Specialty Nuclear Medicine Facility Oakland Medical Center Department of Nuclear Medicine Address Hospital Building, 2nd Floor 280 W. MacArthur Blvd. Oakland CA 94611 Map & Directions Telephone Appt/Advice: (510) 752-6210

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	7:45 am 4:45 pm	7:45 am 4:45 pm	7:45 am 4:45 pm	7:45 am 4:45 pm	7:45 am 4:45 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Nuclear medicine is a special way of looking at the human body. For our studies, a small amount of radiation is given to you in a pill or injected, and later you are placed under a camera to take pictures of this radiation. In comparison to radiology scans such as X-ray or CT that use radiation to see what the body looks like, our scans see how it is working. Nuclear medicine tests are mostly painless, except from starting a small IV site, if needed.

We do tests and treatments for a wide variety of patients. Our most commonly performed tests look at the heart and bones, while we also do scans looking at the lungs, stomach, kidneys and liver. Our bone densitometry studies measure bone density, a common test for women over 65. We also perform PET/CT scans, which are commonly performed to evaluate cancer or memory loss. Treatments that we perform include radiation for hyperthyroidism or thyroid cancer patients. Your primary care doctor will decide if any of these tests are needed and order them if necessary.

All of our staff and physicians are dedicated to providing you with the best experience possible. If you have any questions about your test, please feel free to call us at (510) 752-6210. We look forward to serving you.

My Credentials

Medical school	Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Internship	Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Residency	UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
Residency	Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Board certification	Nuclear Medicine, American Board of Nuclear Medicine

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