Mark A. Nathan, M.D.

  1. Nuclear Medicine Specialist
  2. Radiologist
  1. Kapplinger JD, Lima LMF, Packard AT, Nathan MA, Young JR, Stish BJ, Hough DM. Safety and Efficacy of CT-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy of Suspicious Subcentimeter Pelvic and Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes Detected by (11)C-Choline PET in Patients With Prostate Cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 May; 220 (5):718-725 Epub 2022 Dec 07
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  2. Young JR, Mugu VK, Johnson GB, Ehman EC, Packard AT, Homb AC, Nathan MA, Thanarajasingam G, Kemp BJ. Bayesian penalized likelihood PET reconstruction impact on quantitative metrics in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Feb 10; 102 (6):e32665
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  3. Patra A, Khasawneh H, Suman G, Nathan MA, Packard AT, Johnson GB, Goenka AH. Atypical Metastases in the Abdomen and Pelvis From Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer: (11)C-Choline PET/CT With Multimodality Correlation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Jan; 218 (1):141-150 Epub 2021 Aug 04
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  4. Zhang H, Orme JJ, Abraha F, Stish BJ, Lowe VJ, Lucien F, Tryggestad EJ, Bold MS, Pagliaro LC, Choo CR, Brinkmann DH, Iott MJ, Davis BJ, Quevedo JF, Harmsen WS, Costello BA, Johnson GB, Nathan MA, Olivier KR, Pisansky TM, Kwon ED, Dong H, Park SS. Phase II Evaluation of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) and Immunity in (11)C-Choline-PET/CT-Identified Oligometastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Dec 1; 27 (23):6376-6383 Epub 2021 Sept 30
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  5. Guru SD, Hoskin TL, Whaley DH, Nathan MA, Jakub JW. Repeat Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery in Recurrent Breast Cancer: Peritumoral vs. Periareolar Injections. Clin Breast Cancer. 2021 Oct; 21 (5):466-476 Epub 2021 Feb 18
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  6. Harper L, Simmons C, Nathan M, Thanarajasingam G, Kim H, Young J. Establishing Normal Testicular (18)F-FDG PET/CT SUVs. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 Jun; 216 (6):1634-1640 Epub 2021 Apr 14
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  7. Garg I, Nathan MA, Packard AT, Kwon ED, Larson NB, Lowe V, Davis BJ, Haloi R, Mahon ML, Goenka AH. (11)C-choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography for detection of disease relapse in patients with history of biochemically recurrent prostate cancer and prostate-specific antigen View PubMed
  8. Dewey BJ, Howe BM, Spinner RJ, Johnson GB, Nathan MA, Wenger DE, Broski SM. FDG PET/CT and MRI Features of Pathologically Proven Schwannomas. Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Apr 1; 46 (4):289-296
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  9. Lehman VT, Diehn FE, Broski SM, Nathan MA, Kemp BJ, Larson NB, Shelerud RA, Brault JS, Halasy MP, Maus TP. Comparison of [(18)F] FDG-PET/MRI and Clinical Findings for Assessment of Suspected Lumbar Facet Joint Pain: A Prospective Study to Characterize Candidate Nonanatomic Imaging Biomarkers and Potential Impact on Management. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 Oct; 40 (10):1779-1785 Epub 2019 Sept 26
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  10. Clark M, Nathan M, Broski SM. Multifocal Small Bowel Carcinoid: Evaluation by 68Ga-DOTATATE PET. Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Apr; 44 (4):e308-e310
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  11. Stone JJ, Adamo DA, Khan DZ, Packard AT, Broski SM, Nathan MA, Howe BM, Spinner RJ. Multimodal Imaging Aids in the Diagnosis of Perineural Spread of Prostate Cancer. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb; 122:e235-e240 Epub 2018 Oct 09
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  12. Welch BT, Packard AT, Atwell TD, Johnson GB, Lowe VJ, Karnes RJ, Mynderse LA, Gunderson TM, Park SS, Stish BJ, Evans JD, Kwon ED, Davis BJ, Nathan MA. Percutaneous Image-Guided Nodal Biopsy After 11C-Choline PET/CT for Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Imaging Predictors of Disease and Clinical Implications. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2019 Jan-Mar; 4 (1):79-89 Epub 2018 Sept 05
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  13. Johnson DR, Hunt CH, Nathan MA, Parisi JE, Boeve BF, Murray ME, Knopman DS, Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Lowe VJ, Johnson GB. Pittsburgh compound B (PiB) PET imaging of meningioma and other intracranial tumors. J Neurooncol. 2018 Jan; 136 (2):373-378 Epub 2017 Nov 08
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  14. Delivanis DA, Bancos I, Atwell TD, Schmit GD, Eiken PW, Natt N, Erickson D, Maraka S, Young WF, Nathan MA. Diagnostic performance of unenhanced computed tomography and (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in indeterminate adrenal tumours. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2018 Jan; 88 (1):30-36 Epub 2017 Sept 05
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  15. Jasim S, Nathan MA, Bible KC. "Pseudo-progression" in advanced thyroid cancer in response to kinase inhibitor therapy. Endocrine. 2017 Jul; 57 (1):187-188 Epub 2017 May 16
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  16. Parker WP, Davis BJ, Park SS, Olivier KR, Choo R, Nathan MA, Lowe VJ, Welch TJ, Evans JD, Harmsen WS, Zaid HB, Sobol I, Moreira DM, Haloi R, Tollefson MK, Gettman MT, Boorjian SA, Mynderse LA, Karnes RJ, Kwon ED. Identification of Site-specific Recurrence Following Primary Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Using C-11 Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography: A Nomogram for Predicting Extrapelvic Disease. Eur Urol. 2017 Mar; 71 (3):340-348 Epub 2016 Sept 03
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  17. Parker WP, Evans JD, Stish BJ, Park SS, Olivier K, Choo R, Nathan MA, Welch BT, Karnes RJ, Mynderse LA, Pisansky TM, Kwon ED, Lowe VJ, Davis BJ. Patterns of Recurrence After Postprostatectomy Fossa Radiation Therapy Identified by C-11 Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Mar 1; 97 (3):526-535 Epub 2016 Nov 17
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  18. Arnett ALH, Merrell KW, Martin Macintosh E, Macintosh EM, James SE, Nathan MA, Shen KR, Ravi K, Neben Wittich MA, Haddock MG, Hallemeier CL. Utility of (18)F-FDG PET for Predicting Histopathologic Response in Esophageal Carcinoma following Chemoradiation. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jan; 12 (1):121-128 Epub 2016 Aug 26
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  19. Delivanis DA, Erickson D, Atwell TD, Natt N, Maraka S, Schmit GD, Eiken PW, Nathan MA, Young WF Jr, Bancos I. Procedural and clinical outcomes of percutaneous adrenal biopsy in a high-risk population for adrenal malignancy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2016 Nov; 85 (5):710-716 Epub 2016 June 20
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  20. McLaren RH, Mynderse LA, Davis BJ, Kwon ED, Lowe VJ, Nathan MA, Karnes R, Parker WP. The Utility of C11 Choline PET/CT in Post-prostatectomy Patients with Biochemical Recurrence: a Comparison to mpMRI. World Jnl of Urol.2016;().
  21. Broski SM, Johnson GB, Howe BM, Nathan MA, Wenger DE, Spinner RJ, Amrami KK. Evaluation of (18)F-FDG PET and MRI in differentiating benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Skeletal Radiol. 2016 Aug; 45 (8):1097-105 Epub 2016 Apr 26
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  22. Lehman VT, Murphy RC, Schenck LA, Carter RE, Johnson GB, Kotsenas AL, Morris JM, Nathan MA, Wald JT, Maus TP. Comparison of facet joint activity on 99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT with facet joint signal change on MRI with fat suppression. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2016 May-Jun; 22 (3):277-83
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  23. Broski SM, Moran EK, Glazebrook KN, Nathan MA. BRAF Inhibitor-Induced Panniculitis: Appearance on 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Mar; 41 (3):e149-51
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  24. Delivanis DA, Erickson DZ, Atwell TD, Maraka S, Schmit GD, Eiken PW, Nathan MA, Young WF Jr.. Procedural and clinical outcomes of percutaneous adrenal biopsy in high-risk population for adrenal malignancy Clin Endocrinol.2016;().
  25. Kitajima K, Murphy RC, Nathan MA, Froemming AT, Hagen CE, Takahashi N, Kawashima A. Detection of recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy: comparison of 11C-choline PET/CT with pelvic multiparametric MR imaging with endorectal coil. J Nucl Med. 2014 Feb; 55 (2):223-32 Epub 2014 Jan 16
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  26. Kitajima K, Murphy RC, Nathan MA, Sugimura K. Update on positron emission tomography for imaging of prostate cancer. Int J Urol. 2014 Jan; 21: (1)12-23.
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  27. Howe BM, Amrami KK, Nathan MA, Garcia JJ, Spinner RJ. Perineural spread of cervical cancer to the sciatic nerve. Skeletal Radiol. 2013 Nov; 42 (11):1627-31 Epub 2013 June 11
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  28. Babu MA, Spinner RJ, Dyck PJ, Amrami KK, Nathan MA, Kawashima A, Howe BM. Recurrent prostatic adenocarcinoma with perineural spread to the lumbosacral plexus and sciatic nerve: comparing high resolution MRI with torso and endorectal coils and F-18 FDG and C-11 choline PET/CT. Abdom Imaging. 2013 Oct; 38: (5)1155-60.
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  29. Kitajima K, Murphy RC, Nathan MA. Choline PETCT for imaging prostate cancer: an update. Ann Nucl Med. 2013 Aug; 27: (7)581-91.
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  30. Froemming AT, Kawashima A, Takahashi N, Hartman RP, Nathan MA, Carter RE, Yu L, Leng S, Kagoshima H, McCollough CH, Fletcher JG. Individualized kV selection and tube current reduction in excretory phase computed tomography urography: potential for radiation dose reduction and the contribution of iterative reconstruction to image quality. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2013 Jul-Aug; 37(4):551-9.
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  31. Lingle WL, Negron V, Johnson GB, Nathan MA, Parasi JE, Johnson AJ, Hunt CH, Peller PJ, Broski SM, Fauq AH, Jack CR, Petersen RC, Klunk WE, Mathis CA, Lowe V. Adapting a pet imaging agent for correlative microscopy of meningiomas and other intracranial tumors Microscopy and Microanalysis. 2012; 18:178-9.
  32. Bogsrud TV, Hay ID, Karantanis D, Nathan MA, Mullan BP, Wiseman GA, Kasperbauer JL, Reading CC, Bjoro T, Lowe VJ. Prognostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and circulating antithyroglobulin autoantibodies. Nucl Med Commun. 2011 Apr; 32: (4)245-51.
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  33. Bogsrud TV, Karantanis D, Nathan MA, Mullan BP, Wiseman GA, Kasperbauer JL, Reading CC, Bjoro T, Hay ID, Lowe VJ. The prognostic value of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography in patients with suspected residual or recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma. Mol Imaging Biol. 2010 Oct; 12(5):547-53. Epub 2009 Dec 01.
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  34. Karantanis D, Durski JM, Lowe VJ, Nathan MA, Mullan BP, Georgiou E, Johnston PB, Wiseman GA. 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in Burkitt's lymphoma. Eur J Radiol. 2010 Jul; 75(1):e68-73. Epub 2009 Aug 27.
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  35. Murphy R, Doerger KM, Nathan MA, Lowe VJ. Pretreatment with diphenoxylate hydrochloride/atropine sulfate (Lomotil) does not decrease physiologic bowel FDG activity on PET/CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis. Mol Imaging Biol. 2009 Mar-Apr; 11 (2):114-7 Epub 2008 Nov 27
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  36. Bogsrud TV, Karantanis D, Nathan MA, Mullan BP, Wiseman GA, Kasperbauer JL, Reading CC, Hay ID, Lowe VJ. 18F-FDG PET in the management of patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid. 2008 Jul; 18(7):713-9.
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  37. Karantanis D, O'eill BP, O'Neill BP, Subramaniam RM, Witte RJ, Mullan BP, Nathan MA, Lowe VJ, Peller PJ, Wiseman GA. 18F-FDG PET/CT in primary central nervous system lymphoma in HIV-negative patients. Nucl Med Commun. 2007 Nov; 28: (11)834-41.
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  38. Karantanis D, Bogsrud TV, Wiseman GA, Mullan BP, Subramaniam RM, Nathan MA, Peller PJ, Bahn RS, Lowe VJ. Clinical significance of diffusely increased 18F-FDG uptake in the thyroid gland. J Nucl Med. 2007 Jun; 48 (6):896-901 Epub 2007 May 15
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  39. Bogsrud TV, Karantanis D, Nathan MA, Mullan BP, Wiseman GA, Collins DA, Kasperbauer JL, Strome SE, Reading CC, Hay ID, Lowe VJ. The value of quantifying 18F-FDG uptake in thyroid nodules found incidentally on whole-body PET-CT. Nucl Med Commun. 2007 May; 28 (5):373-81
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  40. Christensen JA, Nathan MA, Mullan BP, Hartman TE, Swensen SJ, Lowe VJ. Characterization of the solitary pulmonary nodule: 18F-FDG PET versus nodule-enhancement CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Nov; 187 (5):1361-7
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  41. Lowe VJ, Booya F, Fletcher JG, Nathan M, Jensen E, Mullan B, Rohren E, Wiersema MJ, Vazquez-Sequeiros E, Murray JA, Allen MS, Levy MJ, Clain JE. Comparison of positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and endoscopic ultrasound in the initial staging of patients with esophageal cancer. Mol Imaging Biol. 2005 Nov-Dec; 7 (6):422-30
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  42. Lindell RM, Hartman TE, Swensen SJ, Jett JR, Midthun DE, Nathan MA, Lowe VJ. Lung cancer screening experience: a retrospective review of PET in 22 non-small cell lung carcinomas detected on screening chest CT in a high-risk population. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Jul; 185 (1):126-31
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  43. Foley TA, Earnest F IV, Nathan MA, Hough DM, Schiller HJ, Hoskin TL. Differentiation of non-perforated and perforated appendicitis: accuracy of CT diagnosis and relationship of CT findings to hospital length of stay. Radiology. 2005 Apr; 235(1):89-96.
  44. Foley TA, Earnest F, Nathan MA, Hough DM, Schiller HJ, Hoskin TL. Differentiation of nonperforated from perforated appendicitis: accuracy of CT diagnosis and relationship of CT findings to length of hospital stay. Radiology. 2005 Apr; 235: (1)89-96.
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  45. Gangi S, Fletcher JG, Nathan MA, Christensen JA, Harmsen WS, Crownhart BS, Chari ST. Time interval between abnormalities seen on CT and the clinical diagnosis of pancreatic cancer: Retrospective review of CT scans obtained before diagnosis. Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Apr; 182(4):897-903.
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  46. Bushnell DL, Madsen M, Kahn D, Nathan M, Williams RD. Enhanced uptake of 99Tcm-MDP in skeletal metastases from prostate cancer following initiation of hormone treatment: Potential for increasing delivery of therapeutic agents. Nucl Med Commun. 1999; 20:875-81.
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  47. Nathan MA, Abu-Yousef MM. The "vascular pedicle sign" in the diagnosis of pelvic masses. JDMS. 1997; 13:28-31.
  48. Murphy SP, Nathan MA, Karwal MW. FDG-PET appearance of pelvic Castleman's disease: Correlation with CT. J Nucl Med. 1997; 38:1211-12.
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  49. Nathan MA, Seabold JE, Brown BP, Bushnell DL. Colonic localization of labeled leukocytes in critically ill patients: Scintigraphic detection of pseudomembranous colitis. Clin Nucl Med. 1995; 20:99-106.
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  50. Varney NR, Bushnell DL, Nathan MA, Kahn D, Roberts R, Rezai K, Walker W, Kirchner PT. NeuroSPECT correlates of disabling mild head injury: Preliminary findings. J Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 1995; 10:18-28.
  51. Cook EH, Metz JT, Leventhal B, Lebovitz M, Nathan M, Semerdjian SA, et al. Fluoxetine effects on cerebral glucose metabolism. Neuroreport. 1994; 5:1745-8.
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  52. Kahn D, Follett KA, Bushnell DL, Nathan MA, Piper JG, Madsen MT, Kirchner PT. Diagnosis of recurrent brain tumor: Value of 201T1 SPECT vs 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET. AJR. 1994; 163:1459-65.
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  53. Nathan MA, Bushnell DL, Kahn D, Simonson TM, Kirchner PT. Crossed cerebellar diaschisis associated with balloon occlusion of the carotid artery. Nucl Med Commun. 1994; 15:448-54.
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  54. Madsen MT, Kirchner PT, Edlin JP, Nathan MA, Kahn D. An emission-based technique for obtaining attenuation correction data for myocardial SPECT studies. Nucl Med Commun. 1993; 14:689-95.
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