ST5 Clinical Radiology Trainee
Email: emma-louise.gerety@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Research interests
I am a clinical radiology trainee with an interest in research. During my medical training, I completed a PhD in developmental neurobiology and confocal imaging with Prof AH Brand in Cambridge. I then worked on neural fate determination in the developing vertebrate nervous system as a Wellcome Travelling Research Fellow with Prof DJ Anderson in Los Angeles. I have been committed to musculoskeletal radiology throughout my radiology training and have worked on several imaging projects including developmental hand anomalies, paediatric scoliosis, scaphoid fractures, vertebral fractures/osteoporosis and imaging of bone metastases. Bridging my basic science research, I am particularly interested in the radiological imaging of skeletal defects due to genetic disorders. I am now nearing the end of my training and aiming for a consultant post in musculoskeletal radiology at a tertiary referral centre with potential for research opportunities.
Key publications
Gerety EL, Bearcroft PWP L1 vertebral density on CT is too variable to be a useful screening tool for osteoporosis. Submitted to Clin Rad.
Gerety EL, Hopper MA, Bearcroft PWP (2017) The reliability of measuring the density of the L1 vertebral body on CT imaging as a predictor of the bone mineral density. Clinical Radiology 72(2):177.e9-177.e15
Gerety EL, Lawrence EM, Wason J, Yan H, Hilborne S, Buscombe J, Cheow HK, Shaw AS, Bird N, Fife K, Heard S, Lomas DJ, Matakidou A, Soloviev D, Eisen T, Gallagher FA (2015). Prospective study evaluating the sensitivity of 18F-NaF PET/CT for detecting skeletal metastases from renal cell carcinoma in comparison to multidetector CT and 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy, using an adaptive trial design. Annals of Oncology 26(10):2113-8
Gerety EL, Grant I, Hopper MA (2015) Radiological imaging of congenital hand anomalies – 6yr single centre experience and what the Hand Surgeons want to know. Skeletal Radiology 44(4):549-56
Areas of expertise
Radiology, MRI, genetic musculoskeletal disorders