Prof. James M. Mountz

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA

Professor

Email: mountzjm@upmc.edu

Qualifications

1981  M.D. (Medicine), Case Western Reserve University, USA
1974  Ph.D. High Energy Physics, Michigan State University, USA
1971  M.S. Physics (Summa Cum Laude), Michigan State University, USA
1969  B.S. Physics (Magna Cum Laude), Wright State University, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Ojha BC, Liu H-G, Mountz JM: Large Ectopic Carotid Sheath Parathyroid Adenoma Localized by Tc-99m Sestamibi. Clin Nucl Med. 26:27-28, 2001.
2. Zinn KR, Chaudhuri TR, Buschbaum DJ, Mountz JM, Rogers BE: Detection and measurement of in vitro gene transfer by gamma camera imaging. Gene Therapy 8:291-299, 2001.
3. Chaudhuri TR, Mountz JM, Rogers BE, Partridge EE, Zinn KR. Light-based imaging of green fluorescent protein-positive ovarian cancer xenografts during therapy. Gyn Oncol, 82:581-9, 2001.
4. Dodd CH, Hsu HC, Chu WJ, Yang P, Mountz J, Zhang HG, Zinn K, Forder J, Josephson L, Weissleder R, Mountz JM, Mountz JD. Normal T-cell response and in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of T cells loaded with HIV Transactivator (Tat)-Peptide-derived super paramagnetic nanoparticles. J Immunology Methods. 256:89-105, 2001.
5. Ojha BC, Bartley SC, Gundlapalli S, Mountz JM. Effect of dietary intake prior to F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) PET scanning on the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodule. Clin Nucl Med. 26:908-909, 2001.
6. Chaudhuri TR, Rogers BE, Buchsbaum DJ, Mountz JM, Zinn KR. A noninvasive reporter system to image adenoviral-mediated gene transfer to ovarian cancer xenografts. Gyn Oncol; 83:432-8, 2001.
7. Gundlapalli S, Ojha B, Mountz JM. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: confounding F-18 FDG uptake in outpatient positron emission tomographic facilities for patients receiving ongoing treatment of lymphoma. Clin Nucl Med; 27:140-141, 2002.
8. Chu W-J, Mason GF, Pan JW, Hetherington HP, Liu H-G, San Pedro EC, Mountz JM. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Findings in Diaschisis from Stroke. Stroke; 33:1243-1248, 2002.
9. Mountz JD, Hsu H-C, Wu Q, Zhang H-G, Mountz JM. Molecular Imaging: New Applications for Biochemistry. J Cell Biochem Suppl. 39:162-71, 2002.
10. Liu HG, Mountz JM. F-18 FDG Brain PET and Thallium-201 Early and Delayed SPECT in Distinguishing Atypical Cerebral Tumor from Cerebral Infarction. Clin Nucl Med. 28:241-242, 2003.
11. Mountz JM, Liu HG, Deutsch G. Neuroimaging in Cerebrovascular Disorders: Measurement of Cerebral Physiology after Stroke and Assessment of Stroke Recovery. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. Semin Nucl Med. 33:56-76, 2003.
12. Cerfolio RJ, Ojha BC, Bryant AH, Bass CS, Bartalucci AA, Mountz JM. The role of FDG-PET scan in staging patients with nonsmall cell carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg. 76:861-866, 2003.
13. Singh RS, Craig MC, Katholi CR, Jackson AB, Mountz JM. The predictive value of creatine phosphokinase and alkaline phosphatase in identification of heterotopic ossification in patients after spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 84:1584-1588, 2003.
14. Raman A, Rothrock JF, Liu H-G, Mountz JM, Differentiation of benign versus malignant mass in a postirradiation cerebral arteriovenous malformation by 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 6:1-6, 2004.
15. Knowlton RC, Lawn ND, Mountz JM, Buddhiwardhan O, Miller S, Burneo JG, Kuzniecky RI. Ictal single-photon emission computed tomography imaging in extra temporal lobe epilepsy using statistical parametric mapping. J Neuroimaging. 2004; 14:324-330.
16. Cerfolio RJ, Ojha B, Bryant AS, Raghuveer V, Mountz JM, Bartolucci AA. The accuracy of integrated PET-CT compared with dedicated pet alone for the staging of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004; 78:1017-1023.
17. Yunus MB, Young CS, Saeed SA, Mountz JM, Aldag JC. Positron emission tomography in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and healthy controls. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;51:513-518.
18. Nanthakumar K, Mountz JM, Plumb VJ, Epstein AE, Kay GN. Functional assessment of pulmonary vein stenosis using radionuclide ventilation/perfusion imaging. Chest. 2004; 126:645-51.
19. Knowlton RC, Lawn ND, Mountz JM, Kuzniecky RI. Ictal SPECT analysis in epilepsy: subtraction and statistical parametric mapping techniques. Neurology. 2004: 63:10-15.
20. Borrero CG, McCook BM, Mountz JM. Indium-111 pentetreotide imaging of carcinoid tumors of the thymus. Clin Nucl Med. 2005; 30:218-221.
21. Bajoghli M, Muthukrishnan A, Mountz JM. Posterior Bulge Sign for Parathyroid Adenoma on Tc-99m Sestamibi SPECT. Clin Nucl Med. 2006; 31:470-471.
22. Shammas A, Degirmenci B, Mountz JM, McCook BM, Branstetter B, Bencherif BB, Joyce JM, Carty SE, Kuffner HA, Avril N. 18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients with Suspected Recurrent or Metastatic Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. J Nucl Med. 2007; 48:221-226.
23. Mountz JM. Nuclear medicine in the rehabilitative treatment evaluation in stroke recovery: Role of diaschisis resolution and cerebral reorganization, Eura Medicophys. 2007 43:221-39.
24. Muthukrishnan A, Bajoghli M, Mountz JM. Delayed Development of Radiation Vasculopathy of the Brain Stem Confirmed by F-18 FDG PET in a Case of Anaplastic Astrocytoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2007 32:527-31.
25. Oliver C, Muthukrishnan A, Mountz J Deeb E, Johnson JT, Deleyiannis F. Interpretability of PET/CT Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Following Composite Mandibular Resection and Osteocutaneous Free Flap Reconstruction. Head Neck. 2008 30(2):187-93.
26. Laymon CM, S.K. Ziolko, C.R. Becker, J.C. Price, and J.M. Mountz, "Registration-based method for determining relative PET/MR left-right image orientation. Neuroimage. 2008 40(1):213-6. 2007.
27. Laymon CM, D Sashin, J P Carney, J Ruszkiewicz, D Altenburger, C R Becker, B J Lopresti, N S Mason, JM Mountz, J C Price, R Schavey and C A Mathis. Evaluation of a commercial radiochromatography module as an arterial blood activity monitor. Phys Med Biol. 2008 53(2):339-51.
28. Narla VV, Muthukrishnan A, Mountz JM. Diaschisis in cerebral mitochondrial disorder. Clin Nucl Med 2008 33(8):531-4.
29. Tublin ME, Pryma DA, Yim JH, Ogilvie JB, Mountz JM, Bencherif B, Carty SE. Localization of parathyroid adenomas by sonography and technetium Tc-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography before minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: are both studies really needed? J Ultrasound Med. 28:183-90, 2009.
30. Lai SY, Koppikar P, Thomas SM, Childs EE, Egloff AM, Seethala RR, Branstetter BF, Gooding WE, Muthukrishnan A, Mountz JM, Lui VW, Shin DM, Agarwala SS, Johnson R, Couture LA, Myers EN, Johnson JT, Mills G, Argiris A, Grandis JR. Intratumoral Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antisense DNA Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer: First Human Application and Potential Antitumor Mechanisms. J Clin Oncol. 10;27:1235-42, 2009.