Dr. Barbara Sterkel
1. Personal Information:
Sex: Female
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri
2. Citizenship: United States of America
3. Address and Telephone Numbers:
Office: Diagnostic Imaging Service
St. Louis VA Medical Center
915 N. Grand Blvd.(115/JC)
Phone: (314) 289-6531; Fax: (314) 289-6533
Email: barbara.sterkel@va.gov
Home: 43 Portland Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63131
Phone: (314) 567-1448 telephone
4. Present Position: Chief, Diagnostic Imaging Service VA- St.
Louis Health Care System
VISN 15 Lead Radiology
5. Education:
a. Undergraduate: 1967-1971 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
B. A. History. 1971
Graduate Study: 1971-1975 Saint Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri
b. Post-Graduate Study: St. Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri, House Physician, 1975-1978. William A. Knight, Jr., M.D., Chair, Internal Medicine
Fellow in Nuclear Medicine, University of California
San Diego, California 1978-1979. William Ashburn, M.D. Chief.
Fellow in Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of
Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, Missouri 1980-1981. Barry Siegel, M.D.,Chief.
6. Academic Positions/Employment:
Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of
Nuclear Medicine
St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1981-1996.
Staff Physician, Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine,
St. Louis University Hospital, 1981-1983.
Staff Physician, Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine,
St. Louis University Hospital, part time 1987.
Staff Physician, Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine,
St. Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri 1983-1996.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996-1999.
Clinical Director, Bone Health Program,
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996-1999.
Clinical Director, Research Study Unit, Division of Bone and Mineral
Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998-1999.
Program Manager, Nuclear Medicine
St. Louis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, 1999.
Program Manager, Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology, Nuclear Medicine
and Radiation Oncology)
St. Louis VA Medical Center, 1999-2005
Clinical Manager, Diagnostic Service Line (Radiology, Nuclear Medicine
and Radiation Oncology)
St. Louis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, 1999-2005
Chief, Diagnostic Imaging Service
VA-St. Louis Health Care System, 2005- present
Associate Professor of Radiology,
St. Louis University School of Medicine, 2002 – present
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine 2010- present
7. University and Hospital Appointments and Committees:
Member, Laboratory Committee,
St. Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri 1985-1988
Chairman, Laboratory Committee
St. Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri 1988
Member, Admissions Committee
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 1997-
2013
Member, Radiology Housestaff Admissions Committee
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 2000-present.
Member, Search Committee for Radiology Department Chairman
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 2000-2001
Liaison, Radiology Residency Program
St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1999-2014
Residency Site Director Radiology Residency Program
St. Louis University School of Medicine, 2014- present
Residency Site Director Nuclear Medicine Residency Program
St. Louis University School of Medicine, 2014- present
Medical Staff,
VA -St. Louis Health Care System, 1999-present
Chairman, Radiation Safety Committee
VA -St. Louis Health Care System, 2002 – present
Liaison, Radiation Oncology Residency Program ,
Washington University School of Medicine, 2005- 2009
National VA Teleimaging Work Group, 2005
Association of VA Radiologists,
Sec- Treas, 2005
Vice President (President Elect) 2006
President, 2007
National VA Representative to American College of Radiology national
annual meeting, 2006
National VA Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team (MERRT)
member 2001 – present
National VA Teleradiology Governance Board, 2007 - present
8. Medical Licensure and Board Certification:
1980-present Licensed physician, State of Missouri
1976 Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners
1979 American Board of Internal Medicine
1981 American Board of Nuclear Medicine
1997 International Society of Clinical Densitometry
9. Military Service: None
10. Honors and Awards:
1999 - Fellow, American College of Physicians
11. Editorial Responsibilities:
1996 Editorial reviewer, Calcified Tissue International
1996 Literature reviewer, The Journal of Osteoporosis
Index & Reviews, Volume 1, Number 4
12. Professional Societies and Organizations:
1980-present Society of Nuclear Medicine
1990-present American College of Nuclear Physicians
1990-present St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
1990-present Missouri State Medical Association
1994-present American College of Radiology
1996-present American College of Physicians
1996 –present American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
1996-1999 Missouri Department of Health, Physician Advisor to The
Missouri Osteoporosis Coalition
1997-present International Society of Clinical Densitometry
2000-present St. Louis Society of Internal Medicine
2000-present St. Louis Radiological Society
2000-present Missouri Radiological Society
2004-2005 Association of VA Radiologists, Secretary Treasurer
2005-2006 Association of VA Radiologists, Vice President
2006-2007 Association of VA Radiologists, President
2006 St. Louis Society of Internal Medicine, President Elect
2007 St. Louis Society of Internal Medicine, President
2008 - St. Louis Society of Internal Medicine, Past President
13. Major Invited Professorships and Lectureships:
1983 Preceptor Program, St. Louis University School of
Medicine
1987 St. Mary’s Health Center Community Lecture Series
1988 Lecturer, St. Louis University, Bone Physiology, Bone Pathology
and Bone Scintigraphy, Hematology
1989 First Annual Conference on Osteoporosis
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1990 Osteoporosis Detection Comes of Age
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Missouri Valley Chapter Meeting
1990 Second Annual Conference on Osteoporosis
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1991 Third Annual Conference on Osteoporosis
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1992 Fourth Annual Conference on Osteoporosis
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1993 Clinical Applications of Bone Mineral Density Measurement,
Fifth Annual Conference on
Osteoporosis, Kansas City Medical Society
Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1996 Osteoporosis Standard of Care
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1996 Advisor, Missouri Department of Health, Missouri
Osteoporosis Coalition
1997 Managing Osteoporosis in the Managed Health Care
Environment, Kansas City Medical Society
1999 Presenter and Chairperson, 12th Annual Conference on Osteoporosis,
Washington University
1998 Invited Speaker, ISCD, November certification course
1999 NPR invited speaker, Sunday Rounds Program 5/28/00, Osteoporosis
14. Consulting Relationships and Board Memberships:
1988-present Founder, Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1988-present President, Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation
1998-2006 Regional Board Member, Alliance for Better Bones, Procter
and Gamble
1999-2002 Executive Committee, Local Osteoporosis Educational Links
(LOEL)www.LOEL.net
1999-2002 Secretary/Treasurer, LOEL
15. Grant Support:
1988-2005 Eli Lilly, Merck and Procter and Gamble have provided
several grants and honorarium ranging from $500 to $10,000 during
the 13 years primarily for work of the Missouri Osteoporosis Foundation.
2004 - 2008 “Evaluation of Stress Responses in Gulf War Veterans
with CMI”. VA Research Grant
16. Bibliography:
Alazraki N, Sterkel BB, Taylor A: Renal gallium accumulation in the absence of experimental pneumonia. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1983; 6: 441-446.
Sterkel BB: Osteoporosis: No longer insidious or inevitable. St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society Magazine 1995; 10: 26-27.
Sterkel BB, Producer: “Build Better Bone Now” Video. St. Louis District Dairy Council, 1995.
Sterkel BB: Bone Density and Vitamin D Intoxication. Letter to the editor, Ann Intern Med 1998; 128,6: 507.
Sterkel BB, Miller P: Bone densitometry in clinical practice. In: The Osteoporotic Syndrome. Ed: Avioli LV, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1999.
Sterkel BB: A Century of Women’s Healthcare. St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society Magazine 1999; 21: 24-5.
Taylor JC, Sterkel BB, Utley M, Fitz-Clarence H. Opinions and Experiences in General Practice on Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis and Management. Osteoporosis International 2001;12:844-848.
Sterkel BB, Rosenfeld: Gender differences in osteoporosis. http://vaww.ann-arbor.med.va.gov/nucmedno/cases.html Employee Education System. Veterans Health Administration.
Theresa L. Schwartz, M.D.,a Barbara B. Sterkel, M.D.,a,b Goswin
Y. Meyer-Rochow, M.B.Ch.B.,c Andrew J. Gifford, Ph.D.,c Jaswinder
S. Samara, D.Phil.,c Mark S. Sywak, M.B.B.S,c Frank E. Johnson,
M.D.a,b : Accessory Spleen Masquerading as a Pancreatic Neoplasm
2008;accepted American Journal of Surgery 08062008
N. Hueser, I. Tran, A. Kauschik, H. R. Farghaly, B. Sterkel, M.
M. Osman, N. C. Nguyen. Lung Cancer staging with FDG PET/CT: Does
the Veteran affair (VA) population have unfavorable clinical features
compared to non-VA population? ASTRO’s Translational Advances
in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging
Simposium, Abstract # 15, September 11-12, 2009, St. Louis, MO