University of Pennsylvania: School of Veterinary Medicine

Jeffrey A. Wortman V.M.D., Ph.D., Dip. A.C.V.R.

Associate Professor of Radiology

Department of Clinical Studies -Philadelphia
3900 Delancey Street
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010

Qualifications

University of Maryland, 1965
V.M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1969
Relief Intern, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969
Military Service: United States Army Veterinary Corps (Rank: Captain), 1969-71
Small Animal Intern, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis,1972
Residency in Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis,1976
Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH Tumor Biology Training Grant, University of California, Davis. 1972-76
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1976
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology, 1977

Memberships

International Veterinary Radiology Society, 1977-present
American College of Veterinary Radiology, 1977-present
Society of Veterinary Nuclear Medicine, 1990-present
Society of CT/MRI, 1994-present
Radiological Society of North America, 1985-present
Phi Zeta, 1968-present

Research Interests

Nuclear medicine

Selected Publications

Lang, J, Wortman, JA, Glickman, LT, Biery, DN, Rhodes, WH: Sensitivity of Radiographic Detection of Lung Metastases in the Dog. Veterinary Radiology, 27:74-78, 1986.

Emms, SG, Wortman, JA, Johnston, DE, Goldschmidt, MH: Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Canine Hyperadrenocorticism. JAVMA, 189:432-439, 1986.

Wortman, JA, Chang-Winterkorn, P, Knight, DH, Jacobs, GJ: Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis of the Utility of Thoracic Radiographs for the Diagnosis of Feline Cardiac Disease.
Veterinary Radiology, 28:121-126, 1987.

Wood, AKW, Kundel, HL, McGrath, JT, Wortman, JA: CT, MRI and Pathologic Observations of the Effects of Intrathecal Metrizamide and Iohexol on the Canine Central Nervous System. Investigative
Radiology, 22:672-679, 1987.

Wortman, JA, Alavi A, Attie, M, Yudd AP, Johnston, S, Greenberg, J: Quantitative Autoradiography of Parathyroid Glands in Rats with Carbon-14-Labeled Amino Acids. J Nucl Med, 28:1447-1452,
1987.

Speciale, J, Van Winkle, TJ, Steinberg, SA, Wortman, JA: Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Focal Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis: Retrospective Evaluation of Three Cases. JAAHA,
28(4):327-332, 1992

Pugh, CR, Wortman, JA, Lloyd, JKF, Saunders, HM, Biery, DN, Rhodes, WH, Evans, SM, Walker, LM, Green, P, Mendez-Aguillar, R, Regan, J: Comparative Evaluation of an ultraviolet and an
Orthochromatic Rare-Earth Imaging System for Veterinary Radiography. Vet Radiology & uUltrasound 36(6):485-92, 1995.