About Roland Talanow
Dr. Talanow, is a native from Germany, who studied medicine at the Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg/Germany where he also completed his PhD. He completed his Radiology residency as well as a Nuclear Medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland/Ohio.
Dr. Talanow is a US Board certified physician and has been director of Nuclear Medicine while working in private practice.
He started being involved in teaching and IT, especially web-based technology, as early as in the mid-1990s.
Dr. Talanow has published several medical books related to the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) as well as Radiology.
He continued to focus his work on Radiology and web-based education and developed and presented many web-based programs that serve this purpose, some of them being society awarded.
During his career, Dr. Talanow has founded the largest online community for Radiology professionals, Radiolopolis, the PubMed indexed Journal of Radiology Case Reports and became chief editor of a novel interactive Radiology case review book series which is published in conjunction with the publisher McGraw-Hill.
Currently, Dr. Talanow is working on several educational and clinical projects in Radiology while academically affiliated with the University of Bern and clinically active as medical director of a private clinic in the Cayman Islands.
SPECIALTY
Radiology
EXPERIENCE
Radiology for over 10 years.
Nuclear Medicine sub-specialized.
Focused on Nuclear Medicine, Neuro and Musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging.
LANGUAGES
English: Fluent
German: Fluent
Country: Cayman Islands
Town: George Town
Address: 71 Eastern Ave
Address: P.O. Box 32322
www.radiolopolis.com/userprofile-62
Training
Medical School, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
PhD, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Radiology Residency, Cleveland Clinic
Nuclear Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
Experience
Radiology for over 10 years.
Nuclear Medicine sub-specialized.
Focused on Nuclear Medicine, Neuro and Musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Radiology Case Reports
President, Radiolopolis
Director, Journal CME
Series Editor, Radiology Case Review Series
Founder MedPics
Medical Director, Cayman Medical
- A Web-based Tool to Form a Concise Differential Diagnosis of Findings in Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2012
- www.PubRad.org - PubMed for Radiology, 2010
- Comparison of Tc-99m Sestamibi and Tc-99m Tetrofosmin for Preoperative Localization in Primary Hyperparathyroidism, 2010
- PET findings in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with cognitive impairment, 2010
- Comparison of Lesion Detection and Characterisation in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors Using DOTATOC-PET in Correlation with Contrast-enhanced MRI and Contrast-enhanced CT, 2010
- A Note of Thanks, 2010
- RadLex - …Integrating RadLex for Individual Needs, 2009, 3rd prize Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)
- Cancer Staging (www.cancerstaging.info), 2009
- A Note of Thanks, 2009
- A Note of Thanks, 2008
- Chest Radiology (www.chestradiology.net), 2008
- Radiology Search (www.radiologysearch.net), 2008
- Educational Grant, 2008
- Temporal bone in HRCT tutorial (www.RadiologyTutorials.com), 2008
- Chest Radiology (www.chestradiology.net), 2008
- Most Influential in Radiology, 2008
- Most Influential Radiology Researcher, 2008
- RadiologyInfo Outstanding Image Contest - Note of thanks, 2008
- GI Cancer Staging, 2008
- RadLex for Dummies, 2008
- A Note of Thanks, 2008
- Annotate (www.annotate.org), 2008
- A Note of Thanks, 2007
- PubMed Reader (www.pubmedreader.com), 2007
- Lung Cancers (www.Lung-Cancers.net), 2007
- Radiology Teacher (www.radiologyteacher.com), 2006
- Radiology Teacher (www.radiologyteacher.com), 2006
- Resident-In-Training Scholarship, 2006
- Radiology Teacher (www.radiologyteacher.com), 2006
- PedRad (www.pedrad.info), 2006
- Cancer Staging (www.CancerStaging.info), 2006
- Annotate (www.annotate.org), 2005
- Annotate (www.annotate.org), 2005
- PedRad (www.pedrad.info), 2005
- Member of RSNA (Radiological Society of North America)
- Member of ECR (European Society of Radiology)
- Member of SIIM (Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine)
- Member of ARRS (American Roentgen Ray Society)
- Member of ISR (International Society of Radiology)
- Member of ACR (American College of Radiology)
- Member of AUR (Association of University Radiologists)
- Member of CARS (Society for Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery )
- Member of CIMDS (Cayman Islands Medical and Dental Society)
- 1. Paper: (2016) Outcomes Knowledge May Bias Radiological Decision-making.
- 2. Paper: (2014) A new interactive approach to Continuous Medical Education (CME) Journal CME.
- 3. Paper: (2014) Jejunal diverticulitis ascending to the duodenum as a rare cause of acute abdomen.
- 4. Paper: (2013) Smartphones, tablets and mobile applications for radiology.
- 5. Paper: (2013) Pulmonary hepatic nodules.
- 6. Paper: (2013) Atypical Osteomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium chelonae-A Multimodal Imaging Approach.
- 7. Paper: (2013) Solitary breast cancer metastasis to the esophagus - a multimodal diagnostic approach.
- 8. Paper: (2013) Rare case of a chondrosarcoma of the mandible in a child.
- 9. Paper: (2011) Educational treasures in radiology: a free online program for Radiology Boards preparation.
- 10. Paper: (2011) Value of FDG PET in the evaluation of therapy response in nerve root neurolymphomatosis.
- 11. Paper: (2011) Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomography findings in mantle cell lymphoma.
- 12. Book: (2011) Radiology On-Call: A Case-Based Manual
- 13. Paper: (2010) Educational treasures in Radiology: The Radiology Olympics - striving for gold in Radiology education.
- 14. Paper: (2010) Educational treasures in Radiology: A highly customizable Radiology specific literature search engine.
- 15. Paper: (2010) Imaging protocols for 18F-FDG PET/CT in overweight patients: limitations.
- 16. Paper: (2010) Radiation passport: an iPhone and iPod touch application to track radiation dose and estimate associated cancer risks.
- 17. Paper: (2010) An interesting view: volume-rendered PET of an adenocarcinoma at the ileostomy site.
- 18. Paper: (2009) [eLearning-radiology.com--sustainability for quality assurance].
- 19. Paper: (2009) The "nature" of radiography.
- 20. Paper: (2009) Educational treasures in Radiology: Annotate - creating interactive teaching files.
- 21. Paper: (2009) Educational treasures in Radiology: Radiolopolis - an international Radiology community.
- 22. Paper: (2009) 3D reconstructions of the cerebral ventricles and volume quantification in children with brain malformations.
- 23. Paper: (2009) PET manifestation in different types of pathology in epilepsy.
- 24. Paper: (2009) Radiology Teacher: a free, Internet-based radiology teaching file server.
- 25. Paper: (2008) Journal of radiology case reports - policies.
- 26. Paper: (2008) A new generation of journals is born.
- 27. Paper: (2008) An unusual manifestation of acute appendicitis with left flank pain.
- 28. Paper: (2008) Radiology is Art.
- 29. Paper: (2008) Radiology from a "different" view.
- 30. Paper: (2007) A new interactive Radiology journal.
- 31. Paper: (2007) Urinary leak after renal transplantation proven by SPECT-CT imaging.
- 32. Book: (2007) USMLE Help Step 1 Biochemistry Q & A
- 33. Book: (2007) USMLE Help Step 3 CCS
- 34. Book: (2006) USMLE Help Step 2 CS
- 35. Paper: (2005) www.PedRad.info, the first bilingual case-oriented publication platform for pediatric radiology.
- 36. Paper: (2004) PEDBONE: the online reference database in paediatric plain film radiography.
- 37. Paper: (2000) Regulation of the endothelin system by shear stress in human endothelial cells.
Services
Video consultation - $100 USD
Images / DICOM study second opinion - $250 USD
Just a question consultation - $50 USD