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Scholarly Activity
Oral and poster presentations listed below were presented at the annual Bridgeport Hospital Scientific Symposium (BHSS), as well as the annual meetings of the following societies:
AIUM American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
AUR Association of University Radiologists
ARRS American Roentgen Ray Society
ASER American Society of Emergency Radiology
ASNR American Society of Neuroradiology
ECR European Congress of Radiology
RSNA Radiological Society of North America
SMR Society of Magnetic Resonance
Awards:
Josephina A. Vossen, MD received notification that she had been selected to participate in the American Rontgen Ray Society's INtroduction to Academic Radioloy Program, April 29 - May 4 in Vancouver, Canada.
Mohit Gupta, MD received notification that he had been selected to receive the Society of Interventional Radiology Resident In-Training Scholarship for attendance at the 37th Annual Scientific Metting, March 24-29, 2012, San Francisco, CA.
PRESENTATIONS:
“Web-Based Cross-Sectional Cardiac Anatomy Atlas.”Kovalenko B, Muro G, Marrinan G, Ramakrishnan V, Graf D. Electronic presentation at Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe 2010, Valencia, Spain; October 2-6, 2010.
“Atypical vascular anatomic variant in Williams Beuren Syndrome.” Bahra P, Gupta M, Zinn K. Electronic presentation at CIRSE 2010 in Valencia, Spain; October 2-6, 2010.
“Parathyroid Scintigraphy.” M.R. Chamarthy, MD. Invited lecturer at Garden State Society of Nuclear Medicine, Symposium in Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology. Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ; October 16, 2010.
“Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) for Hepatic Malignancies. M.R. Chamarthy, MD. Invited Lecturer at Greater NY Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (GNYC) Northeast Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; October 24, 2010.
“Atypical vascular anatomic variant in Williams Beuren syndrome.” Bahra M, Gupta M, Zinn K. Presented at 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010.
“Web-Based Atlas of Normal Pediatric Skull Base CT: Utilizing Digital Technology and West-based Design to Create a Scrollable and Searchable Atlas of Normal Skull Base Anatomy with CT at Progressive Intervals throughout Pediatric Development.” Berner M., Muro GJ. Presented at 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010.
“One Hundred Signs and Phenomena in Nuclear Medicine” poster presentation by M.R. Chamarthy, MD at the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010.
“Utilization of Data Mining Techniques and Algorithms for Objective Evaluation of Complexity of PET Scan Reports” poster presentation by M.R. Chamarthy, MD at the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010.
Mohit Gupta, MD was nominated by Dr. Noel Velasco to participate in the 2010-11 RSNA/AUR/ARRS Introduction to Academic Radiology program at the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010.
“A Practical Approach to Identification of Vascular Anomalies in Children and Infants Based on Imaging Characteristics” presented by Shrey Thawait, MD at the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010. Certificate of Merit awarded for educational exhibit.
“Small Peripheral Nerve Imaging Using High Resolution 3D Diffusion-based PSIF MR Neurography (MRN)” presented by Shrey Thawait, MD at the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010, Chicago, IL. Certificate of Merit awarded for educational exhibit.
“Peripheral Nerve MR Imaging of the Lumbosacral Plexus and Its Branches Utilizing 3-T Imaging” presented by Shrey Thawait, MD at the 96th Scientific and Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 28-December 3, 2010.
“Imaging of the Brachial Plexus with 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Neurography: Normal anatomy and common Neuropathies”. Thawait SK. Electronic “present from home” presentation at ECR 2011 Congress, Vienna Austria; March 3-7, 2011.
“High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Patellar Retinaculum: Normal anatomy, common injury patterns and pathologies.” Thawait, SK. Presented at the ECR 2011 Congress, Vienna, Austria, March 3-7, 2011. Certificate of Merit Award.
“Clinical and Imaging Predictors for a Successful Angiographic Localization.” Chamarthy MR, Shapoval, A, Golowa, Y, Gross J, Cynamon J. Oral presentation at the 2011 Society of Interventional Radiology meeting, Chicago, IL; March 26-31, 2011.
“Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism: Imaging, Mimickers and Pitfalls. Chamarthy MR, Burne S, Haramati LB. Presented at the 59th Annual Association of University Radiologists Meeting in Joint Sponsorship with the RSNA, Boston, MA. April 12-15, 2011. Invitation from AAMC Medportal for a review/atlas article.
“Additional imaging in axial oblique plane to increase detection rate and confidence of acetabular labral tears in magnetic resonance arthrography of the hip.” Chamarthy MR, Kier R, Thawait SK, Lo L. Presented at the 59th Annual AUR Meeting in Joint Sponsorship with the RSNA, Boston, MA; April 12-15, 2011.
“Not All Filling Defects & Calcifications are Identical Mimickers of Pulmonary Embolism.” Chamarthy MR. Oral presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011. Awarded Honorable Mention for Scientific Merit.
“Axial Oblique Plane Imaging in MR Hip Arthrography Increases Detection Rate and Diagnostic Confidence Level of Acetabular Labral Tears.” Chamarthy MR. Oral presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011.
“Selective Internal Radiation Therapy 101: The Basics.” Chamarthy MR. Oral presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011.
“Can You Spot the Fracture?” Chamarthy MR. Poster presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011. Awarded 3rd Place for Scientific Merit.
“Imaging of Pulmonary Embolism: Findings in Acute and Chronic Stages and Associated Complications.” Chamarthy MR. Poster presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011.
"Lactic Acidosis and ST elevation- can the abnormal MRI head be blamed?" Sumi Nair, MD; Varsha Babu, MD; Neil Kaura, MD. Poster presentation at Bridgeport Hospital's 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011. Awarded 2nd Place for Scientific Merit.
“Traumatic Liophemarthrosis of the Wrist Joint Due to a Scaphoid Fracture.” Thawait SK. Poster presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011. Awarded 3rd Place for Scientific Merit.
“Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Normal and Diseased Peripheral Nerves.” Thawait SK. Oral presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011
“Intra-Arterial Treatment and Follow-Up of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors.” Vossen JA. Oral presentation at Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011.
“Recurrent Fracture of a Recovery Interior Vena Cava Filter with Pulmonary Migration.” Vossen JA, Thawait SK, Chamarthy M, Velasco N. Poster presentation at “Bridgeport Hospital’s 25th Annual Science Symposium, Bridgeport, CT; April 28, 2011.
“Revisiting the diagnostic clues to localize the subtle and occult fractures on plain radiography.” Chamarthy M, Thawait SK, Vossen JA, Kolnick D, Banker P, Zampolin R., Stein S. Electronic exhibit at the 2011 ARRS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL; May 1-6, 2011. Also presented orally during Power Hour presentation at the annual meeting.
“Imaging of the Brachial Plexus with 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Neurography: Normal anatomy and common neuropathies.” Presented by Thawait SK. ARRS 2011 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL; May 1-6, 2011. Certificate of Merit awarded for educational exhibit.
“Incidental Fenestrations on MRA: Shedding light on these windows.” Chamarthy MR, Lincoln CM, Zampolin R, Lipton ML. Electronic scientific exhibit at ASNR 49th Annual Meeting and the Foundation of the ASNR Symposium 2011, Seattle, Washington; June 4-9, 2011.
Josephina Vossen, MD was nominated by Dr. Noel Velasco to participate in the 2011-2012 RSNA/AUR/ARRS Introduction to Academic Radiology program at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, Chicago, IL; November 29-December 4, 2011.
"Vertebroplasty: Imaging Specturm & mdash; Preprocedural Imaging, Expected Procedural Changes and Complications." Vossen JA, Thawait SH, Chamarthy M, McIntyre JJ IV, Rosovsky MA, Muro GJ, Meszaros MJ. Postester presentation at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, November 27-December2, 2011, Chicago, IL.
"Diagnostic and Therapeutic Spinal Angiogram: Normal Anatomy, Common Variants and Pathologies." Chamarthy M, Miller TS, Kumar SK, Vossen JA, Muro GJ, Brook AL. Postester presentation at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, November 27-December2, 2011, Chicago, IL.
"Posttreatment Assessment of Musculoskeletal Tumors: A Multiparametric Approach with Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI, Chemical Shift Imaging, Diffusion-weighted Imaging and MR Spectroscopy." Fayad LM, Thawait GK, Thawait SK, Wang X, Jacobs MA, Weber KL, Carrino JA. Postester presentation at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, November 27-December2, 2011, Chicago, IL.
"Systemic Approach to Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Tumor and Tumor-like Epiphyseal Lesions." Thawait SK, Thawait GK, Attar S, Carrino JA, Franssica FJ, Chhabra A. Poster presentation at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, November 27-December 2, 2011, Chicago IL.
"High-Resolution 3T Magnetic Resonance Neurography Evaluation of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome." Thawait GK, Lee PP, Thawait SK, Chung-Yi Want K, Belzberg A, Carrino JA, Chhabra A. Poster presentation at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, November 27-December 2, 2011, Chicago IL.
Publications
Kier R, Abrahamian H, Caminear D, Eterno R, Feldman A, Abrahamsen T, Davis D, Rice A. “MR Arthrography of the Second and Third Metatarsophalangeal Joints for the Detection of Tears of the Plantar Plate and Joint Capsule.” AJR 2010; 194:1079-1081.
Wang KC, Jeanmenne A, Weber GM, Thawait SK, Carrino JA. An Online Evidence-based Decision Support System for distinguishing Benign from Malignant Vertebral Compression Fractures by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Feature Analysis. Journal of Digit Imaging, August 3, 2010 (Epub ahead of print).
Ye Y, Nikolla Z, Hebbar R, Stupak D, Chamarthy MR, Abrahamian H, Grayer D, Abdelsayed G. Adult-onset Dysphagia Lusoria. Accepted provisionally on 8/31/2010 for American Journal of Medicine.
Bahra P. Annual Scientific Meeting RIP Scholar Experience Essay. Interventional Radiology News. Volume 23;5; September/October 2010.
Liapi E, Geschwind JF, Vali M, Khwaja AA, Prieto-Ventura V, Buijs M, Vossen JA, Ganapathy S, Wahl RL. Assessment of tumoricidal efficacy and response to treatment with 18F-FDG PET/CT after intra-arterial infusion with the antiglycolytic agent 3-bromopyruvate in the VX2 model of liver tumor. J Nucl Med. 2011 Feb;52(2):225-30. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
Vassen JA, Albrektson JR, Sensarma A, Williams SC. Clinical usefulness of adjusted D-dimer cut off values to exclude pulmonary embolism in a community hospital outpatient population. Submitted in March 2011 to Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Chhabra A, Faridian-Aragh N, Chalian M, Soldatos T, Thawait SK, Williams EH, Andreisek G. High-resolution 3-T MR neurography of peroneal neuropathy. Skeletal Radiology 2011 Mar 18 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21416383 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
Valdiviezo C, Motivala AA, Hachamovitch R, Chamarthy M, Navarro PC, Ostfeld RJ, Kim M, Travin MI. The significance of transient ischemic dilation in the setting of otherwise normal SPECT radionuclide myocardial perfusion images. J Nucl Cardiol. 2011 Apr; 18(2):220-9.
Subhawong TK, Wang KC, Thawait SK, Williams EH, Hashemi SS, Machado AJ, Carrino JA, Chhabra A. High resolution imaging of tunnels by magnetic resonance neurography. Skeletal Radiol. 2011 April 10 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21479520 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher].
Thawait SK, Wang K, Subhawong TK, Williams EH, Hashemi SS, Machado AJ, Thawait GK, Soldatos T, Carrino JA, Chhabra A. Peripheral Nerve Surgery: The Role of High-Resolution MR Neurography. Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 April 28 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 2152751 [Pub Med – as supplied by publisher].
Buijs M, Vossen JA, Geschwind JF, Salibi N, Pan L, Ventura VP, Liapi E, Lee KH, Kamel IR. Quantitative Proton MR Spectroscopy as a Biomarker of Tumor Necrosis in the Rabbit VX2 Liver Tumor. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2011 May 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Shapoval A, Chamarthy M, Blaufox MD, Freeman LM. Marrow visualization on renal scintigraphy: an often-overlooked finding in azotemic patients. J Nucl Med. 2011 Jun; 2(6):901-4.
Thawait SK, Choudhary V, Thawait GK, Wang KC, BelzbergA, Carrino JA, Chhabra A. High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Neurography of Diffuse Peripheral Nerve Lesions. American Journal of Neuroradiology (accepted for future publication: tentative September 2011).
Rossini M, viapiana O, Kalpakcioglu B, Dhangana R, Gatti D, Braga V, Fracassi E, Adami S. Long-term effects of neridronate and its discontinuation in aptients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Calcified Tissue International. 2011 Jul; 89(1):21-8.
Murphy TP, Dhangana R, Pencina MJ, Zafar AM, D'agostino RB. Performance of current guidelines of coronary heart disease prevention: Optimal use of the Framingham-based risk assessment. Atherosclerosis. 2011; 216(2):452-57.
Dhangana R, Murphy TP, Pencina MJ, Zafar AM. Prevalence of low ankle-brachial index, elevated plasma fibrogen and CRP across Framingham risk categories : Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. Atherosclerosis. 2011 May; 216(1):174-179.
Chamarthy M. How to Prepare for the American Board of Nuclear Medicine Certification Exam. Scintillator. August 2011.
Ye Y, Nikolla Z, Hebbar R, Stupak D, Chamarthy M, Abrahamian H, Grayer D, Abdelsayed GG. A tight spot. Am J Med. 2011. Oct; 124(10):921-3.
Glasser JE, Chamarthy M, Haramati LB, Esses D, Freeman LM. Successful and safe implementation of a trinary interpretation and reporting strategy for V/Q lung scintigraphy. J Nucl Med. 2011. Oct; 52(10):1508-12.
Chamarthy M, Williams SC, Modael R. Radioimmunotherapy: From the magic bullets to radioactive magic bullet. Yale J Bio Med. 2011 Dec;84(4):391-407.
Glaser JE, Chamarthy M, Haramati LB, Esses D, Freeman LM. Successful and safe implementation of a trinary interpretation and reporting strategy for V/Q lung scintigraphy. J. Nucl Med. 2011.
Murthy TO, Dhangana R, Pencina MJ, D'Agostino RB. Ankel-brachial index and cardiovascular risk prediction. An analysis of 11,594 individuals with 10-year follow-up. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Jan; 220(1):160-7.
Zafar AM, Dhangana R, Murphy TP, Goodwin SC, Duszak R Jr., Manolov NE. Lower extremity endovascular interventions for Medicare beneficiaries: Comparative effectiveness as a function of provider specialty. JVIR 2012; 23(1):3-9.
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