FranklinNTesslerMD

Radiology • Birmingham, AL

Abdominal Imaging, Ultrasound

Professor, Radiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816

Summary

Chief of Body Imaging

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1984 - 1984
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1982 - 1983
McGill University Faculty Medicine HospitalRadiology, 1979 - 1982
Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General HospitalTransitional Year, 1977 - 1978
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 2002 - 2025
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Achieving and Maintaining Excellence: A Roadmap for Ultrasound Practices.
Michelle L Robbin, David T Fetzer, Franklin N Tessler, Wui K Chong, Mark E Lockhart
Radiologic Clinics of North America. 2025-01-01
Temporal Trends in Thyroid Nodule Size on Ultrasonography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Hayley Mann, Natalia Arroyo, Vivian Hsiao, Franklin Tessler, Lori Mankowski Gettle
JAMA Otolaryngology-- Head & Neck Surgery. 2024-10-24
Response to Toraih et al. re: "Chasing π-fection in Thyroidology".
Franklin N Tessler, Mark E Zafereo, Gonzalo J Acosta, Wendy L Sacks
Thyroid. 2023-04-01

Lectures

A Lumpy Ordeal: The Evolving Management of Thyroid Nodules
ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/23/2019

Authored Content

Improved Quality of Thyroid Ultrasound Reports After Implementation of the ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System Nodule Lexicon and Risk Stratification SystemMarch 2018
Improved Quality of Thyroid Ultrasound Reports After Implementation of the ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System Nodule Lexicon and Risk Stratification SystemMarch 2018

Press Mentions

Preview of the 93rd American Thyroid Association Annual MeetingJuly 1st, 2024
Ultrasound-Based Indications for Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration: Outcome of a TIRADS-Based Approach Versus Operators’ ExpertiseNovember 25th, 2020
Ultrasound Guidelines for Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: Proceeding with CautionJune 1st, 2019
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