Adam Rucker, M.D.

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Adam Rucker, M.D.
Radiologist
Clinical Expertise
Abdominal Imaging
Chest Imaging
Oncologic Imaging
Body Imaging
Appointments
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Adam Rucker, M.D., went into medicine to fulfill his passions for science and caring for others. He found his calling quickly. “I could not help but see how radiology was near the center of every decision that was made for patients,” he said. “I decided that this was the best place where I could contribute to patient care.”
 
Dr. Rucker earned his medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He continued his training with an internship at the University of California Irvine, residency at Northwell Health System in Manhasset, New York, and a fellowship at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, California.
 
After four years in private practice, Dr. Rucker joined City of Hope hoping to contribute to its “environment that combines top patient care with an inquisitive, research-based practice.”

Location

Education & Experience

Degrees

  • 2011, Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

  • 2006, Bachelor of Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Fellowship

  • 2017, Fellow, Abdominal Imaging,
    Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA

Residency

  • 2016, Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, NY

Internship

  • 2012, Internship, Internal Medicine,
    University of California Irvine, Orange, CA

Professional Experience

  • 2021-present, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

  • 2019-2021, Staff Radiologist, Veterans Administration (National Teleradiology Program), Palo Alto, CA

  • 2017-2021, Staff Radiologist, Coast Radiology Imaging and Intervention, Mission Viejo, CA

  • 2016-2017, Clinical Instructor, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA

Awards & Memberships

Memberships

  • American Roentgen Ray Society

  • Radiologic Society of North America

  • Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Publications

  • Wong M, Brooke Jeffrey R, Rucker AN, Olcott EW. Ileocolic vascular curvature: a new CT finding of cecal volvulus [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 27]. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020;10.1007/s00261-020-02491-w. doi:10.1007/s00261-020-02491-w
  • Lo EC, N Rucker A, Federle MP. Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Imaging for Diagnosis, Tumor Response to Treatment and Liver Response to Radiation. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2018 Oct;28(4):267-276. doi:10.1016/j.semradonc. 2018.06.010. Review. PubMed PMID: 30309637.
  • Patel G, Stankard B, Gekle R, Park S, Rucker A. A manifestation of endometriosis that will take your breath away: a case report. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 May;33(5):736. e5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.10.051. Epub 2014 Nov 8.
  • Jang JH, Ward MM, Rucker AN, Reveille JD, Davis JC Jr, Weisman MH, Learch TJ. Ankylosing spondylitis: patterns of radiographic involvement--a re-examination of accepted principles in a cohort of 769 patients. Radiology. 2011 Jan;258(1):192-8. doi: 10.1148/ radiol.10100426. Epub 2010 Oct 22.
  • Lee J, Mo JH, Shen C, Rucker AN, Raz E. Toll-like receptor signaling in intestinal epithelial cells contributes to colonic homoeostasis. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan;23(1): 27-31. Review.
  • Lee J, Mo JH, Katakura K, Alkalay I, Rucker AN, Liu YT, Lee HK, Shen C, Cojocaru G, Shenouda S, Kagnoff M, Eckmann L, Ben-Neriah Y, Raz E. Maintenance of colonic homeostasis by distinctive apical TLR9 signalling in intestinal epithelial cells. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Dec;8(12):1327-36. Epub 2006 Nov 26.