Sjirk J Westra MD
Radiologist | Diagnostic Radiology
55 Fruit St Fnd 2 Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Sjirk Westra is a radiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Westra specializes in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging techniques such as X-Rays, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography exams. These techniques offer accurate visibility to the inside of the patients body and help to detect otherwise hidden illnesses so that they can be treated quickly and efficiently.
Education and Training
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Faculty Of Medical Sciences 1984
University Sakartvelo Faculty of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 13-2003. A 14-month-old boy with hepatomegaly, perianal lesions, and a bony lump on the forehead.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 31-2004. A four-year-old boy with hypoxemia.
- Imaging evaluation of pediatric chest trauma.
- 'Hair-on-end' skull changes resembling thalassemia caused by marrow expansion in uncorrected complex cyanotic heart disease.
- Chest radiological patterns predict the duration of mechanical ventilation in children with RSV infection.
- The imaging of paediatric thoracic trauma.
- What imaging should we perform for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary infections?
- Dose reduction and compliance with pediatric CT protocols adapted to patient size, clinical indication, and number of prior studies.
- Injuries and conditions of the extensor mechanism of the pediatric knee.
- Early cranial ultrasound lesions predict microcephaly at age 2 years in preterm infants.
- Chest trauma in children: current imaging guidelines and techniques.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 12-2012. A 10-month-old girl with vomiting and episodes of unresponsiveness.
- Relationship between radiologist training level and fluoroscopy time for voiding cystourethrography.
- Radiation dose reduction in pediatric cardiac computed tomography: experience from a tertiary medical center.
- Sensenbrenner syndrome (Cranioectodermal dysplasia): clinical and molecular analyses of 39 patients including two new patients.
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