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Office
1304 Fawcett Ave
Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98402Phone+1 253-761-4200Fax+1 253-383-3553- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Joseph Sam, MD is a board certified nuclear medicine physician in Tacoma, Washington. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Washington, Oregon, and Florida. He is affiliated with MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and St. Francis Hospital.
Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Nuclear Radiology, 2001 - 2002- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1997 - 2001
Albert Einstein Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2002 - 2026
WA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
OR State Medical License 2013 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1997 - 2002- American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
- American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pelvic lipomatosis detected on bone scintigraphy.Joseph W. Sam, Abass Alavi, Marc P. Banner, Parvati Ramchandani> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2004 Jun 1
- 5 citationsFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography excludes pericardial metastasis by recurrent lung cancerNasrin Ghesani, Xinhui Sun, Hongming Zhuang, Joseph W. Sam, Abass Alavi> ;Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2003 Aug 1
- 96 citationsRapid normalization of osseous FDG uptake following traumatic or surgical fractures.Hongming Zhuang, Joseph W. Sam, Thomas K. Chacko, Paulo Schiavom Duarte, Marc Hickeson, Qi Feng, Kozaim Z. Nakhoda, Liang Guan, Phillip Reich, Shirley M. Altimari, Aba...> ;European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2003 May 22
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Hospital Affiliations
MultiCare Tacoma General HospitalTacoma, Washington- St. Francis HospitalFederal Way, Washington
