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NexxRad Teleradiology Partners radiologists’ push the envelope of conventional technology each and every day to provide diagnostic reports utilizing cutting-edge technology; technology designed and configured for maximum efficiency, security and innovation. With outstanding academic backgrounds and extensive professional experience, our radiologists have been published in over 300 peer-reviewed publications, textbooks and scientific abstracts and technologies. Our radiologists are also insured for professional liability through a major A-Rated U.S.-based medical liability provider.

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Timothy Vernon Bell, M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

University of California, Berkeley, California, 1983-1988, Bachelor of Science

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

University of California, San Diego, California, 1988-1993, Medical Doctor

INTERNSHIP & RESIDENCY:

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1993-1994

Transitional Internship:

Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, Massachusetts 1998-1999, Radiology Residency

FELLOWSHIP:

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-1999, Emergency Radiology

HONORS AND AWARDS:

University of California at Berkeley

1987 Omega Psi Phi Community Services Award - University of California at Berkeley Chapter

University of California at San Diego

1989 Weiss Foundation Scholarship - Research award
1990 Golden State Medical Association Scholarship Community Service
1990 Doctors Hospital of Lakewood Scholarship - Academic scholarship
1990 Senator Mickey Leland Scholarship - Community service, National Medical Association
1992 Senator Mickey Leland Scholarship - Community service, National Medical Association
1997 1st Place Award - Resident Research Competition at the Proceedings of the National Medical Society August

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of California at Berkeley:

1984 - 1986 Organic chemistry tutor and study group leader - Minority Scholars program. University of California at Berkeley

1986 - 1987 Study hall Facilitator - Bentley Preparatory School, Oakland, California

1985 - 1988 Mentor in the Racial Minority Educational Program - nonprofit organization dedicated to providing mentors to junior high school students in Oakland, California. Co-coordinator: 1986 to 1988
1987 - 1988 Upward Bound - Mentor and Tutor. University of California at Berkeley

University of California at San Diego

1988 - 1990 Student National Medical Association - Coordinator of Undergraduate Mentor program at University of California, San Diego Radiology Residency

1994 - 1996 Resident Mentor to members of the Student National Medical Association at Boston University School of Medicine Emergency Radiology Fellowship

1998 - 1999 MGH Emergency Radiology mini-course - Emergency Radiology Teaching Cases H.M.S. RD5ooM.B. Core Clerkship in Radiology. Learning Lab tutor with special instruction in CD-ROM. H.M.S. RDsoiM. B. Advanced Clerkship in Diagnostic Radiology. Instructor.

James Y. Hyun, M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Cornell University, lthaca, New York, 1986-1990, Bachelor of Science

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, 1990-1994 Medical Doctor

INTERNSHIP:

North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, Graduate Training Education

Residency:

North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, Department of Radiology

FELLOWSHIP:

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Medical University in Tokyo, Japan

1996 Certificate of Merit, RSNA meeting
1994 Chosen as international exchange student to study for 3 months at Tokai

New York Medical College

1988-1989 Dean’s List Cornell University

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

2001 Certificate of Added Qualification in Neuroradiology
1999 Board certification from American Board of Radiology

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

2001 - Senior Member, American Society of Neuroradiology
1995- Member, Radiological Society of North America
1995- Member, American Roentgen Ray Society

TRAINING:

North Shore University Hospital

Graduate Training Education
Manhasset, New York
1994 – 1995 Internship

North Shore University Hospital

Department of Radiology
Manhasset, New York
1995 – 1999 Residency

UCLA School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California
1999 – 2001 Fellowship

Ernest W. Kinchen III , M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 – 1988, Bachelor of Science in Biology and in Science

St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1986 – 1987, successfully completed one year of study as one of two visiting students from Tulane University

GRADUATE:

Harvard, JFK School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991 – 1993, Master of Public Policy

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1988-1994, Medical Doctor

INTERNSHIP:

Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994-1995, Medical Intern

Residency:

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995-1999, Diagnostic Radiology

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1984-1988 Peery Medal – Top Graduate in Tulane University College of Arts & Sciences
Rhodes Scholarship Semifinalist
Phi Beta Kappa/Omicron Delta Kappa – Honors Society
Stibbs Citizenship Award – outstanding leadership, citizenship Tulane University
1988 Summa cum Laude, Biology/Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
1991-1993 Kennedy Fellowship, Harvard JFK School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Radiological Society of North America
American Roentgen Ray Society
American College of Radiology

TRAINING:

Faulkner Hospital, Department of Medicine, Intership, 1994 - 1995

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Radiology, Residency 1995-1996

Darissa S. Kon , M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1991-1994, Bachelor of Arts, Biology

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, 1994 – 1998, Medical Doctor

INTERNSHIP:

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Los Angeles, California, 1998 –1999, Transitional year Internship

Residency:

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Los Angeles, California, 1999 – 2003, Department of Diagnostic Imaging Resident

FELLOWSHIP:

USC-Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 2003-2004, Department of Radiology Body Imaging Fellow

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1999 RSNA, Certificate of Merit- Scientific Exhibit "Glenoid deformities resultant from internal rotation contracture secondary to brachial plexus birth palsy"

1999 RSNA, Scientific Presentation "Glenoid deformities resultant from internal rotation contracture secondary to brachial plexus birth palsy''

1999 Kaiser Permanente Radiology Resident Research Award- 1st place

2000 International Pediatric Orthopedic Symposium, Scientific Exhibit

2001 RSNA, Scientific Exhibit "Classification of glenohumeral deformities in children with internal rotation contractures secondary to brachial plexus birth palsy by MRI and arthrography”

2001-2002 Chief Resident

2002 International Congress of Radiology, Scientific Exhibit

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Board of Radiology
Medical Board of California
Radiological Society of North America
Los Angeles Radiological Society
American College of Radiology
American Roentgen Ray Society
Association of University Radiologists

TRAINING:

Kaiser Permanent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1998-1999, Internship
Kaiser Permanent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1999 - 2003, Resident
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2003-2004, Fellowship

Cynthia J. Lloyd , M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1987-1991, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (Pre-med)
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, 1986-1991, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, 1991-1995, Medical Doctor

Residency:

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1995-1999, Diagnostic Radiology

FELLOWSHIP:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2004-2005, Radiology-MRI

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Medical Doctor Degree, with Distinction (top 10%)
Elected member of AOA
Undergraduate Degrees, both Summa Cum Laude

TRAINING:

University of Texas Health Science Center, 1995-1999, Residency
University of Southern California, 2004-2005 Fellowship

Kourosh Nourisamie , M.D.

EDUCATION:

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 1983-1989

RESIDENCY:

Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, Canton Affiliated Hospitals: Aultman Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, and Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio, 1998-2002
Marshfield Clinic and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, Wisconsin, Transitional year Residency 1997-1998

INTERNSHIP

Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin

FELLOWSHIP

Johns Hopkins University, Cross Sectional Imaging, 2002-2003

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2002 RSNA Resident/Fellow Research Award
Jan. 2001- Dec. 2001, Chief Radiology Resident
1996 – 1997 Research Fellow, Department of Pathology
Kansas City University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE :

Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Course and Clinical Instructor
Year IV Medical Students, Organ System Radiology 1999-2002
Johns Hopkins University, Clinical Instructor, Department of Radiology, 2002-2003

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
American Roentgen Ray Society

Jagdish M. Patel, M.D.

EDUCATION:

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

Baroda Medical College, Baroda, India, 1963-1967

INTERNSHIP:

SSGH Hospital, Baroda, India, 1967-1968, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
1968-1969, Junior Housemanship, Cook County Hospital, Chicago Illinois,
1970-1971, Rotation O Internship

RESIDENCY:

Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1971-1974, Diagnostic Radiology

FELLOWSHIP

Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975 – 1976, Fellowship in Diagnostic Ultrasound.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE :

1977 –1978, Associate Director, Division of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Karen Ragland Cole , M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1979-1983, Bachelor of Arts, Human Biology

GRADUATE:

University of California at Berkley, California, 1986-1987, Masters of Public Health; University of California, Los Angeles, 1998-2000, Masters of Business Administration

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

University of California at San Francisco, California 1983-1988, Doctor of Medicine

INTERNSHIP:

Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center (USCF and Stanford University Affiliate)
(California Pacific Medical Center) San Francisco, California, 1988-1989, Transitional Internship

RESIDENCY:

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles California, 1989-1993, Diagnostic Imaging

FELLOWSHIP

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1993-1994, Body Imaging
LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1994-1995, Neuroradiology
Duke University Medical Center, Durham. North Carolina, 1995-1996, Neuroradiology

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Women Radiologists
American Society of Neuroradiology
American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology
American Society of Spine Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
Los Angeles Radiological Society
National Medical Association
Society of Breast Imaging

Gabriel F. Ramirez , M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1979 – 1983, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Summa cum Laude

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986-1990, Medical Doctor

INTERNSHIP:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, 1991-1995, diagnostic Radiology

RESIDENCY:

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, 1995 – 1996, Radiology

FELLOWSHIP

Long Beach MRI, Long Beach, California 1995-1996, Radiology

HONORS AND AWARDS

1983 Summa cum Laude, Princeton University

1983 McCost Prize for Best Thesis in Philosophy

TRAINING

New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, House Staff Training Program, Department of Medicine

New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Radiology

Long Beach Memorial Care Imaging Center, Graduate Medical Education/Fellowship Program

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Radiological Society of North America
Los Angeles Radiological Society
American Roentgen Ray Society
California Radiological Society

Bach Thuoc Vu , M.D.

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1984-1986, Engineering Physics

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

University of Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, 1986-1990, School of Medicine

INTERNSHIP:

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1990-1991, School of Medicine

RESIDENCY:

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1991-1995, Radiology Residency

FELLOWSHIP

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, California, 1995-1996, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fellowship

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

INTERNSHIP & RESIDENCY:

Transitional Internship:

FELLOWSHIP:

HONORS AND AWARDS:

University of California at Berkeley

University of California at San Diego

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of California at Berkeley:

University of California at San Diego

EDUCATION:

UNDERGRADUATE:

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

INTERNSHIP:

Residency:

FELLOWSHIP:

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Medical University in Tokyo, Japan

New York Medical College

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

TRAINING:

North Shore University Hospital

North Shore University Hospital

UCLA School of Medicine

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Faulkner Hospital, Department of Medicine, Intership, 1994 - 1995

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Radiology, Residency 1995-1996

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Kaiser Permanent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1998-1999, Internship Kaiser Permanent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1999 - 2003, Resident University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2003-2004, Fellowship

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University of Texas Health Science Center, 1995-1999, Residency University of Southern California, 2004-2005 Fellowship

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Kaiser Permanent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1998-1999, Internship
Kaiser Permanent Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1999 - 2003, Resident
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2003-2004, Fellowship

University of Texas Health Science Center, 1995-1999, Residency
University of Southern California, 2004-2005 Fellowship