Simonetta, Alexander B., M.D.

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Faculty, Neuroradiology (Head & Spine)
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November 5th, 2010


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Faculty Biography
Alexander B. Simonetta, M.D.

Alexander B. Simonetta, M.D.

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Phone:
(713) 704-6762
Fax:
(713) 704-1738
Email:
Alexander.B.Simonetta@uth.tmc.edu
Staff Assistant:
Viola Charo
  • Title(s)

    • Assistant Professor
  • Location(s)

    • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
      6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.130B
      Houston, Texas 77030

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Graduate/Medical Degrees:

Doctor of Medicine: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Postgraduate Training:

Internship: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Residency: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Interventional Radiology Fellowship: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Neuroradiology                                                      Section, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Board Certifications:

1993 National Board of Medical Examiners
1996 American Board of Radiology
2000 Certificate of Added Qualification: Neuroradiology

Major Honors or Awards:

1997: RSNA Certificate of Merit: “FDG-PET Imaging Applications in Head and Neck Neoplasms”

Publications:

Gowan GM, Herrington JD, Simonetta AB: Methotrexate-induced toxic leukoencephalopathy. Pharmacotherapy. 2002 Sep; 22(9): 1183-1187.

Simonetta AB, Software Review: head and neck MRI’s version 1.1. Am J Roentgenol. 1997.

Simonetta AB, De Paredes ES: Adenopathy in HIV positive patients: Mammography and sonographic imaging. Breast Dis. 1996; 9(3): 145-150.

Wintersperger BJ, Biswas J, Runge VM, Nelson CB, Stemmer A, Simonetta AB, Reiser MF, Naul LG, Schoenberg SO: Brain MR imaging at 3 Tesla using BLADE Acquisition: Comparison to standard rectilinear data sampling. (submitted AJR).

Runge VM, Patel MC, Baumann SS, Simonetta AB, Ponzo JA, et al. T1-weighted Imaging of the brain at 3 Tesla using a 2D spoiled gradient echo technique. Investigative Radiology. 2006; 41(2): (in press).

Runge VM, Patel MC, Baumann SS, Simonetta AB, Ponzo JA, Lesley WS, et al. T1-weighted imaging of the brain at 3 Tesla using a 2D spoiled gradient echo technique. 91st Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, December, 2005.

Ponzo JA, Simonetta AB, Calderwood GW: Comparison of gadolinium-enhanced T1 and FLAIR sequences in patients with acute meningitis. ASNR 43rd Annual Meeting, May 2005.

Gowan GM, Herrington JD, Simonetta AB: Methotrexate-induced toxic leukoencephalopathy. Pharmacotherapy. 2002 Sep; 22(9): 1183-1187.

Simonetta AB, Software Review: head and neck MRI’s version 1.1. Am J Roentgenol. 1997.

Simonetta AB, De Paredes ES: Adenopathy in HIV positive patients: Mammography and sonographic imaging. Breast Dis. 1996; 9(3): 145-150.

Book and Book Chapters:

Simonetta AB, Moody DM, Reboussin DM, Stump DA, Legault C, Kon N: Magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac surgery. In: Newman S, Harrison M, Eds. The Brain and Cardiac Surgery: The Causes of Neurological Complications And their Prevention. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Press, 2000.

Simonetta AB, Suprasellar/Parasellar Tumors. In: Ricci, P., ed. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Brain Tumors, Saunders, 1999: 9(4) 717-732.

Exhibits:

Simonetta AB, Williams DW, Keyes JW: FDG-PET Imaging Applications in Head And Neck Neoplasms, Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 1997.

Simonetta AB, Johnson MH, Kubal WS: Nosebleeds: Anatomy, Pathology and Treatment of Posterior Epistaxis, American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, May 1996.