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Alexander B. Simonetta, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Alexander B. Simonetta, M.D.
Professional Focus
Board Certification
Education
Honors
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Professional Focus:

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.
 

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


Staff  Assistant: Chuck Chico
Office Address: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.100
Houston, TX  77030
Office Phone: 713-704-6762

Office Fax:

713-704-1738
E-mail Address: Alexander.B.Simonetta@uth.tmc.edu

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