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Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center

E. Kent Yucel, MD, FACR

 

Academic Title:
Ettinger-Dreyfus Chair and Professor,
Tufts University School of Medicine

Division/Program Title:
Radiologist-in-Chief

Office:

800 Washington St. Box #299

Boston, MA 02111

 

Phone:

617-636-0040

Fax:

617-636-0041

Email Address:

eyucel@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Education and Post Graduate Training:

Medical School: Harvard Medical School, 1982

Internship and Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Ultrasound Fellowship: Tufts Medical Center

Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship:
Massachusetts General Hospital


Board Certifications:

American Board of Radiology Specialty Certification
in Diagnostic Radiology
American Board of Radiology Certificate in Vascular
and Interventional Radiology

 

Specialties:

Interventional Radiology

Clinical Interests:

Cardiovascular Imaging
Interventional Radiology

Research Interests:

Cardiovascular MRI
 

Selected Publications:

  1. Gasparovic H, Rybicki FJ, Millstine J, Unic D, Byrne JG,
    Yucel EK, Mihaljevic T. Three Dimensional Computed
    Tomographic Imaging in Planning the Surgical Approach
    for Redo Cardiac Surgery After Coronary Revascularization. 
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005; 28:244-9.
  2. Pennell DJ, Sechtem UP, Higgins CB, Manning WJ, Pohost
    GM, Rademakers F, van Rossum, AC, Shaw LJ, Yucel EK.
    Clinical Indications for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance:
    Consensus Panel Report. European Heart Journal 2004;
    25:1940-1065 and J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2004; 6:727-65.
  3. Koss SA, Yucel EK.  Role of MR Angiography in Vascular
    Interventional Planning. Magn Reson Imaging Clinics of
    North America 2004; 12:153-60.
  4. Tatli S, Yucel EK, Lipton MJ. CT and MR Imaging of the
    Thoracic Aorta: Current Techniques and Clinical Applications.
    Radiol Clin North Am 2004; 42:565-85.
  5. Taveras JM, Ferrucci JT, editors (Yucel EK, Associate Editor for
    Vascular Section). Radiology: Imaging, Diagnosis, Intervention.
    Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1993-2000.

Honors/Awards:

 

  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1978
  • Elected to Fellowship, Society of Interventional Radiology, 1994
  • Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Special Distinction
    in Reviewing, 1994-96
  • Elected to Fellowship, Society of Body Computed Tomography
    and Magnetic Resonance, 2002
  • Elected to Fellowship, American College of Radiology, 2002
  • Elected to Fellowship, American Heart Association, Council on
    Cardiovascular Radiology, 2002

Professional Affiliations:
American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
American Roentgen Ray Society
North American Society for Cardiac Imaging (Past President)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Society of Body Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance
American Heart Association

Foreign Languages:
French
Spanish

Gender:
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