Sabah E. Servaes, MD

Medical School

MD - Boston University, Boston, MA

Internship

Surgery - Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Residency

Radiology - Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Fellowship

Pediatric Radiology - Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Board Certification

Diagnostic Radiology
Pediatric Radiology

Papers

2015

Schmitt J, Scanlon M, Servaes S, Levin D, Cook T. Milestones on a shoestring: A cost-effective, semi-automated implementation of the new ACGME requirements for Radiology. Acad Radiol. 2015 Oct;22(10):1287-93. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2015.02.013. Epub 2015 Apr 24.

Peters JR, Chandrasekaran C, Robinson LF, Servaes S, Campbell Jr RM, Balasubramanian S.  Age- and Gender-Related Changes in Pediatric Thoracic Vertebral Morphology. Spine J. 2015 May 1;15(5):1000-20. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.01.016. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Bai X, Codreanu I, Kaplan SL, Servaes S, Zhuang H: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma dominated by multiple organ extranodal disease revealed on FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Apr;40(4):360-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.00000000000006.

Servaes S, Srinivasan A, Pena A, del Pozo G, Darge D: CT diagnosis of appendicitis in children: comparison of orthogonal planes and assessment of contrast opacification of the appendix. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Mar;31(3):161-3. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000374.

2014

Yehya N, Servaes S, Thomas NJ. Characterizing degree of lung injury in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med. 2015 May;43(5):937-46. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000867.

J Yang, I Codreanu, S Servaes, H Zhuang: Persistent Intense MIBG Activity in the Liver Caused by Prior Radiation. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 39(10): 926-930, October 2014.

Servaes S, Khanna G, Naranjo A, Geller JI, Ehrlich P, Gow K, Perlman E, Dome JS, Mullen E: Comparison of diagnostic performance of CT and MRI for abdominal staging of pediatric renal tumors:  a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric Radiology August 2014. PMCID: 25135711

Srinivisan A, Servaes S, Darge K, Pena A, Darge K: Utility of CT after sonography for suspected appendicitis in children:  integration of a clinical scoring system with a staged imaging protocol. Emerg Radiol. Springer, 21(3), Jun 2014.

Callahan MJ, Servaes S, Lee EY, Towbin AJ, Westra SJ, Frush DP: Practice patterns for the use of iodinated contrast media for pediatric CT studies: A survey of the Society for Pediatric Radiology. American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) 202(4): 872-9, Apr  2014.

Huang J, Servaes S, Zhuang H: Os trigonum syndrome on bone SPECT/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Aug;39(8):752-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000434.

Liu B, Chan S, Servaes S, Zhuang H. Multiple FDG-Avid injection site granulomas due to Lovenox injection. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 39(3): 308, March 2014.

Liu B, Lee NJ, Otero HJ, Servaes S, Zhuang H: Rosai-Dorfman disease mimics lymphoma on FDG PET/CT in a pediatric patient. Clin Nucl Med 39(2): 206-8, Feb 2014. PMCID: 24152660

2013

Chen W, Codreneanu I, Yang J, Li G, Servaes S, Zhuang H: Tube feeding is increasing the gastric emptying rate determined by gastroesophageal scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med 38(12): 962-965, Dec 2013. PMCID: 24152661

Servaes S, Zhu W: The effects of bismuth breast shields in conjunction with automatic tube current modulation in CT imaging. Pediatric Radiology 43(10): 1287-94, Oct 2013.

Halverson M, Servaes S: Foreign bodies: radiopaque compared to what? Pediatric Radiology 43(9): 1103-7, Sep 2013.

Liu B, Gwal K, Servaes S, Zhuang H: Acute lymphocytic leukemia presented as back pain and revealed by bone scinitigraphy. Clinical Nuclear Medicine  38(8): 649-51, August 2013.

Test M, Shah SS, Monuteaux M, Ambroggio L, Lee EY, Markowitz RI, Bixby S, Diperna S, Servaes S, Hellinger JC, Neuman MI: Impact of Clinical History on Chest Radiograph Interpretation. Journal of Hospital Medicine 8(7): 359-64, July 2013.

Aronson PL, Henderson AA, Anupindi SA, Servaes S, Markowitz RI, McLoughlin RJ, Woodford AL, Mistry RD: Comparison of clinicians to radiologists in assessment of abdominal radiographs for suspected intussusception. Pediatric Emergency Care 29(5): 584-7, May 2013.

Cheng G, Zhuang H, Servaes S: Value of (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan versus diagnostic CT in the initial staging of pediatric lymphoma patients. Leuk Lymphoma 54(4): 737-42, April 2013.

Liu B, Servaes S,  Zhuang H: Elevated soft tissue activity in early but not delayed phase of bone scan in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome. Clinical Nuclear Medicine  38(3): 223-5, March 2013.

Yang J, Servaes S, Edwards K, Zhuang H: Prevalence of Stress Reaction in the Pars Interarticularis in Pediatric Patients With New-Onset Lower Back Pain. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 38(2): 110-114, Feb 2013.

Henderson AA, Anupindi SA, Servaes S, Markowitz R, Aronson PL, McLoughlin  RJ, Mistry R: Comparison of Two-View Abdominal Radiographs to Ultrasound in Children with Suspected Intussusception. Pediatric Emergency Care 29(2): 145-50, February 2013.

Abstracts

2015

M Martinez, R Bellah, S Servaes: Pediatric Spectral Doppler Waveforms Simplified. Society for Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting 2015, Belleview, Washington 2015.

Books

Chapters

2013

Servaes S: Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Caffey's Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging. Brian Coley (eds.). Saunders, II: 1437-1443, 2013.

2009

Servaes S., Epelman, M.: Imaging. Adolescent and Young Adult Gynecology. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers,(43), April 2009.

2008

Servaes, S., Epelman, M., Pollock, A., Shekdar, K.: Pediatric Malignancies: Synopsis of Current Imaging Techniques. Imaging in Oncology. Michael A. Blake and Mannudeep K. Kalra (eds.). Springer, 143: 469-491, 2008. PMCID: 18619229

2006

Servaes, S., Bellah, R.: The Painful Extremity. Ultrasound Clinics Pediatric Ultrasound/Intraoperative Ultrasonography of the Abdomen. Brian D. Coley (eds.). Elsevier W.B. Saunders, 1(3): 497-597, July 2006.

Posters and Presentations

2015

W Mccullough, A Vossough, K Darge, X Zhu, S Servaes: Implementation of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Pediatric Imaging. Society for Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting 2015, Belleview, Washington 2015 Notes: Poster selected for oral presentation and Nominated for Caffey Award.  Received The SPR Top 14 Electronic Exhibits Award.

2014

X Zhu, P Mecca, S Servaes, K Darge: Dual energy compared to single energy CT scans in pediatric patients: dose neutral or not? Pediatric Radiology. Oral presentation at the Society for Pediatric Radiology Meeting, Washington, DC, 44(Suppl 1): S89, 2014.

Servaes, S (co-author): Real Time Central Review:  A report of the first 3000 patients enrolled on the Children's Oncology Group Renal Tumor Biology and Risk Stratification Protocol AREN03B2. 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting 2014 Notes: Accepted as oral presentation; SIOP Award.

Geetika Khanna, James Geller, Peter Ehrlich, Arlene Naranjo, Sabah Servaes, Jeffrey Dome: Renal cell carcinoma in children and adolescents: a summary of imaging findings from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric Radiology 44(Suppl 1): S136, 2014 Notes: Oral presentation at the Society for Pediatric Radiology Meeting, Washington, DC.

Servaes S, et al.: Comprehensive update of pediatric renal tumor epidemiology:  analysis of the first 4000 patients on Children's Oncology Group (COG) renal tumor classification and biology protocol AREN03B2. 46th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Oct 2014 Notes: Presentation made during the awards session (prestigious).

White A, Mong DA, Servaes S, Adzick SN, Victoria T.: Postnatal chest CT findings after left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) repair. The Society for Pediatric Radiology 57th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course. Washington, DC. May 2014 Notes: Oral Presentation.

Khanna G, Geller J, Ehrlich P, Servaes S, Naranjo A, Dome JS, Gratias E, Perlman EJ, Cost N, He Y, Mullen E: Renal cell carcinoma in children and adolescents: a summary of imaging findings from the Children's Oncology Group. The Society for Pediatric Radiology 57th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Washington, DC May 2014 Notes: Oral presentation.

2013

S Servaes, L States, J Wood, S Schilling, C Christian: Evaluation of rachitic changes in young children with vitamin D deficiency. 2nd World congress on Controversies, Debates & consensus in Bone, Muscle & Joint Diseases, Brussels, Belgium November 2013 Notes: Oral presentation at 2nd World congress on Controversies, Debates & consensus in Bone, Muscle & Joint Diseases, Brussels, Belgium.

Servaes S, Khanna G, Naranjo A, Gratias E, Geller J, Ehrlich P, Gow K, Perlman E, Dome JS, Mullen E: Comparison of diagnostic performance of CT and MRI for abdominal staging of Wilms tumor: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Society for Pediatric Radiology 56th Annual Meeting, Antonio, TX May 2013 Notes: Oral presentation.