| FELLOWSHIP |
| |
Interventional
Radiology, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois. |
2003
- 2004 |
| RESIDENCY |
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Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. |
1999
- 2003 |
| INTERNSHIP |
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Preliminary Internal Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. |
1998
- 1999 |
| MEDICAL
SCHOOL |
| |
St. George’s University School of Medicine, Bay Shore, NY & Grenada,
W.I.
Degree: Doctor of Medicine & Masters of Science in HIV Research
Clinical Hospitals: In Brooklyn & NYC, NY; Chicago, IL; Pontiac
MI; London, England. |
1994
- 1998 |
| GRADUATE
SCHOOL |
| |
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
One year of graduate courses: biochem., physio., cell & molecular
biology, epidemiology. |
1992
- 1993 |
| UNDERGRADUATE |
| |
Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major: Economics
Biology Minor, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Pre-Med Honor Society
|
1987
- 1990 |
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| CERTIFICATIONS |
| |
Illinois
State Medical Board Licensure Certificate
|
July
2003 |
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Ohio
State Medical Board Licensure Certificate
|
February
2003 |
| |
American
Board of Radiology: Physics & Written Boards
|
September
2001 - 2002 |
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United
States Medical Licensing Examination: Steps I, II, III
|
July
2002 |
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Certificate
of Satisfactory Completion – Internship: Preliminary Medicine
|
July
1999 |
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ECFMG
– Valid Indefinitely |
August
1997 |
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| HONORS
& AWARDS |
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Alpha
Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Ambulance License, IL and MO
$1000 Academic Scholarship Award, Lutheran Gen. Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
|
1989
- 1990
1989
1987 |
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| LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS |
| |
Vice
President, Radiology Liaison – Medical College of Ohio Resident House
Staff Asso |
| |
Chief
Med/Research Student and WINDREF Research Program Liaison for United States
and England during acquisition of M.Sc. – HIV masters degree in medical
school years |
| |
Past
President and Co-Founder – Washington University Pre-Medical Society |
| |
College
Congressman, Financial Committee Co-Chair, Dorm Vice Pres. – Washington
University Congress and Dorm House Council |
| |
Emergency
Medical Technician (EMT), Two-Year Member – Washington University
Student-Run, College-Funded Emergency Support Team (WUEST) |
| |
In-House
Brother & Food Program Manager – Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Washington
University |
| |
|
| PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS |
| |
Resident
liaison for MCO Radiology Residents: Ohio Radiology Society |
2001
- 2003 |
| |
Resident-in-training:
SIR Resident Member |
2001 |
| |
Resident colleague: Association of University Radiologists |
2000 |
| |
Resident
participant: Toledo Area Interventional Radiology Society |
1998
- 2003 |
| |
Resident
member: Northwest Ohio Radiology Society (NWORS) |
1998
- 2003 |
| |
Resident
member: American College of Radiology (ACR) |
1998 |
| |
Resident
member: Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) |
1998 |
| |
|
| REVIEW
AND INVITED LECTURES |
| |
Medical
College of Ohio Medical Student Radiology Club
Invited regular speaker teaching radiograph reading techniques to medical
students. |
1999
- Present |
| |
Owens
Community College, Oregon, Ohio – Visiting instructor teaching
3 two-hour lectures on MSK, neurorad, and chest radiology to student radiology
technologists. |
1999
- Present |
| |
Washington University Pre-Med Society – Invited speaker at numerous
meetings to discuss medical issues with college students pursuing medical
school. |
1988
- 1990 |
| |
|
| POSTERS
AND EXHIBITS |
| |
The
Mercy Health Partners Annual Research Symposium – February 7, 2001
St. Vincent Medical Center, Conference Center Auditorium |
| |
Minkus,
K, Anvar S, Moonis G, Boorstein J. Endovascular Treatment of Basilar Tip
Aneurysms with Electrically Detachable Coils in Patients with Complicated
Multisystem Organ Disease. Depts. Of Neuroradiology at Medical College of
Ohio, Toledo, Ohio; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO;
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, P.A. Work in Progress. |
| |
Minkus,
K, Anvar S, Moonis G, Boorstein J. High Resolution MR Imaging in Subactue
Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord. Depts. of Neuroradiology at Medical
College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St.
Louis, MO; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Work in Progress. |
| |
Moustafa
H, Elsamaloty H, Minkus K, Boorstein J. Three Dimensional Computed Tomagraphy
of the Osteomeatal Complex – Usefullness in Mapping Prior to Functional
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Dept. of Neuroradiology. Medical College of
Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. |
| |
|
| WORKS
IN PROGRESS |
| |
Minkus
K, McGraw JK, Lippert JA, Rami P. Reliability of vertebral body
Biopsy performed in conjunction with percutaneous vertebroplasty.
Absract for SCVIR Conference 2002 for presentation. Department Of Interventional
Radiology – Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio and St. Vincent
Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio. |
2001
- 2002 |
| |
| OTHER
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
| |
Oral
GIIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade to Inhibit Thrombosis (ORBIT) Study
- Volunteered time to this ongoing study during medical school clinical
years. Nationwide collaborative study evaluating the efficacy/safety of
a new platelet inhibitor (Xemilofiban) in angina /AMI patients who had
recent coronary revascularization. Interviewed
& enrolled patients, administered questionnaires, conducted follow-up
health status questioning. |
1996
- 1997 |
| |
Minkus
KD, McBarnette B, Finlay P, Pensick A, Macpherson C.
Seroprevalence of HIV in Pregnant Women in Grenada, W.I. Their Knowledge
of the Virus, and Their Behavior and Exposure Risks to the Virus. World
Health Organization (WHO) Regional Publ. -Principle Investigator and Biomedical
Lab Technician, WINDREF Research Institute/St. George’s U. School
of Medicine . Performed ELISA and Western Blot confirmation tests on plasma
samples of 540 pregnant women in Grenada W.I. and surrounding affiliated
islands, administered behavior/exposure risk questionnaires, and performed
statistical analysis and data correlation. |
1994
- 1996 |
| |
Lab
Technician, Neurologic AIDS Research, Northwestern Univ. Medical Schl.
- Performed DNA recombination and genetic engineering techniques, including
Northern blotting and electrophoresis, using HIV-1 virus for genetic code
sequencing and analysis. Assisted in neurosurgery, retrieving biopsy tissue
for analysis. Invited during college. |
1989
- 1990 |
| |
| BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE |
|
MedWave,
LLC. – Chief Executive Officer, Business Development & Relations
24-Hour Mobile Ultrasound corporation servicing all of Toledo, Ohio and
surrounding counties. Oversee business operations, legal/insurance/Medicare/Medicaid
issues, and relations with contracted clients and institutions. At-Home
service availability for obstetric ultrasound as a fee-for-service interaction. |
2002
- 2003 |
| |
Music
Producer, Performer, Promoter – Annual Musicians’ Interlink
Concert ++Festival (“MINKfest”). Organized physician instrumentalists/musicians
and semi-professional musician entertainers from around the country to participate
in a live concert festival, playing current and classic rock/blues/progressive
music to raise money for medically-related charities. |
1998
- 2000 |
|
Director
of Business Development, KidsDadsMoms.Com, Hawthorne Woods, IL. Educational
consulting and learning product specialty company. |
1991
- 1993 |
| |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| |
McGraw
JK, Lippert JA, Minkus K, Rami P, Thomas M. Davis, and
Ronald F. Budzik. Prospective Evaluation of Pain Relief in 100 Patients
undergoing Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: Results and Follow-up J Vasc Iterv
Radiol 2002 13: 883-886. Department Of Interventional Radiology –
Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio and St. Vincent Mercy Medical
Center, Toledo, Ohio.
- Presented at SCVIR Conference 2002. Study results presented on MSNBC &
“NBC Nightly news with Tom Brokaw” as feature health study report
on September 29th, 2002. |
2001
- 2002 |
| |
Arroyo
A, Semaan H, Minkus K, Patel Y. Factors Affecting the Hepatobiliary Excretion
of Tc- 99m MAG3: Its Clinical Significance in Routine Renography. Accepted
for March 2003 issue of Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. Dept. of
Nuclear Radiology, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
|
2002 |
| |
Minkus
K, McGraw JK, Clark P. Axillary artery occlusion in a baseball pitcher from
overhead throwing mechanics: A case report. Submitted, Journal of Vascular
and Interventional Radiology. Dept. of Interventional Radiology, St. Vincent
Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
|
2001 |
| |
Minkus
KD, McBarnette B, Finlay P, Pensick A, Macpherson C.
Seroprevalence of HIV in Pregnant Women in Grenada, W.I., Their Knowledge
of the Virus, and Their Behavior and Exposure Risks to the Virus. World
Health Organization (WHO) Regional Publ. |
1994
- 1996 |
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