Thomas H. Shawker, MD
Dr. Thomas Shawker is chief of Ultrasound in the Diagnostic Radiology Department of the Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health,
a position he has held since 1976. He has authored or co-authored over 200
manuscripts and book chapters and is the Immediate Past President of the
Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound, a national ultrasound society. He
has twice served on the Board of Govenors for the American Institute of
Ultrasound in Medicine and has served as chairman of numerous committees
for various ultrasound and radiological organizations. He currently serves
on the editorial boards for the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
and Ultrasound Quarterly.
Dr. Shawker's research interest include intraoperative
ultrasound (both open surgery and laparoscopic), radiofrequency ablation
using ultrasound guidance, 3-D ultrasound, and ultrasound of endocrine organs.
References
Ram Z, Shawker TH, Bradford MH, Doppman JL, Oldfield
EH: Intra-operative, ultrasound-directed, resection of pituitary tumors.
J Neurosurgery 83:225-230, 1995.
Shawker TH: Intraoperative Ultrasound of Pancreatic
Islet Cell and Parathyroid Tumors, in Sigel B, Machi J (ed): Ultrasound
for General Surgeons. Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers, Inc., New York, 1996.
Temick BK, Liebmann JE, Theodossiou C, Steinberg SM,
Cook JA, Metz DC, Shawker TH, Allegra CJ, Russo A, Pass HI: Phase II trial
of 5-fluouracil, leucovorin, interferon-a-2a, and cisplatin as neoadjuvant
chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer. Cancer 77:2432-2439,
1996.
Stratakis CA, Courcoutsakis NA, Abati A, Filie A, Doppman
JL, Carney JA, Shawker TH: Thyroid gland abnormalities in patients with
the syndrome of spotty skin pigmentation, myxomas, endocrine overactivity,
and schwannomas (Carney complex). J Clin Endocrinology and Metabolism 82:2037-2043,
1997.
Walther MM, Delaney TF, Smith PD, Friauf WS, Thomas
GF, Shawker TH, Vargas MP, Choyke PL, Linehan WM, Abraham EH, Okunieff PG,
Glatstein E: A Phase I trial of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of
recurrent superficial transitional carcinoma of the bladder. Urology 50:199-206,
1997.
Brown CK, Bartlett DL, Doppman JL, Gorden P, Libutti
SK, Fraker DL, Shawker TH, Skarulis MC, Alexander HR: Intraarterial calcium
stimulation and intraoperative ultrasonography in the localization and resection
of insulinomas. Surgery 122:1189-1194, 1997.
Libutti SK, Bartlett DL, Jaskowiak NT, Skarulis M, Marx
SJ, Spiegel AM, Fraker DL, Doppman JL, Shawker TH, Alexander HR: The role
of thyroid resection during re-operation for persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism.
Surgery 122:1183-1188, 1997.
Shawker TH: Intraoperative ultrasound of the brain,
spinal cord, liver, and pancreas. A review. Ultrasound Quarterly 14:150-164,
1998.
For more information, email
tshawker@cc.nih.gov
