Courtney Lawhn Heath, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Radiology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address400 Parnassus Avenue, #C-09L
San Francisco CA 94117
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    Pritzker School of MedicineMD2014
    UCSFResidency2019Diagnostic Radiology
    UCSFFellowship2019Nuclear Medicine

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    Dr. Courtney Lawhn Heath is a radiologist who specializes in nuclear radiology, in which small amounts of radioactive materials, called radiopharmaceuticals, are used to diagnose and treat disease. She uses molecular imaging to diagnose a wide range of diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, heart disease and cancer. Using radionuclide therapy (tumor-targeting radiopharmaceuticals), she cares for patients with thyroid, neuroendocrine and prostate cancers, as well as benign thyroid disorders, such as Graves' disease.

    Lawhn Heath's research interests include molecular imaging of breast cancer and prostate cancer. She is also interested in applications of the technology for neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.

    Lawhn Heath earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed a dual-pathway diagnostic radiology residency and nuclear medicine fellowship at UCSF.

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    1. Editorial Comment: Closing the Gap-Emerging Role of Estrogen Receptor-Targeted PET in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 08; 221(2):239. Lawhn-Heath C. PMID: 36988272.
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    2. Intraarterial Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy Using 90Y-DOTATOC for Hepatic Metastases of Neuroendocrine Tumors. J Nucl Med. 2021 02; 62(2):221-227. Lawhn-Heath C, Fidelman N, Chee B, Jivan S, Armstrong E, Zhang L, Lindsay S, Bergsland EK, Hope TA. PMID: 32513903.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    3. Impact of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET on the Management of Recurrent Prostate Cancer in a Prospective Single-Arm Clinical Trial. J Nucl Med. 2020 12; 61(12):1793-1799. Fendler WP, Ferdinandus J, Czernin J, Eiber M, Flavell RR, Behr SC, Wu IK, Lawhn-Heath C, Pampaloni MH, Reiter RE, Rettig MB, Gartmann J, Murthy V, Slavik R, Carroll PR, Herrmann K, Calais J, Hope TA. PMID: 32358094; PMCID: PMC9364898.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 44     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    4. Factors Predicting Metastatic Disease in 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET-Positive Osseous Lesions in Prostate Cancer. J Nucl Med. 2020 12; 61(12):1779-1785. Chiu LW, Lawhn-Heath C, Behr SC, Juarez R, Perez PM, Lobach I, Bucknor MD, Hope TA, Flavell RR. PMID: 32303599.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    5. Failure of iodine uptake in microscopic pulmonary metastases after recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulation. World J Nucl Med. 2020 Jan-Mar; 19(1):61-64. Lawhn-Heath C, Flavell RR, Chuang EY, Liu C. PMID: 32190026; PMCID: PMC7067131.
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    6. Single-Center Prospective Evaluation of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET in Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 08; 213(2):266-274. Lawhn-Heath C, Flavell RR, Behr SC, Yohannan T, Greene KL, Feng F, Carroll PR, Hope TA. PMID: 31039025.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Imaging Prostate Cancer With Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT and PET/MRI: Current and Future Applications. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 08; 211(2):286-294. Hope TA, Afshar-Oromieh A, Eiber M, Emmett L, Fendler WP, Lawhn-Heath C, Rowe SP. PMID: 29949419; PMCID: PMC7001912.
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    8. Metastatic cervical paravertebral solitary fibrous tumor detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography. Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Apr; 13(2):464-467. Cheung H, Lawhn-Heath C, Lopez G, Vella M, Aparici CM. PMID: 29682136; PMCID: PMC5906772.
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    9. Scatter Artifact with Ga-68-PSMA-11 PET: Severity Reduced With Furosemide Diuresis and Improved Scatter Correction. Mol Imaging. 2018 Jan-Dec; 17:1536012118811741. Lawhn-Heath C, Flavell RR, Korenchan DE, Deller T, Lake S, Carroll PR, Hope TA. PMID: 31749411; PMCID: PMC6287320.
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    10. Incidental Detection of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Apr; 42(4):e218-e220. Lawhn-Heath C, Flavell RR, Glastonbury C, Hope TA, Behr SC. PMID: 28166149.
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    11. Utility of head CT in the evaluation of vertigo/dizziness in the emergency department. Emerg Radiol. 2013 Jan; 20(1):45-9. Lawhn-Heath C, Buckle C, Christoforidis G, Straus C. PMID: 22940762.
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    12. Detection of visual deficits in aging DBA/2J mice by two behavioral assays. Curr Eye Res. 2011 May; 36(5):481-91. Rangarajan KV, Lawhn-Heath C, Feng L, Kim TS, Cang J, Liu X. PMID: 21309689.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. Direction-specific disruption of subcortical visual behavior and receptive fields in mice lacking the beta2 subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Neurosci. 2009 Oct 14; 29(41):12909-18. Wang L, Rangarajan KV, Lawhn-Heath CA, Sarnaik R, Wang BS, Liu X, Cang J. PMID: 19828805; PMCID: PMC2782663.
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