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Joseph Polak, MD, Nuclear Medicine, Jamaica Plain, MA, Tufts Medical Center

JosephFPolakMD

Nuclear Medicine Jamaica Plain, MA

Professor, Radiology, Tufts Medical Center

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Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1981 - 1986
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1979 - 1981
  • McGill University Faculty of Medicine
    McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2002 - 2022
  • American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
  • American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
  • American Board of Radiology Nuclear Radiology

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Review Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as Surrogate for and Predictor of CVD 
    UC Davis Health System, Lahaina, Hawaii - 1/20/2013

Press Mentions

  • Nazi Anatomical Drawings Are Donated in Effort to Address Ethical Quandary — and Spotlight a Dark History
    Nazi Anatomical Drawings Are Donated in Effort to Address Ethical Quandary — and Spotlight a Dark HistoryMarch 17th, 2021

Grant Support

  • Progression Of Sub-Clinical AtherosclerosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005–2009
  • Epidemiology Of Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness (IMT) In AtherosclerosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007
  • Epidemiology Of Cartoid IMT Progression In MESANational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2006
  • Epidemiology Of Carotid IMT Progression In MESANational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2003

Hospital Affiliations