Dr. Tewfik was born in Boston, MA and raised in southern NJ. She is a dedicated women's imaging specialist performing breast biopsies and reading mammography, breast ultrasound, MRI, and PEM at Baptist Outpatient Center and South Miami Women's Center. She previously served as a clinical instructor at the University of Virginia.
Her research projects have focused on detecting cancer using MRI, PET, and other advanced imaging modalities. Further research publications by Dr. Tewfik can be found through the American College of Radiology's web site.
Dr. Tewfik earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey after receiving a bachelor's degree in biology from Rutgers University. She completed internships at Westchester General Hospital in Miami and completed residency at the University of Pennsylvania Health System's Pennsylvania Hospital before serving a fellowship in breast imaging at the University of Virginia.
2009
Nominated for Doctor of the year through Baptist Outpatient Services in Miami, FL
Steering committee member, Young Philanthropists of Baptist Health
2008
Awarded 2008 Council I Award in the ARRS annual Residents in Radiology Awards competition
2000-2002
UMDNJ-SOM Class President
1999-2002
Four UMNDJ-SOM Alumni Association Scholarships
2001
Risq Haddah Foundation Scholarship
1994-1998
Garden State Scholarship
1994-1998
The National Dean's List
1997
Women's League of Rutgers Award and Scholarship
1998
Golden Key National Honor Society
1998
Rutgers Scholar Athlete Award
1998
Joseph & Helen Monchak Memorial Scholarship
1998
Vice-Presidential Rutgers Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award
Regularly speak at the Day of Caring Event and Florida Breast Cancer Foundation events. Annual events for the general public and also interested physicians on the basics of breast imaging.
Present at Breast Cancer conference twice a month
University of Virginia Research Project University of Virginia Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging Division "Detection of axillary metastases by MRI and US in the setting of newly diagnosed breast cancer"
Awarded 2008 Council I Award in the ARRS annual Residents in Radiology Awards competition Accepted as an educational exhibit; ARRS 2008 Advisor: Jennifer A. Harvey, M.D.
Pennsylvania Hospital University of Pennsylvania Health System Research Project Pennsylvania Hospital Department of Radiology, Women's Imaging Division "MR Evaluation of the Breast: Varying appearances of changes associated with post-reduction mammoplasty" Accepted as an educational Exhibit; RSNA 2006 Advisor: Brian S. Englander, M.D.
Educational Exhibit Pennsylvania Hospital Department of Radiology, Nuclear medicine "FDG-PET Imaging with MR and CT Correlation in the Evaluation of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Pictorial Essay" Educational Exhibit Poster; RSNA 2005
ccepted for publication in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology Journal Advisor: Gary S. Greene, MD, FACNM
2007
Avulsed tibial spine with intact anterior cruciate ligament. JN Tewfik. ACR Case in Point, April 11, 2007; ACR MRI Teaching file
2007
Serous Cystadenoma (microcystic adenoma) of the pancreas. JN Tewfik. ACR Case in Point, May 22, 2007
2007
Meconium Peritonitis. JN Tewfik, ACR Case in Point, September 27, 2007
2007
Thanatophoric Dysplasia. JN Tewfik, ACR Case in Point, October 17, 2007
2007
Fibrous Dysplasia. JN Tewfik, ACR Case in Point, November 14, 2007; ACR MRI Teaching file
2007
Fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the median nerve, JN Tewfik. ACR Case in Point, November 30, 2007; ACR MRI Teaching file
2007
Conjoined Twins. JN Tewfik, ACR Case in Point, December 27, 2007; ACR MRI Teaching file
Mondor's Disease of the breast. JN Tewfik, pending ACR Case in Point
