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Joseph Frank, MD, Research, Bethesda, MD

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Research Bethesda, MD

Chief, Frank Laboratory, Chief, Laboratory of Diagnostic Radiology Research Co-Director, Center for Infectious Disease Imaging Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, NIH

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  • Office

    9000 Rockville Pike
    Bldg 10 Room B1N256
    Bethesda, MD 20892
    Phone+1 301-402-4314

Summary

  • Dr. Joseph Frank is an oncologist in Bethesda, MD and is affiliated with National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. He received his medical degree from Stony Brook University School of Medicine and has been in translation research for 39+years. He is experienced in MRI, immunology, cancer biology, cellular therapy immunotherapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound, regenerative medicine, biomedical engineering, and biomedical research.

Clinical Expertise

  • Immunotherapy, High-intensity focused ultrasound, Regenerative medicine, Biomedical engineering, Biomedical research, Nanomedicine, Stem cell transplantation, Magnetic resonance imaging, Neuropathology, Neuroimmunology (Multiple sclerosis), Molecular imaging, Contrast media, Bone Marrow Cells, Nervous System Trauma, Proteomics, Blood Brain Barrier

Education & Training

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1984 - 1986
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
  • Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1981
  • State University of New York
    State University of New YorkM.S., Chemistry, 1974 - 1977
  • State University of New York
    State University of New YorkB.A., Chemistry, 1972 - 1974
  • Union College
    Union CollegeNo Degree, 1971 - 1972

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1985 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow American College of Physicians, 2015
  • Fellow International Society of Magnetic Resonance In Medicine, 2009
  • Certificate of Merit for Scientific Exhibit for " Assessment of over 50 human gliomas with H1-MR spectroscopy [18F] FDG PET" Radiological Society of North America, 1990
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Temporal Clinical, Proteomic, Histological and Cellular Immune Responses of Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Acute Colitis  
    Joseph Frank, MD, World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Self-Assembling Nanocomplexes by combining Ferumoxytol, Heparin And Protamine For Cell Trafficking by MRI  
    Thu MS, Bryant LH, Coppola T, Jordan EK, Budde MD, Lewis BK, Chaudhry A, Varma NRS, Arbab AS, Frank JA, Nature Medicine, 1/1/2012
  • Subcurative radiation significantly increases proliferation, invasion, and migration of primary GBM in vivo  
    Shankar A, Kumar S, Iskander A, Varma NRS, Janic B, deCarvalho A, Mikkelsen T, Frank JA, Ali M, Kinight R, Brown SL and Arbab AS, Chin J Cancer, 9/9/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

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Lectures

  • Image-Guided Stem Cell Therapies 
    Los Angeles, CA - 11/13/2013
  • Enhanced homing of intravenous bone marrow stromal cells to the kidney by pulsed focused ultrasound improves outcomes in murine model of acute tubular necrosis 
    Philadelphia, PA - 9/10/2013
  • Imaging Technology: Ability to Track cell Fate and Survival Post Transplantation 
    San Francisco, CA - 6/25/2013
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Other

  • Quantification of Pulmonary Edema by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spin-Lattice Relaxation Time and Water Content ( Master's Thesis) 
    Frank, J.A.
    8/1/1977

Grant Support

  • Preclinical high intensity focused ultrasound: mechanisms and applicationsClinical Center (CLC)2009–Present
  • Tracking labeled stem cells in TBI model by cellular MRIClinical Center (CLC)1999–Present
  • Development And Evaluation Of Magnetic Resonance ContrasClinical Center2002–2006
  • Development Of Magnetic Resonance Contrast AgentsClinical Center2001

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow
  • International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
    Fellow
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Member
  • International Society for Stem Cell Research
    Member
  • Tissue Engineering International Society of Regenerative Medicine International Society
    Member
  • International Society for Cellular Therapy
    Member
  • Society of Molecular Imaging
    Member
  • International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound
    Member