Laura A. Drubach, MD
Staff Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine; Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
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Laura A. Drubach, MD
Staff Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine; Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
Medical School
Universidad Del Salvador
1982
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Residency
Nuclear Medicine
John Hopkins Hospital
1986
Baltimore
MD
Residency
Pediatrics
St. Agnes Hospital
1989
Baltimore
MD
Fellowship
Pediatric Nuclear Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
1998
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
2002
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Publications
Dissecting the heterogeneity of craniofacial lesions in patients with fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome. View Abstract
Phenotyping Pain in Patients With Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome. View Abstract
Use of intraoperative bone scintigraphy for resection of spinal osteoid osteoma. View Abstract
68 Ga-DOTATATE PET and functional imaging in pediatric pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. View Abstract
Case Report: The Imperfect Association Between Craniofacial Lesion Burden and Pain in Fibrous Dysplasia. View Abstract
Case Report: A Neuro-Ophthalmological Assessment of Vision Loss in a Pediatric Case of McCune-Albright Syndrome. View Abstract
Development and autoregulation of kidney function in children: a retrospective study using 99mTc-MAG3 renography. View Abstract
Response to Febo-Rodriguez et al. View Abstract
Pediatric Solid Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy: Normative Value Guidelines and Nonstandard Meal Alternatives. View Abstract
Pediatric Solid Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy: Normative Value Guidelines and Nonstandard Meal Alternatives. View Abstract
How we read pediatric PET/CT: indications and strategies for image acquisition, interpretation and reporting. View Abstract
Stomach frame-count-based attenuation correction of dynamic posterior view gastric emptying scintigraphy with continuous acquisition in children. View Abstract
Nuclear Medicine Techniques in Pediatric Bone Imaging. View Abstract
Features and Outcome of Autonomous Thyroid Nodules in Children: 31 Consecutive Patients Seen at a Single Center. View Abstract
Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Comparison of Radionuclide Perfusion Lung Scan and Angiography. View Abstract
Radiation doses for pediatric nuclear medicine studies: comparing the North American consensus guidelines and the pediatric dosage card of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. View Abstract
Beyond current guidelines: reduction in minimum administered radiopharmaceutical activity with preserved diagnostic image quality in pediatric hepatobiliary scintigraphy. View Abstract
Utility of salivagram in pulmonary aspiration in pediatric patients: comparison of salivagram and chest radiography. View Abstract
Gastric emptying in children: what is the best acquisition method? View Abstract
Pediatric Bone Scanning: Clinical Indication of (18)F NaF PET/CT. View Abstract
[18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and plexiform neurofibromas: correlation with malignant transformation. View Abstract
Reduction in radiation dose in mercaptoacetyltriglycerine renography with enhanced planar processing. View Abstract
Skeletal scintigraphy with 18F-NaF PET for the evaluation of bone pain in children. View Abstract
Iodine-131-labeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine therapy of children with neuroblastoma: program planning and initial experience. View Abstract
Pediatric brown adipose tissue: detection, epidemiology, and differences from adults. View Abstract
Nuclear medicine in the first year of life. View Abstract
Brown adipose tissue 18F-FDG uptake in pediatric PET/CT imaging. View Abstract
(18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET and PET/CT in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Malignancies. View Abstract
Seasonal variation in the effect of constant ambient temperature of 24 degrees C in reducing FDG uptake by brown adipose tissue in children. View Abstract
Cheese is a reliable alternative meal for solid-phase gastric emptying study. View Abstract
Skeletal trauma in child abuse: detection with 18F-NaF PET. View Abstract
Pediatric Oncology Cases View Abstract
Stability of the Labeling of Alternative Meals for Solid Phase Gastric Emptying Study View Abstract
The Role of Bone Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of children with Fever of Unknown Origin View Abstract
Fluorine-18 NaF PET in the detectionof skeletal trauma in child abuse View Abstract
Constant ambient temperature of 24 degrees C significantly reduces FDG uptake by brown adipose tissue in children scanned during the winter. View Abstract
Reducing brown fat uptake of FDG in children with room temperature control View Abstract
Fluorine-18 NaF PET imaging of child abuse. View Abstract
(18)F-FDG uptake at vaccination site. View Abstract
MRI for detection of abscess in acute osteomyelitis of the pelvis in children. View Abstract
Early experience with fluorine-18 sodium fluoride bone PET in young patients with back pain. View Abstract
Combined effects of granulocyte colony stimulating factor and radiation. View Abstract
Bone View Abstract
The ischiopubic synchondrosis: changing appearance on PET/CT as a mimic of disease. View Abstract
Pediatric skeletal scintigraphy View Abstract
Pediatric Scintigraphy View Abstract
Tc-99m leukocyte imaging in acute graft versus host disease. View Abstract
Meckel's diverticulitis: diagnosis with computed tomography and Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy. View Abstract
Young athletes with low back pain: skeletal scintigraphy of conditions other than pars interarticularis stress. View Abstract
Endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux with autologous chondrocytes: postoperative sonographic features. View Abstract
Stress-induced fracture involving a nonossifying fibroma. View Abstract
Pelvic hypoplasia after radiation therapy. View Abstract
Localization of Tc-99m MDP in the rectus abdominis muscle without associated symptoms. View Abstract
Skeletal scintigraphy of young patients with low-back pain and a lumbosacral transitional vertebra. View Abstract
Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis of children: assessment of skeletal scintigraphy-based diagnosis in the era of MRI. View Abstract
Ectopic ureteroceles in infants with prenatal hydronephrosis: use of renal cortical scintigraphy. View Abstract
Applications of nuclear medicine in pediatric oncology. View Abstract
Natural history of vesicoureteral reflux in girls after age 5 years. View Abstract
Pyonephrosis in a duplex kidney: diagnosis facilitated by skeletal scintigraphy. View Abstract
Assessment of the clinical significance of asymptomatic lower extremity uptake abnormality in young athletes. View Abstract
Pediatric Nuclear Oncology View Abstract
Reproducibility of renal length measurements with 99mTc-DMSA SPECT. View Abstract
Role of intraoperative skeletal scintigraphy in the localization of osteoblastomas. View Abstract
Tc-99m red blood cell imaging of blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome. View Abstract
Effect of early emptying on quantitation and interpretation of liquid gastric emptying studies of infants and young children. View Abstract
Pediatric Scintigraphy View Abstract
Four and 24-hour imaging of mesoblastic nephroma with Tc-99m DMSA. View Abstract