Assistant Professor in Residence, Radiology, UCSF
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john.shepherd@radiology.ucsf.edu Box 0946, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0946 |
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| EDUCATION | |
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Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, B.S., 1988, Engineering Physics
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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9/93 to 1/96 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Biophysics Group, Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
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1/96 to 1/98 |
Senior Scientist, Research and Development Department, Hologic Inc., Waltham, MA |
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1/98 to 1/99 |
Principal Scientist, Research and Development Department, Hologic Inc., Waltham, MA |
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1/98 to 1/99 |
Science Support Coordinator, Research and Development Department Hologic Inc, Waltham, MA |
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1/99 to present |
Associate Technical Director, Osteoporosis & Arthritis Research Group, Department of Radiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA |
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1/99 to 7/03 |
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco |
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6/01 to present |
Faculty Member, Breast Oncology Program, UCSF Cancer Center |
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10/01 to present |
Faculty Member, Bioengineering Graduate Group, UCSF and UC Berkeley |
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7/03 to present |
Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco |
| HONORS & AWARDS | |
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1985 |
Sigma Pi Sigma - Physics Honor Society |
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1987 |
C.C. Schmidt Award for Outstanding Underclassman Physics Student, Dept. of Physics, Texas Tech University |
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1987 |
Kappa Mu Epsilon Ð Mathematics Honor Society |
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1987 |
Tau Beta Pi Ð Engineering Honor Society |
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1988 |
Outstanding Senior Physics Student, Dept. of Physics, Texas Tech University |
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2000 |
Best Poster Presentation (1 of 7 in Technical Category), 14th International Bone Density Workshop, Warnemunde, Germany |
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2002 |
Building Institutional Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholar |
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2002 |
Co-President, 15th International Bone Density Workshop |
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2002 |
Co-Chair, 1st Breast Densitometry Workshop, UCSF, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
Co-Chair, 2nd Breast Densitometry Workshop, UCSF, San Francisco, CA |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Genant, H.K., Li,J., Wu, C.Y. and Shepherd, J.A. Vertebral fractures in osteoporosis: A new method for clinical assessment. J. Clin. Densitom. 3(3): 281-90, 2000. | |
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Lu, Y., Genant, H.K., Shepherd, J.A., Zhao, S., Mathur, A., Fuerst, T.P., Black, D. and Cummings, S. Classification of osteoporosis based on bone mineral densities. J. Bone and Miner. Research 16(5): 901-910, 2001. | |
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Shepherd, J.A., Lu, Y., Cheng, X., Njeh, C., Toschke, J., Fuerst, T. and Genant, H.K. Universal standardization of forearm bone densitometry. J. Bone and Miner. Research 17(4): 754-45, 2001. Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 09/04, Reissued 4/2006) Page Continuation Format Page | |
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Grigorian, M., Shepherd, J.A. Cheng, X.G., Njeh, C.F., Toschke, J.O., Engelke, K. and Genant, H.K. Does osteoporosis classification using heel BMD agree across manufacturers? Osteoporos. Int. 13(8): 613-7, 2002. | |
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Sherman, M.E., Shepherd, J.A., Frassetto, L. and Genant, H.K. Case report: discrepancy in results between spine and hip scans of a woman with end stage renal disease. J. Clinical Densitom. 5(1): 95-98, 2002. | |
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Shepherd, J.A., Kerlikowske, K., Smith-Bindman, R., Genant, H.K. and Cummings, S.R. Measurement of breast density with dual x-ray absorptiometry: feasibility. Radiology 223(2): 554-7, 2002. | |
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Prevrhal, S., Shepherd, J.A., Smith-Bindman, R., Cummings, S.R. and Kerlikowske, K. Accuracy of mammographic breast density analysis: results of formal operator training. J. Cancer, Epi. Bio. & Prev. 11(11):1389-93, 2002. | |
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Prevrhal, S., Fox, J., Shepherd, J.A. and Genant, H.K. Accuracy of CT-based width measurement of thin structures: modeling of limited in-plane spatial resolution and partial volume effect. Med. Phys. 30(1): 1-8, 2003. | |
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Ziv, E, Shepherd, J.A., Smith-Bindman, R. and Kerlikowske, K. Mammographic Breast Density and Family History of Breast Cancer. J Natl. Cancer Inst. 95(7): 556-8, 2003. | |
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Lewiecki, E.M., Watts, N.B. McClung, M.R., Petak, S.M., Bachrach, L.K., Shepherd, J.A. and Downs, R.W. Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. J Clin Endocronol Metab 89(8):3651-5, 2004. | |
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Binkley, N., Kiebzak, G.N., Lewiecki, E.M., Krueger, D., Miller, P.D., Shepherd, J.A. and Dresner, M.K. Recalculation of the NHANES Database Young-Normal Values Improves T-score Agreement and Reduces Osteoporosis Prevelance. J Bone Miner Res. 2005 Feb;20(2):195-201 | |
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Shepherd, J.A., Herve, L., Landau, J., Fan, B., Kerlikowske, K. and Cummings, S.R. Novel use of Single X-Ray Absorptiometry for Measuring Breast Density. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Apr;4(2):173-82 | |
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Schoeller, D.A., Tylavsky, F., Baer, D., Borrud, L., Chumlea, W.C, Earthman, C., Fuerst, T., Harris, T., Heymsfield, S., Horlick, M., Lohman, T., Lukaski, H., Shepherd, J.A. and Siervogel, R.M. QDR 4500A dual X-ray absorptiometer underestimates fat mass in comparison. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 May;81(5):1018-25. | |
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Kerlikowske K, Shepherd J, Creasman J, Tice JA, Ziv E, Cummings SR 2005 Are breast density and bone mineral density independent risk factors for breast cancer? J Natl Cancer Inst 97(5):368-74. [PUBMED 28] | |
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Prevrhal, S, Lu, Y., Genant, H.K., Toschke, J. and Shepherd, J.A.. Towards Standardization of DXA at the Forearm: A Common ROI Improves the Comparability Among DXA Devices. Accepted for publication in Calcified Tiss. International. | |
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JA Shepherd, L Herve, J Landau, B Fan, K Kerlikowske, S Cummings. Clinical Comparison of a Novel Breast DXA technique to Mammographic Density. Accepted for publication in Medical Physics. | |
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JA Shepherd, B Fan, Y Lu, EM Lewiecki, P Miller, HK Genant. Comparison of BMD precision for Prodigy and Delphi spine and femur scans. Accepted for publication to Osteoporosis International. | |
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JA Shepherd, Y Lu, K Wilson, T Fuerst, HK Genant, TN Hangartner, C Wilson, Didier Hans, ES. Leib. Cross-Calibration and Minimum Precision Standards for Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry: The 2005 ISCD Official Positions. Accepted for publication to J. Clin. Densitometry 9(1). |
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