Dr. Kalpna Prasad MD, MPH
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
7619 Brittany Parc Ct Falls Church VA, 22043About
Dr. Kalpna Prasad practices Nuclear Medicine in Falls Church, VA. Dr. Prasad 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.
Education and Training
J N M C Med Coll, Karnataka Univ, Belgaum, Karnataka, India 1998
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Nuclear MedicineAmerican Board of Nuclear MedicineABNM
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