Professor of Radiology and VA Radiology Service Chief
402-559-1010 (Department)
402-559-1011 (Fax)
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Specialty: Abdominal Imaging
Education
- MD: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
- Residency: Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Certification: American Board of Radiology
Major Accomplishments:
Created and yearly expanded the Radiology Allied Health Programs at the Omaha VAMC, in part with UNMC and in the process of modernizing the VA radiology department
Publications:
- Orton DF, Hummel MM. Intra-abdominal Desmoplastic Small Cell Tumor Presenting as an Acute Abdomen after Trauma. Emergency Radiology 5:173-175, 1998.
- Orton DF, Gurney JW. Spontaneous Reduction in Size Bullae (Autobullectomy). Journal of Thoracic Imaging 14:118-121, 1999.
- Orton DF, LeVeen RF, Culp WC, et al. Aortic Prosthetic Graft Infections:Radiographic Manifestations and Implications for Management. RadioGraphics, 20:977-993, July 2000.
- Wan X. Tarantolo S. Orton DF, Greiner T. Primary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma in the Atria of the Heart. Cardiovascular Pathology 10(3):137-9, July 2001 PMID: 11485858