NeuroPET Initiative We are excited to announce that the first research grant application of the NeuroPET working group has been funded! The NeuroPET working group was established in January 2021 in order to enhance the neuro-oncological applications of PET imaging and PET/MRI. In a short period of time, the core multidisciplinary group of experts including Ceylan Z. Cankurtaran, MD and Benjamin Liu, MD from Neuroradiology; Hatice Savas, MD and Timothy Houston, PharmD from Nuclear Medicine; and Roger Stupp, MD from Neuro-oncology formed a new collaboration with the University of Chicago cyclotron facility for radiotracer import in order to initiate novel F18-FLT PET and PET/MRI imaging at NM.
The pilot funding for this initiative has been recently granted: incorporating further expertise from Yu-Fen (Jennie) Chen, PhD from the Department of Radiology and Hui Zhang, PhD from the Brain Tumor SPORE Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, the NeuroPET workgroup has been funded for FY2022 for their proposed study “Multimodality Imaging with Advanced Multipara metric MRI and Molecular Imaging to improve treatment planning and evaluate early response assessment in Neurooncology: A pilot study for multidisciplinary initiative.” by the Woman’s Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Looking into the future, we are excited to potentially create a novel imaging service line to be offered to those patients in need.
- Ceylan Z. Cankurtaran, MD
Complex IVC Filter Practice at Northwestern IR Instrumental in Device Breakthrough Northwestern has been at the forefront of advanced inferior vena cava filter retrieval for several years. We were one of the first practices to utilize the Excimer laser sheath, indicated for removal of pacemaker leads, to retrieve embedded IVC filters. Based primarily upon our significant experience, supported with experience from several other centers, Philips has achieved breakthrough technology designation from the US Food and Drug Administration as it moves towards being the first device specifically indicated for advanced filter retrieval. Kush Desai, along with Robert Lewandowski and former faculty Robert Ryu have led this effort in what promises to be an important step forward in managing patients with difficult to retrieve filters. - Kush Desai, MD FSIR
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