Oldham, Sandra A. A., M.D.

FILED AS:

Faculty, Thoracic

UPDATED ON:

January 11th, 2011

TAGGED:

Professor

Professional Focus:

Dr. Oldham has numerous simultaneous interests spanning clinical radiology to teaching methods in radiology. Areas of interest in clinical radiology include: interstitial lung disease, radiographic and high resolution chest CT detection and diagnosis; bronchogenic carcinoma: early detection and staging; CTPA (CT Pulmonary Angiography) and cost effectiveness; detection of anemia by CT; and pulmonary manifestations of HIV and immunosuppression. Interest in teaching methods in radiology include: Fundamentals course for first year radiology residents; curricular updates for radiology residents – making sure we give sufficient time needed to teach in the ten subspecialty areas of Radiology; optimizing lecture time and incorporating hot seat cases into didactic lectures, modular instruction of medical students and residents, self-assessment modules (SAM’s).

Graduate/Medical Degrees:

Doctor of Medicine University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Postgraduate Training:

Internship In Medicine –   St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio
Residency In Radiology – University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Presbyterian University Hospital,                                      Dept. of Radiology, Pittsburgh, PA

Board Certifications:

1979: American Board of Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology

Major Honors or Awards:

2006-2007: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2005-2006: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2004-2005: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2003-2004: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2002-2003: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2001-2002: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2000-2001: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston
2000:         AFIP Best Case Award presented by the AFIP to the University of Texas Health                                Science Center Dept. of Radiology. Presented to Dr. Oldham at the April 2000
                 meeting of the APDR in Orlando, FL
2000:         Teacher of the Year: Dept. of Radiology, UTHSC Houston
1999-2000: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSC Houston

Publications:

Gibbs JM, Chandrasekhar CA, Ferguson EC, Oldham SAA. “Lines and Stripes: Where Did They Go? – From Conventional Radiography to CT.” Radiographics 2007: 27: 33-48. Abstract, Figures Only, Full Text, PDF.

Oldham SAA. ICU chest radiographs – ICU calamities: evaluation of the portable chest radiograph. Emergency Radiology 2002; 9: 43-54.

Amin RS, Munden RF, Oldham SAA. Kaposi Sarcoma in a Renal Transplant Patient.Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 2000; 15: 297-300.

Takahashi N, Kawashima A, Stroehlein KB, Oldham SAA. Mycetoma of the Lung in a Cavity that Developed from a Gunshot Wound.AJR 1999; 172: 369-371.

Jing J, Kawashima A, Sickler K, Raval BK, Oldham SAA. Metastatic Cardiac Calcification in a Patient with Chronic Renal Failure who was Undergoing Hemodialysis:Radiographic and CT Findings.AJR 1998; 170: 903-905.

Oldham SAA, Rawal A, Chan JD, Harle TS, Goldman SM. Fundamentals Course for First Year Radiology Residents.Acad Radiol 1998; 5: 57-62.

Oldham SAA, Barron B, Munden RF, Lamki N, Lamki L.The Radiology of the Thoracic Manifestations of AIDS.Critical Reviews in Radiology.CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. August 1998.

Book Chapters:

Oldham SAA. Drug Induced Diseases of the Thorax and Reaction to Radiation Therapy.675-694.In:A Radiologic Approach to Diseases of the Chest.2nd edition.Freundlich IM, Bragg DG, editors.Williams and Wilkins, Inc. 1996.

Oldham SAA. Radiologic Detection, Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer.In:Atlas of Thoroscopic Surgery.William T. Brown, editor.W. B. Saunders, Co.1994.