Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Tufts University 1997
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2007 - 2015
  • Assistant Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, Radiology 2008 - 2015
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, Radiology 2003 - 2008
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Heath, Jessica L., Shelly E. Burgett, Ana M. Gaca, Ronald Jaffe, and Daniel S. Wechsler. “Successful treatment of pediatric histiocytic sarcoma using abbreviated high-risk leukemia chemotherapy.” Pediatr Blood Cancer 61, no. 10 (October 2014): 1874–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.25100.
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    • Swanick, Cameron W., Ana M. Gaca, Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Charles M. Maxfield, Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, Erik K. Paulson, Matthew B. McCarthy, and Donald P. Frush. “Comparison of conventional and simulated reduced-tube current MDCT for evaluation of suspected appendicitis in the pediatric population.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 201, no. 3 (September 2013): 651–58. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.12.9667.
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    • Mater, David Van, Barbara K. Goodman, Endi Wang, Ana M. Gaca, and Daniel S. Wechsler. “MLL duplication in a pediatric patient with B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.” J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 34, no. 3 (April 2012): e120–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182273b57.
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    • Li, Xiang, Ehsan Samei, Huiman X. Barnhart, Ana Maria Gaca, Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Charles M. Maxfield, Caroline W. T. Carrico, James G. Colsher, and Donald P. Frush. “Lung nodule detection in pediatric chest CT: quantitative relationship between image quality and radiologist performance.” Med Phys 38, no. 5 (May 2011): 2609–18. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3582975.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria, Huiman X. Barnhart, and George S. Bisset. “Evaluation of wedging of lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebral bodies in the pediatric population.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 194, no. 2 (February 2010): 516–20. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.09.3065.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria. “Basketball injuries in children.” Pediatr Radiol 39, no. 12 (December 2009): 1275–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1360-0.
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    • Didolkar, Manjiri M., Emily N. Vinson, and Ana M. Gaca. “A young patient with polyarthralgia and hearing loss: a case report of Muenke syndrome.” Skeletal Radiol 38, no. 10 (October 2009): 1011–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-009-0716-8.
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    • Li, Xiang, Ehsan Samei, David M. DeLong, Robert P. Jones, Ana Maria Gaca, Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Charles M. Maxfield, James G. Colsher, and Donald P. Frush. “Pediatric MDCT: towards assessing the diagnostic influence of dose reduction on the detection of small lung nodules.” Acad Radiol 16, no. 7 (July 2009): 872–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2009.01.028.
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    • Lerner, Catherine, Ana M. Gaca, Donald P. Frush, Sue Hohenhaus, Anjanette Ancarana, Terry A. Seelinger, and Karen Frush. “Enhancing pediatric safety: assessing and improving resident competency in life-threatening events with a computer-based interactive resuscitation tool.” Pediatr Radiol 39, no. 7 (July 2009): 703–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1265-y.
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    • Li, X., E. Samei, D. M. Delong, R. P. Jones, A. M. Gaca, C. L. Hollingsworth, C. M. Maxfield, C. W. T. Carrico, and D. P. Frush. “Three-dimensional simulation of lung nodules for paediatric multidetector array CT.” Br J Radiol 82, no. 977 (May 2009): 401–11. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr/51749983.
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    • Toomayan, Glen A., and Ana Maria Gaca. “Aberrant course of the umbilical vein in a newborn with Cornelia de Lange syndrome.” Pediatr Radiol 39, no. 4 (April 2009): 406–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1164-2.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria, Catherine B. Lerner, and Donald P. Frush. “The radiology perspective: needs and tools for management of life-threatening events.” Pediatr Radiol 38 Suppl 4 (November 2008): S714–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-0967-x.
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    • Coursey, Courtney A., Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Ana M. Gaca, Charles Maxfield, David Delong, and George Bisset. “Radiologists' agreement when using a 10-point scale to report abdominal radiographic findings of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates and infants.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 191, no. 1 (July 2008): 190–97. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.07.3558.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria, James J. Jaggers, L Todd Dudley, and George S. Bisset. “Repair of congenital heart disease: a primer--Part 2.” Radiology 248, no. 1 (July 2008): 44–60. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2481070166.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria, James J. Jaggers, L Todd Dudley, and George S. Bisset. “Repair of congenital heart disease: a primer-part 1.” Radiology 247, no. 3 (June 2008): 617–31. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2473061909.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria. “Radiation protection and safety in pediatric imaging.” Pediatr Ann 37, no. 6 (June 2008): 383–87. https://doi.org/10.3928/00904481-20080601-06.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria, Tracy A. Jaffe, Susan Delaney, Terry Yoshizumi, Greta Toncheva, Giao Nguyen, and Donald P. Frush. “Radiation doses from small-bowel follow-through and abdomen/pelvis MDCT in pediatric Crohn disease.” Pediatr Radiol 38, no. 3 (March 2008): 285–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0702-z.
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    • Jaffe, Tracy A., Ana Maria Gaca, Susan Delaney, Terry T. Yoshizumi, Greta Toncheva, Giao Nguyen, and Donald P. Frush. “Radiation doses from small-bowel follow-through and abdominopelvic MDCT in Crohn's disease.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 189, no. 5 (November 2007): 1015–22. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.07.2427.
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    • Gaca, Ana Maria, Donald P. Frush, Susan M. Hohenhaus, Xuemei Luo, Anjanett Ancarana, Angela Pickles, and Karen S. Frush. “Enhancing pediatric safety: using simulation to assess radiology resident preparedness for anaphylaxis from intravenous contrast media.” Radiology 245, no. 1 (October 2007): 236–44. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2451061381.
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    • Lerner, Catherine, and Ana Gaca. “Osteosarcomatosis.” Pediatr Radiol 37, no. 7 (July 2007): 724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0455-8.
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    • El-Chammas, K., W. Malcolm, A. M. Gaca, K. Fieselman, and C. M. Cotten. “Intestinal malrotation in neonates with nonbilious emesis.” J Perinatol 26, no. 6 (June 2006): 375–77. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211507.
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