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William Rothfus, MD
Clinical ProfessorE-Mail:
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Education | Medical School: University of Rochester, 1976 Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1980 Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1981 |
Allegheny College | |
Medical / Graduate School | University of Rochester, MD University of Pittsburgh, MBA |
Residency | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
Clinical / Post-doctoral Fellowship | Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Current | Radiological Society of North America American Society of Neuroradiology American Society of Spine Radiology American Society of Head and Neck Radiology Eastern Neuroradiological Society |
Specialties & Programs |
MR CT Interventional |
Clinical Interest | Skullbase imaging-Expanded Endonasal Skullbase Surgery Pituitary Imaging Orbital Imaging Spine Interventions- image guided |
Research Interest | Skullbase imaging-Expanded Endonasal Skullbase Surgery Pituitary Imaging Orbital Imaging Spine Interventions- image guided |
Selected Publications | Bartynski WS, Grahovac SZ, Rothfus WE, Cervical Discography Performed with a Prong Deflector For Improved Access to the Cervical Disc Spaces. AJNR, 26:1004-1008, 2005 Bartynski WS, Whitt D, Sheetz MA, Jennings RB, Rothfus WE. Lower Cervical Nerve Root Block Using CT Fluoroscopy in Patients with Large Body Habitus: Another Benefit of the Swimmers Position. AJNR, 28:706-708, 2007. Bartynski WS, Rothfus WE. Pain Improvement After Intra-Diskal Lidocaine Administration in Provocation Lumbar Diskography: Association with Diskographic Contrast Leakage. AJNR, 28:1259-65, 2007. Boardman JF, Rothfus WE, Dulai HS. Lesions and Pseudolesions of the Cavernous Sinus and Petrous Apex. Otolaryngol Clin North Am, 2008.41(1): 195-214. Gardner PA, Kassam AB, Rothfus WE, Snyderman CH, Carrau RL. Preoperative and Intraoperative Imaging for Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Skull Base. Otolaryngol Clin North Am, 41(1): 215-30. 2008. Bartynski WS, Rothfus WE, Kurs-Lasky M. Postdiskogram CT Features of Lidocaine-Sensitive and Lidocaine-Insensitive Severely Painful Disks at Provocation Lumbar Diskography. AJNR, 29(8):1455-1460, 2008. Kang M, Escott EJ, Rothfus WE. The MRI Appearance of the Vascular Pedicle Nasoseptal Flap. AJNR, 30:781-786, 2009. Bartynski WS, Kang M, Rothfus WE. Adjacent double nerve root contribution in unilateral lumbar radiculopathy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2010;31:327-333. Dulai HS, *Bartynski WS, Rothfus WE, Gerszten PC. Provocation lumbar diskography at previously fused lumbar levels.Interventional Neuroradiology 2010, 16:326-335 Ouyang T, Rothfus WE, Ng JM, Challinor SM. Pituitary Imaging. Radiology Clinics of North America.Imaging and Endocrinology, 2011, 49(3):549-571 |
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PubMed Publications | See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of medicine. |