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Joseph A. Wapenski, MD
Job Title
Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 2
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5500
Phone
412-692-6933
Fax
Email
wapenskija@upmc.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1978 Ohio State University College of Medicine |
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Residency: |
1982 Ohio State University Hospitals |
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Fellowship: |
1984 UCLA Hospital and Clinics, Nuclear Medicine |
Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology
- American College of Nuclear Physicians
- Society of Neuorimaging
- Society of Nuclear Medicine
- American Medical Association
- Allegheny County Medical Society, Executive Committee
Publications
- Hawkins, RA, Phelps, ME, Huang, SC, Wapenski JA "A Kinetic Evaluation of Blood Brain Barrier Permeability in Human Brain Tumors with 68GaEDTA and Positron Computer Technology" Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 4 (4):P507-515, December 1984
- Hieshima, GB, Higashida, RT, Wapenski JA, Halback VV, Bentson JR "Intravascular Balloon Embolization of a Large Distal Basilar Artery Aneurysm" Journal of Neurosurgery 66:124-127, January 1987
Last Update
November 23, 2009
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