Dolores H. Pretorius, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Professor of Radiology
University of California, San Diego
dpretorius@ucsd.edu
Telephone: 858-657-6698
Dolores H. Pretorius, MD, is Director of Imaging, UCSD Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center and a Professor of Radiology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Pretorius holds degrees from Bryn Mawr College (BA in Physics) and Baylor College of Medicine (MD). She served her medical internship at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas and her diagnostic radiology residency at University of California in San Diego.
Dr. Pretorius was an assistant professor in Radiology at the University of Colorado Health Science Center from 1983-1986 and 1986. She joined the University of California faculty late 1986 as an assistant professor. Since she has served at UCSD as Chief of Diagnostic Ultrasound and is currently Director of the UCSD Center for Fetal Care and Genetics in La Jolla and a professor of Radiology. Dr. Pretorius was elected a member of the Academy of Clinician Scholars on the Radiology Faculty at UCSD Medical Ctr.
Dr. Pretorius has conducted research and published over 160 articles and four textbooks, predominantly involving fetal ultrasound and 3D/4D ultrasound imaging. She has had more then 10 interviews on 3D/4D ultrasound with several TV networks including ABC, NBC, CBS and the Discovery Channel. She has worked with Dr. Thomas Nelson at UCSD to pioneer research in the field of 3D/4D Ultrasound Imaging for the last 19 years. She has been an invited speaker of international fame and is active serving on committees in American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), American College of Radiology and several other professional organizations. She is a reviewer for over 10 medical journals. Dr. Pretorius received the 3D Ultrasound Pioneer Honor at the 2nd World Congress on 3D Ultrasound in 1999.
Dolores Helen PRETORIUS MD's Books & Publications :
Book - Nyberg DA, McGahan J, Pretorius DH, Pilu G.: Diagnostic Ultrasound of Fetal Anomalies – Text & Atlas. 2nd Edition Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 969-988, 2002
Current Articles -
+Lee S, Pretorius D, Asfoor S, Hull AD, Newton RP, Hollenbach K, Nelson TR, Prenatal three-dimensional ultrasound: perception of sonographers, sonologists and undergraduate students. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 30:77-80, 2007.
+Nelson TR, Ji, EK, Lee JH, Bailey MJ, Pretorius DH, Stereoscopic evaluation of fetal bony structures. J Ultrasound Med 27:15-24, 2008.
+Lee JH, Pretorius DH, Weinstein M, Guaderrama NM, Nager CW, Mittal RK, Transperineal three-dimensional ultrasound in evaluating anal sphincter muscles. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 30:201-209, 2007. Epub 2007 May 11.
Dolores Helen PRETORIUS MD's Special Expertises :
She has worked on the use of 3DUS primarily in obstetrics but also in other areas including gynecology, vascular, measurement accuracy and interventional radiology
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