Adam Checkver | MD

Languages

English

Higher Education 

Bachelor’s degree: Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Medical School:  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Internship: General Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology, University of Miami & Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Board Certifications

Board certifications status: Currently board certified
ABR Board certifications: Diagnostic Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Clinical Areas of Interest

IR Oncology, Embolizations, GI/GU interventions, Vascular/Dialysis Interventions, Kyphoplasty

Leadership & Professional Organizations

Current organizations: American College of Radiology (ACR)

Publications

• Perineural Spread in Head and Neck Malignancies: Clinical Significance and Evaluation with 18-F-FDG PET/CT . Paes FM, Singer AD, Checkver AN, Palmquist RA, La Vega GD, Sidani C. Radiographics. 2013 Oct;33(6):1717-36. doi: 10.1148/rg.336135501

• ECG-gated Cardiac MDCT for Detection of Systolic Anterior Motion of Mitral valve. Ghersin E, Castellon I, Runco Therrien JE, Tanawuttiwat T, Lessick J, Checkver A, Soto V. Acute Card Care. 2013 Sep;15(3):69-75. doi: 10.3109/17482941.2013.822085.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Finding of Empty Sella in Obesity Related Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension is Associated with Enlarged Sella Turcica. Ranganathan S, Lee SH, Checkver A, Sklar E, Lam BL, Danton GH, Alperin N. Neuroradiology. 2013 Aug;55(8):955-61. doi: 10.1007/s00234-013-1207-0. Epub 2013 May 25.

• Flow arrest Interventional Repair of Renal Allograft Arteriorvenous Fistula and Pseudoaneurysms. Salsamendi J, Narayanan G, Vakharia A, Checkver A, Peterson E. Vascular Disease Management. 2013

• Comparison of 70-150μm (M1) versus 100-300μm Doxorubicin Drug-eluting Beads in Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Venkat, S.r., M.b. Shah, K.j. Barbery, A. Checkver, B. Abrahams, K. Kang, and G. Narayanan.Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Print. 2015.

Personal Interests

Family Life:
Family time, travel, guitar, hockey, football, and mountain biking.

What are your hobbies?
Photography, cooking, and writing.

What do you most enjoy about working for IntelliRad and/or at the HCA facilities we staff?
The congenial group of professionals that like what they do.