John Michael Uszler, M.D.

Mar 15

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SPECT Brain Function Imaging - Its Benefits for the Autistic Individual and Family

Dr. John Michael Uszler, a member of the US Autism Association Advisory Board, describes his life’s work as a medical doctor who has specialized in the use of SPECT Brain Imaging for its applications in helping individuals with neurocognitive differences.

SPECT Scans and What They Can Uncover for Your Child on the Spectrum

This video is an excerpt from Dr. John Michael Uszler's presentation, "Functional Imaging of the Brain," at our 2014 World Conference. Here, he discusses SPECT scans, what they can uncover, and how they can be useful for children on the autism spectrum.

Brain Function in Atypical People

In this 2014 USAAA Conference presentation, Dr. J. Michael Uszler discusses atypical brain function in people with autism and people with other conditions. He focuses on how atypical brain functions work and what they look like, and how they affect individuals.

John Michael Uszler, M.D. is the Medical Director of DrSpectScan and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin (previously known as Marquette University School of Medicine) and his master’s degree in Medical Physics from UCLA as part of his academic fellowship in Nuclear Medicine. He is a member of the US Autism Association Advisory Board.

As a board certified Nuclear Medicine physician he has 4 decades of academic and clinical experience in Hospital-based and Private care, including 8 years at UCLA-Harbor General Hospital, 20 years as Medical Director of Nuclear Medicine at Santa Monica Hospital, and completed in late 2017 after 10 years as Medical Director at Providence Saint Johns Health Center in Santa Monica.

He is nationally recognized for his expertise of brain SPECT imaging of conditions or disorders such as Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, ADD/ADHD, near-drowning, closed head trauma, toxic encephalopathy, stroke and dementia, and in using SPECT brain function imaging to follow the effectiveness of various therapies of these conditions, particularly Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

For the last 20 years he has focused extensively on semi-quantitative regional SPECT brain function imaging as part of Nuclear Medicine’s metabolic and molecular function imaging.

SPECT imaging is the most commonly available direct way to image the function of an organ or body system, as indicated above. At its most basic level, it is imaging of the biology and chemistry of the living cells in the body. The imaging procedure does not require patient alertness and cooperation other than remaining motionless during the scanning. PET (positron emission tomography) imaging is a similar form of functional imaging that focuses primarily on cancer and dementia evaluation.

Dr. Uszler is a member of the US Autism Association Advisory Board.

You can learn more about Dr. Uszler and his work here: www.drspectscan.org.

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