Ricardo Faingold

Medical Imaging

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

Academic appointments

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

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

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

Fun fact about me

I play tennis.

Medical Imaging

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 .