Faculty & Staff

R. Nick Bryan, M.D., Ph.D

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Eugene P. Pendergrass Professor of Radiology
Department: Radiology

Contact information
Radiology Administration
Penn Tower, Lobby Level, Suite 100
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3030
Fax: 215-662-7011
Education:
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1969.
Ph.D. (Anatomy)
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1973.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship: Rotating/Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1969-1970.
Fellowship in Neuroanatomy: NIH Postdoctoral with Dr. W.D. Willis, Marine Biomedical Institute, 1970-1971.
Radiology Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1971-1973.
NIH Special Fellow (Neuroradiology), Neurological Instiute of New York, NYC , 1973-1974.
Certifications
American Board of Radiology, 1973.
Diagnostic Radiology (Neuroradiology, 1995), 1974.
American Board of Radiology Certification of Added Qualifications (CAQ) - Neuroradiology, 1995.
American Board of Radiology (MOC) - Neuroradiology, 2004.
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Description of Research Expertise

Cerebral MRI findings and cognitive functioning; applications of perfusion MRI for neurological studies; development of spatially-oriented databases for digital brain images; nuclear magnetic resonance evaluation of stroke; physiologic imaging of human brain tumors.

Description of Clinical Expertise

Neuroradiology

Selected Publications

ACCORD Study Group, Gerstein HC, Miller ME, Genuth S, Ismail-Beigi F, Buse JB, Goff DC Jr, Probstfield JL, Cushman WC, Ginsberg HN, Bigger JT, Grimm RH Jr, Byington RP, Rosenberg YD, Friedewald WT: Long-term effects of intensive glucose lowering on cardiovascular outcomes. N Engl J Med 3(364(9):): 818-28, Mar 2011

Ismail-Beigi F, Craven T, Banerji MA, Basile J, Calles J, Cohen RM, Cuddihy R, Cushman WC, Genuth S, Grimm RH Jr, Hamilton BP, Hoogwerf B, Karl D, Katz L, Krikorian A, O'Connor P, Pop-Busui R, Schubart U, Simmons D, Taylor H, Thomas A, Weiss D, Hramiak I; ACCORD trial group: Effect of intensive treatment of hyperglycaemia on microvascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: an analysis of the ACCORD randomised trial. Lancet 376(9739): 419-30, Aug 2010.

Schellinger PD, Bryan RN, Caplan LR, Detre JA, Edelman RR, Jaigobin C, Kidwell CS, Mohr JP, Sloan M, Sorensen AG, Warach S: Evidence-based guideline: The role of diffusion and perfusion MRI for the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 75(2): 177-85, Jul 2010.

ACCORD Study Group; ACCORD Eye Study Group, Chew EY, Ambrosius WT, Davis MD, Danis RP, Gangaputra S, Greven CM, Hubbard L, Esser BA, Lovato JF, Perdue LH, Goff DC Jr, Cushman WC, Ginsberg HN, Elam MB, Genuth S, Gerstein HC, Schubart U, Fine LJ: Effects of medical therapies on retinopathy progression in type 2 diabetes. The New England journal of medicine 363(3): 233-44, Jul 2010.

ACCORD Study Group, Ginsberg HN, Elam MB, Lovato LC, Crouse JR 3rd, Leiter LA, Linz P, Friedewald WT, Buse JB, Gerstein HC, Probstfield J, Grimm RH, Ismail-Beigi F, Bigger JT, Goff DC Jr, Cushman WC, Simons-Morton DG, Byington RP: Effects of combination lipid therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The New England journal of medicine 362(17): 1563-74, Apr 2010.

ACCORD Study Group, Cushman WC, Evans GW, Byington RP, Goff DC Jr, Grimm RH Jr, Cutler JA, Simons-Morton DG, Basile JN, Corson MA, Probstfield JL, Katz L, Peterson KA, Friedewald WT, Buse JB, Bigger JT, Gerstein HC, Ismail-Beigi F: Effects of intensive blood-pressure control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The New England journal of medicine 362(17): 1575-85, Apr 2010.

Bryan RN: In vivo morphologic imaging taken to a higher level. Radiology 254(3): 647-50, Mar 2010.

Tooze JA, Gaussoin SA, Resnick SM, Fischbein NJ, Robinson JG, Bryan RN, An Y, Espeland MA : A uniform approach to modeling risk factor relationships for ischemic lesion prevalence and extent: the Women's Health Initiative Magnetic Resonance Imaging study. Neuroepidemiology 34(1): 55-62, 2010.

Mount DL, Feeney P, Fabricatore AN, Coday M, Bahnson J, Byington R, Phelan S, Wilmoth S, Knowler WC, Hramiak I, Osei K, Sweeney ME, Espeland MA; Look AHEAD and ACCORD Research Groups: Constructing common cohorts from trials with overlapping eligibility criteria: implications for comparing effect sizes between trials. Clinical trials (London, England) 6(5): 416-29, Oct 2009.

Cukierman-Yaffe T, Gerstein HC, Williamson JD, Lazar RM, Lovato L, Miller ME, Coker LH, Murray A, Sullivan MD, Marcovina SM, Launer LJ; Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes-Memory in Diabetes (ACCORD-MIND): Relationship between baseline glycemic control and cognitive function in individuals with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors: the action to control cardiovascular risk in diabetes-memory in diabetes (ACCORD-MIND) trial. Diabetes care 32(2): 221-6, Feb 2009.

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