Radiology and Medical Imaging

Alan E. Oestreich, MD FACR

Appointment

Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics

Email

oestreich.ae@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-8552

Fax

513-636-8145

Bio

Staff Radiologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Alan E. Oestreich, MD, received his AB from Princeton University and his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Oestreich's radiology training was at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester. Dr. Oestreich is in charge of the teaching program for fourth-year medical students. His special areas of interest include orthopaedic radiology, metabolic disease, dysphasia, conventional pediatric radiology, perception, as well as mathematical applications in radiology.

Dr. Oestreich is co-author of the textbook Atlas of Pediatric Orthopaedic Radiology, author of Pediatric Radiology -- Medical Outline Series, and serves as Pediatric Radiology editor for Yearbook of Diagnostic Radiology.

Credentials

MD: Johns Hopkins University; School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD, 1965.

Residency: Radiology, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY, 1966-69.

Certification: Radiology, 1970; Pediatric Radiology, 1995.

Awards and Honors

AB, magna cum laude in mathematics. Princeton, NJ, 1961.
Phi Beta Kappa. Princeton, NJ, 1961.
Sigma Xi. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1972.
Gold Medal for Scientific Exhibits. National Medical Association, Atlanta, GA, 1970 (with Dr. Lionel W. Young).
AMA Physician Recognition Award. 1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, and 1997.
Certificate of Merit for Case of the Summer Season. Seminars in Roentgenology, 1974.
Fellow, American College of Radiology, September 1984.
Honorary member, SIRNM (Italian Radiologic Society) 1986 to present.
Honorary member, Hungarian Radiological Society 1996 to present.
Certificate of Merit for Exhibit: Metaphyseal Shape as a Result of Longitudinal Growth, Radiological Society of North America, December 1986.
Honorary member, Bluegrass Radiological Society, 1988.

First Prize for Best Scientific Poster. European Society of Pediatric Radiology, Montreux, Switzerland, April 1988.
Outstanding Achievement Award, Section on Radiology of the National Medical Association, 1991.
Book Review Editor's Certificate of Recognition, Radiology, 1991.
Centennial Hartman Orator (Radiology Centennial Inc.) of the Section on Radiology of the National Medical Association, July 1995.
Distinguished Service Award, Section on Radiology of the National Medical Association, July 1996.
Cum Laude award for scientific exhibit, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, December 1996.
Recognition Honor and Display / Discussion for Centennial History of African Americans in Radiology. Ohioana Library Association, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 5, 1997.
William E. Allen Jr., MD, Lecturer of the Radiology Section of the National Medical Association. New Orleans, LA, Aug. 3, 1998.

Research

Bone growth; metabolic bone disease.

Publications, Most Recent

Oestreich, A.E.: William E. Allen, Jr., MD, F.A.C.R.: Pioneering Physician and Leader, 1998, W.E. Allen, Jr., MD Lecture. J National Med Association, 91:414-418, 1999.

Bieganski, T.; Oestreich, A.E.; Nowak, S.; Rudecka, M.: Ebb and Flow Rickets in a Premature Infant -- the Afghan Turban Sign. Skeletal Radiol, 28:651-654, 1999.

Book Chapters

Oestreich, A.E.: Chapters Emergency Skeletal Radiology and Emergency Plain Film Radiology of the Battered Child, in Emergency Radiology in Childhood, ed. by D.G. Spigos and B.J. Theodoropoulos, 1998, Springer, Milan, pages 11-16.

Oestreich, A.E. and Cortes, E.G.: Notes on Some Radiographic Findings in Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, in Proceedings, 1998 International Family Conference Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, ed. by J.H. Rubinstein, N. Lanphear, and M. Shannon, 1998, Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders (CCDD), Cincinnati, page 203.

Oestreich, A.E.: Chapter 6, "The Vertebral Column", in Differential Diagnosis in Pediatric Radiology, ed. by K.-D. Ebel, H. Blickman, E. Willich, and E. Richter, trans. from German by R.B.J. Glass, 1999 pages 595-665, Thieme, Stuttgart and New York.

Professional Organization Memberships

Society for Pediatric Radiology
American College of Radiology
National Medical Association
Radiological Society of North America
Ohio State Radiological Society
International Skeletal Society
Member, Technical Exhibits Committee, Radiological Society of North America, 1992-1999.
Chair, Technical exhibits Committee, Radiological Society of North America, 1997-1999.
Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Radiologie European Society of Pediatric Radiology, affiliate member.
Italian Radiologic Society (SIRMN), honorary member.
Hungarian Radiological Society, honorary member.

Special Interests

Bone radiology; conventional radiology.

Editing

Book Review Editor for Foreign Books, Radiology, 1984-1997.
Pediatric Section Contributer, 1999 Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology (Mosby,St.Louis).
Pediatric Section Co-Editor, 2000 Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology, (Mosby, St. Louis).
Pediatric Section Editor, 2001 Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology, (Mosby, St. Louis).

Presentations , Most recent

A.E. Oestreich and D.E. Blews: Frostbite, Ratbite, and Kashin-Beck Disease and the Acrophyseal/Physeal Damage Pattern Family, 36th Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Radiology, Jerusalem, Israel, May 26, 1999.

A.E. Oestreich: Fine Points in Skeletal Radiology: Precision Aids Diagnosis, Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists, 57th Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH, April 17, 1997.

A.E. Oestreich and William E. Allen, Jr., MD: FACR -- the 1998 Allen Lecture, Section on Radiology of the National Medical Association, New Orleans, LA, Aug. 3, 1998.

A.E. Oestreich: New Orleans' Pioneer African American Radiologists: Foster T. Jones, MD and Ernest E. Cherrie, Sr., MD, 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Medical Association, New Orleans, LA, Aug. 4, 1998.

A.E. Oestreich: Radius and Ulna versus Tibia and Fibula: Developmental Consequences, 26th Annual Refresher Course of the International Skeletal Society. Seattle, WA, Aug. 20, 1999.