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Fabio Almeida M.D. Medical Director

Dr. Fabio Almeida completed a residency and fellowship in Nuclear Medicine at the University of San Francisco. He is certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine and the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Almeida was in private practice before joining the faculty at the University of Arizona in 2005, where he participated in the early implementation of cross modality image fusion (SPECT, PET, CT and MRI) and PET/CT. He was the Director of Nuclear Medicine for the UofA University Medical Center in Tucson until 2010.

Dr. Almeida’s research focus is applied medical informatics with emphasis on imaging and networking systems, optimization of fusion technology and volumetric tumor assessment for radiation therapy planning. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiation Oncology at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, and Director of the Southwest PET/CT institute - an affiliate of the University of Arizona Telemedicine Program.