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Silke Hecht, Dr.med.vet., DACVR, DECVDI


Assistant Professor of Radiology
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-8387>
FAX: (865) 974-5609>

Education

  • Veterinary Degree, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, 1998
  • Dr. med. vet., Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, 2001
  • Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology, 2005
  • Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, 2006

Training

  • Internship, Department of Veterinary Surgery,Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany (1999)
  • Residency in Diagnostic Imaging, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (2002 – 2005)

Student Teaching

  • Radiology of the Thorax
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Elective Course)
  • Ultrasonography (Elective Course)

House Officer Teaching

  • MRI Rounds and Known Case Conference
  • Radiology Known Case Conference
  • Neuroradiology Rounds
  • Review of Resident Dictations (10 weeks/year @5/hours/week)
  • Imaging Rounds for Surgery Residents

Clinical Interests

  • Ultrasonography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Computed Tomography
  • Radiology

Research Interests

  • Small animal ultrasonography with a focus on the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, reproductive tract and thorax
  • Neuroimaging
  • Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Excretory renal scintigraphy

Professional Societies

  • American College of Veterinary Radiology
  • Ultrasound Society of the ACVR
  • Nuclear Medicine Society of the ACVR
  • CT/MRI Society of the ACVR
  • European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
  • European Association of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
  • International Veterinary Radiology Association (IVRA)
  • American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
  • Phi Zeta Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine
  • Society (CGS)

Publications

  • Hecht S, Penninck DG, Keating JH. Imaging findings in pancreatic neoplasia and nodular hyperplasia in 19 cats – a retrospective study (1999 – 2004). Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2007, in press.
  • Hecht S, Daniel GB, Mitchell SK. Diuretic renal scintigraphy in normal dogs. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2006, 47:602-8.
  • Hecht S, Penninck DG, Mahoney OM, King R, Rand W. Relationship of pancreatic duct dilation to age and clinical findings in cats. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2006 47: 287-94.
  • Dorsch R, Majzoub M, Hecht S, Hartmann K, Hirschberger J. Diagnostic value of testicular cytology in the dog. TierärztlPrax 2006 34: 91-8 (German, Abstract in English).
  • D’Anjou MA, Tidwell AS, Hecht S. Radiographic Diagnosis of lung lobe torsion. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2005 46: 478-84.
  • Hecht S, McCarthy RJ, Tidwell AS. What is you diagnosis? – Ectopic kidney in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005 227(2):223-4.
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Contrast studies of the urinary tract. Tierärztl Prax 2005 33: 58-67(German).
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Contrast studies of the gastrointestinal tract – Part 2: Gastrography, Upper GI contrast studies, colonography. Tierärztl Prax 200432: 389-94(German).
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Contrast studies of the gastrointestinal tract – Part 1: Basics, contrastmedia, esophagography. Tierärztl Prax, Tierärztl Prax 200432:322-8 (German).
  • Boettcher P, Maierl J, Hecht S, Matis U, Liebich HG. Automatic image registration of feline and canine three-dimensional head studies by maximization of mutual information. Am J Vet Res 2004 65: 1680-7.
  • Hecht S, King R, Tidwell AS, Gorman SC. Ultrasonographic Diagnosis: Intra-abdominal torsion of a non-neoplastic testicle in a cryptorchid dog. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2004 45: 58-61.
  • Hecht S, Matiasek K, Koestlin R. Scrotal sonography in the dog with a focus on testicular neoplasia. Tierärztl Prax 2003;31: 199 – 210 (German, Abstract in English).
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Special techniques for the radiographic examination of the limbs. TierärztlPrax 200331: 261 – 7 (German).
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Theradiographic examination of the head. Tierärztl Prax 2003 31: 194– 8 (German).
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Fundamentals of radiographic interpretation. Tierärztl Prax 2003 31: 132 – 5(German).
  • Hecht S. For students and practitioners: Radiographic techniques. Tierärztl Prax 2002 30: 238 – 42 (German).
  • Nuss K, Hecht S, Maierl J, Weller R, Matis U. Arthrocentesis in cattle. Part 1: Thoracic limb. Tierärztl Prax 2002 30 (G): 226-32 (German, Abstract in English).
  • Nuss K, Hecht S, Maierl J, Weller R, Matis U. Arthrocentesis in cattle. Part 2: Pelvic limb. Tierärztl Prax 2002;30 (G): 301-7 (German, Abstract in English).
  • Hecht S. The diagnostic use of scrotal sonography in the Dog with a focus on testicular neoplasia. Thesis, Munich 2001 (German).
  • Arndt C, Hecht S, Matis U. Demonstration of a wooden foreign body in the paw of a dog by means of CT. Tierärztl Prax 2002 30: 13, 27 (German).
  • Matiasek K, Köstlin R, Schmahl W, Hecht S. Plexiform nerve root tumour (perineurial tumour) in a dog. Wiener Tierärztl Mschr 2001 7: 192-200 (German).
  • Beck W, Hecht S, Matis U. 3D reconstruction of CT transversal images in complex skull fractures in cats. TierärztlPrax 2000 28: 219-224 (German).
  • Nuss K, Hecht S. Strangulation ileus in a cow. TierärztlPrax 1999 27 (G): 144161-3 (German).