Eunkyung Park
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences | University of Utah Health
Clinical Associate Professor | Associate Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine | Program Director of Nuclear Radiology Fellowship | Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Biography
Dr. Eunkyung Park is a Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Chief in the Nuclear Medicine Section at the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah Health. She is a Nuclear Medicine physician who takes care of patients having cancer, various diseases in the brain, heart and other organs through molecular imaging and targeted radiopharmaceutical therapies. She completed clinical and research training at the Seoul National University Hospital in Korea, Yale University PET Center and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Her main professional interests include global promotion of nuclear medicine and clinical/translational research in nuclear neurology. Dr. Park is particularly interested in early and accurate differential diagnoses of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Dementia with Lewy bodies and LATE by using brain PET imaging with radiopharmaceuticals targeting glucose metabolism, amyloid, tau and SV2A. She enjoys traveling, practicing yoga, and listening to music.