Durham Radiology Associates

Samuel Bone, MD

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.

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

 

Jesse Chen, MD

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency: Staten Island University Hospital

Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medical Center

Board Certification: American Board of Radiology

Special Interest: Prostate artery embolization, uterine fibroid embolization, vertebral augmentation procedures

 

Andrew Choi, MD

Radiation Safety Officer, Duke 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

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.

Julie Dunaway, PA-C

  Vascular and Interventional Radiology

  Masters PA-C: Wake Forest University

  Special Interest: Interventional and Diagnostic/MSK radiology

 

Robert Fish, MD

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Vice Chair, Dept. of Radiology, Durham Regional Hospital

Director of Quality Assurance.

Medical School: Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Florida
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology, University of Florida, Gainesville
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

 

Lee Hall, MD

Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Radiology, Granville Medical Center.

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

 

Special Interest: Musculoskeletal Imaging, Abdominal imaging

 

 

 

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.

 

Ashley Merritt, MD

Division chief, ultrasound.

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.

Mark Neely, MD

Chairman, Department of Radiology, Duke Regional Hospital

Division Chief, Mammography

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of North Carolina Medical Center
Fellowship: Breast Imaging and Abdominal Imaging, University of North Carolina Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

Special Interests: Abdominal Imaging and Breast Imaging.

 

Hemang Pathak, MD

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,

 

Olivia Raulli, MD

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Residency: Tufts Medical Center

Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Imaging, Duke University Medical Center

Board Certification: American Board of Radiology

Special interest: Sports imaging, women’s imaging

 

 

Lexie Riofrio, MD

Medical School:  Duke University Medical School 
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Imaging, Duke University Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

Special Interest: Musculoskeletal Imaging.

 

Ripal Shah, MD

President, Durham Radiology Associates

Director, physician recruiting.

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology.

Special Interest: Abdominal Imaging.

Michael Stoll, MD

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.

 

J. Robert Yankes, MD

Vascular and 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.