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Franklin Tessler, MD, Radiology, Birmingham, AL

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

Certifications & Licensure

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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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 Meeting
    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’ Expertise
    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 Caution
    Ultrasound Guidelines for Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: Proceeding with CautionJune 1st, 2019
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