Specialties
David K. Shelton, Jr., M.D.
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Clinical/Research InterestsDr. Shelton specializes in nuclear medicine, PET-CT, and some aspects of diagnostic radiology. He is studying cardiothoracic radiology, nuclear medicine, computer networking systems in nuclear radiology, functional cardiac protocols, and tumor work-up and staging with functional imaging. Dr. Shelton helped pioneer the development of transesophageal echocardiography, and has presented nationally on osteoporosis, skeletal metastases in lung cancer patients, thyroid carcinoma, cardiovascular MRI, PET-CT, and SPECT. He has authored seventeen radiology textbook chapters and is a reviewer for several scientific journals including The Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the Journal of Thoracic Imaging. |
Title: |
Professor Chief of Nuclear Medicine |
Specialty: |
Radiology - Nuclear Medicine, Radiology - Pulmonary Radiology, Radiology |
Center/Program Affiliation: |
UC Davis Cancer Center |
Address: |
UC Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd., Suite 1893 Sacramento, CA 95817 |
Phone: |
(916) 703-2273 |
Education: |
Wake Forest University (Bowman Gray School of Medicine) Winston-Salem, North Carolina M.D. 1974 |
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U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado B.S. 1970 |
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Internships: |
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center San Antonio, Texas 1975-1976 Internal Medicine |
Residency: |
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center San Antonio, Texas 1978-1981 Radiology |
Fellowships: |
David Grant USAF Medical Center Travis, California 1987-1988 Nuclear Radiology |
Board Certifications: |
American Board of Radiology, Nuclear Radiology, 1988 American Board of Radiology, 1981 |
Professional Memberships: |
American College of Military Surgeons American Medical Association American Roentgen Ray Society Association of University Radiologists Northern California Society of Nuclear Medicine President, Northern California Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine Radiological Society of North America Sierra Valley Nuclear Medicine Association Society of Air Force Physicians, American College of Physicians Society of Flight Surgeons Society of Nuclear Medicine Society of Thoracic Radiology |
Select Recent Publications: |
Lin FI, Foster CC, Hagge RJ, Shelton DK. Extensive FDG uptake in accessory muscles of respiration in a patient with shortness of breath. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, July, 34(7): 428-430, 2009. Cameron C Foster MD, David K Shelton MD. PET/CT: Positive Partnership. Medical Imaging Technology, SPG Media, London, (3) pp 15-17, 2009. Tzeng DZ, Leslie KO, Shelton D, Chan A. Unusual dyspnea in a woman with CREST Syndrome. CHEST, 133: 286-290, 2008. Zeng Q, Anderson K, Shelton D, Shonket R, Boone J, Badawi R. A tumor metrics measurement and tracking system. J Nucl Med, 48(5): Supp 200P, 2007. Yoneda KY, Hardin KA, Gandara DR, Shelton DK. Interstitial lung disease associated with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Clin Lung Cancer, 8 Suppl 1: S31-5, 2007. Yoneda KY, Shelton DK, Beckett LA, Gandara DR. Independent review of interstitial lung disease associated with death in TRIBUTE (paclitaxel and carboplatin with or without concurrent erlotinib) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol, 2(6): 537-43, 2007. Hillegonds DJ, Franklin S, Shelton DK, Vijayakumar S, Vijayakumar V. The management of painful bone metastases with an emphasis on radionuclide therapy. J Natl Med Assoc, 99(7): 785-94, 2007. Yoneda KY, Morrissey BM, Shelton DK. Mediastinal tumors -- A diagnostic approach. US Respiratory Care, 89-93, 2006. Brunader R, Shelton DK. Radiologic bone assessment in the evaluation of osteoporosis. Am Fam Physician, 65(7): 1357-64, 2002. von Haag DW, Follette DM, Roberts PF, Shelton D, Segel LD, Taylor TM. Advantages of positron emission tomography over computed tomography in mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer. J Surg Res, 103(2): 160-4, 2002. |
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