Rafel Tappouni, MD

Research Interests

Education: MB BCh, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine, 1995
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, 1996; Internal Medicine, St. James Hospital, 1998; Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, 1999
Fellowship: Radiology -/Body Imaging, South Thames, 2005
Board Certifications: American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology, Special Competence in Nuclear Radiology
Positions: Professor, Abdominal, Radiology (Winston-Salem)
Departments and Affiliations: Abdominal, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

MRI of common penile pathologies and penile prostheses. Abualruz AR, O'Malley R, Ponnatapura J, Holbert BL, Whitworth P, Tappouni R, Lalwani N. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020 09; 45(9):2825-2839.
ACR TI-RADS: Pitfalls, Solutions, and Future Directions. Tappouni RR, Itri JN, McQueen TS, Lalwani N, Ou JJ. Radiographics. ; 39(7):2040-2052.
Chronic Pancreatitis or Pancreatic Tumor? A Problem-solving Approach. Wolske KM, Ponnatapura J, Kolokythas O, Burke LMB, Tappouni R, Lalwani N. Radiographics. ; 39(7):1965-1982.
Hepatic complications of oral contraceptive pills and estrogen on MRI: Controversies and update - Adenoma and beyond. Ponnatapura J, Kielar A, Burke LMB, Lockhart ME, Abualruz AR, Tappouni R, Lalwani N. Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 07; 60:110-121.
The Resident Preliminary Report: Benefits of a Second Read. Bruno MA, Duncan JR, Bierhals AJ, Tappouni R, Krupinski EA. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 03; 16(3):272-274.