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Yusuf Menda, MD

Professor of Radiology-Division of Nuclear Medicine

Current Positions

  • Professor of Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine
  • Professor of Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Director, PET Imaging, Radiology
  • Division Director, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology

Education

  • MD in Nuclear Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Resident in Nuclear Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Resident in Nuclear Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Fellow in PET, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Graduate Program Affiliations

Licenses & Certifications

  • Diplomate, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC)
  • Nuclear Medicine, American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM)
  • Iowa Medical License (Permanent), Iowa Board of Medicine

Selected Publications

  • Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa, R., Menda, Y., Graham, M. M., Boukhar, S. A., Zamba GKD & Samuel, I. (2020). Association of gallbladder hyperkinesia with acalculous chronic cholecystitis: A case-control study. Surgery 168 (5) 800-808. DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.06.005. PMID: 32653205.
  • Boles Ponto, L. L., Magnotta, V. A., Menda, Y., Moser, D. J., Oleson, J. J., Harlynn, E. L., DeVries, S. D., Wemmie, J. A. & Schultz, S. K. (2020). Comparison of T(1)Rho MRI, Glucose Metabolism, and Amyloid Burden Across the Cognitive Spectrum: A Pilot Study. The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 32 (4) 352-361. DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19100221. PMID: 32283991.
  • Soni, N., Ora, M., Mohindra, N., Menda, Y. & Bathla, G. (2020). Diagnostic Performance of PET and Perfusion-Weighted Imaging in Differentiating Tumor Recurrence or Progression from Radiation Necrosis in Posttreatment Gliomas: A Review of Literature. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 41 (9) 1550-1557. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6685. PMID: 32855194. PMCID: PMC7583093.
  • Ghobrial, S. N., Menda, Y., Zamba, G. K., Mott, S. L., Gaimari-Varner, K., Dick, D., Dillon, J., Howe, J. R., Graham, M., Sunderland, J., Bellizzi, A., O'Dorisio, T. M. & O'Dorisio, M. S. (2020). Prospective Analysis of the Impact of 68Ga-DOTATOC Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Axial Tomography on Management of Pancreatic and Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. Pancreas 49 (8) 1033-1036. DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001625. PMID: 32769854. PMCID: PMC7447173.
  • Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa, R. & Menda, Y. (2020). Potential False-Positive Meckel's Scan Caused by Umbilical Ornamentation. Clinical nuclear medicine 45 (9) 735-737. DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003211. PMID: 32701810.
  • Halfdanarson, T. R., Strosberg, J. R., Tang, L., Bellizzi, A. M., Bergsland, E. K., OʼDorisio, T. M., Halperin, D. M., Fishbein, L., Eads, J., Hope, T. A., Singh, S., Salem, R., Metz, D. C., Naraev, B. G., Reidy-Lagunes, D. L., Howe, J. R., Pommier, R. F., Menda, Y. & Chan, J. A. (2020). The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guidelines for Surveillance and Medical Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Pancreas 49 (7) 863-881. DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001597. PMID: 32675783.
  • Lu, C., Chen, J., Suksaranjit, P., Menda, Y., Adhaduk, M., Jayanna, M. B., Scalzetti, E., Ji, J., Wei, T., Feiglin, D. & Liu, K. (2020). Regional Myocardial Remodeling Characteristics Correlates With Cardiac Events in Sarcoidosis. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 52 (2) 499-509. DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27057. PMID: 31950573.
  • Pollard, J., McNeely, P. & Menda, Y. (2020). Nuclear Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors. Surgical oncology clinics of North America 29 (2) 209-221. DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2019.11.007. PMID: 32151356.
  • Hope, T. A., Bodei, L., Chan, J. A., El-Haddad, G., Fidelman, N., Kunz, P. L., Mailman, J., Menda, Y., Metz, D. C., Mittra, E. S., Pryma, D. A., Reidy-Lagunes, D. L., Singh, S. & Strosberg, J. R. (2020). NANETS/SNMMI Consensus Statement on Patient Selection and Appropriate Use of 177Lu-DOTATATE Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 61 (2) 222-227. DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.119.240911. PMID: 32015164.
  • Minter, R. M., Lairmore, T. C., Tseng, J. F., Zeh, H. J., Libutti, S. K., Singh, G., Lee, J. E., Hope, T. A., Kim, M. K., Menda, Y., Halfdanarson, T. R., Chan, J. A., Pommier, R. F., Howe, J. R., Merchant, N. B., Conrad, C., Keutgen, X. M., Hallet, J. & Drebin, J. A. (2020). The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Paper on the Surgical Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Pancreas 49 (1) 1-33. PMID: 31856076. DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001454.