LeonieGordonMD

Nuclear Medicine • Charleston, SC

Academic at Medical University of South Carolina

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Office
171 Ashley Ave
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone+1 843-792-1414

Education & Training

Medical University of South CarolinaResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2004
Medical University of South Carolina1979 - 1981
Medical University of South CarolinaResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1980
Medical University of South CarolinaFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1977 - 1979
Somerset HospitalMedical Officer, 1975 - 1976
Groote Schuur Hospital1973 - 1974
University of Cape Town Faculty of MedicineClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 1978 - 2025
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctor Award 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Fellowship Nominee American College of Nuclear Physicians, 2009
The Marshall Brucer Award for outstanding service to the Nuclear Medicine community SE Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2009
Represented SE chapter in bowl competition at the 48th Annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine SE Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2001
Faculty Senate 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001
Golden Apple Award Radiology Residents for Excellence in Teaching, 1997
Serious Commitment Award for Radiology CT Improvement 1994
Bracco Diagnostics Special Clinical Recognition Award 1994
Lifetime membership South Carolina Society of Nuclear Medicine
Trident Area Commission on Excellence
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

45 citations
Effect of Patient Positioning on Distribution of Tetracycline in the Pleural Space during Pleurodesis
Daniel G. Lorch, Leonie Gordon, Sally A. Wooten, James F. Cooper, Charlie Strange
Chest. 1988-03-01
80 citations
Imaging in head and neck cancer.
Zoran Rumboldt, Leonie Gordon, Rick Bonsall, Susan Ackermann
Current Treatment Options in Oncology. 2006-01-01
37 citations
Gender Bias in Diagnostic Radiology Resident Selection, Does it Exist?
Lara Hewett, Madelene Lewis, Heather R. Collins, Leonie Gordon
Academic Radiology. 2016-01-01

Journal Articles

The usefulness of Iodine - 123 whole - body scans in evaluating thyroid carcinoma and metastases.
Yaakob W, Gordon L, Spicer KM, Nitke SJ, Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology 27:279-281
Woman With Weight Loss and Abdominal Pain and Fullness.
Gordon L, Consultant; p367-368
Man With Dysphagia and Neck Fullness.
Gordon L, Consultant; p1857-1858
Woman With Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain.
Gordon L, Consultant; p1605-1606
Boy With Left-Sided Back Pain.
Gordon L, Consultant; p1433-1435
Boy With Abdominal Pain, Fever, and Nausea.
Gordon L, Consultant; p1122-1126
Chronic Tophaceous Gout and Advanced Osteoarthritis Causing Increased Activity on Prostascint Scans.
Al-Okaili R, Gordon L, Auler, M, Radiologic case of the month, Applied Radiology 32(1)
Uptake of Ga-67 in Granulomatous Myositis with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlation.
Hosey J, Sloan T, Gordon L, Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 26(10)
Value at Vertebral x-rays in Osteoporosis.
Gordon L, Pope TL, Monen S, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association 97(3):102-105
Radiological Case of the Month.
Yaakob W, Nitke SJ, Schabel S, Gordon L, Applied Radiology
Young Woman With Right Upper Quadrant Pain.
Gordon L, Consultant; p496-497
Octreotide Uptake in Head and Neck.
Horn JD, Gordon BM, Gordon L, Spicer KM, Semin Nucl Med, 27:70-81
Parathyroid Imaging with Tc-99m Sestamibi Pictorial Essay.
Gordon BM, Gordon L, Hoang K, Spicer KM, AJR, 167:1563-1568
Carcinoma Fortuitiously Discovered on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Gordon L, Gordon BM, Clin Nucl Med 21:330
Recurrent Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Diagnosis of an Ileal Neoplasm by Scintigraphy with Tc-99m Red Blood Cells and Angiography.
Gordon BM, Herlong J, Uflacker R, Gordon L, Southern Medical Journal, 89:1204-1207
Greater Secretion of Growth Hormone in Black than White Men: Possible Factor in Greater Bone Mineral Density-A Clinical Center Study.
Wright NM, Renault J, Willi S, Veldhuis JD, Pandy JP, Gordon L, Key LL, Bell NH, J Clin Endocinolo Metab 80:2291-2297
In-111 Pentetreotide Superior Imaging Agent for Gastrinomas.
McCown JS, Gordon L, Clin Nucl Med 20:868-98
False Positive Imaging of In-111 Labeled Monoclonal Antibody Conjugate CYT 703 in a Patient with Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma.
Bhatia M, Baron PL, Alderman DF and Gordon L, Clin Nucl Med 20:979-80
Demonstration That Bone Mineral Density of the Lumbar Spine, Trochanter and Femoral Neck is Higher in Black than in White Young Men.
Bell NH, Gordon L, Stevens J, and Shary JR, Calcified Tissue International
The Preparation Parameters of Technetium-99m-Macroaggregated Albumin-Low Particle Number.
Cheng KT, Spicer KM, Gordon L, J Nucl Med Technol;22:173-177
Position paper on the Development of a Middle Level Provider in Nuclear Medicine: The Nuclear Medicine Practitioner.
Pickett MW, Keech FK, Owen MA, Stachowiak A, Fulk LA, Murphy KH, Christian PE, Hunter K, Hubble WL, Gordon LL, Dillehay GL, Henkin RE, J Nucl Med Technol; 34(4):236-43
False Positive PET Scan Due to Vocal Cord Paralysis.
Paoletti L, Mehta H, Gordon L, Gillespie B, Pastis N, 10.1378/chest.1112642 Chest; vol.140 no.4
ABNM Position Statement: Nuclear Medicine Professional Competency and Scope of Practice.
Frey KA, Royal HD, DiCarli MF, Dillehay GL, Gordon L, Mankoff DA, O’Malley J, Ramanna L, Rohren E, Sehall GM, Shulkin Bl, Wallis JW, Ziessman HA, J. Nuc Med;52, 6: 994-997
Capromab Pendetide scanning has a potential role in optimizing patient selection for salvage cryosurgical ablation of the prostate.
El-Zawahry AM, Clarke HS, Eskridge MR, Rieter W, Gordon L, Onicescu G, Garrett-Mayer E, Keane TE, Urology;76(5): 1162-7
Capromab Pendetide scanning has a potential role in optimizing patient selection for salvage cryosurgical ablation of the prostate.
El-Zawahry AM, Clarke HS, Eskridge MR, Rieter W, Gordon L, Onicescu G, Garrett-Mayer E, Keane TE, Urology;76(5):1162-7
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Books/Book Chapters

Self-assessment of Current Knowledge in Nuclear Medicine.
Gordon L, Dr. J Selby, GD Frey and JF CooperEditors: Medical Examination Pub. Co.Edition 3 rd,
Parathyroid imaging in correlative imaging.
Gordon L, Sandler MP, Patton JA, Sacks GAWilliams Wilkinson
Textbook of Radiology and Imaging for Medical Students.
Chapter: Metabolic Bone Disease
Gordon L, Young JWChurchill LivinstoneEdition 6th,
Diagnostic Imagining.
Page 9 - 12Conway W, Gordon L, Cianfoni A
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Abstracts/Posters

The Use of Pharmacological Agents in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Gordon L and Hendrix, GH, Nuclear Medicine Annual
Metabolic Bone Disease.
Young J and Gordon L, Sutton and Young Textbook of Radiology
Erroneous negative adrenal imaging with 131I-6B-iodomethylnorcholesterol. (131I-chol).
Gordon L, Mayfield RK, Levine JH, et al, Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual 26th Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Lymphoid Adenohypophysitis (LAH) Presenting as a Pituitary Tumor.
Mayfield RK, Levine JH, Gordon L, et al, 26th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Anaheim, CA
Visualization of Malignant Ascites with 99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate.
Gordon L, Holland RD, Cooper JF, Schabel SI, Spicer KM, 19th Meeting, SE Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Nashville, TN
Visualization of Hemangiomas with 99mTc-Tagged RBCs.
Gordon L and Spicer KM, 20th Meeting, SE Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Diagnostic Imaging of Tuberculous Peritonitis.
Gordon L, Schabel SI, Loevinger EH, Stanley J, Gobien RP, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SE Chapter), Charlotte, NC
Dynamic Imaging Patterns with Tc-PIPIDA.
Gordon L, Curtis RF, and Selby JB, Sr, 23rd Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SE Chapter), Charlotte, NC
Imaging Anatomical Complications in Renal Transplantation.
Gordon L, Curry N, Schabel SI, Fitts CT, and Rajagopalan PR, 23rd Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SE Chapter), Charlotte, NC
Quick Accurate Method for Determination of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) in Neonates.
Gordon L, Pappu LD, Hayes A, Pub Clin Research 31: 917A, New Orleans, 1983
The use of Indium-111 Labeled Leukocytes in the Evaluation of Osteomyelitis.
Croley MR, Spicer KM, Gordon L, AM Roentgen Ray Society, 84th Meeting, Las Vegas
review of myocardial scans, cardiac enzymes and electrocardiograms in detecting post coronary artery by-pass myocardial infarctions.
Gallagher MP, Hendrix GH, Gordon L, SE Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Orlando, FL
Comparison of post-infarction multigated blood pool ventriculograms (MUGA) with electrocardiographic (EKG) changes.
Croley MR, Hendrix GH, Gordon L, Gazes PC, SE Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Orlando, FL
Comparison of radionuclide cisternography (RC) and metrizamide computerized tomographic cisternography (MCTC) in evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks.
Gordon L, Croley MR, Loevinger EH, Spicer KM, SE Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Orlando, FL
Diagnostic problems in diagnosis of Paget's disease.
Selby JB, Gordon L, Glassman A, American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Kiawah Island
Imaging effects of the radiocontaminant Tl-200 from 4-day precalibrated lots of a commercially produced Tl-201.
Ricciardone M, Frey GD, Levine E, Gordon L, Spicer KM, SE Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Parathyroid Imaging.
Wigger BW, Gordon L, Buse MG, Southeast Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine, Lexington, KY
Comparison of Computer Software Available for Thallium Quantitative Analysis.
Croley MR, Spicer KM, Hendrix GH, and Gordon L, Radiologic Society of North America, Washington, DC
Radionuclide Scans (RS) and Plasma Renin Activity in Hypertensive Neonates Who Recover.
Pappu LD, Gordon L, Purohit D and Levkoff A, American Pediatric Society, New Orleans
Thallium Imaging in Scleroderma.
Hendrix GH, Gordon L, SE Chapter of Nuclear Medicine, Hollywood, FL
Dobutamine Stress Testing in the Detection of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease.
Hollins WJ, Hendrix GH, Gordon L, Spicer KM, SE Chapter of Nuclear Medicine, Nashville, Tn
Dobutamine Stress Testing in Detection of Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease.
Gordon L, Hendrix GH and Hollins WJ, Association of University Radiologist 35th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
Evaluation of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Neonates.
Gordon L, Pappu LD, Association of University Radiology 35th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
Leukocyte Labeling in Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia.
Levine E, Gordon L, Reiheld C et al, SNM 36th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO
Particle Reduction of a Macroaggregated Albumin (MAA) Kit: Simplified Calculations.
Levine E, Perrit JS, Gordon L, SNM 36th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO
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Lectures

Medical Treatments of Hyperthyroidism.
IOP Auditorium
What’s New in PET Scans.
Charleston, South Carolina
Cardiac Nuclear Medicine.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nuclear Medicine in the 21st Century.
CNS Lymphoma.
Thyroid Cancer.
Diagnostic Radiology Residency – Program Update.
Charleston, SC
Prostate Cancer.
MUSC
Iodine therapy in hyperthyroidism.
Clinical Science Building
Radiology as a Career Choice.
Baruch Auditorium
Thyroid Cancer Imaging.
SC Clinical Sciences Building
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: SPECT or PET/CT?
Kiawah, SC
Oncologic Imaging for the Practicing Radiologist: PET and PET/CT.
Charleston, SC
Cardiac SPECT vs. PET vs. CT Imaging.
ART Auditorium
Myocardial Profusion Imaging: State-of-the-ART.
1st Floor Auditorium
Osteoporosis.
Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Prostate Imaging.
Charleston, SC
Pediatric Endocrinology.
Room 270MUH
Presentation of Appreciation.
MUSC BSB Auditorium
Imaging Controversies in the Management of Thyroid & Parathyroid Disease & The Role of RAI in PTMC? Should Everyone get it?
Charleston, SC
Why Pathophysiology is Important for Nuclear Medicine.
Charleston, SC
Nuclear PET Imaging.
MUSC ART Auditorium
Myocardial Perfusion.
MUSC ART Auditorium
Nuclear Diagnostic and Staging Studies.
ART Room 7045
Healthcare Security Summit-Disaster Preparedness and Response.
Charleston Marriott
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