Daryl R. Fanney, MD

Expert Publications

• Sonographic anatomy of the caudate lobe veins.
• CT in the diagnosis of renal trauma.
• Hepaticodochojejunostomy with afferent limb: CT anatomy.

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Get to know Diagnostic Radiologist Dr. Daryl R. Fanney, who serves patients throughout the State of Virginia.

Experienced in the field of diagnostic radiology, Dr. Fanney is licensed to practice medicine in Virginia. He is affiliated with Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Sentara Leigh Hospital, and Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Named to IBM Watson Health’s 2018 “Top 15 Health Systems,” Sentara is an integrated, not-for-profit system of 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, including a Level I trauma center, the Sentara Heart Hospital and the Sentara Healthcare Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Sentara Brock Cancer Center and the accredited Sentara Cancer Network, two orthopedic hospitals, and the Sentara Neurosciences Institute. The Sentara family also includes four medical groups, Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and ground medical transport, home care and hospice, ambulatory outpatient campuses, advanced imaging and diagnostic centers, a clinically integrated network, the Sentara College of Health Sciences and the Optima Health Plan and Virginia Premier Health Plan serving 858,000 members in Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio.

Educated in the United States, Dr. Fanney graduated with his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1985. He then went on to perform his residency in diagnostic radiology at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his fellowship within the Body Imaging Division of the Department of Radiology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

Throughout his professional career, he has served as an Assistant Instructor in Radiology (July 1988-June 1989), on the Curriculum Committee of the Department of Radiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine (July 1987-June 1989), Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine within the Department of Radiology at Chesapeake General Hospital (1990-1997), Radiation Safety Officer within the Department of Radiology at Chesapeake General Hospital (1991-1997), Chairman of the Radiation Safety Committee within the Department of Radiology at Chesapeake General Hospital (1991-1997), Secretary of the Department of Radiology at Chesapeake General Hospital (1990-1997), Quality Assurance Director of the Department of Radiology at Chesapeake General Hospital (1995-1997), and Medical Director / Director of Body & Vascular Imaging at MRI & CT Diagnostics.

Familiar with the standards of care in the area of radiology, Dr. Fanney is board-certified in diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The ABR is a not-for-profit physician-led organization that oversees the certification and ongoing professional development of specialists in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.

Among his professional affiliations, he is a member of the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, and the Medical Society of North America.

Diagnostic radiology refers to the field of medicine that uses non-invasive imaging scans to diagnose a patient. A diagnostic radiologist is a physician who uses imaging methodologies to diagnose and manage patients and provide therapeutic options. 

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