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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FIVE PAGES.

NAME: HESTON, Thomas Francis

eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login):
POSITION TITLE: Clinical Associate Professor
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing,
include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE END DATE FIELD OF STUDY
(if applicable) MM/YYYY
University of Washington, Seattle,
BA 06/1987 Music History and Theory
Washington
University of the State of New York,
BS 07/1990 Liberal Arts
Albany, New York
Saint Louis University School of Medicine,
MD 06/1992 Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
University of Washington, Seattle, Graduate
06/1988 Nutritional Sciences
Washington Student
Duke University, Raleigh-Durham, North Family Medicine Internship,
Resident 06/1993
Carolina Southern Regional AHEC
Oregon Health Sciences University,
Resident 06/1995 Nuclear Medicine Residency
Portland, Oregon
University of Washington, Seattle, Family Medicine Residency, SW
Resident 06/1997
Washington Washington Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Fellow 06/2009 Molecular Imaging Fellowship
Maryland

A. Personal Statement
Dedicated to your good health!

1. Heston TF. Standardized predictive values. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 May;39(5):1338. PubMed
PMID: 24436251.
2. Goldsmith SJ, Parsons W, Guiberteau MJ, Stern LH, Lanzkowsky L, Weigert J, Heston TF, Jones
E, Buscombe J, Stabin MG. SNM practice guideline for breast scintigraphy with breast-specific
gamma-cameras 1.0. J Nucl Med Technol. 2010 Dec;38(4):219-24. PubMed PMID: 21057112.
3. Heston TF, Wahl RL. Molecular imaging in thyroid cancer. Cancer Imaging. 2010 Jan 20;10:1-7.
PubMed PMID: 20159663; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2842177.
4. Heston TF, Norman DJ, Barry JM, Bennett WM, Wilson RA. Cardiac risk stratification in renal
transplantation using a form of artificial intelligence. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Feb 15;79(4):415-7.
PubMed PMID: 9052342.

B. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment
2010 - 2014 Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiology,
Baltimore, MD
2013 - Clinical Instructor, University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine, Seattle, WA
2017 - Clinical Associate Professor, Washington State University, Department of Medical
 Education and Clinical Sciences, Spokane, WA

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1995 - Member, American Academy of Family Physicians
1995 - Member, Society of Nuclear Medicine
2009 - Member, Triple Nine Society

Honors
1991 Outstanding Artical in its Field: Carbohydrate Loading in Preparation for Childbirth, Clinical
Digest Series (OB/GYN)
1992 Graduation with Distinction in Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
1992 1st Place, Physicians in Training Competition, Southern Medical Association
1998 Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
2005 Best Essay Award, 31st Annual Meeting, American College of Nuclear Physicians
2006 Fellow, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
2007 Fellow, American College of Nuclear Medicine

C. Contribution to Science
1. a. Heston TF. Standardizing predictive values in diagnostic imaging research. J Magn Reson
Imaging. 2011 Feb;33(2):505; author reply 506-7. PubMed PMID: 21274995.
b. Heston TF, Sigg DM. Quantifying transient ischemic dilation using gated SPECT. J Nucl Med.
2005 Dec;46(12):1990-6. PubMed PMID: 16330561.
c. Heston TF, Lewis LM. Gender bias in acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Mar
15;79(6):844. PubMed PMID: 9070580.
d. Heston TF, Simkin PP. Carbohydrate loading in preparation for childbirth. Med Hypotheses. 1991
Feb;34(2):97-8. PubMed PMID: 2041497.

D. Additional Information: Research Support and/or Scholastic Performance

Completed Research Support

1991Student, Missouri Academy of Family Physicians HESTON, Thomas Francis (PI) 01/01/90-
01/01/91
Smoking Cessation Strategies
For paper preparation and presentation at the 1991 Missouri Academy of Family Physicians annual
meeting.
Role: PI