Partha Sinha MD, MBA, FACNM, FACR
Partha Sinha
MD, MBA, FACNM, FACR
Clinical Professor
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Nuclear Medicine
Professional Summary:
Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service
VA Western New York Health Care System
3495 Bailey Avenue
Buffalo, NY - 14215
Research Interests: PET/CT imaging, Theranostics
Education and Training:
- MBA, Management, George Washington University (2010)
- Certificate, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (2001)
- Fellowship, Positron Emission Tomography, University of Pennsylvania (2000)
- Residency, Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center (1999)
- Nuclear Medicine, University of Bombay (1993)
- Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (1991)
- MBBS, University of Calcutta (1989)
Employment:
- Professor, Nuclear Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo (2020-present)
- Service Chief, VA Western New York Health Care System (2016-present)
- Associate Professor, Nuclear Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2016–2020)
- Divisional Chief, Nuclear Medicine, University of Kentucky (2008–2016)
- Associate Professor, Radiology, University of Kentucky (2007–2016)
- Medical Director, Kentucky Metabolic Imaging (2000–2007)
- Radiation Safety Officer, Kentucky Metabolic Imaging (2000–2007)
- Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of Kentucky (2000–2006)
- Chief Resident, Montefiore Medical Center (1998–1999)
Journal Articles:
- Sinha P, Oates ME. (2019) Parathyroid Scintigraphy: How Does It Fit In?. Radiology (May), 291(2): 477-478.
- Sinha P, Conrad GR. (2012) Scintigraphic confirmation of brain death. Semin Nucl Med (Jan), 42(1): 27-32.
- Sinha P, Conrad GR. (2012) Scintigraphy in the confirmation of brain death: Indian context. Indian J Nucl Med (Jan), 27(1): 1-4.
- Sinha P, Conrad GR, West HC. (2011) Response of thyroglobulin to radioiodine therapy in thyroglobulin-elevated negative iodine scintigraphy (TENIS) syndrome. Anticancer Res (Jun), 31(6): 2109-2112.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P, Absher KJ. (2011) FDG PET/CT findings of a glomangiopericytoma. Clin Nucl Med (Jun), 36(6): 462-464.
- Montgomery JR, Conrad GR, Sinha P, Absher K. (2010) FDG PET of alveolar soft part sarcoma. Clin Nucl Med (Oct), 35(10): 827-829.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P, Absher K, Lee J. (2009) Detection of prostatic glandular adenocarcinoma during staging of non-small-cell lung carcinoma with F-18 FDG PET. Clin Nucl Med (Feb), 34(2): 79-81.
- Jackson RT, Sinha P, Conrad GR. (2008) Demonstration of thyroidal metastasis from lung cancer by F-18 FDG PET scan. Clin Nucl Med (Jul), 33(7): 505-506.
- Sinha P, Conrad GR, Williams BL. (2005) Visualization of bullet track and bullet by radionuclide brain scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med (Apr), 30(4): 249-252.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P. (2005) FDG PET imaging of subependymal gray matter heterotopia. Clin Nucl Med (Jan), 30(1): 35-36.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P, Holzhauer M. (2004) Perineural spread of skin carcinoma to the base of the skull: detection with FDG PET and CT fusion. Clin Nucl Med (Nov), 29(11): 717-719.
- Sinha P, Conrad GR, Sinha S. (2004) Localization of in-111 white blood cells in rhabdomyolysis. Clin Nucl Med (Jun), 29(6): 367-369.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P. (2003) Narrow time-window dual-point 18F-FDG PET for the diagnosis of thoracic malignancy. Nucl Med Commun (Nov), 24(11): 1129-1137.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P. (2003) Scintigraphy as a confirmatory test of brain death. Semin Nucl Med (Oct), 33(4): 312-323.
- Conrad GR, Sloan DA, Sinha P. (2003) Detection of late chest wall recurrence of breast carcinoma during Tc-99m sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med (May), 28(5): 408-409.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P. (2002) Severe bladder distortion mimics bone metastasis from pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma. Clin Nucl Med (Dec), 27(12): 929-931.
- Conrad GR, Sinha P. (2002) Delayed postoperative stenosis of a right hepatic choledochojejunostomy. Clin Nucl Med (Aug), 27(8): 597-598.
- Sinha P, Conrad GR. (2002) Incidental finding of upper extremity deep venous thrombosis on skeletal scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med (Apr), 27(4): 283-284.
- Zhuang H, Yamamoto AJ, Sinha P, Pourdehnad M, Liu Y, Alavi A. (2001) Similar pelvic abnormalities on FDG positron emission tomography of different origins. Clin Nucl Med (Jun), 26(6): 515-517.
- Litt HI, Sinha P, Newberg A. (2001) Demonstration of uterus didelphys on renal transplant scan in a patient with multiple cloacal anomalies. Clin Nucl Med (Mar), 26(3): 259-260.
- Sinha P, Krumm R, Mozley PD. (2001) Gallbladder stone shown on a hepatobiliary scan. Clin Nucl Med (Jan), 26(1): 80-81.
- Zhuang H, Sinha P, Pourdehnad M, Duarte PS, Yamamoto AJ, Alavi A. (2000) The role of positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose in identifying colorectal cancer metastases to liver. Nucl Med Commun (Sep), 21(9): 793-798.
- Sinha P, Kim A, Umans H, Freeman LM. (2000) Scintigraphic findings in peroneal tendonitis: a case report. Clin Nucl Med (Jan), 25(1): 17-19.
- Sinha P, Chun KJ, Saleemi K, Scheiner JE, Freeman LM. (1999) Radionuclide renal scan findings in rupture of the ureter: a case report. Clin Nucl Med (Dec), 24(12): 936-937.
- Sinha P, Kim A, Freeman LM. (1999) Symmetric avascular necrosis of the shoulders and hips in sickle cell disease. Clin Nucl Med (Jun), 24(6): 445-445.
- Sinha P, Freeman LM. (1998) Immunoscintigraphy of prostate cancer. Applied Radiology (Nov), 27: 37-42.
Abstracts:
- Sinha P, Conrad GR, Couch W. (2002) Change in SUV of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) in delayed 18F-FDG PET imaging: Benign vs malignant nodules. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, (May) 154P
- Conrad GR, Sinha P, Couch W. (2002) The utility of delayed 18F-FDG PET imaging for the evaluation of solitary thoracic lesions. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, (May) 155P
- Sinha P, Conrad GR, Imperi G. (2002) Gastric fundal standardized uptake values of 18-Fluoro-deoxyglucose in positron emission tomography: Diabetic Vs Non-Diabetic. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, (Mar) 230
- Sinha P, Araujo LI. (2000) Significance of perfusion defects on 99mTc-MIBI scans that appear worse at rest. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, (Aug) 1035
- Zhuang HM, Sinha P, Pourdehnad M, Duarte PS, Alavi A. (2000) The crucial role of FDG-PET in the evaluation of liver metasases from colorectal cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, (May) 35P
- Zhuang HM, Duarte P, Pourdehnad M, Yamamoto AJ, Loman JC, Sinha P, Alavi A. (2000) Incidental findings should be included in the analysis of cost-effectiveness for evaluation of pulmonary nodules by FDG-PET. Clinical Positron Imaging, (Apr) 180