Radiology / Diagnostic - Thoracic

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David S. Gierada, MD

Specialty Areas
Chest Radiology
Diagnostic Radiology
Radiology

Areas of Clinical Interest
Chest radiology, radiologic imaging in lung volume reduction surgery, emphysema, hyperpolarized gas MR imaging of lung ventilation, diaphragm, CT imaging, MR imaging

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Awards

Certificate of Merit, Scientific exhibit at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, 1999

Cum Laude Award, Scientific presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 1997

Picker-AUR Academic Faculty Development Program, 1997

Certificate of Merit, electronic exhibit at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, 1996

RSNA Seed Grant Award, 1995

Certificate of Merit, Scientific exhibit at RSNA 78th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, 1992

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

Yablonskiy DA, SukstanskiiAL, Leawoods JC, Gierada DS, Bretthorst LB, Lefrak SS, Cooper JD, Conradi MS. Quantitative in vivo assessment of lung microstructure at the alveolar level with hyperpolarized 3He diffusion MRI. PNAS 2002; 99:3111-3116

Gierada DS, Yusen RD, Pilgram TK, Crouch L, Slone RM, Bae KT, Lefrak SS, Cooper JD. Repeatability of quantitative CT indexes of emphysema in patients evaluated for lung volume reduction surgery. Radiology 2001; 220:448-454

Saam B, Yablonskiy DA, Kodibagkar VD, Leawoods JC, Gierada DS, Cooper JD, Lefrak SS, Conradi MS. MR imaging of 3He gas in healthy and diseased lungs. Magn Reson Med 2000; 44:174-179

Gierada DS, Saam B, Yablonskiy D, Cooper JD, Lefrak SS, Conradi MS. Dynamic echo planar MR imaging of lung ventilation with hyperpolarized 3He in normal subjects and patients with severe emphysema. NMR Biomed 2000; 13:176-181

Gierada DS, Yusen RD, Villanueva IA, Pilgram TK, Slone RM, Lefrak SS, Cooper JD. Patient selection for lung volume reduction surgery: An objective model based on prior clinical decisions and quantitative CT analysis. Chest 2000; 117:991-998

Saam B, Yablonskiy DA, Gierada DS, Conradi MS. Rapid imaging of hyperpolarized gas using EPI. Magn Reson Med 1999; 42:507-514

Gierada DS, Bae KT. Gadolinium as a CT contrast agent: Assesment in a porcine model. Radiology 1999; 210:829-834

Gierada DS, Hakimian S, Slone RM, Yusen RD. MR analysis of lung volume and thoracic dimensions in patients with emphysema before and after lung volume reduction surgery. AJR 1998; 170:707-714

Gierada DS, Slone RM, Bae KT, Yusen RD, Lefrak SS, Cooper JD. Pulmonary emphysema: comparison of quantitative CT and physiologic index values with clinical outcome after lung volume reduction surgery. Radiology 1997; 205:235-242

Gierada DS, Glazer HS, Slone RM. Pseudomass due to atelectasis in patients with severe bullous emphysema. AJR 1997; 168:85-92

Gierada DS, Curtin JJ, Erickson SJ, Prost RW, Strandt JA, Goodman LR. Fast gradient-recalled echo MR imaging of diaphragmatic motion in normal subjects. Radiology 1995; 194:879-884

Books and Book Chapters

Gierada DS, Slone RM, Fleishman MJ. The Diaphragm: Imaging. In: Pearson FG, Cooper JD, Deslauriers J, Ginsberg RJ, Jiebert CA, Patterson GA, Urschel HC, eds. Thoracic Surgery. Second Edition. Philadelphia, PA, WB Saunders Co, 2002; 1507-1529

Slone RM, Gierada DS. Chest Wall. pleura, and Diaphragm. In: Lee JKT, Sagel SS, Stanley R, Heiken J, eds. Computed Body Tomography with MRI Correlation. 3rd ed, Philadelphia, PA, Raven Press 1997; 455-520

Invited Publications

Gierada DS. Radiologic assessment of emphysema for lung volume reduction surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 14:381-390

Leawoods JC, Yablonskiy DA, Saam B, Gierada DS, Conradi MS. Hyperpolarized 3He gas production and MR imaging of the lung. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance 2001; 13: 277-293

Gierada DS, Slone RM, Fleishman MJ. Imaging evaluation of the diaphragm. Chest Surg Clin N Am 1998; 8:237-280

Slone RM, Gierada DS, Yusen RD. Preoperative and postoperative imaging in the surgical management of pulmonary emphysema. Rad Clin N Am 1998; 36:57-89

Slone RM, Gierada DS. Radiology of emphysema and lung volume reduction surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 8(1):61-82

Slone RM, Gierada DS. Role of radiologic imaging in lung volume reduction surgery. Diag Imag, 1996


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