
Vaishali S Lafita MD (She/Her)
Bone Imaging/Musculoskeletal
Staff Radiologist
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Captain James A Lovell Federal Healthcare Center3001 Green Bay RoadAbbott Park, IL 60064
Phone+1 708-254-0524
Fax+1 224-610-1536
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Summary
- Dr. Vaishali Lafita is a radiologist based in Libertville , IL, with a subspecialty in Bone Imaging/Musculoskeletal. She completed her surgical internship at Loyola University Mefical center, diagnostic radiology residency at Loyola University Medical Center, and a MSK fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. She currently works as a Staff Physician at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and in Diagnostic Radiology. She has more than 15 years of work experience in private practice, academic radiology, hybrid practice as well teleradiology.
Education & Training
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2008 - 2009
Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2004 - 2008
Loyola Medicine MacNeal HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2003 - 2004
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2003
Loyola University ChicagoB.S., Chemistry, 1988 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2020 - 2027
IL State Medical License 2008 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2019 - 2026
IA State Medical License 2020 - 2025
KY State Medical License 2019 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2019 - 2025
OR State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology- Join now to see all
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Certificate of Merit Award RSNA, 2008
- Steven M. Pinsky Resident Research Award Illinois Radiological Society, 2006
- Nominee, Best Surgical Intern of the Year Loyola University Medical Center, 2004
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsMusculoskeletal mnemonics: differentiating features.Jonathan W. Currie, Kirkland W. Davis, Vaishali S. Lafita, Donna G. Blankenbaker, Arthur A. De Smet
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2011-03-01 - 14 citationsRole of Breast Sonography in Imaging of Adolescents with Palpable Solid Breast MassesAruna Vade, Vaishali S. Lafita, Kathleen A. Ward, Jennifer E. Lim-Dunham, Davide Bova
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2008-09-01 - 38 citationsPulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Etiology, Presentation, Diagnosis, and TreatmentVaishali Lafita, Marc A. Borge, Terrence C. Demos
Seminars in Interventional Radiology. 2007-03-01
Journal Articles
- Role of Breast Sonography in Imaging of Adolescents with Palpable Solid Breast MassesVade A, Lafita VS, Ward KA, Lim-Dunham JE, and Bova D, AJR, 1/1/2008
- Subungual Glomus TumorAhmed M, Lomasney LM, Demos TC, Lafita VS, and Hammdeh R, Orthopedics, 1/1/2008
- Geyser SignLafita VS, Iqbal N, Loyola University Chicago Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Journal, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Rapid assessment of disease severity in osteoarthritis research studies using vastly undersampled isotropic projection steady-state free precession (VIPR-SSFP) imaging.Lafita VS, Kijowski R et al, 109th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, Boston, MA, 1/26/2009
- MSK Mnemonics: What Do They Look Like?Lafita VS, Davis KW, Blankenbaker DG, DeSmet A, Rosas H, Lee KS, RSNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2008
- Does life-style really matter?Lafita VS, Applegate KE, Association of University Radiologists 55th Annual Meeting, 1/24/2007
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Lectures
- Radiologic Imaging and Intervention in Sports MedicineNorthwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL - 1/18/2015
- Radiological Assessment and Diagnosis in Sports MedicineNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL - 1/8/2015
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Ankle.Case of the Day: Wednesday.Chicago, IL - 1/3/2008
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