Overview
Dr. Yousef Awan was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington D.C. and completed his internship at Christiana Care Hospital system, followed by diagnostic radiology residency at University of Maryland Medical Center and a fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital. His current clinical interests include general body interventional radiology with a special interest in interventional oncology, as well as women's health/uterine fibroid embolization. He also specializes in complex genitourinary and advanced biliary interventions. Dr. Awan has been an author of several peer reviewed publications and has given several verbal and poster presentations at national medical conferences. Dr. Awan is a member of the Diagnostic Medical Imaging practice, which provides diagnostic and interventional radiology services Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center in Columbia, Maryland.
Dr. Awan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intussusception in Children. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Silver Spring, MD 20918
Clinical Research
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St Paul Place Specialists, Inc.
David Sill is a Radiologist and an Interventional Radiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sill is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intussusception in Children. His top areas of expertise are Retroperitoneal Fibrosis, Intussusception in Children, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), and Visceromegaly.
Alain Drooz is an Interventional Radiologist and a Radiologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Drooz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intussusception in Children. His top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD), Ascites, Liver Embolization, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Elliot K. Fishman is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department Radiology and Radiological Science, Department of Oncology and Department of Surgery. He serves as a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. His clinical and research interests focus on medical imaging with specific emphasis on three-dimensional (3D) imaging and computed tomography (CT). Dr. Fishman received his B.S. in 1973 and M.D. in 1977 from the University of Maryland. After a residency at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, he completed a fellowship in CT at Johns Hopkins in 1980 and joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1981 as an Assistant Professor. In 1986, he became Associate Professor and, in 1991, Professor of Radiology and Oncology. He is a leader in the development of 3D imaging and rendering, including its impacts on and uses in patient care and management. He was involved from the beginning in the development of 3D imaging through his work with Pixar, which was a spin-off from LucasFilms in San Rafael, California. Over the last 25 years, Dr. Fishman continued to help develop 3D imaging and has been a leader in the development of interactive 3D rendering. His team is consistently at the forefront of research and development of new visualization and post-processing techniques and technologies. Dr. Fishman's extensive body of work in CT has resulted in over 1,000 peer-reviewed publications, and he is the author or co-author of 10 textbooks. He is the recipient of three prestigious Aunt Minnie Awards, honoring his outstanding contributions as both an educator and researcher. In 2007, he was named by Medical Imaging Magazine as the Top Radiologist in the Nation. He is a member of editorial boards for more than 35 journals, an active member of several professional radiology associations and is a past-president of the Society of Body CT/MR. Dr. Fishman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intussusception in Children. His top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Cavernous Lymphangioma, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- AscitesDr. Awan isAdvanced. Learn about Ascites.
- Bone Marrow AspirationDr. Awan isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Marrow Aspiration.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Awan isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Pancreatic CancerDr. Awan isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
- Familial Prostate CancerDr. Awan isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Prostate Cancer.
- Inflammatory Breast CancerDr. Awan isAdvanced. Learn about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
- Experienced
- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- AngiomyomaDr. Awan isExperienced. Learn about Angiomyoma.
- Aseptic and Alopecic Nodules of Scalp (AANS)
- Biliary DyskinesiaDr. Awan isExperienced. Learn about Biliary Dyskinesia.
- BoilsDr. Awan isExperienced. Learn about Boils.
- Breast CancerDr. Awan isExperienced. Learn about Breast Cancer.
