Gary C. Shrago, MD
Radiology
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
1969-present
State of California Medical License
1996-present
State of Oregon Medical License
1968-1970
State of Washington Medical License
1996
SPEX Certification - Federation State Medical Boards
12/88 - 09/96
Department of Health "B" Reader Certification, NIOSH
1975
American Board of Nuclear Medicine
1972
American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
EDUCATION:
1959-1963
B.A.
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
1963-1967
M.D.
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
POST GRADUATE TRAINING:
07/67-06/68
Internship, Rotating O
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
07/68-06/69
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
07/69-06/71
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Fellowship, Nuclear Medicine
Letterman Army Medical Center
Presidio of San Francisco, CA
AWARDS:
1960 Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership)
1960 Phi Eta Sigma (Scholarship)
1967 Mosby Book Scholarship Award
1967 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1972-1975
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Major, Staff Radiologist
Letterman Army Medical Center
Presidio of San Francisco, CA
1974-1975
Staff Radiologist
Mercy Hospitals of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
1975-present
Staff Radiologist
Summit Medical Center
Oakland, CA
06/78-present
Partner
Pacific Imaging Consultants
Oakland, CA
1988-1994
Staff Radiologist
Vencor Hospital (Formerly Physician’s Community Hospital)
San Leandro, CA
1992-present
1992-1996
Staff Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiology
Hi Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Director
1994-present
Director, Diagnostic Radiology
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
1997-present
Staff Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiology
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
07/71-06/72
Instructor, Diagnostic Radiology
San Francisco General Hospital
(Through University of California)
07/72-1986
Assistant Clinical Professor, Diagnostic Radiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
FORMAL PRESENTATIONS:
12/15/72
Cervical Spine Injuries
University of California
San Francisco, CA
05/23/73
Synovial Proliferative Disorders
Letterman Army Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
09/07/74
Overview of Diagnostic Ultrasound
Letterman Army Medical Center
Medical Grand Rounds
02/10/76
Ultrasound in Medicine: Current Trends
Mercy San Juan Hospital
Sacramento, CA
01/25/80
The Role of Nuclear Medicine Ultrasound and CT scan in Evaluation of Thyroid Carcinoma
Peralta Hospital Cancer Center
01/15/81
Aspirate Needle Biopsy Results of Peralta Hospital
Tumor Board Presentation
02/15/81
Aspirate Needle Biopsy; Radiology and Pathology
Peralta Hospital
01/29/82
CT Directed Aspiration Biopsy in Management of Malignant Tumors, Cancer Up-Date 1982
Peralta Hospital
03/02/84
Risks of Ionizing Radiation
Peralta Hospital
04/07/86
History of Iodinated X-Ray Contrast Media
Peralta Hospital
11/83 & 03/84
Presentation to residents in training at UCSF, Family Practice on Relative Risks of Ionizing Radiation
03/84-04/84
Diablo Valley College lecture series on Medical Perspective Nuclear Technology
05/18/92
Role of Radiology in Diagnosis of Colorected Tumors
Hill Physicians Seminar-Health Ed. Center, Oakland
10/22/95
History of Radiology
Staff Presentation,
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
PUBLICATIONS:
Sheft, D. And Shrago, G.: Esophageal Monoliasis; the disease Spectrum, JAMA, 213: 1859-1862, Sept. 14, 1970
Shrago, G.: Cervical Spine Injuries: associated with head trauma. A review of 50 cases, Amer. Jour. Of Roentgenology, 108: 670-673, July, 1973
Shrago, G., McKinnon, M. and Clark, R.: Adrenal tumors simulating Intrarenal lesions, Amer. Jour. Of Roentgenology, 121:518-522, July 1984
Shrago, G.: Roentgen appearance of Yersinia enterocolitia Ileocolitis: A case report, British Jour. Of Roentgenology, December, 1975
Peterson, R., Meseroll, W., Shrago, G. and Gooding, C.: Features of Colitis associated with the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Amer. Jour. Of Roentgenology, September, 1975
Chafen, L., Shrago, G., and Haines, J.: Spontaneous rupture of common duct in newborn: A case report. British Jour. Of Radiology, January, 1976
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Associations American College of Radiology
California College of Radiology
Alameda-Contra-Costa County Medical Association
Society of Nuclear Medicine
American Medical Association
San Francisco Bay Radiological Society
Committees/Appointments
1979-1981
Member, Board of Directors, Oak Hill Medical Group
1987-1992
Co-Chairman, Radiation Safety Committee Summit Medical
1986-1988
ICU/CCU Committee Summit Medical Center
1986-1988
Director, Diagnostic Imaging/Nuclear Medicine Oakland Hospital
1986-1988
Chairman, Radiation Safety Committee Oakland Hospital
1986-present
Co-Chairman, QA/QC Committee for Diagnostic
Imaging Services
Summit Medical Center
1989-1990
Vice-President, East Bay Radiological Society
1990-1991
President, East Bay Radiological Society
1990-1994
Representative for Diagnostic Imaging Hill Physicians Utilization Review Committee
1988-1992
Parent Educator, D.E.C.I.D.E. (Drug program)
Piedmont, California School District
1992-1996
Chairman, Radiation Safety Committee
Hi-Desert Medical Center
1992-1996
Medical Services Committee
Hi-Desert Medical Center
1992-1995
Associate Councilor, East Bay Radiological Society to California Radiological Society
1995-1998
Councilor, EBRS to CRS
1992-1996
Member, Board of Directors Hill Physicians (3 yr. appointment)
1992
Executive Committee, California Radiological Society
1994-present
Medical Executive Committee, SRRMC
