Dr. Derek Joseph Stocker M.D.
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
6900 Georgia Ave Nw Nuclear Medicine Ser Washington DC, 20307About
Dr. Derek Stocker practices Nuclear Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Stocker uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Nuclear MedicineAmerican Board of Nuclear MedicineABNM
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