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Since joining the University of Chicago as Clinical Director of Nuclear Medicine in 2002, Dr. Appelbaum has overseen the
development of the hospital’s PET/CT Imaging Center. A tireless educator, Dr. Appelbaum is a highly sought-after speaker
for clinical nuclear imaging, particularly PET and PET/CT. Recent speaking invitations include the Chicago Radiological
Society, the Saginaw/Flint Radiological Society, Northwestern Breast Imaging Course, the national Thyroid Cancer Survivors'
Conference, a visiting professorship at Michigan State University, as well as numerous grand rounds in community hospitals
regionally and nationally. Dr. Appelbaum has lectured for many years at the University of Chicago Annual Radiology Review
where he now serves as its Course Director.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. B.A. June 1991
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. June 1995
Residency: University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL. June 1999
Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology/Washington University, St. Louis, MO. June 2000
Board Certifications: Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine
CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
PET/CT Imaging - Oncologic, Neurologic, Cardiac
Radioimmunotherapy
RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kan JH, Funaki B, O’Rourke BD, Ward MB, Appelbaum DE. Delayed 99mTc-labeled erythrocyte scintigraphy in patients with lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: effect of positive findings on clinical management. Academic Radiology 2003 May;10(5):497-501
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