CARL GENE COIN,
M.D.
CHIEF RADIOLOGIST
Dr. Coin is a leader in the use of the X-ray CT Scan and
a specialist in radiology, neuroradiology and nuclear medicine. He is
Clinical Director of MRI Services of the MRI Scan & Imaging Center,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Chief of Radiology at
Body
Vision, a diagnostic facility which houses South Florida's first ultra-fast
16 multi-slice CT Scanner.
He is certified by the American Boad of Radiology in
Diagnosis, Therapy and Neuroradiology. He is also certified in Nuclear
Medicine by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine.
Dr. Coin received his medical degree from the University
of Oklahoma School of Medicine. His post graduate medical education
includes family practice internship at Sacramento County Hospital, and
Radiology Residency at the University of Oklahoma. Additionally, he served
a fellowship in Neuroradiology at UCLA, where he was also an associate
research radiologist.
He has held chairmanships at St. Anthony Hospital in
Oklahoma City and the Lovelace Clinic/Bataan Memorial Hospital in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Additionally, he filled faculty appointments with
the University of Oklahoma, the University of New Mexico and the
University of Miami.
Dr. Coin has many honors including the 1979 General
Electric Company New Frontiers Award for advancement in Medical
Technology. Dr. Coin holds imaging patents in computed tomography (CT
scanning) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) including CT colonoscopy, a
new non-invasive method for examination of the colon to detect polyps and
colon cancer.
He is a member of several medical societies including
the Radiological Society of North America, the American Society of
Neuroradiology, the Southern Medical Association and the American Society
of Nuclear Medicine.
Dr. Coin has published many papers and articles and has
given lectures and talks worldwide on CAT Scan and Neuroradiology.
Dr. Coin, who is the originator of CT arteriography,
considers his most important life works are in the field of preventive
medicine. Namely two accomplishments are the development of non-invasive
diagnosis of coronary artery disease (the #1 killer of men and women) and
his contributions to early non-invasive diagnosis of lung and colon
tumors. |