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Ronald Walker, MD, Nuclear Medicine, Nashville, TN

RonaldWalkerMD

Nuclear Medicine • Nashville, TN

Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences

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  • Office

    1121 21st Avenue South CCC-1121 MCN
    Nashville, TN 37232
    Phone+1 615-343-8516
    Fax+1 615-343-6531

Education & Training

  • San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC)
    San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC)Residency, Nuclear Medicine, 1982 - 1984
  • San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
    San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1979 - 1982
  • Scott AFB Hospital
    Scott AFB HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1978
  • Baylor University
    Baylor UniversityB.S., Biology, 1970 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2007 - 2019
  • American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
  • American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Elected Fellow American College of Radiology, 2013
  • Elected Fellow American College of Nuclear Medicine, 2008
  • Awarded Certificate of Merit RSNA, 2005
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Correlations between quantitative fat-water magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in human subcutaneous white adipose tissue  
    Gifford Aliya, Walker Ronald, Towse Theodore F, Welch E Brian, J Med Imag, 1/1/2015
  • [F]-FLT PET to predict early response to neoadjuvant therapy in KRAS wild-type rectal cancer: a pilot study  
    McKinley ET, Watchmaker JM, Bapsi Chakravarthy A, Meyerhardt JA, Engelman JA, Walker RC, Kay Washington M, Coffey RJ, Charles Manning H, Ann Nucl Med, 1/1/2015
  • 18F-FLT-PET to predict pharmacodynamics and clinical response to cetuximab therapy in Menetrier’s disease  
    McKinley ET, Smith RA, Tanksley JP, Washington Mary Kay, Walker Ronald, Coffey Robert J, Manning H Charles, Ann Nucl Med, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Functional and Molecular Imaging in Hepatology 
    Chapter: Liver metastases from colorectal cancers. 
    Page 104 - 119Jones-Jackson LB, Walker RC, Delbeke DEditors: Keiding S, Sorensen S.Bentham Science Publishers, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates2012
  • Clinical PET-CT in Radiology 
    Chapter: Solitary Plasmacytoma, and Related Plasma Cell Dyscrasias 
    Walker R, Miceli, M, Jones-Jackson L. PET-CT Imaging in Multiple MyelomaEditors: Paul Shreve, MD and David W. Townsend, PhD.Springer Science+Business Media, LLC2011
  • Myeloma Bone Disease 
    Chapter: Imaging of Multiple Myeloma, Solitary Plasmacytoma, MGUS, and other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias 
    Walker R, Jones-Jackson L, Bartel T, Brown T, Barlogie BEditors: G David Roodman.Humana Press2010
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Assessing the inter-observer agreement of Computer-Aided Nodule Assessment & Risk Yield (CANARY) method to characterize lung adenocarcinomas.
    Nakajima EC, Frankland MP, Johnson T, Antic S, Chen H, Chen S, Karwoski R, Walker R, Landman B, Bartholmai BJ, Rajagopalan S, Piekert T, Massion PP, Maldonado F, AACR Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2017
  • Safety of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors.
    Stephen Deppen PhD, Adam Bobbey MD, Jeff Clanton DPh, Martin Sandler MD, Dominique Delbeke MD PhD, Ronald Walker MD, World Molecular Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, 1/2/2015
  • Clinical Trial: Efficacy of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors.
    Stephen Deppen PhD, Adam Bobbey MD, Jeff Clanton DPh, Martin Sandler MD, Dominique Delbeke MD PhD, Ronald Walker MD, World Molecular Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, 1/2/2015
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Lectures

  • Somatostatin Receptor Imaging 
    Chicago, IL - 1/29/2015
  • Gallium Approval in the US: Background and Moving Forward: The US Experience. 
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - 1/12/2015
  • Imaging and Therapy of Neuroendocrine Tumors. 
    Austin, TX - 1/10/2015
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Other

  • Oncology CT Module of the Pelvis. 
    Leah Braswell, MD; Ronald Walker, MD; Lavanya Kalla, MD; Laurie Jones-Jackson, MD; Twyla Bartel, DO; Victoria Major, MD; Hemendra Shah, MD; Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD, Society of Nuclear Medicine’s and the American Board of Radiology's Life-long Learning and Self-Asse
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  • Introduction to Oncology CT of the Head and Neck. 
    Twyla Bartel, DO; Ronald Walker, MD, Laurie Jones-Jackson, MD, Major, Victoria, MD, Hemendra Shah, MD, Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD, Society of Nuclear Medicine’s and the American Board of Radiology's Life-long Learning and Self-Asse
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  • Oncology CT Module of the Abdomen. 
    James McCarley, MD; Ronald Walker, MD; Lavanya Kalla, MD; Laurie Jones-Jackson, MD; Twyla Bartel, DO; Victoria Major, MD; Hemendra Shah, MD; Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD, Society of Nuclear Medicine's and the American Board of Radiology's Life-long Learning and Self-Asse
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Press Mentions

  • Better Way to Diagnose, Manage Neuroendocrine Tumors
    Better Way to Diagnose, Manage Neuroendocrine TumorsMay 9th, 2016

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