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Bio
Dr. Lapas is the Radiology Department Chairman at Hudson Regional Hospital.
An honorary graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Lapas received his doctorate of medicine from LECOM in Erie, PA, and completed a radiology residency at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ. Following residency, he pursued a subspecialty fellowship in Neuroradiology at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, serving as Neuroradiology Division Chief Fellow and subsequently as attending radiologist in the departments of Neuroradiology & Emergency Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Lapas has since returned to his roots and committed himself to giving back to the regional communities and making a difference in the healthcare of local Secaucus residents.
As Chairman of Radiology at Hudson Regional Hospital, Dr. Lapas is responsible for the clinical oversight of the Department of Radiology, including quality assurance, protocol development, and Gold Standard service and implementation with the patients’ dignity, comfort, and peace of mind as paramount considerations.
In conjunction with his commitment to patient care, Dr. Lapas participates in the training of medical students & residents and devotes a majority of his professional time to the active clinical practice of medicine in the specialty of his Yale fellowship training, providing expert consultation to surgeons and neurologists specializing in traumatic spine & brain injury.
Education
Yale School of Medicine - Fellowship
New Haven, CT
November 2010 - October 2011
Neuroradiology Fellowship
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology - Radiology-Pathology Course
Washington, D.C.
March 2008 - May 2008
Certificate of Completion
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - UMDNJ - Residency
Camden, NJ
July 2006 - June 2010
Diagnostic Radiology Residency
Cooper University Hospital
New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine - Internship
Long Beach, NY
June 2005 - June 2006
Traditional Internship
Long Beach Medical Center
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Education
Erie, PA
June 2001 - June 2005
Professional Doctoral Degree
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Pre-Med Program
Erie, PA
September 2000 - May 2001
Certificate of Completion
Biomedical Sciences Post Baccalaureate Program
Rutgers University - Pre-Professional Education
New Brunswick, NJ
September 1993 - May 1998
Bachelor of Arts
Double Major: Biology and Psychology
Awards/Honors
Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Neuroradiology (June 2013 - Present)
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, NY
Assistant Professor of Radiology (November 2011 - January 2012)
Neuroradiology Section, Department of Diagnostic Radiology - Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, CT
Chief Fellow (November 2010 - October 2011)
Division of Neuroradiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Psi Sigma Alpha (May 2005)
National Osteopathic Scholastic Honor Society
Affiliations
American College of Radiology (ACR)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR)
Bronx County Medical Society (BCMS)
Eastern Neuroradiological Society (ENSR)
European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR)
European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Florida Medical Association (FMA)
Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA)
Helenic Medical Society of New York (HMSNY)
Medical Society of The State of New York (MSSNY)
North American Spine Society (NASS)
Radiological Society of New Jersey (RSNJ)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Publications
Parkinson Disease
Radiopaedia.org
February 8, 2020
Teaching Case
Imaging Management of Spinal Trauma
Hudson Regional Hospital, Secaucus, NJ
May 3, 2018
Didatic Lecture
Nomenclature and Classification of Disc Pathology Defined, Is it a herniation, protrusion or extrusion?
ANJC NE/NW Regional Meeting. Hilton Parsippany, Parsippany, NJ
September 5, 2012
CEU Lecture
The Parotid Garden and the Malignant Lymphomas Which Grow There: A Pictorial Essay
ASHNR 42nd Annual Meeting, The Hilton Toronto, Toronto, Canada
September 2008
Lapas, A, Brody, J, Rafferty, W. (Presentation)
Ewing's sarcoma strikes pediatric rib: common multi-modality imaging features of an uncommon neoplasm in children
European Society of Paediatric Radiology Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
June 4-7, 2008
Lapas, A, Mata, J. (Presentation)
