• Fellowship Training in PET Imaging
  • Cornell Univ. - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
• Residency in Nuclear Medicine 1999-2001
  • UCSF-Stanford Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA
• Clinical Internship 1998-1999
  • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
• Research Associate in Radiology and Medical Informatics 1996-1998
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Fellowship in Medical Informatics 1994-96
  • Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
• Fellowship in Medical Informatics 1993-94
  • Erasmus Universitiet, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Residency in Nuclear Medicine 1990-92
  • Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Diplomate of National Board (I) 1990
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Junior Residency (Internal Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery) 1989
  • Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
• Rotating Clinical Internship 1988
  • Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 1983-87
  • College of Medical Sciences and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi University

PUBLICATIONS

Electronic Educational Titles

• Atlas of Brain Perfusion SPECT. Authors: Holman BL, Chandak PK, Garada BM.
  http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/education/online/BrainSPECT/
• Atlas of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT. Authors: Mannting F, Chandak PK, Zabrodina YV, Holman, BL.
  http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/education/online/Cardiac/
• Atlas of Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging. Authors: DiSalvo DN, Chandak PK.
  http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/education/online/US/
• Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spinal Surgery. Editor: Regan JJ. Producers: Chandak PK, DiCesare T, Price JF, Sato L. (on CD-ROM)
• Breast Feeding. Producers: Chandak PK, Price JF, Shiozawa T, Sato L. (on CD-ROM)

Chapters for Printed Text Books

• Under: "Brain Perfusion Scintigraphy" in "Teaching Atlas of Nuclear Medicine". Donahue, K, van den Abbele A; Editors. Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, NY 2000.
• Chandak PK, Holman BL. Alzheimer's Disease
• Chandak PK, Holman BL. Ictal and Interictal Seizure Imaging
• Chandak PK, Holman BL. Dual Isotope Imaging for Brain Tumor Recurrence

Journal Articles

• Chandak PK, Mammone GL, Holman BL, Greenes RA. Internet and the World Wide Web: A Primer for Practitioners. J Med Prac Management. 1995; 11:3136-42

Scientific Exhibits as Art

• SPECT Studies of the Human Brain and the Heart. Holman BL, Chandak PK, Mammone GL. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Fall 1997.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

CLINICAL MEDICINE

• Interventional Techniques in Bone Scintigraphy: A Measure to Delineate Benign from Malignant Lesions.
• Clinical Evaluation of Tc-99m-DMSA (V) in Primary and Secondary Tumor Detection.
• Post-partum Thyroiditis: A Prospective Study of 500 Cases.
• Comparative Evaluation of Radiocolloid Scintigraphy, Radionuclide Blood Pool Imaging, US, CT and MRI for in-vivo Evaluation of Hepatic Mass Lesions.
• Cerebral Blood Flow during Sleep Apnea &emdash; feasibility of nocturnal monitoring with patient compliance -1999.
• Pathophyisiology of Sleep Apnea - Basic Mechanisms. Annual AAPS meeting -Physician Review Course 1998.
• Radio-iodine Therapy in Toxic Thyroid Nodules: A Critical Evaluation of Fixed Dose and Calculated Regimes.

MEDICAL INFORMATICS

• NuclearXchange.com: An Internet Portal for the Global Nuclear Medicine Community
• RadiologyNetwork: A Clinical Teleradiology Network for Radiologists and Nuclear Medicine Practice
• PartnerWeb: An Enterprise-wide Intranet-based Medical Information System for the Health Care Enterprise
• HealthCare HotLine: A Web-based Reference Resource and Search Engine for Patients with Breast Cancer
• New England Journal of Medicine On-line (Beta version)
• A Bilingual Text and Digital Video Based Interactive Learning System on Breastfeeding
• Analytical Systems Thinking - A Learning Resource for Medical Administrators (Harvard Learning Systems)
• Structured Data Entry for Reporting Select Medical Procedures using Semantic Networks and Contextual Graphs
• Adapting ELIAS, a Dutch GP’s Information System, for use in Indian Medical Environment
• A Desktop Practice Management System for Indian Practitioners: Functions and Feasibility
• Functional Specifications and Design of an On-line Diagnostic Procedure Reporting System
• Milestone: A Decision Support Tool for Pediatric Care and Health Maintenance

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Clinical: PET imaging; Functional brain imaging; Nuclear cardiology.
• Informatics: Development of multimedia-based interactive medical educational resources; Teleradiology applications

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Certificate of Merit: Outstanding scientific exhibit at InfoRad, RSNA, Dec 1995
• Top 3 faculty speakers at "Using Computers to Help Manage Clinical Information" -American College of Physicians Course 1996. Host: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
• Best Graduating Resident in Nuclear Medicine -1992. Delhi University, New Delhi, India.

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• American Board of Nuclear Medicine (BE awaiting BC).