Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2006
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology 2017 - 2020
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology 2013 - 2017
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • A Comparison of Technegas and Xenon 133 awarded by Cyclomedica Australia Pty Ltd 2017 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Howard, Brandon A., and Terence Z. Wong. “18F-FDG-PET/CT Imaging for Gastrointestinal Malignancies.” Radiol Clin North Am 59, no. 5 (September 2021): 737–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2021.06.001.
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    • Ravichandran, Surya, Neel Nath, David C. Jones, Gabriel Li, Visakha Suresh, Adam K. Brys, Brent A. Hanks, et al. “The utility of initial staging PET-CT as a baseline scan for surveillance imaging in stage II and III melanoma.” Surg Oncol 35 (December 2020): 533–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suronc.2020.10.018.
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    • Howard, Brandon A. “Molecular Imaging in the Head and Neck: Diagnosis and Therapy.” Radiol Clin North Am 58, no. 6 (November 2020): 1135–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2020.08.001.
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    • Kane, Ari, Matthew P. Thorpe, Michael A. Morse, Brandon A. Howard, Jorge D. Oldan, Jason Zhu, Terence Z. Wong, Neil A. Petry, Robert Reiman, and Salvador Borges-Neto. “Predictors of Survival in 211 Patients with Stage IV Pulmonary and Gastroenteropancreatic MIBG-Positive Neuroendocrine Tumors Treated with 131I-MIBG.” J Nucl Med 59, no. 11 (November 2018): 1708–13. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.117.202150.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Lance Roy, Alan David Kaye, and Srinivas Pyati. “Utility of Radionuclide Bone Scintigraphy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.” Curr Pain Headache Rep 22, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-018-0659-7.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Rustain Morgan, Matthew P. Thorpe, Timothy G. Turkington, Jorge Oldan, Olga G. James, and Salvador Borges-Neto. “Comparison of Bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction versus OS-EM for characterization of small pulmonary nodules in oncologic PET/CT.” Ann Nucl Med 31, no. 8 (October 2017): 623–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-017-1192-1.
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    • Hawkins, A. S., and B. A. Howard. “Unusual Soft Tissue Uptake of F-18 Sodium Fluoride in Three Patients Undergoing F-18 NaF PET/CT Bone Scans for Prostate Cancer.” Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 51, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 274–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-016-0420-2.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Olga G. James, Jennifer M. Perkins, Robert A. Pagnanelli, Salvador Borges-Neto, and Robert E. Reiman. “A practical method of I-131 thyroid cancer therapy dose optimization using estimated effective renal clearance.” Sage Open Med Case Rep 5 (2017): 2050313X17745203. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17745203.
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    • Yerubandi, Vijay, James Ronald, Brandon A. Howard, Paul V. Suhocki, Olga G. James, Terence Z. Wong, and Charles Y. Kim. “Patient and tumor characteristics predictive of an elevated hepatopulmonary shunt fraction before radioembolization of hepatic tumors.” Nucl Med Commun 37, no. 9 (September 2016): 939–46. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000528.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Jorge D. Oldan, Robert A. Pagnanelli, and Salvador Borges-Neto. “Difference in appearance between prone and supine myocardial perfusion images obtained on a high-efficiency cadmium zinc telluride SPECT camera.” Nucl Med Commun 37, no. 5 (May 2016): 487–92. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000476.
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    • Barina, Andrew R., Mustafa R. Bashir, Brandon A. Howard, Brent A. Hanks, April K. Salama, and Tracy A. Jaffe. “Isolated recto-sigmoid colitis: a new imaging pattern of ipilimumab-associated colitis.” Abdom Radiol (Ny) 41, no. 2 (February 2016): 207–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0560-3.
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    • Kwon, Woocheol, Brandon A. Howard, James E. Herndon, and Edward F. Patz. “Reply to "Prognostic Value of Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography".” J Thorac Oncol 10, no. 10 (October 2015): e102. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0000000000000637.
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    • Kwon, Woocheol, Brandon A. Howard, James E. Herndon, and Edward F. Patz. “FDG Uptake on Positron Emission Tomography Correlates with Survival and Time to Recurrence in Patients with Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.” J Thorac Oncol 10, no. 6 (June 2015): 897–902. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0000000000000534.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Linda Gray, Robert E. Isaacs, and Salvador Borges-Neto. “Definitive diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid leak into the pleural space using 111In-DTPA cisternography.” Clin Nucl Med 40, no. 3 (March 2015): 220–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000000541.
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    • Erasmus, Jeremy J., Osama Mawlawi, Brandon Howard, and Edward F. Patz. “PET-CT: current applications and new developments in the thorax.” Semin Respir Crit Care Med 35, no. 1 (February 2014): 145–56. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1363459.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Gregory D. Sempowski, Richard M. Scearce, Hua-Xin Liao, David M. Lee, Gordon K. Lam, Haiyen Chen, Patrick Fadden, Timothy Haystead, and Barton F. Haynes. “Murine CD7 shares antigenic cross-reactivity with HSP-60.” Hybridoma (Larchmt) 27, no. 2 (April 2008): 81–89. https://doi.org/10.1089/hyb.2007.0553.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Ryohei Furumai, Michael J. Campa, Zahid N. Rabbani, Zeljko Vujaskovic, Xiao-Fan Wang, and Edward F. Patz. “Stable RNA interference-mediated suppression of cyclophilin A diminishes non-small-cell lung tumor growth in vivo.” Cancer Res 65, no. 19 (October 1, 2005): 8853–60. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1219.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Zhong Zheng, Michael J. Campa, Michael Z. Wang, Anupama Sharma, Eric Haura, James E. Herndon, Michael C. Fitzgerald, Gerold Bepler, and Edward F. Patz. “Translating biomarkers into clinical practice: prognostic implications of cyclophilin A and macrophage migratory inhibitory factor identified from protein expression profiles in non-small cell lung cancer.” Lung Cancer 46, no. 3 (December 2004): 313–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.05.013.
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    • Wang, Michael Z., Jagat T. Shetty, Brandon A. Howard, Michael J. Campa, Edward F. Patz, and Michael C. Fitzgerald. “Thermodynamic analysis of cyclosporin a binding to cyclophilin a in a lung tumor tissue lysate.” Anal Chem 76, no. 15 (August 1, 2004): 4343–48. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac049536j.
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    • Howard, Brandon A., Michael Z. Wang, Michael J. Campa, Christina Corro, Michael C. Fitzgerald, and Edward F. Patz. “Identification and validation of a potential lung cancer serum biomarker detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight spectra analysis.” Proteomics 3, no. 9 (September 2003): 1720–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200300514.
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    • Wang, Michael Z., Brandon Howard, Michael J. Campa, Edward F. Patz, and Michael C. Fitzgerald. “Analysis of human serum proteins by liquid phase isoelectric focusing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry.” Proteomics 3, no. 9 (September 2003): 1661–66. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200300513.
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    • Campa, Michael J., Michael Z. Wang, Brandon Howard, Michael C. Fitzgerald, and Edward F. Patz. “Protein expression profiling identifies macrophage migration inhibitory factor and cyclophilin a as potential molecular targets in non-small cell lung cancer.” Cancer Res 63, no. 7 (April 1, 2003): 1652–56.
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    • Wang, M. Z., M. Campa, B. A. Howard, E. F. Patz, and M. C. Fitzgerald. “A fractionation protocol to reduce signal suppression effects in the MALDI analysis of blood proteins.” Proceedings 50th Asms Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, December 1, 2002, 587–88.
    • Howard, B. “Sweet the sound. Music in medicine.” N C Med J 62, no. 3 (May 2001): 166–70.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Thorpe, Matthew, Brandon Howard, and Joseph Mammarappallil. “Sensitivity of various FDG PET-CT SUV thresholds for round atelectasis.” In Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 59. SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC, 2018.
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    • Bashir, Mustafa, Thomas Armor, Brandon Howard, Kimberly Lynch, Neil Petry, Lucian Cappoli, Salvador Borges-Neto, Pete Manspeaker, Nancy Stambler, and Vivien Wong. “SPECT/CT Imaging of Prostatic PSMA Expression with Tc99m trofolastat chloride in Healthy Volunteers.” In Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 57. SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC, 2016.
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    • Howard, Brandon, Olga James, and Salvador Borges-Neto. “Comparison of Q.Clear (regularized) reconstruction versus OS-EM for characterization of small lesions in oncologic PET/CT.” In Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 57. SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC, 2016.
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    • Lin, S. M., M. J. Campa, M. Z. Wang, B. Howard, M. C. Fitzgerald, and E. F. Patz. “Use of mixture models in MALDI-TOF proteomic data for peak registration.” In Proceedings of the 7th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, edited by S. H. Chen, H. D. Cheng, D. K. Y. Chiu, S. Das, R. Duro, E. E. Kerre, H. V. Leong, et al., 873–78. ASSOC INTELLIGENT MACHINERY, 2003.
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