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Shyam Srinivas, M.D., Ph.D.

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Appointed: 2006
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Nuclear Medicine

Associate Staff

Phone:(216) 444-2666
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code Gb3
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
 
 
Biographical Sketch

Shyam M. Srinivas, MD, PhD, is an Associate Staff member in the Nuclear Medicine Department at Cleveland Clinic. He completed his residency training in nuclear medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, after a preliminary year of internal medicine internship at Christiana Care in Newark, Del. He is board-certified by both the American Board of Nuclear Medicine and the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Srinivas graduated from the University of California, Irvine, where he simultaneously pursued an MD and PhD in an NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program. The purpose of such a program is to produce physician scientists who can directly apply basic science to the medical field and further the art of medicine through research. His PhD was granted from the Department of Electrical Engineering specializing in biomedical optics at the Beckman Laser Institute at UC Irvine, while working on a new optical imaging technique known as optical coherence tomography.

With a background in optical imaging, a transition to nuclear medicine and molecular imaging was natural for Dr. Srinivas. His major research interests are to continue to explore the potential benefits of hypoxia imaging both in cardiac and oncologic applications. He has interests in using combined PET/CT imaging to guide radiation therapy planning, as well as development of new novel radiotracers. With his engineering background, he also has a keen interest in instrumentation and device development and has helped validate the clinical use of a prototype dedicated breast PET scanner. 

Dr. Srinivas helped co-found and co-directs the Center for PET and Molecular Imaging at Cleveland Clinic. 

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Professional Highlights

  • Co-Director and Co-Founder, Center for PET and Molecular Imaging, Aug. 2007-Present

  • Principal Investigator at Cleveland Clinic for industry-sponsored study (Wilex): A Comparative Study of PET/CT versus Diagnostic CT for the Detection of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma in Presurgical Patients with Renal Masses Using Iodine-124 labeled Chimeric G250 (124I-cG250)

     

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Education & Fellowships
Medical School:University of California-Irvine College of Medicine, Irvine, CA
 
Internship:Christiana Care, Internal Medicine, Newark, DE
Residency:Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Nuclear Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Other Education:(Doctorate) University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
Other Education:(Undergraduate) University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Certifications

Nuclear Medicine

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Specialty Interests
Cardiac PET, hypoxia imaging, breast cancer detection, optical imaging, instrumentation, and PET/CT for radiation therapy planning.
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Professional Memberships

  • Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)

  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

  • American College of Radiology (ACR)

  • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)

  • Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine (IASNM)

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Industry Relationships
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