Diane S. Babcock, MD
Title
Radiologist
Appointment
Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics
Email
diane.babcock@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-8558
Fax
513-636-8145
Bio
Diane S. Babcock, MD, grew up in Cincinnati and received her BA from Cornell University and her MD from Northwestern University Medical School. Her radiology training was at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Babcock was Chief of the Section of Ultrasound from 1978-2000 and was the 1998 Distinguished Scientist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. She has written the textbook Cranial Ultrasonography of Infants and edited the monograph titled Neonatal and Pediatric Ultrasonography.
Babcock was the 1996 to 1997 President of the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) and is currently the editor of the SPR web site. She is past-member of the Board of Governors and past president of the Pediatric Section of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
Babcock's special interests are in the use of ultrasound for diagnosing diseases in infants and children's neurologic abnormalities, especially hypoxic / ischemic injury in the newborn and its sequela. She is investigating the use of new contrast agents for Doppler ultrasound.
Babcock has been named the first recipient of the Frederic N. Silverman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiology, 1998-2000.
Credentials
MD: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 1970.
Residency: Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Certification: Radiology, 1975. Certificate of added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology, 1995 and 2004.
Awards and Honors
Research
New contrast agents for Doppler ultrasound
Publications, Most Recent
Toepfer, N.J., et al. Aortic Pseudothrombus: A Sonographic Artifact in the Abdominal Aorta. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 2006; 22:131-134.
Babcock, D.S. Thyroid disease in the pediatric patient: emphasizing imaging with sonography. Pediatr Radiol, 2006; 36(4):299-308.
Professional Organization Memberships
Special Interests
Use of ultrasound for diagnosing diseases in infants and children; neurologic abnormalities, especially hypoxic / ischemic injury in the newborn and its sequela
Presentations, Most Recent
Thyroid Disease in the Pediatric Patient. 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Imaging: Telluride, CO, March 2005.
Evaluation of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Pediatric Ultrasound Mini-Fellowship: Cincinnati, OH, October 2005.
Cranial Sonography of Congenital Anomalies of the Neonatal Brain. Pediatric Ultrasound Mini-Fellowship: Cincinnati, OH, October 2005.
Cranial Sonography of the Infant. Pediatric Ultrasound Mini-Fellowship: Cincinnati, OH, October 2005.
Scrotal Imaging in the Pediatric Patient. Pediatric Ultrasound Mini-Fellowship: Cincinnati, OH, October 2005.
Editing, Most recent:
Editorial Board, Clinics in Diagnostic Ultrasound, 1985 to present.
Editorial Board, Ultrasound Quarterly, 1992 to present.
Related Areas
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