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Robert J. Fleck, MD

Radiologist, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging

Division Chief, Cardiac MRI

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Radiology

Phone 513-636-9941

Fax 513-636-8145

Email robert.fleck@cchmc.org

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Specialties

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Airway, cardiac and pulmonary imaging

Biography

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Dr. Fleck did his radiology training while in the Navy. He served his final two years in the Navy as the pediatric radiologist at Naval Medical Center San Diego with additional duty as radiology department head on the hospital ship MERCY. Dr. Fleck came to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in November of 2003 to be a general pediatric radiologist and to develop the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging program. Dr. Fleck is currently the section chief for cardiac imaging and continues clinical cardiac imaging and research.

Much of Dr. Fleck’s research focuses on the cardiopulmonary system with NIH grant support to investigate the use of MRI in evaluating cystic fibrosis and a second grant to use MRI data to create a model of airway collapse in sleep apnea.

Education and Training

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MD: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1991.

Residency: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, 1998.

Fellowship: Children's Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2001.

Certification: American Board of Radiology, 1998; Pediatric Radiology, 2002, 2012.

Publications

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Mahmoud M, Jung D, Salisbury S, McAuliffe J, Gunter J, Patino M, Donnelly L, Fleck RJ. Effect of increasing depth of dexmedetomidine and propofol anesthesia on upper airway morphology in children/adolescents with obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Anesth. 2013 Nov;25(7):529-41.

Fleck RJ, Mahmoud M, McConnell K, Shott SR, Gutmark E, Amin RS. An Adverse Effect of Positive Airway Pressure on the Upper Airway Documented with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. 2013 Jun 1, 139(6):636-8.

Fleck RJ, McPhail G, Szczesniak R, Knowlton JQ, Radhakrishnan R, Clancy JP, Amin RS. Aortopulmonary Collateral Flow in Cystic Fibrosis Assessed with Phase-contrast MRI. Pediatr Radiol. 2013 Oct;43(10):1279-86.

Kim HK, Gottliebson WM, Hor KN, Backeljauw P, Gutmark-Little I, Salisbury SR, Racadio JM, Helton-Skally K, Fleck RJ. Cardiovascular anomalies in Turner Syndrome (TS): Spectrum, prevalence and cardiac MR imaging (CMR) findings in a pediatric and young adult population. AJR. 2011; 196:454-460.

Hagenbuch SC, Gottliebson WG, Wansapura JP, Mazur W, Fleck RJ, Banson DW, Hor KN. Detection of Progressive Cardiac Dysfunction by Serial Evaluation of Circumferential Strain in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients. Am J Cardiol. 2010 May 15;105(10):1361-1506.

Wansapura JP, Hor KN, Wojciech Mazur W, Fleck RJ, Hagenbuch SC, Benson DW, Gottliebson WM. Left Ventricular T2 Distribution in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2010 Mar;12:14.

Hor KN, Wansapura JP, Markham LW, Mazur W, Cripe LH, Fleck RJ, Benson DW, Gottliebson WM. Circumferential Strain Analysis Identifies Strata of Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tagging Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Apr; 53(14):1204-10.

Wansapura JP, Fleck RJ, Crotty EC, Gottliebson WM. Frequency scouting for cardiac imaging with SSFP at 3 Tesla. Pediatr Radiol. 2006;36(10):1082-5.

Donnelly LF, Fleck RJ, Pacharn P, Ziegler MA, Fricke BL, Cotton RT. Aberrant Subclavian Artery: Cross Sectional Imaging Findings in Pediatric Patients Referred for Evaluation of Extrinsic Airway Compression. AJR. 2002; 178:1269-1274.

Fleck RJ, Pacharn P, Fricke BL, Ziegler MA, Cotton RT, Donnelly LF. Imaging Findings in Pediatric Patients with Persistent Airway Symptoms Following Surgery for Double Aortic Arch. AJR. 2002; 178:1275-1279.

Grants

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RO1 Early CF Lung Disease in Humans. Co-Investigator. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Oct 2012-Oct 2016.