Doctors of USC

Title:

• Assistant Professor

Department:

• Department of Radiology

Locations:

• HCC II
• USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
• USC University Hospital

Areas of Treatment:

• Oncology (Intra-Arterial and Percutanous Interventions in the Treatment of Liver, Kidney, Lung, and Other Soft Tissue Cancers)
• Peripheral and Central Vascular Diseases
• Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Embolizations
• Venous/Dialysis Access
• Pain Palliation
• Vertebral/Spine Disease (Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty)
• Arterial and Venous Occlusions
• Vein Disorders/Varicose Veins
• Uterine Fibroids
• Varicoceles
• Arteriovenous Malformations
• Biopsies
• Drainages
• Enteric Access
• Other Image-Guided Interventions

Specialties:

• Nuclear Medicine
• Radiology

Sub-specialties:

• Interventional Radiology and Interventional Oncology

Background:

Dr. John Park is fellowship trained in interventional radiology and interventional oncology, with expertise in minimal-invasion therapies in the treatment of both vascular and oncologic diseases. He received his combined M.D., Ph.D. at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and completed a residency in clinical diagnostic radiology at the UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, where he also continued on for his fellowship training.

As a current assistant professor of interventional radiology and interventional oncology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, he is exploring novel basic and clinical research, including:

1) Development of novel therapies and screening protocols through translational approaches, specifically through the characterization of the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis and understanding the basic biology underlying cancer, isolation of tumor-specific targets and pathways, and development and implementation of new targeted molecular therapeutics for clinical trials.

2) Molecular imaging using novel targeted therapeutics as molecular contrast reagents in ultrasound, PET/CT and PET/MRI fusion modalities.

3) Development and implementation of novel techniques and modalities in interventional oncology including tumor ablation and immune modulation.

Education:

• B.A., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1990 - 1994
• M.D., Ph.D., Pathobiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1994 - 2002

Internships:

• Department of Urology / Surgery,Keck School of Medicine of USC, 2002 - 2003

Residencies:

• Department of Radiology, UCLA Medical Center - Geffen School of Medicine, 2003 - 2007

Fellowships:

• Interventional Radiology, UCLA Medical Center - Geffen School of Medicine, 2007 - 2008

Board Certification:

• American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
• American Board of Radiology, CAQ

Professional Society Memberships:

• American College of Radiology
• Society of Interventional Radiology
• Radiological Society of North America
• American Roentgen Ray Society

Languages:

• English
• Korean
• Spanish