive Advantage; Theme VII: Dynamics of Global Competition (One-week Residential in Shanghai, China); Theme VIII : Strategic Planning for Growth and Profitability; Theme IX: Managing Strategic Changes and Implementation; Theme X: Executive of the Future (Three-day Residential in Rancho Bernardo, CA)

National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
-Imaging and Oncology: How to Build a Successful Partnership (October 2004)

Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL
-Revitalizing the Radiology Research Enterprise (RRRE) Workshop (October 2005)

 

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

-Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (January 2008)


MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 


Academic and Governmental Organization Activity :

EMBS Session Chairman, "Biomedical Research Instrumentation", IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society 11th Annual International Conference, Seattle, WA (1989)

CinC Local Organizing Committee Member, The 17th International Conference on Computers in Cardiology, Chicago, IL (1990)

SNM Task Force Member, Society of Nuclear Medicine Tele Nuclear Medicine Task Force (2001)

CMA Nuclear Medicine Scientific Committee Member, California Medical Association, Council on Scientific Affairs (2002-2005)

SNM Continuing Medical Education Program Faculty Member, Society of Nuclear Medicine (2002, 2003)

ACNM Board of Representatives Member, American College of Nuclear Medicine (2003-2006)

LARS Organizing Committee Member, The 56th Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Los Angeles Radiological Society (2003)

ACNP Scientific Program Organizing Committee Member, Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Physicians (2004)

SNM Committee Member, Society of Nuclear Medicine
-Committee on Publications (2003-present)

-ACNP/SNM Joint Government Relations Committee (2003-2005)

-PET Center of Excellence Board of Directors (2008-2011)

FDA Radioactive Drug Research Committee Member, University of Southern California (2003-present)

ACNP Board of Regents Member, American College of Nuclear Physicians (2004-present)

ACNP Scientific Program Organizing Committee Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Physicians (2005)

IEEE-EMBS Track Co-Chair, "Imaging in Drug Discovery, Development and Therapy", IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society 18th Annual International Conference, New York, NY (2006)

APP Elected Member, Academy of Persian Physicians, Los Angeles, CA (2007-present)

ACNP Publications Committee Member, American College of Nuclear Physicians (2007)

ACNM Scientific Program Chair and Course Moderator, Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine (2008)

LARS Nuclear Medicine Section President, Los Angeles Radiological Society (2007-2009)

LARS Nuclear Medicine Conference Program Chair, Los Angeles Radiological Society Nuclear Medicine Update, Los Angeles, CA (2008) [Brochure]

Conference Invited Faculty Member and Moderator Activity:

ACNM 2000. The 27th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA (Presentations: I. Pitfalls in Oncologic PET; II. PET Applications in Pediatrics)(February 2000)

ACNM 2001. The 28th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, Tampa, FL (Presentation: Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography)(February 2001)

LARS 2002. The 54th Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Los Angeles Radiological Society, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA (Presentations: I. The Role of PET in Lung Neoplasms; II. Head and Neck Malignancies: Evaluation with PET)(January 2002)

ACNM 2002. The 29th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ (Presentation: Pediatric PET)(February 2002)

LARS 2003. The 55th Annual Midwinter Radiology Conference of the Los Angeles Radiological Society, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator: PET/Nuclear Medicine Track)(February 2003)

ACNM 2003. The 30th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, San Antonio, TX (Presentation: PET Imaging of Infection and Inflammation)(April 2003)

ACNP 2004. The Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Physicians, Marco Island, FL (Presentation: PET Evaluation of Inflammatory Diseases)(January 2004)

LARS 2004. The 56th Annual Midwinter Radiology Conference of the Los Angeles Radiological Society, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator: Nuclear Medicine, PET, SPECT Track)(January 2004)

ACNP 2005. The Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Physicians, San Diego, CA (Moderator: Plenary Session and Scientific Abstracts)

Positron Imaging Symposium 2005. Academy of Molecular Imaging and Society of Nuclear Medicine , VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA (Presentation: PET-CT for Staging Cancers of the Abdomen and Pelvis)(May 2005)

ACNM 2006. The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, San Antonio, TX (Presentation: PET and PET-CT in Pediatric Oncology)(April 2006)

SNM 2007, Society of Nuclear Medicine 54th Ann Meeting, Washington, DC (PET Center of Excellence Presentation: Brown fat metabolism and its modulatory factors; Moderator: Lung: lymph node and pleural evaluation, radiotherapy)(June 2007)

APP 2007. Academy of Persian Physicians Ann Meeting, Indian Wells, CA (Presentation: Translational and clinical molecular imaging in the 21st century; Moderator: Morning Scientific Session)(October 2007)

ACNP 2008, The Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Physicians, Newport Beach, CA (Presentation: Leadership and Management)(February 2008)

LARS 2008, The 60th Annual Midwinter Radiology Conference of the Los Angeles Radiological Society, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA (Presentation: PET and PET-CT in prostate cancer)(April  2008) [NIH-NCI R01-CA111613-01 Support]

ACNM 2008, The 34th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Medicine, Orlando, FL (Presentation: PET and PET-CT of prostate cancer; Moderator: Emerging clinical applications of PET)(March 2008) [NIH-NCI R01-CA111613-01 Support]

 

SNM 2008, Society of Nuclear Medicine 55th Ann Meeting, Washington, DC (PET Center of Excellence Presentation: Optimizing PET-CT: Reducing physiologic FDG uptake)(June 2008)

APP 2008, Academy of Persian Physicians Ann Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA (Presentation: Emerging diagnostic role of PET in prostate cancer)(October 2008) [NIH-NCI R01-CA111613-01 Support]

Selected Consulting Activity:

Arzco Medical Electronics, Inc., Vernon Hills, IL (Esophageal Electrocardiography and Cardiac Pacing)(July-September 1989)

Diatide, Inc., Londonderry, NH (Evaluation of the CD-ROM Teaching Module for use of Tc-99m Apticide in Detection of Acute DVT)(October1998)

Tanner Research Labs, Inc., Pasadena, CA (Evaluation of an Internet-based Nuclear Medicine Image Analysis)(September 1999)

Cardiac Science, Inc., Irvine, CA (Cardiac Pacing for Incorporation in an Automatic Defibrillator Module)(August 2000)

WebMD/Medscape, Inc. (SNM and RSNA Scientific Highlights, Clinical CME Topics)(2002-present)

NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA (Financial model for Spacecraft Navigation Software Services)(April-June 2006) -- (as part of USC Executive MBA Theme V project)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (PET Imaging of Retinal Prosthesis Functionality) -- (supported by Department of Energy in collaboration with Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, at the USC Doheny Eye Institute)(2006-2008)

 

Cambridge University Press (review of book proposals on molecular imaging and PET-CT)(2007-present)

 

Journal Editorial Board Member Activity:

Molecular Imaging and Biology (2004- present)
Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2006- present)
Clinical Nuclear Medicine (2007-present)

American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) – Assistant Editor, Molecular Imaging/Nuclear Medicine Section (2008-present)

Review Activity:

Government
-National Institutes of Health, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Study Section, Bethesda, MD (1989)

-National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review, "In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers (ICMICs)" Study Section, Bethesda, MD (SRO: Kenneth L. Bielat, PhD)(November 2007)
-National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review, Medical Imaging Study Section (MEDI), Bethesda, MD (SRO: Eileen Bradley, DSc)(Ad-Hoc Member, 2005-2006; Charter Member, 2007-present)

Scientific and Medical Conferences

-American College of Nuclear Physicians Annual Meeting (2006, 2007, 2008)
-Society of Nuclear Medicine: Instrumentation and Data Analysis Track Educational Exhibits (2005)
-Society of Nuclear Medicine: Oncology - Clinical Diagnosis (2006, 2007, 2008)

Scientific and Medical Journals
-American Journal of Roentgenology (2000-present)
-Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine (2000-present)
-Clinical Medicine and Research (2002-present)
-European Journal of Haematology (2003-present)
-European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (2007-present)
-Haematologica (2003-present)
-IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (1988)
-Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (2002-present)
-Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2000-present)
-Molecular Imaging and Biology (2004-present)

-Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2008- present)

-Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2008-present)
-Neoplasia (2002-present)
-Radiology (2002-present)

 

University Administration

-Harvard College Admissions Interviewer, Cambridge, MA (2008-present)

University Service Activity:

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1990-1991)
-Founder, Biological Sciences Division Student Research Forum (a University Recognized Student Organization)

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA(July1999- present)
-Clinical Nuclear Medicine Protocols Revision (1999-2000)
-Continuous Quality Improvement, Division of Nuclear Medicine, LAC+USC  Medical Center (1999-2000)
-Nuclear Medicine Graduate Medical Education Committee (June-November 2000)
-Radiation Safety Committee (August 2000-present)
-Radioactive Drug Research Committee (July 2007-present)
-Radiology Research Committee, Department of Radiology (April 2002-present)
-Radiology Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trial Workshop, Department of Radiology (April 2002)
-Chair, Radiology Educational Materials Workshop, Department of Radiology (July 2002)
-Radiology Internal Promotions Review Committee (2005)
-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Developmental Therapeutics Research Program Committee (June 2004-present)
-Biomedical Imaging Science Initiative Committee - Education Subcommittee Leader (July 2007-present)
-USC Molecular Imaging Center Steering Committee (July 2007-present)
-Center for Research Excellence Faculty Fellow (2007-2010)
USC CER Research Workshop: Seminar in Translational and Clinical Imaging (October 10, 2007)
USC CER Research Salon: What Molecular Imaging Can do for Science? (October 31, 2007)

Invited Professional Visits and Seminar Presentations :

Armenian American Medical Society of California (AAMSC), Glendale, CA
-Topic: PET-CT clinical applications (February 2006)

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
-Department of Electrical Engineering (Esophageal Electrocardiography and Cardiac Pacing)(January 2000)
-Department of Electrical Engineering (PET)(April 2000)
-Bioengineering Seminar Series (Molecular Imaging of Cancer with PET)(January 2006)

Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center, Bakersfield, CA
-Topic: Using PET as a tool for diagnosis, staging and restaging of cancers (February 2005)

Hi-Desert PET Imaging Center, Victorville, CA
-Topic: PET-CT - Changing the way you practice medicine (October 2006)

Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
-Department of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Nuclear Radiology)(April 2000, February 2002)

Medical Education Speakers Network, Santa Ana, CA
-Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA (Cardiac PET)(March 2002)
-South Coast Medical Center, Laguna Beach, CA (PET in Oncology)(April 2003)
-West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim, CA (PET)(May 2003)
-Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys, CA (Cardiac PET)(April 2004)
-St. Vincent Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (PET)(May 2004)
-Citrus Valley Medical Center, Covina, CA (PET in Oncology)(November 2004)

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
-Advanced Technologies for Gravitational Biology Symposium and Workshop, Life Sciences Division, (NASA Document SLO: 240A-3)(January14-17, 1997)

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
-Center for Space Microelectronics Technology ("Medical Imaging in Microgravity")(February 2001)

Radiological Society of North America
, Chicago, IL
-Academy of Molecular Imaging "Read with the Experts" (Clinical PET-CT)(November 2004)

Prostate Cancer Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
-Imaging for Recurrent and Advanced Prostate Cancer (California State University-Los Angeles, September 2006

University of California, Irvine, CA