Michael C Roarke M.D.
Radiologist | Diagnostic Radiology
13400 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale AZ, 85259About
Dr. Michael Roarke is a radiologist practicing in Scottsdale, AZ. Dr. Roarke 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
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1990
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1990
Board Certification
Nuclear MedicineAmerican Board of Nuclear MedicineABNM
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR- Nuclear Radiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intrathymic parathyroid adenoma: planar and SPECT Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy.
- Demonstration of non-small-cell lung carcinoma by indium-111 octreotide scintigraphy.
- Superior vena cava obstruction with intrahepatic and systemic-pulmonary venous right-to-left shunts.
- Radioactive seed localization of nonpalpable breast lesions is better than wire localization.
- Injection of (99m)Tc-labeled sulfur colloid the day before operation for breast cancer sentinel lymph node mapping is as successful as injection the day of operation.
- PET/CT imaging of metastatic deposit in vertebral Paget's disease.
- Epiphrenic diverticulum: potential pitfall in thyroid cancer iodine-131 scintigraphy.
- Multicentric primary spinal Hodgkin's lymphoma: PET/CT and MR imaging.
- Transitional cell carcinoma with metastases to spermatic vein and spermatic cord: PET/CT imaging.
- Triple nodal basin drainage from a clavicular site of melanoma.
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction caused by incisional lumbar hernia: preoperative evaluation by diuretic renal scintigraphy.
- Hip arthroplasty with mass-like pelvic granulomatous disease: PET imaging.
- Fat hypertrophy in a pharyngeal reconstruction flap presenting as an enlarging neck mass: demonstration of benign changes with PET/CT.
- Epstein-Barr Virus-negative posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder with coexisting native renal cell carcinoma: PET/CT demonstration.
- F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging of anal canal squamous cell carcinoma.
Treatments
- Telemedicine, Pet/ct, Thyroid Problems
Fellowships
- Fellow - Chief Resident, Division of Nuclear Medicine: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
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