Biosketch
Dr. Shawker received his MD from the University of Maryland and completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency there in 1973. He received his Board Certification in 1974. From 1976 to 1987, he was in the U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Shawker was appointed Professor of Radiology at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1987-1992 and Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, 1997 to 2006.
In addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, Dr. Shawker is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. He was President of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound 1995-1997. He was a Councilor, American College of Radiology 1997-2000 and in 2003-2006.
Dr. Shawker’s primary interest is in ultrasound imaging and he has lectured both in the United States and in many foreign countries. In addition to serving on many editorial boards, he is the author of two books and has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. He currently is the Chief of the Diagnostic Ultrasound Section.
Selected Publications
Choi BY, Stewart AK, Madeo AC, Pryor SP, Lenhard S, Kittles R, Eisenman D, Jeffrey Kim H, Niparko J, Thomsen J, Arnos KS, Nance WE, King KA, Zalewski CK, Brewer CC, Shawker T, Reynolds JC, Butman JA, Karniski LP, Alper SL, Griffith AJ. Hypo-Functional SLC26A4 variants associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss and enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct: genotype-phenotype correlation or coincidental polymorphisms? Hum Mutat; 30: 599-608, 2009.
Powell AC, Alexander HR, Chang R, Marx SJ, Skarulis M, Pingpank JF, Bartlett DL, Hughes M, Wwinstein LS, Simonds WF, Collins MF, Shawker T, Chen CC, Reynolds J, Cochran C, Steinberg SM, Libutti SK: Reoperation for parathyroid adenoma: a contemporary experience. Surgery 146: 1144-1155. 2009.
Madeo AC, Manichaikul A, Reynolds JC, Sarlis NJ, Pryor SP, Shawker TH, Griffith AJ: Evaluation of the thyroid in patients with hearing loss and enlarged vestibular aqueducts. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 135: 670-676, 2009.
Celi FS, Coppotelli G, Chidakel A, Kelly M, Brillante BA, Shawker T, Cherman N, Feuillan PP, Collins MT. The role of type 1 and type 2 5'-deiodinase in the pathophysiology of the 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine toxicosis of McCune-Albright syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Jun;93(6):2383-9. Epub 2008 Mar 18. PMID: 18349068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Chang R, Chen CC, Kam A, Mao E, Shawker TH, Horne MK 3rd. Deep vein thrombosis of lower extremity: direct intraclot injection of alteplase once daily with systemic anticoagulation--results of pilot study. Radiology. 2008 Feb;246(2):619-29. PMID: 18227550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Bakalov VK, Shawker T, Ceniceros I, Bondy CA. Uterine development in Turner syndrome. J Pediatr. 2007 Nov;151(5):528-31, 531.e1. Epub 2007 Sep 17. PMID: 17961700 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Feuillan P, Calis K, Hill S, Shawker T, Robey PG, Collins MT. Letrozole treatment of precocious puberty in girls with the McCune-Albright syndrome: a pilot study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jun;92(6):2100-6. Epub 2007 Apr 3. PMID: 17405850 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Godwin SC, Shawker T, Chang B, Kaler SG. Brachial artery aneurysms in Menkes disease. J Pediatr. 2006 Sep;149(3):412-5. PMID: 16939759 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Grover AC, Skarulis M, Alexander HR, Pingpank JF, Javor ED, Chang R, Shawker T, Gorden P, Cochran C, Libutti SK. A prospective evaluation of laparoscopic exploration with intraoperative ultrasound as a technique for localizing sporadic insulinomas. Surgery. 2005 Dec;138(6):1003-8; discussion 1008. PMID: 16360384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Musso C, Shawker T, Cochran E, Javor ED, Young J, Gorden P. Clinical evidence that hyperinsulinaemia independent of gonadotropins stimulates ovarian growth. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2005 Jul;63(1):73-8. PMID: 15963065 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Stroncek DF, Dittmar K, Shawker T, Heatherman A, Leitman SF. Transient spleen enlargement in peripheral blood progenitor cell donors given G-CSF. J Transl Med. 2004 Jul 21;2(1):25. PMID: 15268759 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
