Prof. Abass Alavi

Centre for the Study of Aging

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor

Email: abass.alavi@uphs.upenn.edu

Qualifications

1982-present Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Radiology

1982-present Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Neurology (secondary appt.)

1987-2000 Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Psychiatry

1977-1982 Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Radiology

1972-1982 Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Neurology (secondary appt.)

1974-1977 Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Radiology

1973-1974 Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Radiology

Publications (Selected)

1. Houshmand S, Salavati A, Hess S, Werner TJ, Alavi A, Zaidi H. An Update on Novel Quantitative Techniques in the Context of Evolving Whole-Body PET Imaging. PET Clin; 10(1): 45-58, 2015.
2. Salavati A, Borofsky S, Boon-Keng TK, Houshmand S, Khiewvan B, Saboury B, Codreanu I, Torigian DA, Zaidi H, Alavi A. Application of partial volume effect correction and 4D PET in the quantification of FDG avid lung lesions. Mol Imaging Biol. 2015 Feb; 17(1): 140-8. doi: 10.1007/s11307-014-0776-6.
3. Pasha AK, Moghbel M, Saboury B, Gharavi MH, Blomberg BA, Torigian DA, Kwee TC, Basu S, Mohler ER, Alavi A. Effects of age and cardiovascular risk factors on 18F-FDG PET/CT quantification of atherosclerosis in the aorta and peripheral arteries. Hell J Nucl Med. 2015 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print]
4. Marin-Oyaga VA, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Pasha AK, Gharavi M, Saboury B, Basu S, Torigian DA, Alavi A. Feasibility and performance of an adaptive contrast-oriented FDG PET/CT quantification technique for global disease assessment of malignant pleural mesothelioma and a brief review of the literature. Hell J Nucl Med. 2015 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print]
5. Ohri N, Duan F, Machtay M, Gorelick JJ, Snyder BS, Alavi A, Siegel BA, Johnson DW, Bradley JD, DeNittis A, Werner-Wasik M. Pretreatment FDG-PET metrics in stage III non-small cell lung cancer: ACRIN 6668/RTOG 0235. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 Feb 16; 107(4). pii: djv004. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv004. Print 2015 Apr.
6. Harnish R, Prevrhal S, Alavi A, Zaidi H, Lang TF. The effect of metal artefact reduction on CT-based attenuation correction for PET imaging in the vicinity of metallic hip implants: a phantom study. Ann Nucl Med. 2014 Jul; 28(6): 540-50. doi: 10.1007/s12149-014-0844-7. Epub 2014 Apr 8.
7. Hess S, Madsen PH, Iversen ED, Frifelt JJ, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A. Efficacy of FDG PET/CT Imaging for Venous Thromboembolic Disorders: Preliminary Results From a Prospective, Observational Pilot Study. Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print]
8. Hess S, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A. Historic images in nuclear medicine: 1976: the first issue of clinical nuclear medicine and the first human FDG study. Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Aug; 39(8): 701-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000487.
9. Cheng G, Alavi A, Werner TJ, Del Bello CV, Akers SR. Serial changes of FDG uptake and diagnosis of suspected lung malignancy: a lesion-based analysis. Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Feb; 39(2): 147-55. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000313.
10. Hess S, Blomberg BA, Zhu HJ, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A. The pivotal role of FDG-PET/CT in modern medicine. Acad Radiol. 2014 Feb; 21(2): 232-49. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.11.002.
11. Hess S, Hoilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A (Editors). Contribution of FDG to Modern Medicine, Part I, PET Clinics, Vol 10, Issue 1, Elseveir 2015
12. Hess S, Hoilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A (Editors). Contribution of FDG to Modern Medicine, Part I, PET Clinics, Vol 9, Issue 4, Elseveir 2014.
13. Zaidi H, Alavi A (Editors). Trends in PET quantification: clinical treatments, Clinical and Translational Imaging Vol 2, Issue 4, 2014.
14. Zaidi H, Alavi A (Editors). Trends in PET quantification: methodological issues, Clinical and Translational Imaging Vol 2, Issue 3, 2014.
15. Kwee T, Zaidi H, Alavi A (Editors). Evolving Medical Imaging Techniques, PET Clinics, Vol 9, Issue 3, Elseveir 2014.
16. Basu S, Chen W, Alavi A (Editors). PET Imaging of Brain Tumors, PET Clinics, Vol 9, Issue 2, Elseveir 2014.
17. Fanti S, Nanni C, Baum R, Alavi A (Editors). PET Imaging in the Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors, PET Clinics, Vol 9, Issue 1, Elseveir 2014.