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Semelka, Richard C., M.D.

Richard Semelka
Professor & Vice Chairman of Radiology
Chief of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Phone: (919) 966-4400
Fax: (919) 966-9667
Email: richsem@med.unc.edu
 
Medical School: University of Manitoba, Canada
Residency: University of Manitoba, Canada
Fellowship: Clinical MRI - University of California, SF, San Francisco, CA

 

Richard Semelka is a Professor, Director of MRI Services, and Vice Chairman of Clinical Research 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 200 publications in referred journals and has authored numerous review articles and textbook chapters. He has authored 7 text-books, including Abdominal-Pelvic MRI, second 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:

  • Ersan Altun, MD, Richard C. Semelka, MD, Jorge Elias, Jr, MD, PhD, Larissa Braga, MD, PhD, MPH, Vasilis Voultsinos, MD, Jignesh Patel, MD, N. Cem Balci, MD, John T. Woosley, MD. Acute Cholecystitis: MR Findings and Differentiation from Chronic Cholecystitis. Radiology: Volume 244: Number 1—July 2007; 174-83.

  • Katherine R. Birchard, MD, Richard C. Semelka, MD, W. Brian Hyslop, MD, Alfonso Brown, MD, Diane Armao, MD, Zeynep Firat, MD, and Georgeta Vaidean, MD. Suspected Pancreatic Cancer: Evaluation by Dynamic Gadolinium-Enhanced 3D Gradient-Echo MRI. AJR 2005; 185:700-703.

  • Richard C. Semelka, MD, Diane M. Armao, MD, Jorge Elias Junior, MD, PhD, and Walter Huda, PhD. Imaging Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Radiation in CT Studies, Including Selective Substitution with MRI. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 25:900–909 (2007)

  • View a list of publications on PubMed