Body/Musculoskeletal Imaging & Nuclear Medicine/PET

Education

Medical: Jefferson Medical College, M.D. degree
Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University (combined 5 year B.S. – M.D. program with Jefferson Medical College), B.S. degree

Post-Graduate Training

Fellowship: Nuclear Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Residency: General Surgery, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., Diagnostic Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y., Diagnostic Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

Awards & Honors

• Graduated from Pennsylvania State University with Highest Distinction
• Graduated from Jefferson Medical College cum Laude
• Chief Resident in Radiology, NYU Medical Center

Faculty Appointments:

• Instructor in Radiology, NYU Medical Center 1988 – 1989
• Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, Abdominal Imaging Division, NYU Medical Center 1989 – 1990
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, NYU Medical Center 1990–2003

Certification

• New Jersey State Medical License
• National Board of Medical Examiners
• American Board of Radiology
• American Board of Nuclear Medicine

Societies

• Radiological Society of North America
• American College of Radiology
• Society of Nuclear Medicine

Bibliography

1. Raymond AR, Rorat E, Goldstein D, Lubat E, Strutynsky N, Gelb A. An unusual case of malignant melanoma of the small intestine. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1984; 79: 689-692.
2. Lubat E, Kramer EL. Gallium-67 citrate accumulation in parotid and submandibular glands in sarcoidosis. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 1985; 10:593.
3. Lubat, Kramer EL, Sanger JJ. “Supernormal” bone image in a case of Waldenström macroglobulinemia. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 1986; 11:279-280.
4. Lubat E, Balthazar EJ. Current role of CT in inflammatory disease of the bowel. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1988; 83:107-113.
5. Lubat E, Hernanz-Schulman M, Genieser NB, Ambrosino MA, Teele RT. Sonography of the simple and complicated ipsilateral fused kidney. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 1989; 8:109-114.
6. Huan R-M, Naidich DP, Lubat E, Schinella R, Garay SM, McCauley DI. Septic pulmonary emboli: CT – radiographic correlation. American Journal of Roentgenology 1989; 153:41-45.
7. Lubat E, Balthazar EJ. CT of inflammatory disease of the bowel. Resident and Staff Physician 1989; Vol. 35, #9:33-41.
8. Rosenzweig BP, Gindea AJ, Lubat E, et al. Mirror-image dextrocardia with failure of apical pivoting (“levocardia”) and situs inversus. Am Heart J 1989; 118:845-848.
9. Lubat E, Balthazar EJ. CT of inflammatory disease of the bowel. Medical Times 1989; Vol. 117, #12:59-65.
10. Lubat E, Megibow AJ, Balthazar EJ, Goldenberg AS, Birnbaum BA, Bosniak MA. Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infection in AIDS: CT findings. Radiology 1990; 174:157-160.
11. Lubat E, Gordon RB, Birnbaum BA, Megibow AJ. CT diagnosis of posterior perineal hernia. AJR 1990; 154:761-762.
12. Lubat E. MRI of the Kidneys and Adrenals. Top Magn Reson Imag 1990; 2(3):17-36.
13. Birnbaum BA, Weinreb JC, Megibow AJ, Sanger JJ, Lubat E, Kanamuller H, et al. Definitive diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas: MR imaging versus 99m Tc-labeled red blood cell SPECT. Radiology 1990; 176: 95-101.
14. Birnbaum BA, Friedman JP, Lubat E, Megibow AJ, Bosniak MA. Extrarenal genitourinary Tuberculosis: CT appearance of calcified pipe-stem ureter and seminal vesicle abscess. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1990; 14(4): 653-655.
15. Birnbaum BA, Bosniak MA, Megibow AJ, Lubat E, Gordon RB. Observations on the growth of renal parenchymal neoplasms. Radiology 1990; 176:695-701.
16. McGuinness G, Scholes JV, Jagirdar JS, Lubat E, et al. Unusual lymphoproliferative disorders in nine adults with HIV of AIDS: CT and pathologic findings. Radiology 1995; 197:59.

Presented Scientific Abstracts

1. Birnbaum BA, Weinreb JC, Megibow AJ, Sanger JJ, et al. Blinded retrospective comparison of MRI and 99mTc-labels RBC SPECT for definitive diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas. Present at the eight annual meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Amsterdam, Holland, August 15, 1989. SMRM Book of Abstracts, p. 96.
2. Birnbaum BA, Weinreb JC, Megibow AJ, Sanger JJ, et al. Blinded retrospective comparison of MRI and 99mTc-labeled RBC SPECT for definitive diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas. Presented at the 75th annual meeting of the RSNA, Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1989. Radiology 1989; 173(P): 270.
3. Bosniak MA, Birnbaum BA, Megibow AJ, Lubat E, Gordon RB. Observations on the growth of renal parenchymal neoplasms. Presented at the 75th annual meeting of the RSNA, Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1989. Radiology 1989; 173(P): 269.
4. Birnbaum BA, Weinreb JC, Megibow AJ, Sanger JJ, et al. Blinded retrospective comparison of MRI and 99mTc-labeled RBC SPECT for definitive diagnosis of hepatic hemangiomas. Presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, Hawaii, January 15, 1989.
5. Lubat E, Megibow AJ, Balthazar EJ, Goldenberg AS, Birnbaum BA, Bosniak MA. Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infection in AIDS: CT Findings. Presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, Hawaii, January 19, 1989.

Awards

• New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2022
• New Jersey Monthly: Top Doctors: 2003, 2005
• Jersey’s Best Magazine Top Doctors: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Jersey’s Best – Top Doctors for Cancer: 2013, 2014
• Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (book series): 6th Edition, 7th Edition, 8th Edition, 9th Edition 10th Edition, 11th Edition, 12th Edition, 13th Edition, 14th Edition, 15th Edition, 16th Edition, 17th Edition, 18th Edition