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Office
Captain James A Lovell Federal Healthcare Center
3001 Green Bay Road
Abbott Park, IL 60064Phone+1 708-254-0524Fax+1 224-610-1536
Education & Training
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2008 - 2009
- Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2004 - 2008
- Loyola Medicine MacNeal HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2003 - 2004
- University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2003
- Loyola University ChicagoB.S., Chemistry, 1988 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2003 - 2026
- IA State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- KY State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- OR State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- WI State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Certificate of Merit Award RSNA, 2008
- Steven M. Pinsky Resident Research Award Illinois Radiological Society, 2006
- Nominee, Best Surgical Intern of the Year Loyola University Medical Center, 2004
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 34 citationsPulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Etiology, Presentation, Diagnosis, and TreatmentVaishali Lafita, Marc A. Borge, Terrence C. Demos
Seminars in Interventional Radiology. 2007-03-01 - 14 citationsRole of Breast Sonography in Imaging of Adolescents with Palpable Solid Breast MassesAruna Vade, Vaishali S. Lafita, Kathleen A. Ward, Jennifer E. Lim-Dunham, Davide Bova
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2008-09-01 - 5 citationsMusculoskeletal mnemonics: differentiating features.Jonathan W. Currie, Kirkland W. Davis, Vaishali S. Lafita, Donna G. Blankenbaker, Arthur A. De Smet
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2011-03-01
Journal Articles
- Role of Breast Sonography in Imaging of Adolescents with Palpable Solid Breast MassesVade A, Lafita VS, Ward KA, Lim-Dunham JE, and Bova D, AJR, 1/1/2008
- Subungual Glomus TumorAhmed M, Lomasney LM, Demos TC, Lafita VS, and Hammdeh R, Orthopedics, 1/1/2008
- Geyser SignLafita VS, Iqbal N, Loyola University Chicago Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Journal, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Rapid assessment of disease severity in osteoarthritis research studies using vastly undersampled isotropic projection steady-state free precession (VIPR-SSFP) imaging.Lafita VS, Kijowski R et al, 109th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, Boston, MA, 1/26/2009
- MSK Mnemonics: What Do They Look Like?Lafita VS, Davis KW, Blankenbaker DG, DeSmet A, Rosas H, Lee KS, RSNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2008
- Does life-style really matter?Lafita VS, Applegate KE, Association of University Radiologists 55th Annual Meeting, 1/24/2007
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Lectures
- Radiologic Imaging and Intervention in Sports MedicineNorthwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL - 1/18/2015
- Radiological Assessment and Diagnosis in Sports MedicineNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL - 1/8/2015
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Ankle.Case of the Day: Wednesday.Chicago, IL - 1/3/2008
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