Life Experience
Doctor for a Day, UC Davis Medical Center, With Chief of Nuclear Medicine and PET
- Item Number
- 142
- Sold
- 400 USD to binarygirl
- Number of Bids
- 12 - Bid History
Item Description
An extremely rare opportunity to spend the "day" with noted Chief of Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging, David K. Shelton, MD. Dr. Shelton will personally lead you on a behind the scenes tour of UC Davis Medical Center. Whether brain scans or whole body imaging, he will show you cutting edge medical technology for diagnostics and treatment and talk to you about the future of medicine. Dr. Shelton is also professor of radiology and nuclear medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and recently completed a "tour of duty" as Chief of Staff.
If you, your child or grandchild is considering becoming a doctor or you simply want to hear about cutting edge medical science, this experience is for you.
Don't miss out on this exciting, brain expanding one-on-one encounter.
You won't be bored.
Item Special Note
Your time with Dr. Shelton may begin in the morning and end at noon, or may begin in the afternoon and end at 5pm. You will arrange the exact time and date with Dr. Shelton's assistant, Sandy Baum.
Auction item must be used before October 1st, 2008. You will need to contact Dr. Shelton's office within sixty days of the close of the auction.
David K. Shelton, Jr., M.D.
| Clinical/Research Interests Dr. Shelton specializes in diagnostic radiology, including CT, MRI and percutaneous lung biopsies. He is studying cardiothoracic radiology, nuclear medicine, computer networking systems in nuclear radiology, functional cardiac protocols, and tumor work-up staging of functional imaging. Dr. Shelton pioneered the development of transesophageal echocardiography, and has presented nationally on osteoporosis, skeletal metastases in lung cancer patients, thyroid carcinoma, cardiovascular MRI and SPECT. He also has authored eight radiology textbook chapters and reviews for the Western Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Thoracic Imaging. | |
| Title: | Professor Chief of Nuclear Medicine |
| Specialty: | Radiology - Nuclear Medicine, Radiology - Pulmonary Radiology, Radiology |
| Center/Program Affiliation: | UC Davis Cancer Center |
| Address: | UC Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd., Suite 1893 Sacramento, CA 95817 |
| Phone: | (916) 703-2278 |
| Undergraduate Education: | U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado B.S. 1970 |
| Medical Education: | Wake Forest University (Bowman Gray School of Medicine) Winston-Salem, North Carolina M.D. 1974 |
| Internships: | Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center San Antonio, Texas 1975-1976 Internal Medicine |
| Residency: | Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center San Antonio, Texas 1978-1981 Radiology |
| Fellowships: | David Grant USAF Medical Center Travis, California 1987-1988 Nuclear Medicine |
| Board Certifications: | American Board of Radiology, 1981 American Board of Radiology, Nuclear Radiology, 1988 |
| Professional Memberships: | American College of Military Surgeons American Medical Association American Roentgen Ray Society Association of University Radiologists Northern California Society of Nuclear Medicine President, Northern California Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine Radiological Society of North America Sierra Valley Nuclear Medicine Association Society of Air Force Physicians, American College of Physicians Society of Flight Surgeons Society of Nuclear Medicine Society of Thoracic Radiology |
| Select Recent Publications: | Chan AL, Shelton DK, Yoneda KY. Unusual Primary Lung Neoplasms. Current Opinions in Pulmonary Medicine, Vol 7:234-241, 2001. Yoneda KY, Louie S, Shelton DK. Approach to Pulmonary Metastasis. Current Opinions in Pulmonary Medicine, Vol 6:356-363, 2000. Ivanovic M, Weber DA, Loncaric S, Pellot-Barakat C, Shelton, DK. Patient Motion Correction for Multicamera SPECT Using 360° Acquisition/Detector. 1997 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, M4-03. IEEE CD Publication, 1998. Gyetvai E, Pho EQ, Shelton DK. False Positive Meckel's Study in an Ectopic Pelvic Kidney. Clinical Nuclear Medicine Vol.24, 10:805, 1998. Pellot-Barakat C, Ivanovic M, Weber DA, Herment A, Shelton DK. Motion Detection in Triple Scan SPECT Imaging. IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science, 1998. Vande Streek P, Carretta R, Weiland F, Shelton DK. Upper Extremity Radionuclide Bone Imaging: The Wrist and Hand. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine Vol. XXVIII, No.1 pp.14-24 (January 1998 issue). Batt ME, Ugalde V, Anderson M, and Shelton DK. A Prospective Controlled Study of Diagnostic Imaging for Acute Shin Splints. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise p 1564- 1571, 1998. Ontell FK, Moore EH, Shepard JO, Shelton DK. The coastal cartilages in health and disease Radiographics 1997;17:571-577 Sutter CW, Shelton DK. Four ectopic parathyroid glands detected with Te-99m sestamibi Clinical Nuclear Medicine 1997;22:120-121 Jain KA, Quam JP, Ablin DS, Gerscovich EO, Shelton DK. Imaging findings in patients with right lower quadrant pain: Alternative diagnosis to appendicitis Journal of computer Assisted Tomography 1997;21(5):694-698 |
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