2024
January
Kavandi H, Itani M, Strnad B, Martin S, Ebrahimzadeh SA, Lubner MG, Noe-Kim V, Hinshaw JL, Bansal M, Karam AR, Khanna K, Hadied MO, Planz V, Glazer DI, Burgan CM, Galgano SJ, Brook A, Brook OR. A Multicenter Study of Needle Size and Safety for Splenic Biopsy. Radiology. 2024 Jan;310(1):e230453. doi: 10.1148/radiol.230453. PMID: 38259204.
Tessler FN and Durante C. International Expert Group Reaches Consensus on Ultrasound Lexicon for Thyroid Nodules. Clin Thyroidol 2024;36:6–8.
Sharbidre KG, Alexander LF, Varma RK, Al-Balas AA, Sella DM, Caserta MP, Clingan MJ, Zahid M, Aziz MU, Robbin ML. Hemodialysis Access: US for Preprocedural Mapping and Evaluation of Maturity and Access Dysfunction. Radiographics. 2024 Jan;44(1): PMID: 38096113.
Gallegos CA, Lu Y, Clements JC, Song PN, Lynch SE, Mascioni A, Jia F, Hartman YE, Massicano AVF, Houson HA, Lapi SE, Warram JM, Markert JM, Sorace AG. [89Zr]-CD8 ImmunoPET imaging of glioblastoma multiforme response to combination oncolytic viral and checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy reveals CD8 infiltration differential changes in preclinical models. Theranostics. 2024 Jan 1;14(3):911-923. doi: 10.7150/thno.89206. PMID: 38250045; PMCID: PMC10797292.
February
Krishnan C., Schmidt E., Onuoha E., Mrug M., Cardenas C. E., Kim H. nnUNet for Automatic Kidney and Cyst Segmentation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Current Medical Imaging. vol. 20, p. 1-9, 2024. PMID: 38389364
Renu Pandit , Omar Hamki, Siddhartha Gaddamanugu .Cerebellar,hippocampal ,and Basal Nuclei Transient edema With Restricted Diffusion (CHANTER) syndrome: Radiologic Features and Findings. Korean Journal of Radiology. Feb 2024. PMID 38413115.
March
Leema Lutfi, BME, MBA
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Leema Lutfi, BME, MBAFinancial Officer I |
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Lutfi is a bilingual (Arabic & English) born leader and is a skilled professional with over 10 years’ experience in customer service, administration, and advanced organizational leadership. Lutfi is responsible for the financial duties of a large and complex imaging division, monthly reconciliation of GA and GL project accounts, and managing outgoing subcontracts. She assists with the financial projections for GA and GL project accounts, with implementation of BA4. She manages external contract and federal subcontracts (review subcontract documents, make sure subcontracts are fully executed, process subcontract payments). She invoices for some studies/deposit revenues that come in from external services and expense studies in a timely manner. She identifies salary reclasses that need to be generated and check to see if completed. She is responsible for post-award management of grants/subcontracts to UAB/research agreements related to vendor compliance, contracting, invoicing, and A/R. She assists with managing grant portfolio related to grant submission tasks and maintaining faculty other support and other pre-award duties. |
Lindsay Catt, BSRT(R)
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Lindsay Catt, BSRT(R)Clinical Research Regulatory Coordinator III |
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Lindsay is responsible for all regulatory communication and documentation from creation to closure of all studies within the radiology department. She ensures that all IRB documents are created, submitted, and are up to date, this includes any amendments and continuing review submissions in IRAP. She received her Bachelors of Science in Radiological Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has over 11 years of clinical experience with our UAB Radiology department, including four years serving as the Lead Technologist for the Diagnostic Radiology department at The Kirklin Clinic. Her experience allows her to serve as a liaison within the Radiology Department. |
Karen Yearout, B.S.
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Karen Yearout, B.S.Financial Officer I |
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Yearout coordinates and supervises billing for Radiology Research including billing metrics, image transfers, tech time, and phantom scans for research studies. She is responsible for payouts to UAB Hospital, TKC, and other entities involved with research orderables. She compiles supplemental payouts to research faculty for metric reads. She assists faculty with grant applications and progress reports. She also supervises the work study students in Radiology Research. She has 10 years of experience at UAB. |