Organizing Committee Member
Dennis K. Bielecki
Associate Professor
Kings College Hospital
UK
Biography
Dr. Bielecki is a diagnostic radiologist with over 20 years academic experience in bone and joint radiology. He has a strong interest in bone and joint diseases, particularly inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the joints and spine. He is an experienced educator of medical students, residents, registrars and fellows, using one-on-one and lecture techniques. He currently is developing a 45-lecture series of talks covering basic musculoskeletal imaging as part of the Kings College Hospital’s Radiology Registrar’s Training Program. Dr. Bielecki was a research fellow at the University of California, San Diego, Veterans Administration Medical Center working under the tutelage of Donald Resnick, MD. As a research fellow, he was involved in the publication of 6 peer-reviewed research papers. In total, he has published over 20 papers in radiology. He spent a total of 18 months working in this research environment. To date his work has been cited 71 times, and recently has supervised over 10 educational posters that have been presented at the European Congress of Radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society, The European Society of Skeletal Radiology, and the International Skeletal Society meetings. Along with training over 120 radiology residents, he developed radiology training for rheumatology fellows. Each fellow spent one month working directly with Dr Bielecki to familiarize themselves with the radiologic signs of rheumatologic diseases. Over his time at OUHSC, Dr. Bielecki trained an additional 40 rheumatologic fellows. Dr Bielecki was appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Imaging Sciences at King’s College, London, UK and currently works in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Research Area
Adult inflammatory and non inflammatory arthridites.Sero-negative spondyloarthropathies & degenerative diseases of the spine. Crystal-deposition diseases.