John G. Strang, M.D.

John G. Strang, M.D.

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 648
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: (585) 273-4436
Fax: (585) 756-2474

Professional Bio

Dr Strang is a Board Certified Radiologist.



He studied Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at MIT, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor and Master of Science Degree. Dr Strang earned his MD at Northwestern Medical School in 1988. He completed a transitional Internship followed by a 4 year diagnostic Radiology Residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He then did a 2-year National Cancer Institute Fellowship at Stanford University in MRI and Body Imaging. He came to the University of Rochester in 1995, and has directed the PET/CT program since 2004.

Awards & Honors

Cum Laude for Scientific Exhibit "Real-Time Sonographic Determination of Pubic Arch Interference for Brachytherapy: More Cost-effective and Accurate than CT", RSNA 85th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting 1999
Biochemistry Prize, Northwestern University Medical School 1985
General Electric Fellowship, MIT Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu engineering honorary societies, MIT 1984

Recent Journal Articles

Showing the 5 most recent journal articles. 36 available »

2009
Miyamoto, Hiroshi; Jones, Carolyn; Raymond, Daniel; Wandtke, John; Strang, John; Bourne, Patricia; Bonfiglio, Thomas; Xu, Haodong. "Pulmonary metastases from uterine neoplasms after long tumor-free interval: Four cases and review of the literature; Pathology." (manuscript accepted for publication) Feb. 2009; .
2008 Sep
Zhang M, Castaneda B, Christensen J, Saad W, Bylund K, Hoyt K, Strang JG, Rubens DJ, Parker KJ. "Real-time sonoelastography of hepatic thermal lesions in a swine model." Medical physics. 2008 Sep 0; 35(9):4132-41.
2008 Jul
Zhang M, Nigwekar P, Castaneda B, Hoyt K, Joseph JV, di Sant'Agnese A, Messing EM, Strang JG, Rubens DJ, Parker KJ. "Quantitative characterization of viscoelastic properties of human prostate correlated with histology." Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2008 Jul 0; 34(7):1033-42. Epub 2008 Feb 06.
2008
Tarun Podder, Jason Sherman, Deborah Rubens, Edward Messing, John Strang, Wan-Sing Ng, and Yan Yu. "Methods for prostate stabilization during transperineal LDR brachytherapy." J Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2008; 53: 1563-1579.
2007 Nov
Yu Y, Podder TK, Zhang YD, Ng WS, Misic V, Sherman J, Fuller D, Rubens DJ, Strang JG, Brasacchio RA, Messing EM. "Robotic system for prostate brachytherapy." Computer aided surgery : official journal of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery. 2007 Nov 0; 12(6):366-70.

Current Appointments

Professor - Department of Imaging Sciences (SMD) - Primary

Specialties

Diagnostic Radiology - American Board of Radiology

Education

MD | Medicine | Northwestern Univ Medical Sch1988
MS | Engineering | Mass Inst Technology1984
BS | Engineering | Mass Inst Technology1983

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

Fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center07/01/1993 - 06/30/1995
Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at UCLA Medical Center07/01/1989 - 06/30/1993
Internship in Transitional at UCLA Medical Center09/01/1988 - 06/30/1989