Ricardo Faingold, MD, Pediatric Radiologist

Medical Imaging
Radiology
Fun fact about me 

I play tennis.

I love working with children and their families because 
I am very proud to be working in pediatric radiology and to dedicate a big part of my clinical and research activities to help newborn babies.

Hospital information

Awards and distinctions 

John Kirkpatrick Young Investigator Award 2002; Certificate of Merit for “State–of–the–Art" Imaging of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) with Emphasis on High Resolution Sonography (HRS), 2004; Canadian Heads of Academic Radiology (CHAR/GE) award; Certificate of Merit at International Pediatric Radiology Meeting 2011 (IPR), London, England; Certificate of Recognition for outstanding scientific contribution at Denis Melancon Neuroradiology Meeting

Academic appointments 

Program Director of Pediatric Radiology and Site Coordinator for medical students rotation in Radiology

Education

University 

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UFRJ) Medical School

Medical Degree 

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UFRJ)

Residency 

Nuclear Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Diagnostic Radiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifim, Israel

Fellowship(s) 

Pediatric Radiology Fellowship, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Research

Research interests 

Bowel Viability Assessment by Colour Doppler Sonography in Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Cerebral Perfusion Measurements using Dynamic Colour Doppler Sonography in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE); Tissue perfusion measurements with Colour Doppler Sonography

Selected publications 

Faingold R. Role of US in NEC. Interamerican College of Radiology: Advances in Radiology. November 2010.

Faingold R , Albuquerque P, Carpineta L. Hepatobiliary Tumors in Children. Radiologic Clinics of North America, Volume 49, #4. 2011

Cassia G, Faingold R, Bernard C, Santanna G. Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury: Ultrasound and Dynamic Color Doppler Sonography Perfusion Quantification of the Brain and Abdomen with Pathologic Correlation. AJR in press .

Contact information

Medical Imaging

TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT:

  • Main number: 514-412-4450

  • Appointments in MRI: 514-412-4400 ext. 23966 or 23663 

  • Appointments in ultrasound, interventional radiology, bone density and fluoroscopy: 514-412-4400 ext. 22133 or 22135

  • Appointments in CT scan: 514-412-4400 ext. 22132

  • Appointments in nuclear medicine: 514-412-4400 ext. 24482 

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