
Faculty Biography
Alexander B. Simonetta, M.D.
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:
Office Address: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department
of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
6431
Fannin Street, MSB 2.130B
Houston,
TX 77030
Office Phone: 713-704-6762
Office Fax: 713-704-1738
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street,
MSB 2.130 B
Houston, Texas 77030
713.500.7700 phone
713.500.7639 fax
UT Imaging Center
713.622.9729 phone
713.622.9731 fax
Faculty Biography
- Alexander B. Simonetta, M.D.
Assistant Professor - Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional
Imaging
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 2.130B
Houston, Texas 77030 - Phone: 713-704-6762
Fax: 713-704-1738
E-mail: Alexander.B.Simonetta@
uth.tmc.edu


