Dr. Eric H. Norby, MD
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
3289 Woodburn Rd Suite 060 Annandale VA, 22003About
Dr. Eric Norby practices Nuclear Medicine in Annandale, VA. Dr. Norby 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
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1980
Virginia Commonwealth University / Medical College of Virginia School of Medic 1980
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
Nuclear MedicineAmerican Board of Nuclear MedicineABNM
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Treatments
- Throat Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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Get to know Nuclear Medicine Specialist Dr. Eric H. Norby, who serves patients in Annandale, Virginia.
A devoted nuclear medicine specialist, Dr. Norby is the President and Medical Director of Woodburn Nuclear Medicine & Metro Region PET Center in Annandale, Virginia.
The physicians of Woodburn Nuclear Medicine & Metro Region PET Center offer a full range of services utilizing state-of-the-art equipment. They are committed to providing the highest quality diagnostic imaging studies and professional interpretations available.
A native of Arlington, Virginia, Dr. Norby attended George Washington University, graduating with honors as a double science major in Chemistry and Zoology. His medical training was at the Medical College of Virginia, where he graduated under a military scholarship in 1980. His first postgraduate studies were in pathology, and he completed his residency in 1984 with board certification the same year.
After serving a year in Korea as a staff pathologist, he was accepted for a two-year fellowship in nuclear medicine at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He remained at Walter Reed for three years as a staff nuclear medicine specialist, with an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
An expert in his field, the doctor is board-certified in nuclear medicine by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, which certifies physicians as specialists in the practice of nuclear medicine.
To boot, he is board-certified in pathology by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath). The mission of the ABPath is to promote the health of the public and advance the practice and science of pathology by establishing voluntary certification standards and assessing the qualifications of those seeking to practice the specialty of pathology.
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Nuclear medicine physicians are medical specialists who use tracers, usually radiopharmaceuticals, for diagnosis and therapy. Nuclear medicine procedures are the major clinical applications of molecular imaging and molecular therapy.
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