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Karen Kurdziel, MD, Nuclear Medicine, Bethesda, MD, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

KarenKurdzielMD

Nuclear Medicine Bethesda, MD

Volunteer/ Retired Staff Clinician Molecular Imaging Program Center for Cancer Research/National Cancer Institute/NIH

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Education & Training

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    National Institutes of Health Clinical Center2000 - 2001
  • Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health/National Capital Consortium
    Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health/National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Vascular Neurology, 1999 - 2000
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
    Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1997 - 2000
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
    Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
  • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
    Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 1996
  • Ursinus College
    Ursinus CollegeBS, Physics and Biology, Magna cum laude, 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 1998 - 2024
  • American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CA Breast Cancer Review Program (ad hoc) 2008
  • DOD Breast Cancer Program Synergistic Idea Award Panel (ad hoc) 2007
  • Technology Foundation STW, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme 2006
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Molecular imaging of cancer.  
    Choyke P, Kurdziel KA, Annals of oncology(20)Suppl 3,pp 22-22
  • “Robo-Rad”: an inexpensive user-friendly multimedia report system for radiology.  
    Kurdziel KA, Hopper KD, Zaidel M, Zukoski MJ, Telemedicine Journal 2(2):123-129
  • Signs in Imaging: the Panda Sign.  
    Kurdziel KA, Radiology 215: 884-885
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Annotated directory of Nuclear Medicine teaching sites on the world wide web.
    Kurdziel KA, Gentili A, J Nucl Med 40(5):323
  • NucsPro: a web-based, user friendly, interactive, surrogate Nuclear Medicine Professor.
    Kurdziel KA, Jolles PR, Spottswood S, Fratkin M, Balkissoon A, Tatum JL, J Nucl Med 40(5):322-323
  • A non-ischemic ECG does not always predict a small myocardial infarction: results using acute myocardial perfusion imaging.
    Kontos MC, Kurdziel KA, Jesse RL, Ornato JP, Tatum JL, Circulation 100(18):I-384
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Lectures

  • 18F-FDG camera-based PET imaging without an on-site cyclotron. 
    Virginia Society of Radiological Technologists Annual Meeting
  • Why Wait? Revisiting the Uptake Interval for FDG Oncology. 
    Annual Spring Meeting, Mideastern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • Disability Awareness. 
    National Institute of Environment Health Sciences
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations