Joseph A Orzel M.D.
Radiologist | Diagnostic Radiology
12687 W Cedar Dr 200 Denver CO, 80228About
Dr. Joseph Orzel is a radiologist practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Orzel 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 Az Coll of Med, Tucson Az 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Nuclear MedicineAmerican Board of Nuclear MedicineABNM
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Images in preventive medicine. Cause and effect.
- Correction of interpretive errors.
- Misleading appearances of the bladder on pediatric genitourinary imaging.
- Severe systemic reaction to diphosphonate bone imaging agents: skin testing to predict allergic response and a safe alternative agent.
- Lymphoma of the skeleton: scintigraphic evaluation.
- Intraosseous rheumatoid nodule.
- Abnormal lung and liver uptake of gallium-67 and technetium-99m MDP in hypercalcemia of lymphoma with metastatic pulmonary calcification.
- Wandering spleen and advanced age.
- Superior vena cava syndrome and bilateral subclavian vein thrombosis. CT and radionuclide venography correlation.
- Inadvertent ligation of the left pulmonary artery instead of patent ductus arteriosus. Noninvasive diagnosis by pulmonary perfusion imaging.
- Radioiodine therapy of hyperthyroidism precludes thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy.
- Serendipitous detection of an errant central venous catheter.
- Proper interpretation of radioisotope lung scans.
- Clostridium perfringens sepsis involving mother and neonate with survival of both.
- Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning and prolonged external cardiac massage during asystole.
Treatments
- Ultrasound (sonogram)
Professional Memberships
- Member American Roengten Ray Society
- Member Radiological Society of North America
- Member NM Medical Society
- Member Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Member American College of Radiology
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