Biography

Certification

American Board of Radiology, May 2010

Education

Medical School
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas, 2005
Internship
Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas, 2006
Residency
Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now known as McGovern Medical School at UTHealth), 2010
Fellowship
Sports, Orthopedic, and Emergency Imaging, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now known as McGovern Medical School at UTHealth), 2011

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

Musculoskeletal tumor imaging
Image-guided therapeutic injections
Sports Medicine

Publications

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Refereed Original Articles in Journals

  1. Beckmann NM, Chinapuvvula NR, Zhang X, West OC. “Epidemiology and Imaging Classification of Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries: Twelve Year Experience at a Level 1 Trauma Center.” Accepted for publication in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
  2. Beckmann NM. “Is MRI of the Shoulder Ever Appropriate in Evaluating Patients with Calcific Tendinopathy of the Rotator Cuff?”. Accepted for publication in Arthroscopy.
  3. Beckmann NM, Jaiswal A, Zhang X. “Is CT Scanogram Adequate for Screening of Leg Length Discrepancy and Genu Angulation Deformity? A Direct Comparison of CT Scanogram with Weight-Bearing Lower Extremity Scanogram”. Submitted to Skeletal Radiology.
  4. Jordan RW, Beckmann NM, Johnston JH, Johnston SK, Zhang X, Chinapuvvula NR. “Characterization of all-terrain vehicle-related thoracolumbar spine injury patterns in children using the AOSpine classification system.” Accepted for publication in Emergency Radiology.

Curriculum Vitae

Medical Director – Department of Radiology
Memorial Hermann Orthopedic & Spine Hospital

Fellowship Director
Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)

Associate Professor of Radiology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston