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Bhasker Rao Koppula

Bhasker Rao Koppula, MBBS, MD

Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Telugu

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
801-581-7553
  • Bhasker Rao Koppula MD serves as the Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine a division of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah . Dr. Koppula has a special interest in PET/CT and molecular imaging as well as treatment procedures including thyroid treatment and treatment of lymphoma using Bexxar and Zevalin.

    Bhasker Rao Koppula MD works with the Nuclear Medicine division of the Radiology department at the University of Utah. Dr. Koppula has a special interest in PET/CT and molecular imaging as well as treatment procedures including thyroid treatments, Xofigo therapy and Lutathera therapy.

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  • Bhasker Rao Koppula MD serves as the Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine a division of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah . Dr. Koppula has a special interest in PET/CT and molecular imaging as well as treatment procedures including thyroid treatment and treatment of lymphoma using Bexxar and Zevalin.

    Bhasker Rao Koppula MD works with the Nuclear Medicine division of the Radiology department at the University of Utah. Dr. Koppula has a special interest in PET/CT and molecular imaging as well as treatment procedures including thyroid treatments, Xofigo therapy and Lutathera therapy.

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    Education history

    Residency Nuclear Medicine - University of Washington School of Medicine Resident
    Abdominal Imaging - Washington University School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Nuclear Medicine - University of Washington School of Medicine Resident
    Acting instructor and Senior Fellow, Emergency Radiology - Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine Fellow
    Post Graduate Training Post Graduate Trainee- M.D in Radiology - Gandhi Hospital Postgraduate Studies
    Osmania General Hospital and Allied Hospitals Intern
    Professional Medical Osmania Medical College M.B.B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Cooke D, Koppula B, Seiler D, Rajendran J, Hallam D, Ghodke B, Lewis D (2010). Semiquantitative software SPECT analysis in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-related vasospasm. Nucl Med Commun, 31(1), 53-8.

    Review

    1. Salem AE, Zaki YH, El-Hussieny G, ElNoueam KI, Shaaban AM, Koppula BR, Bustoros M, Salama M, Elsayes KM, Morton K, Covington MF (2021). An Overview of Selected Rare B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Imaging, Histopathologic, and Clinical Features. [Review]. Cancers (Basel), 13(22).
    2. Salem AE, Zaki YH, El-Hussieny G, ElNoueam KI, Shaaban AM, Koppula BR, Yang M, Salama M, Elsayes KM, Covington MF (2021). Uncommon Variants of Mature T-Cell Lymphomas (MTCLs): Imaging and Histopathologic and Clinical Features with Updates from the Fourth Edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms. [Review]. Cancers (Basel), 13(20).
    3. Koppula BR, Morton KA, Al-Dulaimi R, Fine GC, Damme NM, Brown RKJ (2021). SPECT/CT in the Evaluation of Suspected Skeletal Pathology. [Review]. Tomography, 7(4), 581-605.
    4. Bermo MS, Koppula B, Kumar M, Leblond A, Matesan MC (2020). The Peritoneum: What Nuclear Radiologists Need to Know. [Review]. Semin Nucl Med, 50(5), 405-418.
    5. Koppula B, Kaptuch J, Hanrahan CJ (2013). Imaging of multiple myeloma: usefulness of MRI and PET/CT. [Review]. Semin Ultrasound CT MR, 34(6), 566-77.
    6. Koppula B, Rajendran JG (2010). PET/CT imaging of head and neck carcinoma. [Review]. Appl Radiol.

    Book

    1. Rajendran J, Manchandani V (August 16, 2010). Nuclear Medicine Case Review Series, Contributor. McGraw-Hill Radiology.

    Case Report

    1. Fine GC, Zhu GG, Morton KA, Damme N, Koppula BR (2021). Pineal Gland Metastasis From Gastric Carcinoid-A Rare Manifestation. Clin Nucl Med, 47(1), 56-58.
    2. Berg Z, Koppula BR (2019). 68Ga-DOTATATE Uptake by Cervicothoracic (Stellate) Ganglia. Clin Nucl Med, 44(10), 810-811.
    3. Koppula BR, Pipavath S, Lewis DH (2009). Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma associated with paraneoplastic syndrome of polymyositis: a rare tumor with rare association. Clin Nucl Med, 34(10), 686-8.

    Abstract

    1. Cooke D, Koppula B, Seiler D, Ghodke R, Hallam D, Lewis DH (July 2008). Diagnostic and Endovascular Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Related Cerebral Vasospasm [Abstract]. Annual Meeting of Society of Neurointerventional Surgery, at Lake Tahoe, CA.
    2. Koppula B, Cooke D, Seiler D, Ghodke R, Lewis DH (2008). Utility of software-assisted analysis of Brain perfusion SPECT (BRASS) in vasospasm After subarachnoid hemorrhage [Abstract]. 33rd Annual Western Regional Society of Nuclear Medicine.
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