Antonio Westphalen, M.D.

Radiologist

Additional Languages

Portuguese

Education

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 1995

Residencies

Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Radiology 1999
Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Radiology 2001

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Radiology 2005

Selected Research and Publications

1. Olorunsola OG, Kohi MP, Fidelman N, Westphalen AC, Kolli PK, Taylor AG, Gordon RL, Laberge JM, Kerlan RK. Caval penetration by retrievable inferior vena cava filters: a retrospective comparison of option and günther tulip filters. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2013 Apr; 24(4):566-71.
2. Webb EM, Wang ZJ, Westphalen AC, Nakakura EK, Coakley FV, Yeh BM. Can CT Features Differentiate Between Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcomas and Primary Retroperitoneal Masses? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Jan; 200(1):205-9.
3. Jung AJ, Westphalen AC. Imaging prostate cancer. Radiol Clin North Am. 2012 Nov; 50(6):1043-59.
4. Sai V, Rakow-Penner R, Yeh BM, Coakley FV, Westphalen AC, Webb EM, Wang ZJ. Renal cyst pseudoenhancement at 16- and 64-dector row MDCT. Clin Imaging. 2012 Oct 25.
5. Nakano Junqueira VC, Zogbi O, Cologna A, Dos Reis RB, Tucci S, Reis LO, Westphalen AC, Muglia VF. Is a visible (hypoechoic) lesion at biopsy an independent predictor of prostate cancer outcome? Ultrasound Med Biol. 2012 Oct; 38(10):1689-94.
6. Jung AJ, Coakley FV, Shinohara K, Carroll PR, Kurhanewicz J, Cowan JE, Westphalen AC. Local staging of prostate cancer: comparative accuracy of T2-weighted endorectal MR imaging and transrectal ultrasound. Clin Imaging. 2012 Sep-Oct; 36(5):547-52.
7. Sai VF, Velayos F, Neuhaus J, Westphalen AC. Colonoscopy after CT diagnosis of diverticulitis to exclude colon cancer: a systematic literature review. Radiology. 2012 May; 263(2):383-90.
8. Westphalen AC, Reed GD, Vinh PP, Sotto C, Vigneron DB, Kurhanewicz J. Multiparametric 3T endorectal mri after external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2012 Aug; 36(2):430-7.
9. Arrayeh E, Westphalen AC, Kurhanewicz J, Roach M, Jung AJ, Carroll PR, Coakley FV. Does local recurrence of prostate cancer after radiation therapy occur at the site of primary tumor? Results of a longitudinal MRI and MRSI study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Apr 1; 82(5):e787-93.
10. Liu YI, Jha P, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Poder L, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV. Abdominal complications of chemotherapy: findings at computed tomography. Clin Imaging. 2012 Jan-Feb; 36(1):54-60.
11. Westphalen AC. Diagnosis of renal angiomyolipoma with CT hounsfield unit thresholds. Radiology. 2012 Jan; 262(1):370-1; author reply 371-2.
12. Muglia VF, Westphalen AC, Wang ZJ, Kurhanewicz J, Carroll PR, Coakley FV. Endorectal MRI of prostate cancer: incremental prognostic importance of gross locally advanced disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Dec; 197(6):1369-74.
13. Ordovás KG, Newman TB, Westphalen AC. Predicting major coronary events with coronary calcium scoring and coronary CT angiography. Radiology. 2011 Nov; 261(2):661-2; author reply 662-3.
14. Webb EM, Nguyen A, Wang ZJ, Stengel JW, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV. The negative appendectomy rate: who benefits from preoperative CT? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Oct; 197(4):861-6.
15. Westphalen AC, Koff WJ, Coakley FV, Muglia VF, Neuhaus JM, Marcus RT, Kurhanewicz J, Smith-Bindman R. Prostate cancer: prediction of biochemical failure after external-beam radiation therapy--Kattan nomogram and endorectal MR imaging estimation of tumor volume. Radiology. 2011 Nov; 261(2):477-86.
16. Westphalen AC, Hsia RY, Maselli JH, Wang R, Gonzales R. Radiological imaging of patients with suspected urinary tract stones: national trends, diagnoses, and predictors. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Jul; 18(7):699-707.
17. Chitkara M, Westphalen A, Kurhanewicz J, Qayyum A, Poder L, Reed G, Coakley FV. Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of benign prostatic tissue: findings at 3.0 T compared to 1.5 T-initial experience. Clin Imaging. 2011 Jul-Aug; 35(4):288-93.
18. Kumbhani SR, Coakley FV, McCulloch CE, Wang ZJ, Kurhanewicz J, Roach M, Westphalen AC. Endorectal MRI after radiation therapy: questioning the sextant analysis. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 May; 33(5):1086-90.
19. Durack JC, Westphalen AC, Kekulawela S, Bhanu SB, Avrin DE, Gordon RL, Kerlan RK. Perforation of the IVC: rule rather than exception after longer indwelling times for the Günther Tulip and Celect retrievable filters. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Apr; 35(2):299-308.
20. Shin DS, Poder L, Courtier J, Naeger DM, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV. CT and MRI of early intrauterine pregnancy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Feb; 196(2):325-30.

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