Biography
Dr. Elman is Chief of Nuclear Medicine in the UNM Department of Radiology, where her primary interests include oncologic and cardiac multimodality imaging. She enjoys resident teaching and strives to increase multidisciplinary collaborations to improve patient care at UNMH. Dr. Elman serves in regional and national leadership roles in the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Areas of Specialty
Diagnostic Radiology
Nuclear Medicine
Oncologic Imaging
Cardiac Imaging
Certifications
American Board of Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Radiology
Achievements & Awards
Society of Nuclear Medicine & Nuclear Medicine (SNMMI) “Ones to Watch†for 2020 |
SNMMI PET Center of Excellence Intern, 2019-2021 |
SNMMI First Prize Poster-Educational Exhibits, 2017 |
ERF-SNMMI Annual Meeting Travel Award, 2017 |
American Thyroid Association Trainee Grant for travel to annual meeting, 2017 |
Outstanding Performance in Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington
Radiology Residency, 2016 |
Clinical Teacher of the Year for the Nuclear Medicine Division, University of Washington, 2015 |
1st Annual SNMMI Future Leaders Academy Attendee & Travel Award Recipient, 2014 |
Certificate of Merit, RSNA, 2013 |
Asa E. Seeds Memorial Award in Nuclear Medicine, for best trainee in Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, 2013 |
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2006 |
National Clinical Nutrition Intern, 2004 |
American Pediatric Society / Society for Pediatric Research Student Research Intern, 2004 |
Bob Herzog Alumni Scholarship, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004 |
Alumni Association Scholarship, University of California at Los Angeles, 1996 - 2000
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Courses Taught
Emergency Radiology Lecture Block:
Some Like it Hot: Emergent Nuclear Medicine, 5/1/20.
Chest Imaging Lecture Block:
Acute Aortic Syndromes, 7/13/20.
Lung Cancer Presentation and Staging, 3/20.20
Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation, 3/18/20.
Imaging of COVID-19, 3/13/20.
Gastrointestinal Imaging Lecture Block:
Acute Adbomen, 2/12/20.
Nuclear Medicine Lecture Block:
Theranostics, 1/20/20.
Multimodality Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors, 1/23/19.
Pediatric Imaging Lecture Block:
Pediatric Nuclear Medicine, 10/16/19, 10/12/20.
Brant & Helms/Pre-Call Lecture:
VQ Scans, 1/20/20 & 1/30/19.
Case Conference:
Nuc Med Artifacts and Pitfalls, 8/27/20.
Nuclear Cardiac Cases, 7/9/20.
Chest Case, 3/3/20.
Lung & Heart Nuclear Medicine Cases, 10/29/19.
Acute/Urgent Nuclear Medicine Cases, 4/30/19.
Research and Scholarship
Elman S, Lewis DH. Principles of brain perfusion SPECT. In: Luiten PGM, Otte A, Dierckx RA, deVries EFJ, van Waarde A (Eds) PET and SPECT Studies of the Neurobiological Systems, 2stedn. Springer, in progress.
Zigray H, Elman S, Cheng R, Li S, Lee J, Soine L, Caldwell J, Alessio A. Patient Factors and Outcomes Associated with Discordance Between Quantitative & Qualitative Cardiac PET Results. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, submitted 9/9/19.
Elman S, Zigray H, Li S, Cheng R, Soine LA, Caldwell J, Bindschadler M, Alessio A. Myocardial Blood Flow Quantitation: Added Prognostic Value in PET Particularly When Visual Interpretation is Normal. Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, San Francisco, CA: Sept 2018.
Hiremath PG, Cheng R, Masri C, Soine L, Rosenthal DG, Schwaegler R, Elman S, Alessio A, Patton KK, Lee J, Petek B, Kirkpatrick J. Echocardiographic assessment of myocardial microstructure with and without FDG and perfusion changes on PET imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis. Canadian J Cardiol, submitted 8/2/18.
Bravo PE, Raghu G, Rosenthal DG, Elman S, Petek BJ, Soine LA, Maki JH, Branch KR, Masri SC, Patton KK, Caldwell JH, Krieger EV. Risk assessment of patients with clinical manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis with positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiol. S0167-5273(16)34635-6, 2017. PMID: 28318664.