David Alexander Portugal MD, FACC
Nuclear Medicine Specialist | Nuclear Cardiology
7737 Southwest Freeway Suite 780 Houston TX, 77074About
Dr. David Portugal practices Nuclear Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Portugal uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
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