Physician

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Thomas H. Rand is an expert in the field of Pediatric Infectious Disease. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAAP)". Thomas Rand is a published doctor as well. He has 79 publications published. The latest was: Tibiofibular syndesmosis: high-resolution MRI using a local gradient coil.

Publications

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• Family clusters of variant X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.
• Alzheimer disease: measuring loss of cerebral gray matter with MR imaging.
• In vivo development of brain phosphocreatine in normal and creatine-treated rabbit pups.
• Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty versus turbostatic carbon-coated stents in infrapopliteal arteries: InPeria II trial.
• Tibiofibular syndesmosis: high-resolution MRI using a local gradient coil.
• Ligaments and tendons of the ankle. Evaluation with low-field (0.2 T) MR imaging.
• Collateral ligaments of the ankle: high-resolution MR imaging with a local gradient coil and anatomic correlation in cadavers.
• [Bone metastases: new trends in diagnostic imaging].
• Feasibility study of NeoMend, a percutaneous arterial closure device that uses a nonthrombogenic bioadhesive.
• [Evidence of fluoride-induced effects on the calcaneus by measurements of broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA)].
• [Generalized clostridial infection in a 60-year-old patient with massive soft tissue emphysema on thoracic radiography].
• MR assessment of brain maturation: comparison of sequences.
• Impact of spinal degenerative changes on the evaluation of bone mineral density with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
• Influence of osteophytic size on bone mineral density measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry.
• Low-field magnetic resonance imaging (0.2 T) of tendons with sonographic and histologic correlation. Cadaveric study.
• Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography of the lumbricale muscles in the horse.
• PTA versus carbofilm-coated stents in infrapopliteal arteries: pilot study.
• Effects of umbilical arterial catheterization on mesenteric hemodynamics.
• MRI of microadenomas in patients with hyperprolactinaemia.
• MR-guided joint puncture and real-time MR-assisted contrast media application.
• MRI visualization of proteoglycan depletion in articular cartilage via intravenous administration of Gd-DTPA.
• The postoperative shoulder.
• Importance of subchondral bone to articular cartilage in health and disease.
• Comparison of low field (0.2T) and high field (1.5T) MR imaging in the differentiation of torned from intact menisci.
• Evaluation of pituitary microadenomas with dynamic MR imaging.
• Prevalence of acquired cystic kidney disease and tumors in native kidneys of renal transplant recipients: a prospective US study.
• [PTA and stent placement distal to the superficial femoral artery].
• [Percutaneous radiologically-guided vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic and tumorous spinal body lesions].
• [The limping child. Differential radiologic diagnosis of acute gait disorder in childhood and adolescence].
• [Chest X-ray of the neonate].
• [Diagnostic reliability of 0.2 Tesla dedicated MRI low-field strength equipment in traumatology].
• [Ultrasound monitoring of the umbilical artery catheter. A case of a newborn infant with recurrent hypoglycemia].
• [Recurrent renal vein thrombosis in a premature infant. Doppler ultrasound diagnosis and follow-up].
• Imaging articular cartilage defects with 3D fat-suppressed echo planar imaging: comparison with conventional 3D fat-suppressed gradient echo sequence and correlation w...
• MR imaging of the inner ear and cerebellopontine angle: comparison of three-dimensional and two-dimensional sequences.
• MR imaging-guided MR arthrography of the shoulder: clinical experience on a conventional closed high-field system.
• Magnetic resonance imaging in hemophilic children: value of gradient echo and contrast-enhanced imaging.
• Discrimination between fluid, synovium, and cartilage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: contrast enhanced Spin Echo versus non-contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed Gr...
• MR imaging in shoulder trauma. Value of STIR images.
• Colour-coded Doppler sonography of common carotid artery dissection.
• Magnetic resonance imaging of the postoperative knee.
• Magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) in the postoperative shoulder.
• [Basics of MRI technique and MRI image interpretation].
• [Middle field and low field magnetic resonance tomography in wrist injuries].
• GRASE: ultra-fast turbo gradient spin-echo sequence. A new approach to fast MR imaging of the musculoskeletal system.
• ["Lines and tubes" in neonatal intensive care patients].
• [MR arthrography of the shoulder joint in a postoperative patient sample].
• [Ultrasound morphology of the Achilles tendon and differential diagnosis].
• [MRI in radiologically occult scaphoid fractures. Initial experiences with 1.0 Tesla (whole body-middle field equipment) versus 0.2 Tesla (dedicated low-field equipmen...
• [Bone inflammation (including spondylitis)].
• [Comparison of diagnostic sensitivity in meniscus diagnosis of MRI examinations with a 0.2 T low-field and a 1.5 T high field system].
• [Primary chronic polyarthritis of the knee joint].
• [MRI-guided MRI arthrography of the shoulder].
• [MRI on low-field tomography systems (0.2 Tesla). A quantitative comparison with equipment of medium-field strength (1.0 Tesla)].
• [Chronic diseases of the ankle joint].
• [MRI arthrography of the ankle joint].
• [MRI of the ankle joint. Comparison of the 1.0-T and the 0.2-T units].
• [Ultra-short turbo-spin echo in comparison with turbo-spin echo. Possible applications in the musculoskeletal system].
• Accessory cell function of human eosinophils. HLA-DR-dependent, MHC-restricted antigen-presentation and IL-1 alpha expression.
• Role of the general pediatrician in the management of human immunodeficiency virus infection in children.
• Human eosinophils express functional interleukin 2 receptors.
• CD4-mediated stimulation of human eosinophils: lymphocyte chemoattractant factor and other CD4-binding ligands elicit eosinophil migration.
• Eosinophils from patients with blood eosinophilia express transforming growth factor beta 1.
• Human eosinophil adherence to vascular endothelium mediated by binding to vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 and endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule 1.
• Human eosinophils express transforming growth factor alpha.
• Infection, apoptosis, and killing of mature human eosinophils by human immunodeficiency virus-1.
• Influence of a lymphokine fraction containing eosinophil stimulation promoter (ESP) on oxidative and degranulation responses of murine eosinophils.
• Work in progress: radionuclide imaging of indium-111-labeled eosinophils in mice.
• Murine eosinophils labeled with indium-111 oxine: localization to delayed hypersensitivity reactions against a schistosomal antigen and to lymphokine in vivo.
• Identification of lipoxygenase products from arachidonic acid metabolism in stimulated murine eosinophils.
• Arachidonic acid metabolism in the murine eosinophil. III. Effect of nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs on lymphokine-directed eosinophil migration in vivo.
• Arachidonic acid metabolism of the murine eosinophil. II. Involvement of the lipoxygenase pathway in the response to the lymphokine eosinophil stimulation promoter.
• Distribution of sequences homologous to the DNA of herpes simplex virus, types 1 and 2, in the genome of pseudorabies virus.
• 111In-labeled eosinophils: localization of inflammatory lesions and parasitic infections in mice.
• Group B streptococcal cellulitis in infants: a disease modified by prior antibiotic therapy or hospitalization?
• Nedocromil sodium and cromolyn (sodium cromoglycate) selectively inhibit antibody-dependent granulocyte-mediated cytotoxicity.
• Heterogeneity of recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-mediated enhancement of neutrophil adherence to endothelium.
• Leukocyte adhesion deficiency in a female patient without delayed umbilical cord separation.

Schools

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• Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine

• University of Washington

• Children39s Hospital Boston

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
• Pediatric Infectious Disease

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• University of Washington
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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