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CURRICULUM
VITAE
ASAF
DURAKOVIC, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.
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CURRICULUM VITAE ASAF DURAKOVIC Citizen of the United States of America 1975: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) 1962: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) 1966: Thesis in Biological Sciences (M.Sc.) 1968: Doctor of Medical Sciences (Thesis), (Ph.D.) 1984: Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.) 1991: Diplomat, Army Command and General Staff College
1969-70: Medical Research Council, Oxford, England 1970-72: National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada
2004: International Peace Prize, Awarded in Jaipur, India, November 2004. 2005: Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) in Medicine, Cosmopolitan University Jacksonville, Missouri, February 2005. 2005: Royal Order of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, October 2005. Post Graduate Experiences 1962-1963: Research in Radiation Biology, with Professor Antony Hahn. Atomic Energy Establishment and Nuclear Research Institute, "Rudier Boskovic", Zagreb, Croatia. 1963-1965: Research in Radiation Physiology and Toxicology with Professor Krista Kostial. Institute for Medical Research, Department for Medical Biophysics, Zagreb, Croatia. 1966-1968: Research in Bone Physiology and Pathology. Metabolism of Bone Seeking Radionuclides. Institute for Medical Research, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences. 1968-1969: Metabolism of Osteotropic Radionuclides. Research under Professor G.E. Harrison, Medical Research Council Radiobiological Research Unit. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Didcot, Berkshire, England. 1970-1972: Research in Metabolism and Toxicology of Transuranium Elements, with Dr. J.G. Hollins and Dr. G.C. Butler. Department of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 1973-1974: Bone Marrow Research. Stimulation of Growth of Leukemic Cell in vitro, with Dr. G. McCullough, Ontario Cancer Institute. Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada. 1973-1974: Research in Vitamin D/3 Polar Metabolites, with Professor Donald Fraser. Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. 1975-1976: Clinical Internship (Internal Medicine Surgery, Emergency, Psychiatry), Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. 1976-1977: Clinical Fellowship in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1977-1979: Residency in Nuclear Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Rochester, New York. 1979-1982: Nuclear Medicine Clinical Staff Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 1982-1986: Principal Investigator, Defense Nuclear Agency, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Nuclear Sciences Division, Naval Medical Command National Capital Region, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 1985-1986: Chief of Medical Therapeutics, Armed Forces Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 1986-1988: Consultant in Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 1986-1988: Faculty Staff, Radiation Emergency Accident Center/Training
Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 1987-1988: Clinical Staff Consultant in Medicine and Nuclear Medicine, Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 1988: United States Medical Team Leader, Soviet - American 1988: Nuclear Treaty Joint Verification Experiment, Nuclear Test-Site, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union. 1989-Pres: Radiation Safety Officer, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1989-1991: Principal Investigator, Clinical Research Project: Strontium (Sr-89) Phase III, therapeutic trial for the treatment of bone metastatic carcinoma, IND No: 24842, Amersham Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. 1990-1991: Investigator, Clinical Research Project, Technetium (Tc-99m) Antimony Trisulfide Colloid - A diagnostic trial for lymphoscintigraphy and lymphangiography, IND. No: 13717, CADEMA, Medical Products Inc., Middletown, New York. 1993-Pres: Radiological Officer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 1993-1998: National Consultant and Member of the Medical Radiological Emergency Rapid Response Team (MERRT), Martinsburg, West Virginia. 2004-Present: Radiation Safety Officer, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania. Appointments 1963-1966: Research Fellow, Institute for Medical Research, Zagreb, Croatia. 1966-1969: Staff Research Associate, Institute for Medical Research, Zagreb, Croatia. 1968: Elected Senior Research Consultant of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences. 1968-1969: Senior Research Associate, Institute for Medical Research. (Equivalent to Associate Professor or Docent), Zagreb, Croatia. 1969-1970: Postdoctorate Fellow. Atomic Energy Research Establishment. Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. 1970-1972: Postdoctorate Fellow. National Research Council of Canada. Division of Life Sciences. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 1976-1977: Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 1977-1979: Resident in Nuclear Medicine. Strong Memorial Hospital, Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Division, University of Rochester, New York, USA. 1979-1980: Clinical Fellow in Nuclear Cardiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York, USA. 1980-1982: Clinical Associate Chief, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 1980-1987: Associate Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, U.S. University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 1982-1985: Nuclear Medicine Consultant, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 1982-1986: Clinical Consultant, Nuclear Medicine Division, Naval Medical Command, National Capital Region, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 1982-1986: Chief, Nuclear Sciences Division, Department of Radiation Sciences, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Naval Medical Command, National Capital Region, Defense Nuclear Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. 1984-1986: Official Medical Consultant, Headquarters, Defense Nuclear Agency, Washington, D.C. 1984-1986: Research Advisor, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 1984-1988: Faculty Staff, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. 1984-1994: Medical and Academic Corresponding Staff, Children's Hospital, National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1985-1986: Chair of Science, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. 1986-1988: Associate Chief of Radiation Medicine, Medical and Health Science Division, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. 1987: Temporary Advisor, Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization, Washington, D.C. 1987-1988: Medical Officer (USAR), 2290 U.S.A. Hospital, U.S. Army Medical Department, Rockville, Maryland. 1987-1989: Associate Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1989-1997: Clinical Chief, Department of Nuclear Medicine, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1989-1995: Primary Lecturer, Radiation Emergency Management, Accredited Lecture Series, Category 1 Continuing Medical Education, American Medical Association and Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1989-Pres: Visiting Professor, Health Care Management, Department of Public Administration, State University of New York, Brockport, New York. 1991-1992: Vice-President, VA Medical Society, Wilmington, Delaware. 1990: Attending and Consulting Staff Physician, Nuclear Medicine Clinical Service, US Army Hospital, Landstuhl, Germany. 1990-1991: Senior Clinical Consulting Staff Physician, Radiation Management Consultants (RMC), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1991: Medical Consultant, Children of Chernobyl, Hadassah University, Jerusalem. 1991-Pres: Member of the Editorial Board, The International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology, Pergamon Press. 1992: President, VA Medical Society, Wilmington, Delaware. 1992: Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. 1993: Clinical Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1994: Professor of Natural Sciences, Nuclear Ecology Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia. 1999: Visiting Professor, Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2000: Head, Nuclear Medicine Division and PET Center, Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2002-Pres: Professor, the College of History, the Scottish Rite Supreme Council, Washington, D.C. 2004-Pres: Active Staff and Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Guthrie Health Care System and Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania. 2004-Pres: Active Staff and Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Guthrie Health Care System and Corning Hospital, Corning, New York. 2004-Pres: Radiation Safety Officer, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
1963-1966: Postdoctorate Scholarship of the National Research Council of Croatia for Studies in Experimental Biology. 1969-1970: Fellowship of the British Council for Studies and Research in Great Britain, Oxford, England. 1970-1972: Research Fellowship of the National Council of Canada for Studies in Biological Implications of Transuranium Elements, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 1976-1977: Fellowship for Clinical Studies of Pancreatic Carcinoma. Georgetown
University Hospital, Grant No. CA 19397-02, National Cancer Institute,
Washington, D.C. ABMS Compendium of Certified Medical Specialists. Directory of Medical Specialists. American Medical Directory. Washington Medical Directory. American College of Physicians, Membership Directory. American College of Nuclear Physicians, Membership Directory. Directory of Certified Nuclear Medicine Specialists. European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Radiological Society of North America Directory. Radiation Research Society Directory. Directory, Health Physics Society. 1989: Chairman, Radiation Safety Committee, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1989: Computerization Oversight Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1989: Hospital Safety Committee, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1989: Government Affairs Committee, American College of Nuclear Physicians, Washington, D.C. 1989: Legislative Committee, National Association of VA Physicians, Washington, D.C. 1989: Congressional Key Contacts Committee, American College of Nuclear Physicians and Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, D.C. 1990: Human Use Subcommittee for Clinical Research, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1990: Environmental Radiation Committee, American College of Nuclear Physicians, Washington, D.C. 1991: Radiation Research Society Finance Committee. 1994: Emergency Management Subcommittee, VA Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. 1995: Membership Committee, National Association of VA Physicians and Dentists, Washington, D.C. 2000: Chairman, Joint Commission of International Accreditation (JCIA) Committee, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2004: Radiation Safety Committee, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware (1989-1997) WALTER REED Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (1980-1986) U.S.A. 2nd General Hospital, Landstuhl, Germany (1990) DVA Medical Center, Coatsville, Pennsylvania (1991-1997) DVA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1994-1995) University Hospital (REBRO), Zagreb, Croatia (1992-Current) King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1999-2001) Wilkes Barre General Hospital, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, locum (March 2003) Wilkes Barre General Hospital, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, locum (July 2003) Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania (July 2004 – Current) Robert Parker Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania (August 2004 – Current) Corning Hospital, Corning, New York (September 2004 – Current) Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center, Manhattan, New York (April 2005) Saint Vincent Catholic Hospital, Manhattan, New York (March – May
2006) 1977-1980: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1980-1983: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1983-1986: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1984-1987: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1985: Society of Nuclear Medicine, Mid-eastern Chapter, 2nd prize award for the best scientific paper, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1987: Highlight Lecture "The Effect of Photon or Neutron Irradiation on Muscarinic Receptor-Avid Radiopharmaceuticals in the Brain", European Nuclear Medicine Congress, Budapest, Hungary. 1987-1990: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1988: Marquis Who's Who, 23rd Edition, p.1659. 1989: Men of Achievement, The Illustrated Guide to Contemporary Achievement, Cambridge, England, p.238. 1989: Life Fellow, The International Biographical Association, Cambridge, England. 1990: Honorary Member, Advisory Council, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. 1990-1994: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1991: International Advisor, Children of Chernobyl, Hadassah University, Jerusalem. 1994-1997: American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 1999: Clinical and Academic Consultant, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital REBRO, Zagreb, Croatia. 1999: Visiting Professor, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1999-2001: American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 2000: Marquis Who’s Who. 2001-2003: American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. 2002: Croatian Medical Schools Recognition Award for contributing to the development of the Croatian Medical Journal. 2002: Chairman, Global Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction, The Third GCC Conference of Military Medicine and Protection Against Weapons of Mass Destruction, Doha, Qatar, October 21, 2002. 2002: Elected Life Member, Croatian Writers Association, Zagreb, Croatia, December 23, 2002. 2003: Who’s Who in Medicine, the Marquis International Biographical Association. 2003: America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America, SLD Industries, Washington DC, 2003. 2004: Who’s Who in America, Marquis 2004. 2005-2008: American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition
Award with Commendation in Continuing Medical Education. 1969: Certificate for Experiments on Living Animals, Department of Medicine, University of Oxford and Royal College of Physicians, London, England. 1980: Diploma, United States Military Academy of Health Sciences, Medical Officers Training Course, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. 1982: Medical Data System Computer Training Certificate Medtronix MDS-A2 Computer System Operator, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1983: Certificate of Appreciation for Significant Contribution to Medical Corps AFRRI Course on Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Defense Nuclear Agency, Washington, D.C. 1986: Certificate of Achievement, Award in recognition for outstanding lecture series on Radiation Injuries, U.S. Army Medical Department. 2000: Certificate of Appreciation, Riyadh Society of Radiology Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 26, 2000. 2000: Certificate of Appreciation, The First GCC Military Medicine Conference, Bahrain Defense Forces, Bahrain, November 4-5, 2000. 2002: Certificate of Appreciation, 3rd GCC Conference on Military Medicine,
and the Protection against Weapons of Mass Destruction, Doha, Qatar, 20-23
October, 2002. Professional Courses Apri.1982: Medical Data System Computer Course - Medtronics MDS-A 2 Computer System, Ann Arbor, MI. May 1982: Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD. 1981-1982: Modern Physics Course, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD. Jun. 1982: First International Conference on Radioprotectors and Anti-carcinogens, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD. Jul. 1982: Ballistic Missile Staff Course, Vandenberg Air Force Base, First Strategic Aerospace Division, CA. Mar. 1983: Medical Planning and Care in Radiation Accidents, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Medical and Health Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN. 1982-1983: Atomic and Quantum Physics, Solid State and Elementary Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics. AFRRI Course, Bethesda, MD. Jun. 1983: Research Issues in Positron Emission Tomography, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Aug. 1983: Clinical Nuclear Medicine Summer School, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Colby College, Waterville, ME. May 1984: Nuclear Hazard Training Course. Interservice Nuclear Weapons School, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM. 1984-1985: Advanced Course in Modern Basic Sciences, Kaplan Institute, Washington, D.C. Jul. 1984: Clinical Nuclear Medicine Summer School. An Update of Imaging in Nuclear Medicine, SPECT, PET, and NMR, Colby College, Waterville, ME. Mar. 1985: Quantitative Imaging of Neuroreceptors in the Living Human Brain, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. Mar. 1985: Critical Care Medicine Update, American College of Physicians, Washington, D.C. Jul. 1985: Clinical Nuclear Medicine Summer School, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Society of Nuclear Medicine, Colby College, Waterville, ME. Sept. 1985: NATO Third Workshop on Wound Ballistics, Akademie des Sanitats-und Gesundheitswessen der Bundeswehr, Munchen, Germany. Oct. 1985: The Physician in Disaster Planning and Mass Casualty Management, Ministry of Health Seminar, Toronto, Canada. Sept.-Dec. 1985: Radiobiology Concepts Course, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Defense Nuclear Agency, Bethesda, MD. Apr. 1986: Neuroreceptors: Imaging of Living Brain Chemistry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. May 1986: Clinical Nuclear Cardiology, (Myocardial Perfusion, Radionuclide Ventriculography, Acute Myocardial Infarction), American College of Cardiology, Bethesda, MD. Jul. 1986: Emergency Medicine Summer School, (Infectious Diseases, Trauma, Pediatrics, Respiratory Diseases, Obstetrics, Psychiatry, Radiology), Colby College, Waterville, ME. Jan. 1987: Health Physics in Radiation Accidents, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN. Feb. 1987: Handling of Radiation Accidents by Emergency Personnel, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN. May 1987: Basic Cardiac Life Support Course, Re-certification, American Heart Association, Washington, D.C. Jun. 1987: Combined Injury Critical Care Course, U.S. Army Medical Department, Washington, D.C. and Fort Indiantown Gap, PA. Jun. 1987: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course, St. Francis Hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee. Aug. 1987: Full Field Service Nuclear Weapons Accident Exercise, (NUWACS), Salina, Kansas. Oct. 1987: Advanced Trauma Life Support Course, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Dec. 1987: Management of Trauma Casualties, EDP Management Consultants, Sunnybrook Medical Center, Toronto, Canada. Jan. 1988: New Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course, DARNALL Army Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas. Apr. 1989: Deployment Medicine School, Command and Control Headquarters, 2290 U.S.A. Hospital, US Army Medical Department, Rockville, Maryland. Nov. 1989: Washington Metropolitan ACLS Program, Georgetown University Medical School, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course, American Heart Association and the American Medical Association, Washington, D.C. Sept. 1990: Radiation Safety Seminar, Compliance With Safety and Quality, VA St. Louis Continuing Education Center, AMA-CME Course, Little Rock, Arkansas Jun. 1991: Radiation and Chemotherapy Injury - Principles of Etiology, Treatment and Diagnosis, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. Aug. 1992: Computer Training Course, VAX-ICON System, Hoffman Estates, Chicago, Illinois. Sept. 1992: Cerebral SPECT Imaging Mini Fellowship Program, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y. Oct. 1992: Nuclear Hazards Training Course, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dec. 1992: Total Quality Management Training Course, VA Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware. Mar. 1993: Colorectal and Ovarian Carcinoma Immunoscintigraphy, Oncoscint Seminar, Philadelphia Marriott West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 1993: All Hazards Civil Defense National Security and Nuclear Terrorism Emergency Planning and Operations Division, Dewey Beach, Delaware. Aug. 1993: Radiological Officer Conference, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, State College, Pennsylvania. Sept. 1993: Medical Radiological Emergency Rapid Response Team (MERRT) training course, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Oct. 1993: Nuclear Medicine Software Standardization and Quality Assurance, EANM-COST B2, Palaise de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland. May 1994: Radiation Safety Training Workshop, DVA Central Region, Chicago, Illinois. Apr. 1995: Medical Imaging Update, Department of Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. Mar. 1997: Medical Management of Radiation Incidents, RADEX North Exercise, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nov. 2000: Training Course on Quality Assurance in SPECT System Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nov. 2004: Radiation Safety Aspects of Brachytherapy and High Dose-Rate Remote Afterload Brachytherapy, Training Course, Nucleotron, Columbia, Maryland. Jan. 2005: Infection Control Certification, New York State Department of Health and New York State Education Department.
Federal Licensing Examination in Medicine New York State Board of Medicine Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Tennessee, Board of Medical Examiners, State of New Jersey, Board of Medical Examiners, Controlled Substances Registration Radionuclide Research License Radionuclide Clinical License Radionuclide License
Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company
License for Experiments on Living Animals
Board Certified Specialist in Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine Written Board Examination
American College of Surgeons, (ATLS) Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification, January 1988. American Heart Association, (ACLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, March 1990. American Heart Association, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care - Course A-C - Health Care Provider Recertification, March 1988, March 1989, January 1990, July 1991, February 1993, March 1994, February 1995, June 1996, September 2000 - September 2002, American Red Cross June 2003 – June 2005, American Heart Association January 2005 – January 2007.
Fluent in English, German, Russian, Croatian (and all South Slavic languages). Scottish Rite Consistory, Rochester, New York American College of Physicians CNN International: Radioactive Warfare, Greg Hunter Show, Time Warren Center, New York, NY, January 2007. Garry Null Production, Gulf War Syndrome, Garry Null and Associates, 2307 Broadway, New York, NY, March 2007. Nova Video Productions International, Radioactivity and Biosphere, Harrisburg, PA, March 2007 Discovery Channel, Gulf War Illnesses, The Best Evidence, Uranium Contamination
and Cytogenetic Abnormalities, April-July 2007 Scintigraphic Diagnostic Methods in Dental Disease, A lecture to Greater Washington Dental Association Annual Meeting, March 1981. Acute Radiation Syndrome, A lecture to the Medical Staff and Residents, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1982. Immediate Radiation Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Reserve Naval Officers Course CBR Conference, Port Huaneme, California, July 1982. Medically Significant Radioisotopes, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1982. External and Internal Contamination with Organotropic Radioisotopes, Army Reserve Seminar, Houston, Texas, September 1982. Medical Aspects of Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Department of the Navy, Health Sciences Education and Training Command, Quantico Marine Base, Virginia, October 1982. Myocardial Infarct Scintigraphic Imaging, Naval Medical Command National Capital Region. A lecture at the Medical Officers Course, March 1982 and November 1982, Bethesda, Maryland. Nuclear Medicine Scintigraphy in the Maxillofacial Disease. A consultant lecture, Department of Oral Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., March 1982. Internal Contamination with the Products of Nuclear Weapons, AFRRI course on Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Defense Nuclear Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, May 1982 and March 1983. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, AFFRI course on Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Defense Nuclear Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, May 1982 and March 1983. Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Methods in the Diseases of Splanchnocarnium. A consultant lecture, Department of Oral Surgery. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., April 1983. Metabolic Pathways of Transuranium Elements, Visiting Professor's Lecture, Health Physics Society, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 1983. Diagnosis and Management of Internal Contamination with Medically Significant Products of Nuclear Fission, Visiting Professor's Lecture, Hospital Hotel Dieu, Quebec City, Canada, May 1983. Acute Radiation Syndrome, Visiting Professor's Lecture, Quebec Society for Oncology and Radiation Therapy, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, May 1983. Detection and Quantitative Evaluation of Intracardiac Shunts, Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., December 1983. Low Level Radiation: A Lecture to the Clinical Staff, George Washington University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Washington, D.C., January 1984. Nuclear Weapons, Acute Radiation Syndrome and Internal Contamination, Elmendorf USAF Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska, April 1984. Acute Radiation Syndrome and Internal Contamination with Radioisotopes Released by the Explosion of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Naval Submarine Base, Bremerton, Northwest Region Naval Medical Command, Washington, D.C., April 1984. The Effects of Calcium Homeostasis on the Metabolism of Americium and Plutonium: A Visiting Professor's Lecture, University of Utah Medical School, Department of Pharmacology, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1984. Infarct Avid Studies, Naval Hospital, Naval Medical Command, National Capital Region, Bethesda, Maryland, October 1984. Clinical Management of Internal Radionuclide Contamination, Medical Grand Rounds, University of Florida Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida, December 1984. Diagnostic Imaging in Renal Disease. A Visiting Professor's Lecture, George Washington University, School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., February 1985. Assessment of Radiation Injury by Nuclear Medicine Techniques, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Medical and Health Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 1985. Diagnosis, Triage, and Management of Acute Radiation Syndrome, Bremerton Nuclear Submarine Base, Bangor, Washington, February 1986. Induced Modification of the Cholinergic Response in the Brain, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, February 26-28, 1986. Medical Management of Nuclear Radiation Casualties, Pacific Medical Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 3-5, 1986. Medical Management of Combined Injuries in Nuclear Accidents, Combat Casualty Care Course, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, March 27, 1986. Nuclear Medical Emergencies, Tri-service Symposium on Emergency Medicine, Austin, Texas, April 7, 1986. Medical Management of Radiation Injuries, Emergency Response Team, Walson Army Community Hospital, Fort Dix, New Jersey, March 14, 1986. Radiation and Hepatobiliary Dynamics, A Visiting Professor's Lecture, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas, May 20, 1986. Alteration of Neurotransmission after Total-Body Photon or Neutron Irradiation, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, September 2, 1986. Basic Concepts of Radiobiology of Man, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, January 28, 1987. Gallium-67 Metabolism in Rats with Metastatic and Non-Metastatic Mammary Adenocarcinoma, Medical and Health Sciences Division, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, February 10, 1987. Global and Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Brockport College, State University of New York, February 12, 1987. Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Society of Armed Forces Medical Laboratory Scientists Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, February 28, 1987 (4 lectures). Treatment of Radiation Casualties and Acute Radiation Syndrome, Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 17, 1987. Medical and Environmental Consequences of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, A Visiting Professor's Lecture, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, April 17, 1987. Seminar on Theory and Practice of Preparedness, Handling and Treatment of Radiation Incidents and Accidents, (eleven lectures), Pan-American Health Organization and World Health Organization, Veracruz, Mexico, July 6-17, 1987. Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Radiation and Nuclear Accidents and Management of Combined Injuries, Twentieth Medical Symposium, The Cycle of Medical Care in Nuclear Warfare, Headquarters 804th Hospital Center, Department of the Army, Boston, Massachusetts, September 25-27, 1987. Evaluation of Cardiovascular Function by Nuclear Medicine Scintigraphic Techniques, 2290 Hospital Symposium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, October 24-25, 1987. Cesium-137 Radiation Accident in Goiania, Brazil in October, 1987, An invited lecture, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, November 18, 1987. Primary Medical Emergency Response in Radiation Accidents, (Four lectures) Invited lecture, Health Effects Research Laboratory, United States Agency for Environmental Protection, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1987. Seminar on Nuclear Battlefield Casualties, Department of Emergency Medicine, United States Army Hospital (MEDDAC), Fort Hood, Texas, January 11-15, 1988. Nuclear Verification Treaties and the World Peace, Invited Lecture Series, Australian Bicentennial International Symposium, MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia, October 1-9, 1988. La medecine populair chez les Croates, Invited lecture. Symposium interdisciplinaire et international, Universite de Paris, Sorbonne, Paris, France, December 2-3, 1988. Tactical Nuclear Disarmament, National Self-Determination and the World Peace, Invited Plenary Lecture, Atkinson College, York University, North York, Canada, March 17, 1989. Chernobyl Disaster - An Objective Analysis, Invited Lecture, Albert Pike Society, Washington, D.C., April 17, 1989. Radiation Emergency Management (REM) Seminar; Acute Radiation Disease and Treatment of Radiation Casualties, VA Regional Medical Centre, Wilmington, Delaware, April 25-27, 1989. Radiation Emergency Management; 4 invited lectures, State University of New York, The University Club of Rochester, New York, June 22-23, 1989. New Concepts of Neurotransmission - PET and SPECT Prospective, Medical Grand Rounds, VA Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware, July 5, 1989. Medical Management of Radiation Disasters, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Grand Rounds, Perry Point, MD, July 12, 1989. Hazards and Management of Radioactive Waste, Radio Talk Show, 1450 Wilmington Radio Station, Wilmington, DE, August 22, 1989. Radiochemistry of Technetium, Invited Lecture, Medical Center of Delaware, Christiana Hospital, Wilmington, DE, September 8, 1989. Strategic Nuclear Battlefield, Invited Plenary Lecture, US Army Medical Department, 2290 USA Medical Command Symposium, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, October 22, 1989. Nuclear Accident Management; four invited lectures in REM seminar series, State University of New York, Strathallan Hotel, Rochester, New York, October 26-27, 1989. Current State of the Art in Neurotransmission and Neuroreceptors in the Human Brain - Nuclear Medicine Prospective; Medical Grand Rounds, VA Medical Center, Perry Point, MD, November 8, 1989. Combined Injury in Radiation and Nuclear Accidents, State of Delaware Department of Public Safety, Emergency Planning and Operations Division, Delaware City, DE, February 22, 1990. Hospital Management of Radiation Victims, Delaware Academy of Medicine (VA-EM), Wilmington, Delaware, March 1, 1990. Radiation Thermal Blast and Infection, Combined Injury, Delaware Academy of Medicine (VA-EM), Wilmington, Delaware, March 15, 1990. Radiation Emergency Management (REM), 4 invited lectures, State University of New York, The Lodge at Woodcliffe, Rochester, New York, March 8-9, 1990. SPECT Quality Control and Artifacts Journal Club, Invited Lecture, The Medical Center of Delaware, Christiana Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, March 21, 1990. The Management of Accidental Radiation, Delaware Academy of Medicine (VA-EM), Wilmington, Delaware, May 3, 1990. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation, A State-Wide Conference on Emergency Planning, the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, New York, May 11, 1990. Internal Radiation Exposure, Delaware Academy of Medicine (VA-EM), Wilmington, Delaware, May 17, 1990. Nuclear and Radiation Emergency Management for Health-Care Professionals, 4 invited lectures, the Depot Inn, Pittsford, New York, June 14-15, 1990. Human Radiation Injury in Nuclear Accidents or Nuclear War, Delaware Academy of Medicine, Wilmington, Delaware, July 5, 1990. Nuclear Radiation Fallout, Delaware Academy of Medicine, Wilmington, Delaware, July 19, 1990. Medical Implications of the Nuclear Age, 1990 Radiological Officers Conference, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, State College, Pennsylvania, August 24-26, 1990. Environmental Effects of Nuclear Reactors and Weapons, Delaware Academy of Medicine, Wilmington, Delaware, October 4, 1990. Management of Radioactive Waste, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME 1, Wilmington, Delaware, October 18, 1990. Health Care in Radiation Emergency Management (Four Lectures), Douglas Auditorium, Genessee Hospital, Rochester, New York, October 29-30, 1990. Nuclear Winter, Delaware Academy of Medicine, VA-EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, November 8, 1990. Mass Casualty Management in Nuclear Disasters, Five Invited Lectures, 7th Medical Command of Europe, 2nd Army General Hospital, Landstyhl, Germany, November 26-29, 1990. Medical Management of Mass Casualties in NBC Environment, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilmington, DE, January 11, 1991. Physical and Biological Principles of Ionizing Radiation, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, March 7, 1991. Living in the Nuclear World, Scholars Day, State University of New York, Brockport, N.Y., April 3, 1991. Medical Aspects of Nuclear Accidents, Hadassah University Hospital, Grand Rounds, Jerusalem, April 23, 1991. Acute and Chronic Radiation Disease and Treatment of Radiation Casualties, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, April 24, 1991. Psychological Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster, Symposium of the Psychiatric Society, Hilton Congress Hall, Jerusalem, April 24, 1991. Acute Radiation Disease, Diagnosis, Triage and Emergency Treatment of Radiation Casualties, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, April 4-18, 1991. Hospital Management of Radiation Victims, Radiation, Thermal, Blast and Infection Combined Injury, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, May 2-16, 1991. Local Radiation Injury, Management of Accidental Radiation, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, June 6-20, 1991. Mechanisms of Contamination with Radionuclides from Nuclear Fission, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, July 25, 1991. Treatment of Internal Contamination, Human Radiation Injury in Accidents or Nuclear War, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, August 8-22, 1991. Living in a Nuclear Age, Invited Keynote Lecture, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, 1991 Radiological Officers Conference, FEMA Region III, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1991. Nuclear Age Medical Concerns, Grand Rounds Lecture, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 17, 1991. Medical Response in Radiation Accidents, Lecture Series, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 16-20, 1991. Radiation Emergency Management Seminar, North Carolina University, School of Medicine, Pitts Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina, September 24-25, 1991. Medical Response in Nuclear Disasters (REM Seminar), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, October 10-11, 1991. Radioprotective Agents in Medical Therapy, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, October 17, 1991. Chernobyl Update, Hurley Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds, Flint, Michigan, October 22, 1991. Low Level Radiation, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, November 7, 1991. Environmental Effects of Nuclear Reactors and Weapons, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, November 21, 1991. Management of Radioactive Waste, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, December 5, 1991. Nuclear Winter, Delaware Academy of Medicine, EM-AMA-CME, Wilmington, Delaware, December 19, 1991. Medicine in a Nuclear Age, Surgical Grand Rounds, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1991. Radiation Pharmacology, Lecture Series, Medical Center of Delaware, Christiana Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, December 6, 1991 - February 17, 1992. Medical Implications of Nuclear Disasters, Pediatric Grand Rounds, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, March 10, 1992. Medicina u nuklearnom vremenu, Professorial Inauguration Lecture, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, June 4, 1992. Interna Kontaminacija Radionuklidima, Anniversary Lecture, Institute for Medical Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia, June 5, 1992. Psychological Consequences of Nuclear Accidents, Keynote Lecture, Radiological Officers Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Region III, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1992. Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Procedures in Cardiovascular Disease, Medical Grand Rounds, VA Medical Center, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1993. Nuclear Pharmacology Lecture Series, Delaware Institute of Technology, Medical Center of Delaware, December 1992 - February 1993. Ecological Consequences of Nuclear Reactors and Weapons, Medical Grand Rounds, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 27, 1993. The Current State of World Nuclear Affairs, Civil Defense Course, Dewey Beach, Delaware, May 28, 1993. Management of Combined Injuries in Mass-casualties. Lessons from the Balkan War International Medical Conferences, University of Durban, South Africa, July 9, 1993. World Radiological Environment Prospective, Keynote Lecture, Radiological Officers Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Region III, State College, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1993. Pharmacology of Radiolabeled Drugs, Lecture Series, University of Delaware Institute of Technology, Wilmington, Delaware, Sept. 1993 - March 1994. Emergency Preparedness and Medical Management of Acute Radiation Disease, Internal Contamination and Combined Injuries in Nuclear Accidents MERRT Team Training Seminar, Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia, September 27-29, 1993. Fundamentals of Radiation, TV Lecture, Department of Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Rochester, New York, October 25, 1993. Acute Radiation Syndrome, Medical Grand Rounds, University Medical Center, Zagreb, Croatia, November 24, 1993. Immediate Casualties in Nuclear Accidents, Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, January 20, 1994. Current Global Nuclear Prospective, Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, January 21, 1994. Medical Principles in Nuclear Disaster Management, A Comprehensive Seminar, National Disaster Medical System Annual Training (FEMA, HHS, DOD and DVA), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, September 20-23, 1994. Radiation Pharmacology Lecture Series, University of Delaware Institute of Technology, Wilmington, Delaware, August 1994 - December 1994. Current Concepts in the Management of Nuclear Waste, Second Symposium of Croatian Radiation Protection Association, Zagreb, Croatia, November 23-25, 1994. Radiation and Combined Injuries, Nuclear Medicine Lecture Series, Department of Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, January 3, 1995. Medical Concerns in the Tactical Nuclear Battlefield, Air Forces Medical Center, Wilford Hall, Texas, January 4, 1995. Physical Principles and Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation, American College of Occupational Medicine, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1995. Radiation Biological and Chemical Combined Injuries, Medical Imaging Seminar, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, April 24-28, 1995. World Medicine in Light of the Modern Nuclear Reality, World Congress of Croatian Physicians, Osijek, Croatia, June 1-3, 1995. Nuclear Reality After the Apparent End of the Cold War, Scholars Day, Brockport College, State University of New York, April 4, 1995. Medical Effects of Radiation Occupational Exposure, American College of Occupational Medicine Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1995. Current Global Nuclear Legacy, Keynote Lecture, Emergency Management Institute, Radiological Officers Training Workshop, Emmitsburg, Maryland, August 25-27, 1995. Radionuclide Pharmacology, Lecture Series, University of Delaware Institute of Technology, August - December, 1995. Nuclear Terrorism: The Hidden Threat, Delaware Emergency Management Conference, March 26, 1996. Hospital Management of the Victims of a Nuclear Attack, From Tactical Warfare to Peacetime Accidents and Nuclear Terrorism, Didactic Lecture Series, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 26-30, 1996. The Timebomb of Reduced Nuclear Alert, Federal and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agencies, Radiation Safety Officers Training Seminar, Split Rock, Pennsylvania, September 14-15, 1996. Nuclear Terrorist Attack - A Managed Health Care Nightmare, Grand Rounds, VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 28, 1996. Radiopharmacology Lecture Series, Delaware Institute of Technology, August - December, 1996. Emergency Management of Occupational Radiation Accidents, Congreso Internacional de Medicina Ocupacional, Union de Medicos de la Corporacion del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico, April 19, 1997. Nuclear Terrorism, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1997. Legacy of Depleted Uranium, National Radio 720, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 15, 1997. Internal Contamination with Uranium and Actinides, New York Academy of Science, New York, September 1998. Medical Effects of Internal Contamination with Uranium and Actinides, Karl Morgan Symposium on Low Level Radiation, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, September 26, 1998. Depleted Uranium Update, National Gulf Veterans Association, Royal Sailors Club, Portsmouth, England, February 6, 1999. Clinical Relevance of Internal Contamination With Actinides, Medical Grand Rounds, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 1999. Nuclear Battlefield, Keynote Lecture Invited Speaker, First GCC Military Medicine Conference, Grand Ambassador Suite, Diplomat Hotel, Bahrain Defense Forces, Riffa, State of Bahrain. Management of Radiation Casualties, Medical Center Educational Seminar for Joint Commission of International Accreditation, King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 17, 2000. Hospital Treatment of Radiation Victims, Grand Rounds for JCIA, King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 24, 2000. Invited Lecture: Radiation and the Small Planet Earth, Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, September 26, 2000. Current NBC Medical Reality First GCC Military Medicine Conference, Bahrain, November 4-5, 2000. Critical Evaluation of the Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Biological Specimens of Allied Forces. Gulf War Veterans, Mini Symposium, Free University, Brussels, Belgium, October 26, 2000. Medical Therapeutic Interventions in Acute Radiation Syndrome, Medical Grand Rounds, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, (Prince Salman Auditorium) Saudi Arabia, January 23, 2001. Depleted Uranium in the Human Body, invited lecture, Fondazine Beatoangelico, Salla dela Stampaestera, Rome, Italy, January 25, 2001. New Concepts in NBC Warfare in the Light of the Gulf War Experience, The Second GCC Military Medicine Conference, Doha, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, October 24-27, 2001. The Decade of Depleted Uranium, the Royal Society, London, England, October, 2001. Hazards and Terrorism, Invited Lecture at the Third GCC Conference of Military Medicine and Protection Against Weapons of Mass Destruction, Doha, Qatar, October 20-23, 2002. Current Reality of the Global Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Al-Jazeera, Without Borders International Program, London, England, November 5th, 2002. Uranium Studies in Afghanistan after Operation Enduring Freedom, Al-Jazeera, Without Borders International Program, London, England, May 21st, 2003. Radioactive Warfare: Current Research on Uranium Contamination of the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan, The Network of Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES), Munich, Germany, September 5-7, 2003. The Consequences of Uranium Contamination in the Recent Conflicts in the Middle East and Central Asia, Invited Presentation to the Parliament of Japan, Tokyo, November 20, 2003. Environmental and Health Effects of Uranium Weapons in the Current Warfare, Invited Lecture, University of Hiroshima, Japan, November 21, 2003. Radioactive Warfare, A Lecture to the Assembly of the University of Osaka, Japan, November 23, 2003. Depleted Uranium Environmental and Human Contamination in Southern Iraq after Gulf War II Operation Iraqi Freedom, An Invited Lecture to the Parliament of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, April 12, 2004. Uranium Internal Contamination of US Soldiers Deployed in Samawah, Iraq during Gulf War II, International Center, Tokyo, Japan, April 13, 2004. Depleted and Non-Depleted Uranium Studies of Human and Environmental Samples in Iraq and Afghanistan after Recent Military Operations, Invited Seminar, Laboratory for Low Level Radiation, Kanazawa University, Japan, April 14, 2004. Internal Contamination of Allied Forces’ Soldiers Deployed in Southern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bunkyo Kumin Center, Osaka, Japan, April 14, 2004. Environmental and Human Health Legacy of Radioactive Warfare and Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons, University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, March 8, 2005. The Current Reality of the Consequences of Uranium Weapons and the Modern Concepts of the Radioactive Battlefield, Faculty of Economics, Invited Public Lecture, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, March 9, 2005. The Global Consequences of Radioactive and Nuclear Terrorism, Invited Plenary Lecture International Symposium on NBC Terrorism, Chiba University and International Institute of Science, Chiba, Japan, June 15-19, 2005. Hospital Management of Radiation Victims, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, January 31, 2006. Radioactive Waste and Viability of the Biosphere, Keynote Speaker, International Forum on the Protection of Nature, Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic and the President of the Parliament of Europe, Villa Mondragone - Monte Porzio, Rome, Italy, October 6, 2006. Recent Studies of Somatic and Cytogenetic Consequences of Internal Contamination with Uranium Isotopes, Medical Grand Rounds, Robert Packer Hospital, Guthrie Healthcare System, Sayre, Pennsylvania, March 13.2007. Medical Aspects of Internal Contamination with Polonium and Other Alpha
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS M. Blanusa, A. Durakovic, K. Kostial, and M. Harmut: Influence of Some Physiological Factors on Skeletal Decorporation of Radioactive Strontium, 2nd Symposium on Yugoslav. Soc. for Radiology and Radiological Protection, p. 262, Mostar, Sept. 1965. A. Durakovic and K. Kostial: Effect of Some Factors on the Metabolism of Radioactive Calcium and Strontium in Rats During Lactation, IV Congress of Yugoslav. Physiol. and Pharmacol. Soc., Yugoslav. Physiol Pharmacol. Acta, p. 262, 1967, Sarajevo, 1967. A. Durakovic and K. Kostial: Effect of Lactation on Calcium Metabolism French-Yugoslav. Symposium on Radiobiological Protection, Hercegnovi, Sept. 1967. A. Durakovic and K. Kostial: Mobilization of Radioactive Strontium by the Catabolic Processes in the Skeleton, IV Congress of Yugoslav. Soc. for Radiology and Radiological Protection, Basko Polye, 1968. A. Durakovic and K. Kostial: Some Parameters of Calcium Metabolism in Lactation as Measured with Calcium-47 Kinetics, IV Congress of Yugoslav. Physiol. Pharmacol. Soc., p. 230, Ohrid, 1970. A. Durakovic, K. Kostial, I. Simonovic: Influence of Food Intake on the Absorption of Calcium and Strontium in Newborn and Lactating Rats, IV Congress of Yugoslav. Physiol. and Pharmacol. Soc., p. 248, Ohrid, 1970. A. Durakovic and K. Kostial: Influence of the Food Composition on Elimination of Radioactive Strontium from the Skeleton, V Congress of the Yugoslav. Soc. for Radiology and Radiological Protection, p. 42, Bled, 1970. A. Durakovic and K. Kostial: The Effect of the Content of Calcium and Phosphate in the Diet on the Elimination of the Radioactive Strontium from the Skeleton, Proc. of the Symp. on the Animal Physiol., p. 65, Zagreb, Jan. 1970. K. Kostial, N. Gruden, A. Durakovic, and I. Simonovic: The Protective Action of Some Dietary Additives on Strontium Absorption in Pregnant, Lactating and Suckling Rats, II Congress on International Radiation Protection Association, p. 170, Brighton, England, 1970. A. Durakovic, K. Kostial, and A. Bunarevic: Resorption of Trabecular Bone as Influenced by the Mineral Composition of the Diet, Congress of Yugoslav. Gerontologic and Geriatric Soc. on Calcium Metabolism, Ljubljana, 1971. A. Durakovic and J.G. Hollins: The Metabolism of Americium in Lactating Rats, Eleventh Hanford Symposium: Biological Implications of the Transuranium Elements, p. 13, Richland, Washington, Sept. 1971. J.G. Hollins and A. Durakovic: The Skeletal Distribution of Transuranium Elements in Rats of Different Ages, Proc. of the Canadian Fed. of Biol. Soc., XV Annual Meeting, Paper No. 174, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, June 1972. A. Durakovic, G.C. Butler, J.G. Hollins, and M.C. Storr: The Metabolism of Americium-241 in Pregnancy and Lactation, XV Annual Meeting, Canada. Fed. Biol. Soc. Proc., No. 478, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, June 1972. A. Durakovic and M.C. Storr: The Influence of Age and Sex on the Metabolism of Americium-241 in Rats, XV Annual Meeting, Canada. Fed. Biol. Soc. Proc., No. 479, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, June 1972. A. Durakovic, J.G. Hollins, and M.C. Storr: The Effect of Natural Physiological Stresses and Artificial Hormonal Stresses on the Retention of Americium and Plutonium by Rat Bone, 3rd International Congress of the International Association for Radiation Protection, Washington D.C., (No. 117), Sept. 1973. A. Durakovic, J.G. Hollins, and M.C. Storr: Metabolic Behavior of Plutonium and Americium in Rats Under Stress. 17th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, June 1974. A. Durakovic, J.C. Harbert, and J. Schellinger: Initial Evaluation of ACTA Scanning for the Detection of Pancreatic Cancer, National Pancreatic Carcinoma Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, November 1976. S. Gorton, G. Wilson, A. Durakovic, and R.E. O'Mara: Detection of Adriamycin Induced Cardiac Damage with Tc-99m Pyrophosphate Myocardial Scan in Rabbits. American Association of Cancer Research, Washington, D.C., April 1978. S. Gorton, G.H. Wilson, and A. Durakovic: Technetium-99m Pyrophosphate Myocardial Imaging in Rabbits with Adriamycin Induced Heart Disease. American Society of Nuclear Medicine 25th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, June 1978. F.C. Nichols, D.A. Weber, R.L. Baker, B.R. Rifkin, and A. Durakovic: Bone Imaging of Experimentally Induced Periodontal Disease: Effects of Indomethacin. International Association for Dental Research, New Orleans, No. 1298, p. 415, 1979. G. Wilson, A. Durakovic, and R.E. O'Mara: Distribution of Intraperitoneally Injected Tc-99m, Sulfur Colloid. Association of University Radiologists, 27th Annual Meeting, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, May 1979. A. Durakovic, R.E. O'Mara, G.H. Wilson, and A. Owunwanne: Influx of Radioactive Calcium and Phosphorus in Myocardial Infarcts, SNM Eastern Great lakes Chapter Annual Meeting, Hamilton, Canada, May 1979. A. Durakovic, A. Owunwanne, E. Shenk, and R.E. O'Mara: Influx of Radioactive Calcium and Phosphorus Into Isoproterenol Damaged Rat Heart, Society of Nuclear Medicine 26th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1979, J. Nucl. Med. 20, No. 6, p. 650, 1979. A. Durakovic: Acute Myocardial Infarct Imaging, AMEDD Radiology Symposium, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., May 1981. R.R. Eng, M. Grissom, A. Durakovic, W. Eckelman, and J.J. Conklin: Imaging Characteristics of (p.2n) and (p.5n) produced iodine-123. Society of Nuclear Medicine 29th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, June 1982. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, and J.J. Conklin: Myocardial Scintigraphy with Tc-99m Pyrophosphate and Gated Blood Pool Function Studies in Dogs after Acute Irradiation of the Heart. Society of Nuclear Medicine Mid-eastern Chapter Meeting, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, April 1983. R.R. Shah, R. Kyle, A. Durakovic, and R.R. Eng: Accelerated Clearance of T1-201 Lung Background Activity at Rest by Pre-treatment with Furosemide. Society of Nuclear Medicine, Mid-eastern Chapter Meeting, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, April 1983. E.D. Dorval, R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Radiation Induced Vomiting and Altered Gastric Emptying and Gastric Secretion. 84th Annual Meeting of American Gastroenterological Association, Gastroenterology, 84, May 1983. E.D. Dorval, R.R. Eng, P. Colombaro, A. Durakovic, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Gastric Secretion in Rhesus Monkeys. Society of Nuclear Medicine 30th Annual Meeting. St. Louis, Missouri, June 1983. R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, G.N. Ege, and J.J. Conklin: Altered Uptake of Tc-99m Antimony Sulfide Colloid by Lymph Nodes Post-Irradiation. Society of Nuclear Medicine 30th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, June 1983. G.N. Ege, R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Effects of Metastatic (13762) and Non-Metastatic (R3230AC) Mammary Adenocarcinoma on Radio Colloid Localization in Regional Lymph Nodes in Fischer 344 Rats. Society of Nuclear Medicine 30th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, June 1983. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, and J.J. Conklin: Tissue Distribution of Gallium-67 in the Rat After Whole-Body Irradiation with Cobalt-60 Photons and Fission Neutrons. 7th International Congress of Radiation Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 1983. R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, G.N. Ege, and J.J. Conklin: Differential Effects of Cobalt-60 and Fission Neutron Irradiation on Lymph Node Uptake of Tc-99m Antimony Sulfide Colloid. 7th International Congress of Radiation Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 1983. E.D. Dorval, R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Involvement of Endogenous Opiates in Radiation Induced Suppression of Gastric Emptying. 9th International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility, Aix en Provence, France, Sept. 1983. E. Bradley, J.J. Conklin, M.P. Grissom, A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, C.C. Rogers, and P.O. Alderson: Effects of Fast Neutrons or Photons on Canine Lung: Six Years of Radionuclide Evaluation. 22nd Hanford Life Sciences Symposium, Richland, Washington, Sept. 1983. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, L. Wood, E. Montcalm, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Gastric Biopsies after Gamma Irradiation an Experimental Model for Gastric Cytoprotection and Peptic Ulcer Disease. Symposium on Gastroduodenal Injury and Repair, Maui, Hawaii, Feb. 1984. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, and J.J. Conklin: Myocardial Scintigraphy with 99-m Tc-PYP and Gated Blood Function Studies in Dogs after Acute Irradiation of the Heart. Radiation Research Society, 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, J.E. Rogers, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Acute Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Gastric Mucosa. Radiation Research Society, 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Treatment of Radiation Induced Vomiting and Gastric Emptying Suppression in Primates after Gamma Irradiation. William Beaumont 13th Annual Gastrointestinal Symposium, El Paso, Texas, March 1984. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, and J.J. Conklin: Hepatobiliary Scintigraphic Studies in Dogs after Whole-Body Co-60 Irradiation. Society of Nuclear Medicine, Mid-eastern Chapter, 14th Annual Meeting, Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Treatment of Vomiting after Gamma Irradiation. Society of Nuclear Medicine, Mid-eastern Chapter, 14th Annual Meeting, Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 1984. J. LaPorte, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, R. Sjorgen, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Radiation Induced Alteration of Gastric Electrical Activity in Primates. American Gastroenterological Association, 85th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, L. Wood, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Gastric Mucosal Damage after Gamma Irradiation. American Gastroenterological Association, 85th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1984. T. Shea-Donohue, E.D. Dorval, E. Montcalm, H. El-Bayer, A. Durakovic, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Gastric Mucous Secretion in Rhesus Monkeys Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation. American Gastroenterological Association, 85th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1984. E.D. Dorval, G.P. Mueller, R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Role of Endogenous Opiates in Radiation Induced Suppression of Gastric Functions. American Gastroenterological Association, 85th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1984. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, and J.J. Conklin: Tissue Distribution of Gallium-67 in Rats Bearing Metastatic Adenocarcinoma. Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1984, Proc. Health Physics Soc. 94, p. 351, 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Treatment of Vomiting and Gastric Emptying Suppression in Primates after Gamma Irradiation. Society of Nuclear Medicine 31st Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, June 1984, J. Nucl. Med., 25, 5, A 88, P96, 1984. R.R. Eng, W.C. Eckelman, A. Durakovic, R.C. Reba, and J.J. Conklin: Altered Distribution of R-Quinuclinidyl I-125 4-Iodobenzoate after Whole-Body Fission Neutron or Cobalt-60 Irradiation. Society of Nuclear Medicine 21st Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, June 1984, J. Nucl. Med. 25, 5 A76, P93, 1984. J.L. LaPorte, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, R. Sjorgen, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Cross Correlation Analysis of Gastric Motility Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation in Primates. Digestive Diseases in Science, 22:565A, 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, L. O'Connell, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Radiation Induced Gastric Emptying Suppression and Vomiting in Primates. 3rd Asia and Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 1984. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Scintigraphic Studies of the Hepatobiliary Kinetics After Whole-Body Gamma Irradiation, 3rd Asia and Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 1984. A. Durakovic: Therapeutic Management in Internal Contamination with Medically Significant Radionuclides, Department of Energy Symposium on Decorporation of Internally Deposited Toxic Metals and Radionuclides, Alta Lodge, Utah, Aug. 1984. A. Durakovic, R.R. Eng, and J.J. Conklin: Cholinergic Response of the Brain after Whole-Body Irradiation, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 1984, Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 17, 4, 341, 1984. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, A. Durakovic, and J.J. Conklin: Effect of Whole-Body Gamma Irradiation on the Gastric Mucosa, the Radiological Society of North American, 70th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1984, Radiology, 153P, 177, A 797, 1984. A. Durakovic, and A. Dubois: Effect of Whole-Body Irradiation on Hepatobiliary Kinetics, The Radiological Society of North America, 70th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1984, Radiology 153P, 177, A 536, 1984. A. Durakovic: Heart Function Studies in Dogs After Acute Gamma Irradiation of the Precordium, The Radiological Society of North America, 70th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1984. E.D. Dorval, G.P. Mueller, R.R. Eng, A. Durakovic, J.J. Conklin, and A. Dubois: Role of Endogenous Opiates in Radiation Induced Suppression of Gastric Functions, Gastroenterology, 86:1064, 1984. A. Durakovic, and A. Dubois: Effect of Ketamine, Pentobarbital, and Morphine on Tc-99m DISIDA Hepatobiliary Kinetics, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Mid-eastern Chapter 15th Annual Meeting, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 1985. A. Durakovic: Early Effects of Photon and Neutron Whole-Body Irradiation on the Organ Distribution of Ga-67 in the Rat, Radiation Research Society, 33rd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 1985. A. Durakovic: Effect of Two Tumors (Metastatic and Non-Metastatic) on Tissue Distribution of Ga-67 in the Rat, Radiation Research Society, 33rd Annual Meeting, p. H1-11, Los Angeles, California, May 1985. A. Durakovic: Renal Scintigraphic Studies in Dogs After Acute Whole-Body Gamma Irradiation, Radiation Research Society, 33rd Annual Meeting, p. H4-5, Los Angeles, California, May 1985. A. Dubois, E.D. Dorval, L. Steel, L. O'Connell, and A. Durakovic: Do Prostaglandins Mediate Radiation Induced Suppression of Gastric Acid Output, Radiation Research Society, 33rd Annual Meeting, 33a;133A (Jf-4) Los Angeles, California, May 1985. A. Dubois, G. Mueller, L. O'Connell, and A. Durakovic: Abnormal Gastric Emptying and Prevention of Radiation-Induced Vomiting in Primates: Symposium of the American Gastroenterological Association and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, New York, May 1985. Gastroenterology, 88:1370A, 1985. A. Durakovic: Lymph Node Uptake of Gallium-67 in Rats Whole-Body Irradiation with Cobalt-60 or Fission Neutrons, Health Physics Society, 30th Annual Meeting, p. 60, Chicago, Illinois, May 1985. C. Nathanson, M.P. Fink, R.L. Danner, H.K. Ballantyne, R.I. Walker, J. Conklin, T.J. MacVittie, A. Durakovic, D.W. Alling, and J.E. Parillo: Bacteremia-Induced Reversible Myocardial Depression in a Canine Sepsis Model. Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, May 1985. E.G. Movius, and A. Durakovic: Effect of Co-60 Photon Irradiation on Erythrocyte Water Flux Rates. Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 1985. A. Durakovic: Lymph Node Uptake of Gallium-67 in Rats after Whole-Body Irradiation with Cobalt-60 or Fission Neutrons, Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, p. 60, Chicago, Illinois, May 1985. A. Durakovic and A. Dubois: Effect of Ketamine, Pentobarbital, and Morphine on Tc-99m DISIDA Hepatobiliary Imaging, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 32nd Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, June 1985, J. Nucl. Med. 26:5, p78, No. 330, 1985. A. Durakovic: Renal Scintigraphic Studies in Dogs After Acute Whole-Body Gamma Irradiation, 16th International Congress of Radiology, p. NM-504, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1985. A. Durakovic: First Pass and Gated Blood-Pool Right and Left Heart Function Studies in Dogs After Acute Whole-Body Gamma Irradiation, 16th International Congress of Radiology, Sp-NM-001, 420, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1985. A. Durakovic: Gastrointestinal Uptake of Ga-67 in the Rat in the Early and Late Time Intervals After Whole-Body Irradiation with Co-60 of Fission Neutrons, Radiation Research Society 34th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1986. A. Durakovic: Accelerated Choleresis in Dogs After Repeated Co-60 partial-Body Irradiation, Radiation Research Society 34th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1986. H. Fischler, S. Schaberg, and A. Durakovic: Tc-99m MDP Imaging in Studies of Bone Repair by Low Frequency, Low Power Ultrasound Irradiation, Radiation Research Society 34th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1986. A. Durakovic: Altered Gallium-67 Citrate Uptake in the Female Reproductive Organs of the Rat after Total-Body Photon or Neutron Irradiation, Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 29-July 3, 1986. A. Durakovic: Facilitated Choleresis in Dogs in the Early Time Intervals after Partial-Body Gamma Irradiation, Mid-eastern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine 16th Annual Meeting, Ocean City, Maryland, April 10-13, 1986. A. Durakovic: Technetium-99m DISIDA Studies of Facilitated Choleresis in Dogs in the Early Time Intervals after Partial-Body Gamma Irradiation, Society of Nuclear Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 22-25, 1986. A. Durakovic: Myocardial Distribution of Ga-67 in the Rat in the Early and Late Time Intervals after Total-Body Irradiation with Photons or Fission Neutrons, 10th World Congress of Cardiology, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14-19, 1986. A. Durakovic: Assessment of Photon and Neutron Radiation Injury by Radioisotope Methods and Its Implications for the Future Management of Acute Radiation Syndrome, 25th Hanford Life Sciences Symposium Radiation Protection - A Look to the Future, Richland, Washington, Oct. 21-23, 1986. A. Durakovic: Ultrasound Stimulation of Bone Repair; 4th World Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Paper No. 114, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 2-7, 1986. A. Durakovic: Hepatobiliary Kinetics of Tc-99m DISIDA in the Early and Late Time Intervals after a Single or Repeated Partial-Body Gamma Irradiation, 4th World Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Paper No. 115, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 2-7, 1986. A. Durakovic, H.K. Fischler, D.M. Arendt, S. Schabert: Scintigraphic Evaluation of Bone Healing after Ultrasound Stimulation, Radiological Society of North America, 72nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Paper No. 147, Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 30 - Dec. 5, 1986, Radiology, Vol. 161, p. 71, 1986. A. Durakovic: The Early and Late Effects of Partial-Body Gamma Irradiation on Hepatobiliary Kinetics, Radiological Society of North America, 72nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 30 - Dec. 5, 1986, Radiology, Vol. 161, p. 337, 1986. A. Durakovic: Alterations of Adrenal, Thyroid and Pituitary Cholinergic Response in the Rat, After Whole-Body Irradiation with Photons or Fission Neutrons, Radiation Research Society, 35th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 21-26, 1987. A. Durakovic: The Effect of Whole-body Irradiation with Photons or Fission Neutrons on the Cardiopulmonary Muscarinic Neuroreceptors, 8th International Congress of Radiation Research, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 19-24, 1987. A. Durakovic: The Effect of Photon or Neutron Irradiation on Muscarinic Receptor-Avid Radiopharmaceuticals in the Brain, European Nuclear Medicine Congress, Budapest, Hungary, August 24-28, 1987. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic: Digoxin-like Substance in the Serum of Uremic Patients Before and After Hemodialysis, Second Cardiovascular Therapy International Symposium, Abstract 82, San Francisco, California, October 18-22, 1987. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic: The Effect of Nifedipine in the Treatment of Hypertensive Crisis in the Elderly, 25th International Symposium in Hypertension, Basel, Switzerland, February 11-12, 1988. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic: Comatose States and Electrocardiographic Changes, 10th Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria, August 28 - September 1, 1988. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic: Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly - Epidemiological and Clinical Study, 3rd International Congress of Biomedical Gerontology, Hyatt Regency, Av. Costera Miquel Aleman, Acapulco, Mexico, June 16-17, 1989. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic: Electrocardiogram and High Plasma Digoxin Concentration in the Elderly, 3rd Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy International Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, Vol.3, Supplement 2, p.648, October 1989. A. Durakovic: Muscarinic Response of the Skeletal and Heart Muscle after Whole Body Photon or Neutron Irradiation, Radiation Research Society 38th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 8-12, 1990. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic, M. Korsic: Changes of the Corrected Q-T Interval in the Electrocardiogram of Patients With Anorexia Nervosa, 12th Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Stockholm, Sweden, September 16-20, 1990. A. Durakovic, Z. Durakovic, A. Kastelan: The Pre-excitation Syndrome; Epidemiological and Genetical Study, 12th Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Stockholm, Sweden, September 16-20, 1990. Z. Durakovic, A. Durakovic: Comatose States Due to Intoxication and Electrocardiographic Changes, Nuclear Cardiology Session, Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, 4th Annual Meeting, p.205, Antalya, Turkey, September 23-27, 1990. A. Durakovic: Renal Clearance and Effective Renal Plasma Flow in Dogs Irradiated with Co-60 Photons, 9th International Congress of Radiation Research, Toronto, Canada, July 7-12, 1991. A. Durakovic: Radiation-induced Alterations of Hepatobiliary Dynamics, Third International Symposium on Stress, Gastrointestinal Aspects, Intercontinental Conference Hall, Zagreb, Croatia, June 1-2, 1992. Burrows B.A., Furlong D., Slingerland D.W., Durakovic A.: Uranium Exposure Assessment of Desert Storm Participants, European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress, Lisboa, Portugal, August 22-26, 1992. A. Durakovic: Myocardial Muscarinic Response After Total-Body Irradiation With Photons or Fission Neutrons, 2nd International Symposium on Heart Failure-Mechanisms and Management, Geneva, Switzerland, May 16-20, 1993. A. Durakovic: Radioiodinated Cholinergic Ligand Studies of Photon and Neutron Total Body Irradiation, Symposium on Radioprotection and Nuclear Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, November 18-20, 1993. A. Durakovic: Gastric Muscarinic Response to Total-Body Photon and Neutron Irradiation, 4th International Symposium on Experimental Ulcer Disease, Satellite Meeting of the International Brain-Gut Society, Zagreb, Croatia, November 19-21, 1993. A. Durakovic: Quantitative Evaluation of Acute Radiation Injury by Nuclear Medicine Techniques, First International Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, October 13-15, 1994. A. Durakovic, J. Flannagan: Alterations of Thyroid Function in Cocaine Abuse, Annual Meeting, Mid-Eastern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Rockville, Maryland, April 11, 1996. A. Durakovic: Changes in Iodine-Trapping Mechanisms in Cocaine-Abuse Patients, 2nd International Congress of the Croatian Society of Nuclear Medicine, Zagreb, October 24 26, 1996. A.Durakovic: Medical Effects of Internal Contamination With Uranium and Actinides, International Symposium on Low-Level Radiation, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, N.Y., September 26-27, 1998. A. Durakovic: Delayed Urinary Excretion of Uranium Isotopes in the Persian Gulf Veterans, Third International Congress of the Croatian Society of Nuclear Medicine, Opatija, Croatia, June 1999. A. Durakovic, H. Sharma: Urinary Excretion of Uranium Isotopes in Gulf War Veterans After Inhalation Exposure to Depleted Uranium, Eleventh International Congress of Radiation Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 18-23, 1999. A. Durakovic, L. Dietz, P. Moran: Urinary Excretion of Uranium Isotopes in British, Canadian and United States Gulf War Veterans, European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Paris, September 2-6, 2000. A. Durakovic: Human Data on Depleted Uranium Contamination in Gulf War Veterans, Free University Brussels and Belgian Atomic Energy Commission Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, October 26, 2000. A. Durakovic: Current NBC Reality in Light of the Gulf War Experience, First GCC Military Medicine Conference, Bahrain, November 5, 2000. A. Durakovic: Current Concepts of Low-dose Alpha Particles and a Possible Causology in Gulf War and Balkan Conflict Illnesses, LNCV-RANSAC-ENEA Symposium on Energy and Environmental Opportunities in the Russian States Research Centers and Nuclear Cities, Como, Italy, April 9-10, 2001. P. Horan, L. Dietz, A. Durakovic: Chemical Forensic Detective Work: the Search for Depleted Uranium in Biological and Environmental Samples, Biological Association of Canada, Joint Annual Meeting, St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada, Abstract No. 266, p. 65, May 31, 2001. A. Durakovic, L. Dietz, P. Horan, I. Zimmerman: Depleted Uranium Concentration in the Lungs of Allied Forces Gulf War Veterans at the Time of Exposure, Fourth International Congress of the Croatian Society of Nuclear Medicine, Opatija, Croatia, May 12-15, 2002. A. Durakovic, L. Dietz, P. Horan, I. Zimmerman: Estimate of the Time Zero Lung Burden of Depleted Uranium in Gulf War Veterans by the 24 Hour Urinary Excretion and Exponential Decay Analysis, 8th Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, Santiago, Chile, September 29 – October 4, 2002. A. Durakovic: New Concepts in CBRN Warfare in the Light of the Gulf War Experience and Current Reality of Global Terrorism, Proc. The Third GCC Conference of Military Medicine and Protection Against Weapons of Mass Destruction, Doha, Qatar, October 20-23, 2002. F. Klimaschewski, A. Durakovic: The Development of the Balanced Scorecard for Emergency Preparedness with Scenarios for Urban Organizations and Public Services: VIth IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Book of Abstracts No. 172, p37, Perugia, Italy, June 18-21, 2003. A. Durakovic, L. Dietz, I. Zimmerman: Differential Decay Analysis of the Alpha Dose of Depleted Uranium and the Neoplastic Risk in the Lungs of Gulf War Veterans, Society of Nuclear Medicine 50th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, June 21-25, 2003, JNM Supp. p 326, No. 1168, June 2003. A. Durakovic, R. Parrish, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: The Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Urine of Civilians after Operation Enduring Freedom in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 48th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, San Diego, Abstract No. MPM-E.7, p. S198, July 20-24, 2003. A. Durakovic, L. Dietz, I. Zimmerman: Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Depleted Uranium in the Lungs of Gulf War Veterans, 10th World Conference on Lung Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Abstract No. P-634, p. S252, August 10-14, 2003. A. Durakovic, R. Parrish, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Uranium Isotopes Concentration and Ratios in the Urine of the Civilian Population of Southeastern Afghanistan, European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Abstract No. 545, p. S348, August 23-27, 2003. A. Durakovic, L. Dietz, I. Zimmerman: Estimate of the Pulmonary Neoplastic Hazard of Inhaled Depleted Uranium in Gulf War Veterans, ECCO-12 the European Cancer Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 21-25, 2003. A. Durakovic, R. Parrish, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Internal Contamination with Uranium Isotopes in the Civilian Population of Tora Bora, Kabul, and Jalalabad after Operation Enduring Freedom, 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Paper No. 1156, Chicago, November 3 – December 5, 2003. A. Durakovic, R. Parrish, I. Zimmerman: The Urinary Concentration and Ratio of Uranium Isotopes in Civilians of the Bibi Mahro Region after Recent Military Operations in Eastern Afghanistan, 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, Madrid, Spain, May 23-28, 2004. A. Gerdes, A. Durakovic, I. Zimmerman: Monitoring Depleted Uranium Contamination in the Biosphere of Iraq using MC-ICP-MS, Goldschmidt Geochemistry, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 5-11, 2004. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Concentration and Ratio of Uranium Isotopes in the Fine-Fraction of Surface Soil from Baghdad and Basra Collected after Operation Iraqi Freedom, 49th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Washington, DC, July 11-15, 2004. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Quantitative Analysis of Concentration and Ratios of Uranium Isotopes in the US Military Personnel at Samawah, Iraq during Operation Enduring Freedom, 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Radiation Biology, Budapest, Hungary, August 25-28, 2004. A. Durakovic, R. Parrish, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Urine of the Civilian Population of Kabul, Afghanistan after Operation Enduring Freedom, European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, September 4-8, 2004. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Uranium Isotopes Bioassay in the Civilians of Baghdad and Al Basra after Operation Iraqi Freedom, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, November 28 - December 3, 2004. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Civilians of Southern Iraq, Croatian Society of Nuclear Medicine, Opatija, Croatia, May 15-18, 2005. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: The Bioassay of Uranium Isotopes in the Civilians of Baghdad and International Research Team Members after Operation Iraqi Freedom, Croatian Society of Nuclear Medicine, Opatija, Croatia, May 15-18, 2005. A. Durakovic, F. Klimashewski: Implementing a Radiological/Nuclear Emergency Management Strategy with a city scorecard in the boroughs of London (UK) as a consequence of the recent terrorist attacks in July 2005 – A conceptual field research study, 9th world congress on Environmental Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, June 18-23, 2006. A. Durakovic, F. Klimashewski, I. Zimmerman: Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Civilians of Iraq after Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), 9th World Congress on Environmental Health, Dublin, Ireland, June 18-23, 2006. F. Klimashewski, A. Durakovic: Implementing a Radiological/Nuclear Emergency Management Strategy with a Balanced Scorecard in the Hospitals in London (UK) as a consequence of the Recent Terrorist Attack in July 2005 – A Conceptual Field Research Study, Annual Congress of The European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Athens, Greece, October 3, 2006. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, F. Klimashewski: Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Water and Soil of Eastern Afghanistan and Iraq following the use of Radioactive Weapons in the Military Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF), 35th Annual Meeting of European Radiation Research Society, European Radiation Research Proceedings, August 22-25.2006, Kiev, Ukraine. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, F. Klimashewski, I. Zimmerman: The Analysis of the Uranium Isotopes Abundance and Ratios in the Civilian Population of the Eastern Afghanistan as the Consequence of the Use of Radioactive Weapons in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), 9th World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Abstract Number FP103960, Scientific track 103, Seoul, Korea, Oct.22-27. 2006. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, No. 5, Supp. 1, No. 2103, p. S48, Oct. 2006. A. Durakovic, F. Klimashewski: The Role of Hospitals in Radiation Emergency Planning Strategy of London Boroughs (UK) According to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and Critical Issues Post 7/7 Terrorist Attacks, 9th World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Abstract Number FP 103965, Physicians/Scientists’ Track 103, Seoul, Korea, Oct.22-27.2006. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, No. 5, Supp. 1, No. 3121, p. S114, Oct. 2006. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, F. Klimashewski, I. Zimmerman: The Analysis of Uranium Isotopes Abundance in the Civilian Populations of the Different Regions of Iraq as a Consequence of the Use of Radioactive Weapons in Gulf War II Operation Iraqi Freedom, (OIF), 9th World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Abstract Number: FP103963, Physicians/Scientists’ Track 103, Seoul, Korea, Oct.22-27.2006. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, No. 5, Supp. 1, No. 3120, p. S114, Oct. 2006. A. Durakovic, A. Gerdes, I. Zimmerman: The Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Population of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, Session P-73, Radiation Protection, Annual Congress of European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 13-17. 2007. F. Klimashewski, A. Durakovic: An Evaluation of the Triage, Treatment and Hospital Procedures after the Contamination of Alexander V. Litvinenko with Polonium-210 in London, UK, 2006, and consequences for future Emergency Management Strategies, General Topics and Radiation Protection, P-647, Session P-73, Annual Congress of European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 13-17.2007. F. Klimashewski, A. Durakovic: Emergency Preparedness for Mass Casualties in Urban Scenarios – A Conceptual Study of The Balanced Score Card Approach, International Interdisciplinary Science Conference, University of Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 2007. A.Durakovic, F.Klimashewski: Health Hazards of Uranium Dust from Radioactive Battlefields of The Balkan Conflicts, Eastern Afghanistan and Iraq after The Gulf Wars Lessons for Civil Protection in The Terrorist Scenario of Radiological Dispersion Devices, 6th LOWRAD: International Conference on Low Dose Radiation Effects on Human Health and Environment, International Journal of Low Radiation, WONUC and The Hungarian Biophysical Society, P.49, Budapest, Hungary, October 17-20.2007.
BOOKS AND MANUALS
Durakovic, A. "Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Methods in Renal Disease." In Renal Diseases Syllabus, George Washington University Medical Center, 1-69, 1986. Durakovic, A. "Mechanisms and Management of Internal Contamination with Medically Significant Radioisotopes." Military Radiobiology, Academic Press, 241-264, 1987. Durakovic, A. "Acute Radiation Syndrome." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, 1987. Durakovic, A. "Medical Therapeutic Management of Internal Radioactive Contamination." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, 1987. Durakovic, A. "Treatment of Radiation Casualties." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, 1987. Durakovic, A. "Metabolic Pathways of Internal Contamination." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, April 1987. Freud, S., Steel, J., Durakovic, A. "Psychological Problems of Mass Casualty Disaster Situations and Patient Rehabilitation." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, April 1987. Durakovic, A., Freud, S., Steele, J. "Models of Psychological Interventions in Disasters." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, June 1987. Steele, J., Durakovic, A., Freud, S. "Personality Development in the Nuclear Age." REAC/TS Manual, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and U.S. Department of Energy, September 1987. Durakovic, A. Contributing author in the book, "Medicina Starije Dobi", (Medicine of Older Age), Manualia Universitatis Studiorum Zagrabiensis, editor: Durakovic, Z., Zagreb, 1990. Durakovic, A. "Radiation Safety Manual", DVA Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware, July 1991. Durakovic, A.: Co-author of the book: Durakovic, Z., The Use of Pharmaceutical Agents in the Older Age, Publishing Company "Naprijed", Zagreb, 1991. Durakovic, A.: Nuclear Disaster Manual, Manuscript, 1999. Durakovic, A.: Medical Consequences of Internal Contamination With Depleted Uranium in: Metal of Dishonor, Second Edition, May 1999. Durakovic, A.: Acute Radiation Syndrome, chapter in the book: A. Durakovic: Clinical Toxicology (Croatian) p. 437-445, Grafos, Zagreb 2000. Durakovic, A.: Internal Contamination with Medically Significant Radionuclides, chapter in the book: A. Durakovic: Clinical Toxicology (Croatian) p. 452-460, Grafos, Zagreb 2000.
JOURNAL ARTICLES Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: the Influence of Lactation on the Mobilization of Radiostrontium from the Skeleton of the Mother, in the book: Problems of Radiological Decontamination. Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine, Sarajevo, 267, 1966. Durakovic, A.: Influence of Some Factors on the Comparative Metabolism of Calcium and Strontium, THESIS, Faculty of Sciences, Zagreb, 1966. Durakovic, A., Blanusa, M., Kostial, K.: Kinetic Analysis of Calcium Metabolism in Lactation, Yugoslav. Pharmacol. Acta, 1:16, 1967. Durakovic, A., Blanusa, M., Kostial, K.: Effet de la Lactation sur le metabolisme du calcium, Arh. Hig, Rada, 19:37, 1968. Durakovic, A.: Metabolizam kalcija i stroncija u laktaciji, THESIS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 1968. Durakovic, A.: Calcium and Strontium Metabolism in Lactation, Arh. Hig. Rada i Toksikol., 19:79, 1968. Kostial, K., Durakovic, A., Gruden, N.: The Influence of Vitamin D and Phosphate Content of the Diet on Calcium and Strontium Absorption from the Intestinal Tract, Arh. Hig. Rada i Toksikol., 19:5, 1968. Kostial, K., Gruden, N., Durakovic, A.: Intestinal Absorption of Calcium and Strontium in Lactation, Calcified Tissue Res., 4:13, 1969. Kostial, K., Durakovic, A., Simonovic, I.: The Effect of Some Dietary Additives on Calcium and Strontium Absorption from the Intestine in Newborn and Lactating Rats, Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 15:563, 1969. Durakovic, A., Blanusa, M., Kostial, K.: Some Parameters of Calcium Metabolism in Lactation Measured by Calcium-47, Yugoslav. Physiol. Pharmacol. Acta, 5:393, 1969. Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: The Influence of Early Lactation on Intestinal Absorption of Calcium and Strontium, Yugoslav. Physiol. Pharmacol. Acta, 5:387, 1969. Durakovic, A., Momcilovic, B., Kostial, K.: Skeletal Mobilization of Radioactive Strontium due to Lactation, Proc, of the IV Yugoslav Symposium on Radiological Protection, Basko Polye, 60, 1969. Blanusa, M., Momcilovic, B., Harmut, M., Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: Some Parameters of Calcium Metabolism in Lactation Measured by Ca-47, Yugoslav. Physiol. Pharmacol. Acta, 5:393, 1969. Carr, T.E.F., Nolan, J., Durakovic, A.: The Effect of Alginate on Absorption and Excretion of 203 Pb in Rats Fed Milk and Normal Diets, Nature, 224:1115, 1969. Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: The Effect of the Change in the Calcium and Phosphate Content in the Diet Upon the Amount of Radiostrontium in the Rat in Lactation, Proc. Sympos. Animal Physiol., Zabreb, 65, 1970. Durakovic, A.: Treatment of Lead Poisoning with Complexing Agents, Medicinar, 21:83, 1970. Durakovic, A., Bunarevic, A., Kostial, K.: The Influence of the Chemical Form of Calcium in the Diet of Lactating Rats Upon the Growth of Their Litter, Symposium on Calcium, Ljubljana, October 1970. Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: The Effect of High Calcium in Diet on the Retention of Radioactive Strontium in the Skeleton of Lactating Rat, VI Yugoslav Sympos. on Radiology and Radiological Protection, Bled, October 1970. Durakovic, A.: Chelating Agents in the Therapy of Saturnism, Arh. Hig. Rada i Toksikol., 21/2:167, 1970. Durakovic, A., Kostial, K., Gruden, N., Simonivic, I.: The Protective Action of Some Dietary Additives on Strontium Absorption in Pregnant, Lactating and Suckling Rats, Proc. Int. Conf. on Radiol. Protect., Brighton, England, May 1970. Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: The Effect of Dietary Calcium in Pregnant and Lactating Rats on Their Fertility and Postnatal Development of Their Offspring, Arh. Hig. Rada i Toksikol., 22, 1971. Momcilovic, B., Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: Influence of Lactation of 85-Sr and Ca-45 Mobilization from the Skeleton, Arh. Hig. Rada i Toksikoc., 22:235, 1971. Blanusa, M., Harmut, M., Durakovic, A., Kostial, K.: Kinetics of Calcium Metabolism in Lactation, Calc. Tiss. Res., 7:299, 1971. Hollins, J.G., Durakovic, A.: The Metabolism of Americium in Lactating Rats, Health Physics, 2:627, 1972. Durakovic, A., Hollins, J.G., Storr, M.C.: The Influence of Age and Sex on the Metabolism of Americium by Rats Health Physics, 24:541, 1973. Hollins, J.G., Storr, M.C., Durakovic, A.: The Effect of Natural Physiological Stresses and Artificial Hormonal Stresses on the Retention of Americium and Plutonium by Rat Bone, Proc. XI International Congress on Radiology and Radiation Protection, Washington, D.C., September 1973. Hollins, J.G., Durakovic, A., Storr, M.C.: The Comparative Metabolism of Americium and Calcium by the Skeleton of Growing and Mature Female Rats, Calc. Tissue Res., 12:239, 1975. Wilson, G.A., Durakovic, A., O'Mara, R.E. Distribution of Intraperitoneally Infected Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid. Proc. Symp. Assoc. Amer. Univ. Radiol., May 1979. Gorton, S.J., Wilson, G.A., Sutherland, R., Schenk, E., Chacko, A.K., Durakovic, A., Bennett, J.M.: The Predictive Value of Myocardial Radioisotope Scanning in Animals Treated with Doxorubicin, J. Nuc. Med., 21:518-522, 1980. Durakovic, A., Eng, R.R., Conklin, J.J.: Effect of Whole-Body Irradiation with Photons and Neutrons on the Organ Distribution of Gallium-67 in the Rat, Proc 7th International Congress of Rad. Res., Amsterdam, Holland, July 1983. Eng, R.R., Durakovic, A., Conklin, J.J.: Differential Effects of Cobalt-60 and Fission Neutron Irradiation on Lymph Node Uptake of Tc-99m Antimony Sulfide Colloid, Proc 7th International Congress of Rad. Res., Amsterdam, Holland, July 1983. Ege, N., Nold, J.B., Eng, R.R., Durakovic, A., Conklin, J.J.: Effects of Metastatic (13762) and Non-Metastatic (R3230AC) Mammary Adenocarcinoma on Colloid Localization in Regional Lymph Nodes in Fischer 344 Rats. Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society, 34:449-462, 1983. Dorval, E.D., Mueller, G.P., Eng, R.R., Durakovic, A., Conklin, J.J., Dubois, A.: Involvement of Endogenous Opiates in Radiation-Induced Suppression of Gastric Emptying. Gastrointestinal Motility, MTP Press, Kluwer Academic Publisher Group, Lancaster, Boston, The Hague, Dordrecht, 157-158, 1983. Durakovic, A., Conklin, J.J., Eng, R.R.: Myocardial Scintigraphy with Tc-99m Pyrophosphate and Gated Blood Pool Heart Function Studies in Dogs After Acute Irradiation of the Heart. 1st International Symposium on the Pathophysiology of Combined Injury and Trauma, 457-459, 1984. Durakovic, A., Eng, R.R., Conklin, J.J.: Effect of Whole-Body Irradiation with Cobalt-60 Photons and Fission Neutrons on the Organ Distribution of Ga-67 in the Rat. 1st International Symposium on the Pathophysiology of Combined Injury and Trauma, 460-462, 1984. Eng, R.R., Durakovic, A., James, V., Conklin, J.J.: Differences in Popliteal Nodal Uptake of Tc-99m Antimony Tri-sulfide Colloid After Cobalt-60 and Fission Neutron Irradiation, 1st International Symposium on the Pathophysiology of Combined Injury and Trauma, 463-464, 1984. Shea-Donohue, T., Dorval, E.D., Montcalm, E., El-Bayer, H., Durakovic, A., Conklin, J., Dubois, A.: Alterations in Gastric Mucus Secretion in Rhesus Monkeys Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation, Gastrenterology, 88:685-690, 1985. Dorval, E.D., Mueller, G.P., Eng, R.R., Durakovic, A., Conklin, J.J., Dubois, A.: Effect of Ionizing Radiation on Gastric Secretion and Gastric Motility in Monkeys, Gastroenterology, 89:374-380, 1985. Dubois, A., Dorval, E.D., Wood, L.R., Rogers, J.E., O'Connell, L., Durakovic, A., Conklin, J.J.: Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Healing of Gastric Biopsy Sites in Monkeys: An Experimental Model for Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Protection, Gastroenterology, 88:375-381, 1985. Durakovic, A.: Heart Function Studies in Dogs After Acute Gamma Irradiation of the Precordium, Military Medicine, 151, 5, 275-277, 1986. Durakovic, A.: Internal Contamination with Medically Significant Radionuclides, Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, 37, 1, 67-99, 1986. Durakovic, A: Hepatobiliary Kinetics After Whole-Body Irradiation, Military Medicine, 151, 9, 487-489, 1986. Durakovic, A.: Effective of Anesthetic, Sedative, and Narcotic Drugs on Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Kinetics, Military Medicine, 151, 7, 368-373, 1986. Durakovic, A., Durakovic, Z.: Hepatobilijarna Kinetika u pasa nakon Zracenja Cijelog tijela gamma-zrakama, Medicina, The Journal of the Medical Association of Croatia, 22, No. 4, 123-125, 1986. Durakovic, A.: Medical Therapeutic Management of Internal Radioactive Contamination, Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Militar und Katastrophenmedizin; Revue Suisse de Medecine Militaire et de Catastrophes, 2, 54-59, 1987. Durakovic, S., Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Beritic, T., Pospisil, O., Delas, F.: Effect of Temperature and Moisture on Growth and Aflatoxin Formation by Fungi Cultured on Corn, Periodicum Biologorum, 89, 45-52, 1987. Durakovic, A.: Treatment of Radiation Casualties, Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Militar-und Katastrofenmedizin; Revue Suisse de Medecine Militaire et de Catastrophes, 2, 60-64, 1987. Durakovic, A.: Acute Radiation Syndrome, Medicinski Anali, Leading Article, 13, 5-17, 1987. Durakovic, A.: Ucinak Anestetika, Sedativa i Narkotika na Intrahepatalnu i Ekstrahepatalnu Kinetiku, Lijec. Vjesn. (Index medicus), 109, 306-310, 1987. Durakovic, A., Durakovic, Z.: Diagnostic Imaging in Renal Disease, Editorial Article, Annals of the Medical Faculty, Acta Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Zagrabiensis, 28 (1-2): 5-31, Nov. 1987. Durakovic, A., Durakovic, Z.: Medical Intervention in Case of Internal Radioactive Contamination, Medicine 23, 150-110, 1987. Durakovic, S., Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Beritic, T., Pospisil, O., Radic, B.: Artemia Salina Larvae As a Test Organism In Research on Mycotoxin Synergism, Arh. Hig. Rada Toksikol, 38, 4, 307-313, 1987. Durakovic, A., Durakovic, Z.: Promjene Bilijarne Kinetike Nakon Zracenja Jetre Gama-Zrakama, Radiol. Yugoslav. 22 (1) 61-72, 1988. Durakovic, A.: Hepatobiliary Kinetics in the Early and Late Time Intervals After a Single Partial-Body Gamma Irradiation, Military Medicine, 153, No. 4, 479-484, 1988. Durakovic, A., Durakovic, Z.: Effects of Whole-Body Irradiation, Rad. Med. Fac., Zagreb, 29, 83-99, 1988. Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A.: Digoxin-Like Substance in the Serum of The Uremic Patients Before and After Hemodialysis, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, Vol.2, No.6, 757-760, 1989. Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Durakovic, S.: The Lack of Clinical Value of Laboratory Parameters in Predicting the Outcome in Acute Renal Failure, Renal Failure, Vol.11, No.4, 1990. Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Kastelan A.: The Preexcitation Syndrome: Epidemiologic and Genetic Study, Internat. J. Cardiol., 35, 181-186, 1992. Durakovic, A.: Accelerated Extrahepatic Choleresis in Dogs After Repeated Partial-body Gamma Irradiation, Exp. Clin. Gastroenterol., 2, 53-63, 1992. Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Durakovic, S., Ivanovic, D.: Poisoning With 2,4 Dichloropheao Acetic Acid Treated By Hemodialysis, Arch. Toxicol, 66, 518-521, 1992. Durakovic, A.: Radioprotective Agents in Medical Therapy, Arch. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol., 44, 331-354, 1993. Durakovic, A.: Effects of Metastatic and Nonmetastatic Mammary Adenocarcinoma on Tissue Distribution of Gallium-67 in the Rat, Clin. Exp. Metastasis, 11, 69-75, 1993. Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Durakovic, S.: Does any correlation exist between a high plasma digoxin concentration and an Electrocardiogram in younger and older patients?, Indian Heart Journal, 45, No.1, 37-40, 1993. Durakovic, Z., Durakovic, A., Korsic, M.: Changes of the Corrected Q-T Interval in the Electrocardiogram of Patients with Anorexia Nervosa, International Journal of Cardiology, 45, 115-120, 1994. Durakovic, A.: Medical Concerns of the Current Nuclear Reality, Croatian Medical Journal, 36, No.3., 147-156, 1995. Durakovic, A.: Medicine in the Current Nuclear Age, Medicinski Vjesnik, Osijek, 27 (1 2), 77-82, 1995. Durakovic, A.: Medical Effects of Internal Contamination with Uranium, Croatian Medical Journal, 40, 49-66, 1999. Durakovic A.: On Depleted Uranium Gulf war and Balkan Syndrome, Croatian Medical Journal, 42, 373-377, 2001. Durakovic A., Horan P., Dietz L.: The Quantitative Analysis of Depleted Uranium Isotopes in British, Canadian, and United States Gulf War Veterans, Military Medicine, 167, 8:620-627, 2002. Durakovic A., Dietz L., Horan P., Zimmerman I.: Estimate of the Time-zero Lung Burden of Depleted Uranium in Gulf War Veterans by the 24 Hour Urinary Excretion and Exponential Decay Analysis, Military Medicine 168, 8:600-605, 2003. Durakovic A.: Undiagnosed Illnesses and Radioactive Warfare, Croatian Medical Journal, 44, 5:520-532, 2003. Durakovic A., Dietz L., Zimmerman I.: Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Depleted Uranium in the Lungs of Gulf War Veterans, Submitted for publication, AMSUS, US Journal of Military Medicine, October, 2003. Durakovic A.: The Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Urine of the Civilian Population of Eastern Afghanistan after Operation Enduring Freedom, Military Medicine, 170, April, 2005.
1980-1984: Major, Medical Corps, Active Duty, United States Army Medical Department 1984-1986: Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps, Active Duty, United States Army Medical Department 1986-1991: Lt. Colonel, Active Duty Reserve Medical Corps, United States Army Medical Department 1989-1991: Commander, 531 Medical Detachment, 100 Station Hospital, 92 Army Field Hospital, United States Army Medical Department 1990-1993: Chief of Professional Services (Medical Branch), 92 Army Field Hospital, United States Army Medical Department 1991-Pres: Colonel, Active Duty Reserve, Medical Corps, United States Army. 1998-1999: Commander, 158 IMA Detachment, 99th Command, Washington, D.C.
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