Richard Semelka, M.D.

	Professor and Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Vice Chairman of Clinical Research Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
	Phone: (919) 966-9676
	Fax: (919) 966-9677
	Email: richsem@med.unc.edu

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Education

Richard Semelka is a Professor, Director of MRI Services, and Vice Chairman of Clinical Research and Vice Chairman for Quality and Safety of the Department of Radiology, at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, U.S.A.
He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals JMRI, MRI and TMRI, and is a reviewer for many journals. He has contributed to over 220 publications in referred journals and has authored numerous review articles and textbook chapters. He has authored 7 text-books, including Abdominal-Pelvic MRI, third edition, Wiley-Liss, 2006. His main expertise lies in cross sectional abdominal imaging with an emphasis on MRI, with a particular interest of liver, pancreas, kidney and bowel diseases. He regularly conducts various teaching and categorical courses at International Radiology Conferences.

Publication History to Note: 

In Refereed Journals:

1.    Martin DR, Semelka RC, Chapman AB, Peters H, Finn PJ, Kalb B, Thomsen H.  Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis versus contrast induced nephropathy: Risks and benefits of contrast enhanced MR and CT in renally impaired patients. J Magn Reson Imaging, 2009 (in press).

2.    Leonardou P, Kierans AS, Elazzazi M, Shaikh F, Semelka RC. MR Imaging Findings of Small Bowel Hemorrhage:  Two Cases of Mural Involvement and One of Perimural. J Magn Reson Imaging 2009; 29: 1185-1189.

3.    Ramalho M, Herédia V, Tsurusaki M, Altun E, Semelka RC. Quantitative and Qualitative Comparison of 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla MRI in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases. J Magn Reson Imaging March 2009; 29 (4) 869-879.

4.    Semelka RC, Lessa T, Shaikh F, Miller FH, Elazzazi M, Dyson M. MRI Findings of Postraumatic Intrahepatic Vascular Shunts. J Magn Reson Imaging March 2009; 29 (3) 617-620.

5.    Heredia V, Altun E, Bilaj F, Ramalho M, Hyslop BW, Semelka RC. Gadolinium-and Superparamagnetic-Iron-Oxide-Enhanced MR Findings of Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen in Five Patients. Magn Reson Imaging 2008; 26: 1273-1278.

6.    Goncalves Neto JA, Altun E, Vaidean G, Elazzazi M, Troy J, Ramachandran S, Semelka RC. Early Contrast Enhancement of the Liver:  Exact Description of Subphases Using MRI. Magn Reson Imaging Jan 2009; [Epub ahead of print]

7.    Shyamal D. Peddada, Shannon K. Laughlin, Kelly Miner, Jean-Philippe Guyon, Karen Haneke, Heather L. Vahdat, Richard C. Semelka, Ania Kowalik, Diane Armao, Barbara Davis, and Donna Day Baird. Growth of uterine leiomyomata among premenopausal black and white women. PNAS 2008 105:19887-19892

8.    Rebecca Wertman, , BA, Ersan Altun, Diego R. Martin, Donald G. Mitchell, John R. Leyendecker, Ryan B. O'Malley, Daniel J. Parsons, Edwin R. Fuller, III, and Richard C. Semelka. Risk of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: Evaluation of Gadolinium Chelate Contrast Agents at Four American Universities. Radiology 2008 248: 799-806.  

9.    Altun E, Semelka RC, Dale BM, Elias J. Jr. Water excitation MPRAGE: An alternative sequence for postcontrast imaging of the abdomen in noncooperative patients at 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging May 2008; 27(5):1146-54.

10.    Tsurusaki M, Semelka RC, Uotani K, Sugimoto K, Fuji M, Sugimura K. Prospective comparison of high- and low-spatial-resolution dynamic MR imaging with sensitivity encoding (SENSE) for hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma. Eur Radiol Apr 2008; [Epub ahead of print].

11.    Zapparoli M, Semelka RC, Altun E, Tsurusaki M, Pamuklar E, Dale BM, Gasparetto EL, Elias J Jr. 3.0-T MRI evaluation of patients with chronic liver disease. Magn Reson Imaging. Jun 2008; 26(5):650-60.

12.    Herédia V, Altun E, Bilaj F, Ramalho M, Hyslop BW, Semelka RC. Gadolinium- and superparamagnetic-iron-oxide-enhanced MR findings of intrapancreatic accessory spleen in five patients. Magn Reson Imaging. Nov 2008; 26(9):1273-8.

13.    Ramalho M, Altun E, Herédia V, Zapparoli M, Semelka RC. Liver MR imaging: 1.5T versus 3T. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. Aug 2007; 15(3):321-47, VI.
 
14.    Altun E, Semelka RC, Elias J Jr, Braga L, Voultsinos V, Patel J, Balci NC, Woosley JT. Acute cholecystitis: MR findings and differentiation from chronic cholecystitis. Radiology. Jul 2007; 244(1):174-83.

15.    Elias, Jr. J, Semelka RC, Altun E, Tsurusaki M, Pamuklar E, Zapparoli M, Voltsinos V, Armao D, Rubinas T. Pancreatic Cancer:  Correlation of MR Findings, Clinical Features, and Tumor Grade. J Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25:1556-1563.

16.    Martin DR, Semelka RC. Health Effects Of Ionizing Radiation From Diagnostic CT Imaging: Do Patients Have A Choice? Applied Radiology March 2007; 20-29.  

17.    Semelka RC, Armao DM, Elias, Jr. J, Huda W. Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies, including selective substitution with MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25:900-909.

18.    Kim JK, Altun E, Elias J, Pamuklar E, Rivero H, Semelka RC. Focal Pancreatic Mass:  Distinction of Pancreatic Cancer from Chronic Pancreatitis Using Gadolinium-Enhanced 3D-Gradient-Echo MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25:313-322.

19.    Semelka RC, Armao DM, Elias J Junior, Huda W. Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies including selective substitution with MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25 (5): 900-909

20.    Martin DR, and Semelka RC. Health effects of ionizing radiation from diagnostic CT imaging: Consideration of alternative imaging strategies. Applied Radiology 2007; 36 (3) 20-29.  

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