Dr. Yamil Fourzali, MD

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Get to know Nuclear Medicine Physician Dr. Yamil Fourzali, who serves patients in Florida.

Dr. Fourzali is a board-certified and fellowship-trained nuclear medicine physician. He is currently a staff physician at Radiology Regional, operating out of the office in Fort Myers – Central (Broadway).

Radiology Regional is one of the largest physician-driven diagnostic imaging providers in the Southeast United States. For over 50 years, the award-winning practice has earned the trust and confidence of the communities it serves through exceptional quality, service, and the highest standard of patient care. Radiology Regional boasts 14 state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging centers (and three more in progress), spanning over 100 miles of the gulf coast, which provide patients access to the most innovative technology and advanced services available.

Committed to excellence, 50 fellowship-trained and board-certified radiologists make up Radiology Regional’s impressive team of physicians. The practice is comprised of sub-specialty trained radiologists in all areas of diagnostic imaging, including body imaging, breast imaging, cardiac imaging, diagnostic imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, neuroradiology, pediatric radiology, MRI, PET/CT, vascular and interventional radiology.

With a broad educational background, Dr. Fourzali graduated with his medical degree from Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. He then attended the William J. Harrington Program for Latin America at the University of Miami School of Medicine for an observership. 

Furthering his training, Dr. Fourzali performed his internship in internal medicine at Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connnecicut and went on to earn his residency in nuclear medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in PET/CT at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and a MIT/PET fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Board-certified in nuclear medicine, the doctor is a Diplomate of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, which certifies physicians as specialists in the practice of nuclear medicine. 

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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