Drs. I. (Imad) Al Younis

BIG-nummer

29049157201

Aandachtsgebieden

• Nucleaire Oncologie
• Nucleaire Cardiologie 

Opleiding

• Opleiding tot internist in het buitenland
• Opleiding tot internist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein
• Opleiding tot nucleaire geneeskunde MUMC, Maastricht
• Europese fellowship nucleaire geneeskunde

Specialist sinds

2003 

In VieCuri sinds

2014 
 

Werkzaam op locaties

Venlo
 

Talen

Nederlands, Engels en Arabisch

Onderzoek en publicaties

1. Attention Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorder: Neuroimages before and after treatment with Methylphenidate. I.H.A. Al Younis. Scientific meeting of the Dutch society of Nuclear Medicine 2001-Oral presentation.
2. The effect of Ritalin on Dopamine Balance in Children with ADHD. F.P.J.M Coenjaerts; I.H.A.Al Younis; M.J.P.G. van Kroonenberg and J.S.H. Vles. European Society of Nuclear Medicine Austria 2002-Poster presentation.
3. Evaluation of Selective Serotonin Receptors 5-HT2A in the Brain Using 123I-5-I-R91150 and SPECT in Healthy Subjects. I.H.A.Al Younis; P. Kubben; H. ‘Haene; K. de Laere, A. Honig; Leentjens; A Bossuyt and M.J.P.G. van Kroonenberg. Scientific meeting of the Dutch Society of Nuclear Medicine 2002-Oral presentation.
4. Pre and Post-Dopamine (D2) Receptors Brain SPECT studies and Cerebral Blood Flow Examination in Patients with Vascular Parkinson’s Disease in Comparison with Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease. I.H.A. Al Younis; A.G.G.C. Korten; G,J. Kemerink; M.T. Pakbiers; J. Lodder; F.W. Vreeling and M.J.P.G. van Kroonenberg. European Society of Nuclear Medicine Austria 2002-Oral presentation.
5. Frontal lobe hyperperfusion in vascular parkinsonism patients. A.G.G.C. Korten; J. Lodder; I.H.A. Al Younis; M.J.P.G. van Kroonenbergh; F.W. Vreeling; W.E.J. Weber. Thesis of A.G.G.C. Korten.
6. Dopamine availability in vascular parkinsonism and idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: a comparison with [123I] FP-CIT and [123I] IBZM SPECT. A.G.G.C. Korten; I.H.A. Al Younis; M.J.P.G. van Kroonenbergh; W.E.J. Weber; F.W. Vreeling; F. Kessels; J. Lodder. Thesis of A.G.G.C. Korten.
7. Optimal left ventricular lead position assessed with phase analysis on gated myocardial perfusion SPECT. Boogers MJ, Chen J, van Bommel RJ, Boerleffs CJ, Dibbets-Schneider P, vd Hiel B, Al Younis I, Schalij MJ, vd Wall EE, Garcia EV, Bax JJ. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2011 Feb, 38(2):230-8.
8. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy before and after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: recovery of quantitative parameters. Rietbergen DD, Scholte AJ, Al Younis I, Stokkel MP. Nuclear Cardiology. 2011 Feb, 18(1):192-5.
9. Left ventricular diastolic dyssynchrony assessed with phase analysis of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: a comparison with tissue Doppler imaging. Mark J. Boogers, Ji Chen, Caroline E. Veltman, Rutger J. van Bommel, Eline A.Q. Mooyaart, Imad Al Younis, Bernies van der Hiel, Petra Dibbets-Schneider, Ernst E. van der Wall, Martin J. Schalij, Ernst V. Garcia, Jeron J. Bax, Victoria Delgado. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2011, 38:2031-2039.
10. Relationship between vascular stiffness and stress myocardial perfusion imaging in asymptomatic patients with diabetes. Cornelis J. Roos, Roxana Djaberi, Johanne D. Schuijf, Eelco J. de Koning, Ton J. Rabelink, Jan W. smit, Alberto M. Pereira, Imad Al Younis, Bernies van der Hiel, Arthur J. Scholte, Jeroen J. Bax, J. Wouter Jukema. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2011, 38:2050-2057.
11. The assessment of dyssynchrony in gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy using geometric approach. B.J.van der Veen, I.Al Younis, N. Ajmone-Marsan, J.J. Westenberg, J.J. Bax, M.P. Stokkel, A. de Roos. European Association of Nuclear Medicine Birmingham 2011-Oral presentation.
12. The feasibility of dyssynchrony assessment in gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy using a geometrical approach. Scientific meeting of the Dutch Society of Technical Medicine 2011-Oral presentation.
13. Ventricular dyssynchrony assessed by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT using a geometrical approach: a feasibility study. B.J. van der Veen, I. Al Younis, N. Ajmone Marsan, J.J. Westenberg, J.J. Bax, M.P.M. Stokkel, MD, A. de Roos. 2011. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2012; 39(3):421-429.
14. Assessment of global cardiac I-123 MIBG uptake and washout using volumetric quantificationof SPECT acquisition. B.J.van der Veen, I.Al Younis, A. de Roos, M.P. Stokkel. J Nucl Cardiol. Volum 19, Number 4 (2012);752-762.
15. Reproducibility of planar 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy in patients with heart failure. Caroline E. Veltman, Mark J. Boogers. Joris E. Meinardi. Imad Al Younis. Patra Dibbets-Schneider. Ernst E. Van de Wall. Jeroen J. Bax. Arthur J.H.A. Scholte. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2012; 39:1599-1608.
16. Intramyocardial injection of bone marrow mononuclear cells in chronic myocardial ischemia patients after previous placebo injection improves myocardial perfusion and anginal symptoms: An intra-patient comparison. Sander F. Rodrigo, Jan van Ramshorst, Saskia L. Beeres, Imad Al Younis, Petra Dibbets-Schneider, Albert de Roos, Willem E. Fibbe, Laap J. Zwaginga, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax and Douwe E. Atsma. American Heart Journal. 2012; 164:771-8.
17. Intramyocardial injection of autologous bome marrow-derived ex vivo expanded mesenchymal stem cells in acute myocardial infarction patients is feasible and safe up to 5 years of follow-up. Sander F. Rodrigo, Jan van Ramshorst, Georgette E. Hoogslag, Helén Boden, Matthis A. Velders, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, Helen Roelofs, Imad Al Younis, Petra Dibbets-Schneider, Willem E. Fibbe, Jaap Jan Zwaginga, Jeroen J. Bax, Martin J. Scahij, Saskia L. Beeres, Douwe E. Atsma. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 2013; 6(5): 816-825.
18. Additional diagnostic value of integrated analysis of cardiac CTA and SPECT-MPI using the SMARTVis system in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Kirisli H.A., Gupta V., Shahzad R., Al Younis I., Dharampal A., van Geus R.J., Scholte A., de Graaf M.A., Joemai R.M.S., Nieman K., van Vliet L., Lelieveldt B., van Walsum T., Niessen W.J. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2014; 55:50-57.
19. Predictive value of 99mTc-MAA SPECT scans for the distribution of SIR-spheres in the liver. D.M.V. Huizing, J.A.K. Blokland, I. Al Younis. Poster presentation at the EANM 2014, Gothenburg, Sweden.
20. Quantitative comparison of lung shunt fraction estimated from planar scintigraphy and SPECT-CT. R.P.J. van den Ende, I. Al Younis, J.A.K. Blokland. Presentation at the EANM 2014, Gothenburg, Sweden.
21. The impact of acquisition time of planar cardiac 123I-MIBG imaging on the late heart to mediastinum ratio. Aukelien C. Dimitriu-Leen. Alessia Gimelli. Imad al Younis. Caroline E. Veltman. Hein J. Verberne. Ron Wolterbeek. Silvia Zandbergen-Harlaar. Jeroen J. Bax. Arthur1. J. H. A. Scholte. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. (2016) 43:326-332.
22. Comparison between count-based and geometric-based approach for the assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony using myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Uyen Chau Nguyen, Imad Al Younis, Nina Ajmone-Marsan, Petra Dibbets-Schneider, Jacobus A.K. Blokland and Berlinda J. de Wit-van der Veen. Nuclear Medicine communications. Accepted 13 June 2016.
23. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography as a new golden Grail?. Wouter Holvoet, Imad Al Younis, Joan G Meeder. Accepted (AC-2017-09111R1) Acta Cardiologica 2017.

Andere activiteiten

• Lid van stralingscommissie van VieCuri Medisch Centrum.
• Secretariaat wetenschappelijke commissie van de afdeling Radiologie en Nucleaire Geneeskunde.

Biografie

Het vak nucleaire geneeskunde is een van het meest snel groeiende specialismen met veel mogelijkheid voor innovatie en wetenschap. Daarnaast heeft de functie nucleaire geneeskundige een zeer consultatief en multidisciplinair karakter.