Wessam Bou-Assaly is a doctor and a radiologist. He completed medical school in 2000 and then spent four years training in a radiology residency program. He moved to the United States in 2004 to train in a fellowship program. After he completed his...
Nuclear medicine is a subfield of radiology. Wessam Bou-Assaly is a radiologist who specializes in both neuroradiology and nuclear medicine. He earned his medical degree from a French university in 2000, and finished his radiology residency in 2004. That year, he moved to the United States so that he could study a specialized field in radiology. He enrolled in the Indiana University, School of Medicine as a Fellow of Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Imaging. He completed this program in 2006, and chose to continue his education and study nuclear medicine. In 2007, he completed a fellowship program in nuclear medicine at the University of Indiana.
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Radiologists use X-ray imaging to diagnose and treat diseases. These professionals use machines that emit radiation to create images of the body. Radiologists who work in nuclear medicine do the opposite. Nuclear medicine is a sub discipline of radiology that involves the application of radioactive substances in order to diagnose and treat a variety of diseases. They introduce small quantities of radioactive substances into the human body through either ingestion or injection. They then use equipment to record the levels of radiation that are being emitted by the human body. These professionals use gamma cameras to create images based on the radiation that is emitted by the ingested or injected radiopharmaceuticals.
Nuclear medicine scans are also different from radiology scans. They are called physiological imaging modality, and the two most common are Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). These scans can be used to diagnose a wide array of diseases. For example, these scans can be used to detect and diagnose lesions that are deep within the human body. Nuclear medicine can also be used to study the flow of blood to the brain, and it can detect certain brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Wessam Bou-Assaly chose to study nuclear medicine after he completed his studies in neuroradiology. He is a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. He attended the society's annual meeting in 2012, and gave a poster presentation, "MRI for Correlative Imaging of the Dopaminergic System: A Guide for Nuclear Medicine Physicians." He has presented at these annual meetings in the past and is active in the nuclear medicine community. Wessam Bou-Assaly is a well-educated radiologist who specializes in nuclear medicine and neuroradiology. He worked hard to earn his education and regularly conducts research.
