LionelSZuckierMDFRCPC

Nuclear Medicine • Bronx, NY

Professor, Chief and Chair, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

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Office
1695A Eastchester Road
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone+1 718-405-8455

Education & Training

Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1985 - 1989
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1983 - 1985
One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1988 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 1993 - 2013
PA State Medical License 2011 - 2012
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

368 citations
The mammary gland iodide transporter is expressed during lactation and in breast cancer
Uygar H. Tazebay, Irene Wapnir, Orlie Levy, Orsolya Dohán, Lionel S. Zuckier
Nature Medicine. 2000-08-01
27 citations
The F + 0 protocol for diuretic renography results in fewer interrupted studies due to voiding than the F - 15 protocol.
Yiyan Liu, Nasrin Ghesani, Joan Skurnick, Lionel S. Zuckier
Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2005-08-01
79 citations
Rhenium-188 as an alternative to Iodine-131 for treatment of breast tumors expressing the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS)
Ekaterina Dadachova, B Bouzahzah, Lionel S. Zuckier, Richard G. Pestell
Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 2002-01-01

Press Mentions

Iodine Therapy Can Result in Patients Triggering Radiation DetectorsDecember 2nd, 2004

Grant Support

Monoclonal Antibody Imaging In Nuclear MedicineNational Cancer Institute1990–1994