Deborah J. Rubens, M.D.

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Current Appointments

• Professor - Department of Imaging Sciences (SMD)

Education
MD Medicine	Univ Rochester Sch Med/Dent	1979
BS Arts & Sciences	Stanford University	1975

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Fellowship: Ultrasound/Abdominal Interventional, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY	1984 - 1985
Chief Resident: Diagnostic Radiology, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY	1983 - 1984
Resident: Diagnostic Radiology, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY	1981 - 1984
Resident: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY	1980 - 1981
Rotating Internships: Anesthesia - two months, Medicine - four months, OB/GYN - six months, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY	1979 - 1980

Board Certifications
Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology	1984
Diplomate of National Board of Medical Examiners	1980

Recent Journal Articles
Showing the 5 most recent journal articles. (129 available)
Ginat D., Destounis S., Barr R., Castaneda B., Strang J., Rubens D. "Ultrasound Elastography of Breast and Prostate Lesions." Radiographics (accepted for publication). Radiological Society of North America 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. November 30 – December 5, 2008. (2009).
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 53 (6). (2008): 1563-1579.
Castaneda B., Tamez-Pena G., Zhang M., Hoyt K., Bylund K., Christensen J., Saad W., Strang J., Rubens D. J., Parker K. J. "Measurement of thermally-ablated lesions in sonoelastographic images using level set methods". Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 6920 (2008): 692018-1 – 692018-8.
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; 34(7):1033-42. Epub 2008 Feb 06.
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; 35(9):4132-41.