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Badreddine Bencherif, MD
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| Education | Okba High School B.S. Mathematics and Physics Algiers, Algeria University of Algiers M.D. (Medicine) Algiers, Algeria Ait Idir Hospital Diagnostic-Radiology Residency Algiers, Algeria Hopital Pitie Salpetriere Clinical Neuroradiology Fellowship Paris, France Nassau County Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency East Meadow, NY University of Pennsylvania Hospital Nuclear Medicine Residency Philadelphia, PA University of Arizona Hospital Nuclear Medicine Residency Tucson, AZ Veterans Administration Medical Center Clinical/Research PET Fellowship Minneapolis, MN John Hopkins University Clinical/Research PET Fellowship Baltimore, MD |
| B.S. Mathematic and Physics, Algiers, Algeria. | |
| Medical / Graduate School | University of Algiers (Algeria) |
| Residency | Diagnostic Radiology, Ait Idir Hospital, Algiers, (Algeria) Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Nuclear Medicine, University of Arizona Hospital, Tucson, AZ. |
| Clinical / Post-doctoral Fellowship | Observer and Researcher, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA. Clinical Neuroradiology Fellowship, Hospital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France. Clinical Research /PET, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. Clinical Research /PET, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. |
| Current | Pennsylvania Radiological Society (2011-present) Radiological Society of North America (1997-present) Society of Nuclear Medicine (1992-present) |
| Specialties & Programs |
PET MR Nuclear Medicine |
| Clinical Interest | PET scan MRI |
| Research Interest | 1) Non invasive quantification of PET data. 2) Partial volume correction of PET data using MRI. 3) Non invasive characterization of brain tumor biology and assessment of treatment effect. |
| Selected Publications | 1.Girardot C, Boukobza M, Lamoureux JP, Sichez JP, Capelle L, Zouaoui A, Bencherif B, Metzger J. Choroid plexus papillomas of the posterior fossa in adults: MR imaging and gadolinium enhancement. J Neuroradiol 1990; 17:303-318. 2.Krief O, Sichez JP, Chedid G, Zouaoui A, Bencherif B, Le Bras F, Marsault C. Extra-axial cavernous hemangioma with hemorrhage. AJNR 1991; 12:988-990. 3.Zouaoui A, Maillard JC, Bencherif B, Bouayed N, Chedid G, Lazennec JY, Marsault C. Imaging of lumbosacral plexus avulsion. J Neuroradiol 1992; 19:38-48. 4.Bencherif B, Zouaoui A, Chedid G, Kujas M, Effenterre RV, Marsault C. Intracranial extension of idiopathic orbital inflammatory pseudotumor. Am J Neuroradiol 1993; 14:181-184. 5.Bencherif B, Rottenberg DA. Neuroimaging of the AIDS dementia complex. AIDS 1998; 12:233-244. 6.Bencherif B, Endres C, Musachio JL, Villalobos A, Hilton J, Scheffel U, Ravert HT, Mathews WB, Dannals RF, Williams S, Frost JJ. PET imaging of brain acetylcholinesterase using [11C]CP-126,998, a brain selective enzyme inhibitor. Synapse 2002; 45:1-9. 7.Endres CJ, Bencherif B, Madar I, Hilton J, Frost JJ. Quantification of mu opioid receptor binding with [11C]carfentanil: evaluation of reference-tissue approaches. Nucl Med Biol 2003, 30, 177-186. 8..Bencherif B, Stumpf M, Links JM, Ilgin N, Frost JJ. Application of MRI-based partial volume correction to the analysis of PET images of mu receptors using Statistical Parametric Mapping. JNM 2004, 45, 402-408. 9.Ravert HT, Bencherif B, Madar I, Frost JJ. PET imaging of opioid receptor in pain: progress and new directions. Current Pharmaceutical Design 2004, 10: 7, 759-768. 10.Madar I, Bencherif B, Lever J and al. Imaging delta and mu opioid receptors by PET in lung carcinoma patients. JNM 2007, 48, 207-213. 11.Shammas A, Degirmenci B, Mountz JM, McCook BM, Branstetter B, Bencherif B et al. F18-FDG PET in patients with suspected recurrent or metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer. JNM 2007, 48, 221-226. 12.Degirmenci B, Wilson D, Laymon M C, Becker C, Mason N. S, Bencherif B, Agarwal A , Luketich J, Landreneau R and Avril N. Quantitative Evaluation of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Using FDG PET/CT. Nucl Med Commun 2008 Jul;29 (7) 614-22. 13.Tublin, ME, Pryma DA, Yim JH, Ogilvie JB; Mountz JM, Bencherif B, Carty, SE. Localization of parathyroid adenomas by sonography and Tc99m-Sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography before minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: are both studies really needed? J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Feb;28(2):183-90. 14.Barwick T, Bencherif B, Mountz JM, Avril N. Molecular PET and PET/CT imaging of tumour cell proliferation using F-18 Fluoro-L-thymidine: a comprehensive evaluation. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2009, 30:908917. 15.Richard, SD, Bencherif, B, Edwards RP, Elishaev, E, Mason, NS, Mountz JM, DeLoia, Julie A. Noninvasive Assessment of Cell Proliferation in Ovarian Cancer. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 2011 May;38(4):485-91. Epub 2011 Mar 3. |
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| PubMed Publications | See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of medicine. |
