Durham Radiology Associates

Physicians

Amar M. Amaresh, MD

Medical School: Government Medical College, Bellary, Karnataka, India.
Internship: Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI.
Fellowship : Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Health Science, San Antonio, TX.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology with Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Kirk Beeson, MD

Medical School : Louisiana State University School of Medicine.
Internship: General Surgery, Morehouse School Medicine.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

Samuel Bone, MD

Director of Quality Assurance and PET.
Medical School: Duke University Medical Center.
Internship: Georgia Baptist Medical Center.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Washington.
Fellowships: Body Imaging and Nuclear Radiology; University of Alabama.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Radiology.
Special Interests: Body Imaging, PET.

Teresa Truitt Brown, MD

Division chief, Nuclear Medicine.
Medical School: UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Internship: Shands Teaching Hospital, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Fellowship: Body imaging and Nuclear Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
Board certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Nuclear medicine, breast imaging and intervention including MRI.

Christopher Cepeda, MD

Medical Director, Durham Diagnostic Imaging and NC Diagnostic Imaging-Cary.
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine.
Internship: Transitional, Alameda County Medical Center.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas, Houston.
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Duke University Medical Center.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology with Certificate of Added Qualification in Neuroradiology.
Special Interest: Neuroradiology, breast MRI and intervention.

Andrew Choi, MD

Vice-chairman, Department of Radiology, Durham Regional Hospital.
Radiation Safety Officer, Durham Regional Hospital.
Medical School: Northwestern University.
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY.
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

Randy Cruell, MD

Chairman, Department of Radiology, Durham Regional Hospital.
Medical School: UCLA/Drew School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Internship: Internal Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Brain and spine imaging.

Hector Hidalgo, MD

Division chief, CT.
Medical School: George Washington University.
Internship: Internal Medicine, George Washington University.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, George Washington University.
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging, Duke University.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

C. Bryan Koon, MD

Division chief, Mammography and General Diagnostic Radiology.
Medical School: UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Internship: Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama.
Residencies: Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; Diagnostic Radiology, Wake Forest University.
Board certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Breast imaging and intervention.

James W. Lester, Jr., MD

Medical School: Wake Forest University (Bowman Gray School of Medicine).
Internship: Baptist Medical Centers, Birmingham, AL.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, GA.
Fellowship: MRI, NMR Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: MRI, musculoskeletal MRI.

Stephen P. Loehr, MD

Medical Director, Regional Vascular Associates and Triangle Interventional Services.
Medical School: Wake Forest University (Bowman Gray School of Medicine).
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Alexandria Hospital.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology with Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Michael E. McCrory, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine.
Internship: Internal Medicine. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Breast imaging and intervention.

Ashley Merritt, MD

Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, VA.
Fellowship: MRI, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, VA.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Musculoskeletal MRI, breast MRI.

Diana Voorhees O’Neal, MD

Former Medical Staff President, Durham Regional Hospital.
Former Member Board of Trustees, Durham Regional Hospital.
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Chief Resident.
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Duke University.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

Hemang Pathak, MD

Division chief, MRI and musculoskeletal imaging.
Medical School: N. H. L. Municipal Medical College; India.
Internship: Long Island College Hospital; Brooklyn; N.Y.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Long Island College Hospital; Brooklyn; N.Y.
Fellowships: Abdominal Imaging, Yale University. CT.; Musculoskeletal Imaging, Albert Einstein University; N.Y.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Musculoskeletal Imaging, MRI.

Hal Safrit: M.D. F.A.C.R.

Director, physician recruiting.
Medical School: UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Internship: Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging, Duke University Medical Center. 
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.
Special Interest: Abdominal Imaging and MRI.

Michael Stoll, MD

Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Radiology, Granville Medical Center.
Medical School: S.U.N.Y. at Stoneybrook.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Nassau County Medical Center, Long Island, N.Y.
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging, Boston University and Boston City Hospital.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

John P. Thompson, MD

Division chief, ultrasound.
Medical School: Duke University.
Internship: General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University Medical Center.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

M. David Wiener, MD

President, Durham Radiology Associates.
Medical Director, Southern Pines Diagnostic Imaging.
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine.
Internship: Transitional Medical/Surgical, Hackensack Medical Center.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Chief Resident.
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Duke University Medical Center.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology with Certificate of Added Qualification in Neuroradiology.
Special Interest: Neuroimaging, breast imaging including MRI and biopsy.

J. Robert Yankes, MD

Division chief, interventional radiology.
Former Medical Staff President, Durham Regional Hospital.
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Internship: Transitional, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University Medical Center.
Fellowship: Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Duke University Medical Center.
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology with Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular/Interventional Radiology.

Eilis W. Byrnes, PA-C

Undergraduate Education: BS Biology, Syracuse University. 
PA Degree: LeMoyne College, Syracuse, N/Y.
Interventional Radiology Training: S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, N.Y.

OUR SURGEONS:

B. Clifford Abels, Jr., MD

Medical School: Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Woodruff Fellow.
Residency: Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Fellowship: Baylor Univ. Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Board certification: American Board of Surgery, General and Vascular Surgery.
Special Interests: Carotid artery disease, endovascular therapy for aneurysmal and occlusive disease (PAD), dialysis fistulas, minimally invasive bypass surgery in the lower extremities and minimally invasive procedures for varicose veins and treating the complications of venous stasis disease.

Steven J. Burnham, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University.
Residency: General Surgery, Vanderbilt University.
Fellowship: Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Northwestern Univ. Medical Center.
Board certification: American Board of Surgery and Vascular Surgery.
Appointments: formerly Professor of Surgery, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

James P. Weaver, MD

Member Board of Trustees, Durham Regional Hospital.
Medical School: Univ. of Pennsylvania College of Medicine.
Residency: General Surgery, Case Western Reserve University.
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Univ. of South Carolina.
Board Certification: American Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery.