Dr. Gabriel is a Professor of Radiology at the Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University in Chicago. He joined Loyola in 2006 and served as the Director of the Nuclear Medicine Residency Program from 2009-2020. Dr. Gabriel is certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM). He is a distinguished teacher and gave many lecture and review courses in nuclear medicine and nuclear cardiology in multiple institutions and States. He was also invited as a visiting professor to give lectures at the University of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received his Medical Degree from Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine in Egypt. Dr. Gabriel received the Award of Teacher of the Year for Radiology Resident in 2012-2013. He serves in the Central Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (CCSNMMI). He was the President of CCSNMMI in 2017-2018. He is an active member of ABNM, ACNM, RSNA and SNMMI.
Dr. Savir-Baruch is an Assistant Professor of Radiology in the Nuclear Medicine Division of Loyola University Health System and the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Savir is board-certified in Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology and received her medical degree from Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. She completed a research fellowship and Nuclear Medicine residency at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. At Loyola University Medical Center, she serves as a clinical physician, educator, researcher, and mentor for medical students and residents. She is an active member of ACNM, SNMMI, RSNA, and ACR societies lecturing frequently, and has several leadership positions. Dr. Savir is the author of RadTool Nuclear Medicine Flash Facts, the first book in the flash fact educational book series. Her main research interest lies in the innovation of new techniques to guide invasive procedures and investigate novel radiotracers and imaging devices to detect and manage neoplastic diseases.
This book, in MCQ format, is a comprehensive tool that will help Nuclear Medicine and Radiology residents and attending physicians to understand concepts in nuclear medicine. Questions cover clinical applications of nuclear medicine techniques to the cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, skeletal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and central nervous systems. In addition, topics in physics, radiopharmacy, and radiation safety are addressed. The MCQ format closely resembles that used in board examinations in nuclear medicine. Each question has four possible answers, only one of which is correct. About 60% of the questions are linked to clinical cases, with each case having four questions on average, along with one or two images. The remainder of the questions are free-standing, with or without an image. Answers are concise but are supported by references to the literature when necessary. Pearls in boxes are used to highlight the most important pieces of information. While the questions are scrambled, as in board exams, an index categorizes each question into one of the systems or topics.