JosephFPolakMD

Nuclear Medicine • Jamaica Plain, MA

Professor, Radiology, Tufts Medical Center

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Office
170 Morton St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone+1 617-971-3366

Fax+1 617-971-3856

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1981 - 1986
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1979 - 1981
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1980 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2002 - 2022
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
American Board of Radiology Nuclear Radiology

Clinical Trials

Epidemiology of Carotid IMT Progression in MESA - Ancillary Study Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

43 citations
Relationship of Carotid Distensibility and Thoracic Aorta Calcification. Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Michael J. Blaha, Matthew J. Budoff, Juan J. Rivera, Ronit Katz, Daniel H. O'Leary
Hypertension. 2009-12-01
109 citations
Association of Fibrinogen and Coagulation Factors Vll and VIII with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly The Cardiovascular Health Study
Mary Cushman, David Yanez, Bruce M. Psaty, Linda P. Fried, Gerardo Heiss
American Journal of Epidemiology. 1996-04-01
223 citations
Prolonged effect of intensive therapy on the risk of retinopathy complications in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: 10 years after the diabetes control and compl...
Neil H. White, Wanjie Sun, Patricia A. Cleary, Ronald P. Danis, Matthew D. Davis
Archives of Ophthalmology. 2008-12-01

Lectures

Review Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as Surrogate for and Predictor of CVD
UC Davis Health System, Lahaina, Hawaii - 1/20/2013

Press Mentions

Nazi Anatomical Drawings Are Donated in Effort to Address Ethical Quandary — and Spotlight a Dark HistoryMarch 17th, 2021

Grant Support

Progression Of Sub-Clinical AtherosclerosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005–2009
Epidemiology Of Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness (IMT) In AtherosclerosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007
Epidemiology Of Cartoid IMT Progression In MESANational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2006
Epidemiology Of Carotid IMT Progression In MESANational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2003