Penn Medicine Provider
Abass Alavi, MD, MD(Hon), PHD(Hon), DSc(Hon)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
About me
- Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Education and training
- Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
- Residency: Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Nuclear Medicine, 1973
- Internal Medicine, 1972
- American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine, National
- American Cancer Society, Experts Directory, National
- American College of Nuclear Physician’s, National
- American College of Nuclear Physicians, National
- Brain Imaging Council, Society of Nuclear Medicine, National
My research
Cheville Andrea L, Das Indra, Srinivas Shyam, Schuerman Josh, Velders Luke, Solin Lawrence J, Basu Sandip, Alavi Abass A pilot study to assess the utility of SPECT/CT-based lymph node imaging to localize lymph nodes that drain the arm in patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer. , Breast cancer research and treatment, 116(3): 2009,531-8
Kim Woo Jin, Silverman Edwin K, Hoffman Eric, Criner Gerard J, Mosenifar Zab, Sciurba Frank C, Make Barry J, Carey Vincent, Estépar Raúl San José, Diaz Alejandro, Reilly John J, Martinez Fernando J, Washko George R CT metrics of airway disease and emphysema in severe COPD. , Chest, 136(2): 2009,396-404
Benzo Roberto, Farrell Max H, Chang Chung-Chou H, Martinez Fernando J, Kaplan Robert, Reilly John, Criner Gerard, Wise Robert, Make Barry, Luketich James, Fishman Alfred P, Sciurba Frank C Integrating health status and survival data: the palliative effect of lung volume reduction surgery. , American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 180(3): 2009,239-46
Srinivas Shyam M, Dhurairaj Thiruvenkatasamy, Basu Sandip, Bural Gonca, Surti Suleman, Alavi Abass A recovery coefficient method for partial volume correction of PET images. , Annals of nuclear medicine, 23(4): 2009,341-8
Basu Sandip, Alavi Abass Multifaceted role of lymphatic mapping by SPECT/CT hybrid imaging in the multimodality management of patients with cancer. , European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 36(6): 2009,1017-8
Alavi A, Sanjari M, Haghdoost A, Sibbald R G Common foot examination features of 247 Iranian patients with diabetes. , International wound journal, 6(2): 2009,117-22
Basu S, Li G, Bural G, Alavi A Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and PET/computed tomography imaging characteristics of thyroid lymphoma and their potential clinical utility. , Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987), 50(2): 2009,201-4
Chen Wengen, Parsons Molly, Torigian Drew A, Zhuang Hongming, Alavi Abass Evaluation of thyroid FDG uptake incidentally identified on FDG-PET/CT imaging. , Nuclear medicine communications, 30(3): 2009,240-4
Basu Sandip, Zhuang Hongming, Torigian Drew A, Rosenbaum Joshua, Chen Wengen, Alavi Abass Functional imaging of inflammatory diseases using nuclear medicine techniques. , Seminars in nuclear medicine, 39(2): 2009,124-45
Gur Ruben C, Ragland J Daniel, Reivich Martin, Greenberg Joel H, Alavi Abass, Gur Raquel E Regional differences in the coupling between resting cerebral blood flow and metabolism may indicate action preparedness as a default state. , Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 19(2): 2009,375-82