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Gerald E York, MD

  • Medical School

    • East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, M.D. Internship

    • Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, General Surgery

    Residency

    • Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, Diagnostic Radiology

    Fellowship

    • Duke University Medical Center, Neuroradiology Pediatric/Adult

    Board Certified

    • Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology • Neuroradiology, Certificate of Added Qualification, American Board of Radiology

    Specialty

    • Diagnostic Neuroradiology, Pediatric/Adult • Director of Traumatic Brain Injury and Research for Alaska Radiology Associates and Imaging Associates

    Affiliations

    • American College of Radiology (ACR), Head Injury Institute Executive Committee • Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) • Society of Pediatric Radiology (SPR) • American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), Senior FellowHonors/Awards • Alpha Omega Alpha, M.D. • Chief Resident • Top Graduating Resident, SAUSHEC Radiology Class of 2002 • Bronze Star Medal, 228th Combat Support Hospital • Staff of the Year, Diagnostic Radiology 2008 • Staff of the Year, Transitional Internship 2010Research and Special

    Appointments:

    Dr. York has a special interest and unique expertise in imaging traumatic brain injury and has held numerous special appointments.Research interests: • Neuroplasticity and how it affects recovery of function in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and how we can use that information to help patients with other neurological diseases such as stroke, Alzheimer’s, MS, Parkinson’s, etc. • Functional characterization of brain regions and their connectivity in normal and diseased states. • Improving patient diagnosis and care after TBI.Special appointments: • US Army representative to GE-NFL-Army medical advisory board • Co-chair of Department of Defense Neuroimaging Working Group for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) • Executive committee member of the American College of Radiology’s Head Injury Institute • Department of Defense Joint Program Committee for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research Funding (JPC-6) • Consultant for TBI Neuroimaging research for the Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center • Member of the Neuroimaging Core, Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC–multicenter joint DoD-VA-Academic trial to