Christopher Merritt, MD, F.A.C.R.

132 S. 10th Street
Suite 1098, Main Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-6727
(215) 955-0370 fax

Medical School
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Residency
Diagnostic Radiology
Charity Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation

Board Certification
American Board of Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology

University Appointment
Research Professor of Radiology
Director of Special Projects, Jefferson Ultrasound Education & Research Institute

Hospital Appointment
Active Medical Staff (1999)
Vice Chair for Qualty, Safety & Compliance

Research and Clinical Interests
Ultrasound Imaging

Publications

Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is helpful in the differentiation of malignant and benign breast lesions
2. MRI versus ultrasonography and mammography for preoperative assessment of breast cancer
3. Transgenic solutions for the germline.
4. The Puf RNA-binding proteins FBF-1 and FBF-2 inhibit the expression of synaptonemal complex proteins in germline stem cells
5. Processing bodies and germ granules are distinct RNA granules that interact in C. elegans embryos
6. 3′ UTRs Are the Primary Regulators of Gene Expression in the C. elegans Germline
7. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine consensus report on potential bioeffects of diagnostic ultrasound: Executive summary
8. The risk of exposure to diagnostic ultrasound in postnatal subjects: Thermal effects
9. Elastography of the Breast
10. Conserved regulation of MAP kinase expression by PUF RNA-binding proteins.
11. Conserved regulation of MAP kinase expression by PUF RNA-binding proteins
12. 1-24 Contribution of Tissue Harmonic Imaging and Frequency Compound Imaging in Interventional Breast Sonography
13. 1-17 Role of Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Axillary Lymph Nodes in the Initial Staging of Breast Carcinoma
14. 4-28 Galactoceles Mimicking Suspicious Solid Masses on Sonography
15. 3-13 Differentiation of Benign From Malignant Solid Breast Masses: Conventional US Versus Spatial Compound Imaging
16. 2-14 Benign Versus Malignant Breast Masses: Optical Differentiation With US-Guided Optical Imaging Reconstruction
17. Does hands-on obstetric US experience improve performance on the radiology oral board examination?
18. Translational repression restricts expression of the C. elegans Nanos homolog NOS-2 to the embryonic germline
19. Computer-assisted quantitative assessment of power Doppler US: Effects of microbubble contrast agent in the differentiation of breast tumors
20. Power Doppler sonography of invasive breast carcinoma: Does tumor vascularization contribute to prediction of axillary status?

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