FranciscoJoseLazagaMD

Abdominal Imaging, Bone Imaging/Musculoskeletal, Gastrointestinal Imaging, Nuclear Radiology

Radiologist

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Dr. Francisco Lazaga is a radiologist in San Juan, PR and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Hospital Pavia-Santurce y Hato Rey. He received his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice 11 years. He specializes in general radiology, body/abdominal imaging, musculoskeletal radiology, nuclear medicine, and nuclear radiology.

Bridgeport Hospital/Yale UniversityResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2015
University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineFellowship, Abdominal Radiology, 2019 - 2020
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2010 - 2020
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Nuclear Oncology, 2014 - 2015
NYC Health + Hospitals / QueensInternship, Transitional Year, 2009 - 2010
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2009, MD

Certificate of Merit award for "SPECT/CT User’s Guide for Imaging Complex Musculoskeletal Infections" Radiological Society of North America, 2013

PubMed

12 citations
Comparison of whole-body versus limited whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT scan in malignant cutaneous melanoma.
Francisco Lazaga, Orhan K. Öz, Beverley Adams-Huet, Jon A. Anderson, Dana Mathews
Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2013-11-01
12 citations
Hyperparathyroidism-Jaw Tumor Syndrome Associated With Large-Scale 1q31 Deletion.
Jill C. Rubinstein, Sachin Majumdar, William B. Laskin, Francisco Lazaga, Manju L. Prasad
Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2017-05-25
25 citations
Hybrid imaging with 99mTc-WBC SPECT/CT to monitor the effect of therapy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Francisco Lazaga, Suzanne Van Asten, Adam Nichols, Kavita Bhavan, Javier La Fontaine
International Wound Journal. 2016-12-01

Journal Articles

Successful Treatment of a Common Femoral Arterial Pseudoaneurysm with US-Guided Thrombin Injection: A Case Report
YOGESH KUMAR, MD, AHMED ABDELBAKI, MD, NEERAJ BHATT, MD, FRANCISCO LAZAGA, MD, AND KUSUM HOODA, MD, Connecticut medicine, 8/1/2016
Hybrid imaging with 99mTc-WBC SPECT/CT to monitor the effect of therapy in diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Lazaga, Francisco; Oz, Orhan K.; Lavery, Larry, International Wound Journal, 4/8/2015
Significance of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake at the Gastroesophageal Junction: Comparison of PET to Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Joshua Stagg, Irfan Farukhi, Francisco Lazaga, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 12/1/2014
Comparison of whole-body versus limited whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT scan in malignant cutaneous melanoma.
Lazaga FJ, Oz OK, Mathews D, et al., Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 11/1/2013
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