UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Terry L. Coates, M.D. View profile as PDF

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Coates has clinical interests in women's imaging, including obstetrical and breast imaging. Her primary focus is currently Breast Imaging, including mammography, ultrasound, breast MRI and the interventional procedures associated with these. She also has extensive experience in abdominal imaging, obstetrical ultrasound and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Dr. Coates has researched diagnostic techniques for evaluating flexor tendon injuries and the use of abdominal ultrasound in acute trauma patients. Other research projects include chromosomal studies of fetal cysts, ultrasound of the breast and postmenopaulsal pelvis, and new contrast agents designed for imaging the gastrointestinal tract, lymphatic system and malignant breast tumors.

Title:

Professor

Specialty:

Radiology - Breast Imaging, Radiology, Cancer

Center/Program Affiliation:

Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-0660

Education:

University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
M.D. 1982

University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
B.S. 1977

Internships:

St. Thomas Hospital Medical Center
Akron, Ohio
1983

Residency:

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Aultman Hospital Medical Center
Canton, Ohio
1986
Diagnostic Radiology

Fellowships:

Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California
1988
Body Sectional Imaging

Aultman Hospital Medical Center
Canton, Ohio
1987
Body Sectional Imaging (Ultrasound)

Board Certifications:

American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, 1987

Professional Memberships:

Accreditation Program Committee Reviewer
California Radiologic Society
UC Davis Medical Center Breast Health Care Conference and Committee
UC Davis Medical Center Breast Imaging - Rad Path Conference Committee
UC Davis Medical Center Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Conference Committee
University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine: Alumni Association

Honors and Awards:

Resident of the Year in Transitional Program, St. Thomas Hospital Medical Center, 1985
Resident of the Year in Transitional Program, St. Thomas Hospital Medical Center, 1983
University of Saskatchewan Proficiency Scholarship, 1977
University of Saskatchewan Proficiency Scholarship, 1976

Select Recent Publications:

Coates TL, McGahan JP. Fetal Face, Diagnostic Ultrasound, 2nd Edition, Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., New York, pp. 1175-1210

Coates TL, McGahan JP. The Fetal Face. Chapter 11, p.271-307. In: Goldberg BB, McGahan JP. (Ed.), Diagnostic Ultrasound: A Logical Approach. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1998.

Rubin D, Falk K, Sperling M, Ross M, Saini S, Rothman B, Shellock F, Zerhouni E, Stark D, Outwater E, Schmiedl U, Kirby L, Chezmar J, Coates TL, Change M, Siverman J, Roskey N, Burnett K, Engel J, Young S. A multicenter clinical trial of Gadolite oral suspension as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Magnetic Imaging Resonance 1997:7:865-872.

Jones CD, Eller D, Coates TL. Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix causing intussusception in an adult American Journal of Gastroenterology 1997;92:(5):898-899

McGahan JP, Rose J, Coates TL, Wisner DH, Newberry P. Use of ultrasonography in the patient with acute abdominal trauma Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 1997;16:653-662

Coates TL, McGahan JP. Fetal cardiac rhabdomyomas presenting as diffuse myocardial thickening Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 1994;13:813-816

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