- Elias Zerhouni
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. (b. 12 April 1951) is the 15th and current director of the National Institutes of Health, appointed by George W. Bush in May 2002. His accomplishments at the NIH have included the establishment of a research program into the problem of widespread obesity, and supporting the reduction of healthcare disparities. In April 2006, he told a Congressional subcommittee, … - Dietrich Grönemeyer
Dietrich H. W. Grönemeyer is a German professor of medicine and one of the inventors of Microtherapy. He grew up in Bochum with his two brothers. One of them, Herbert Grönemeyer, is a popular musician. After studying sinology and romance languages in Bochum and medicine in Kiel Grönemeyer graduated in 1978. In 1982 he received a Ph.D., and at the Witten/Herdecke University in 1990 he finished his habilitation, … - Werner Forssmann
Werner Forßmann was a physician from Eberswalde, Germany. He is credited with the first catheterization of a human heart. In 1929, he made an incision into his arm and fed a urinary catheter into the right atrium of his own heart. He then walked down a flight of stairs to the radiology department, where he had a x-ray taken showing the catheter in his heart. Although he was fired from the hospital for this, … - Takashi Nagai
Takashi Nagai was a physician specializing in radiology, a convert to Catholicism, and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. His subsequent life of prayer and service earned him the affectionate title "saint of Urakami". - Roger Sanders
Roger Cobbin Sanders (born June 17, 1936) is an American doctor specializing in Ultrasound and Radiology. Originally from the United Kingdom, he obtained a degree in physiology at Oxford University, from the Oxford Clinical Medical School. In 1970 Sanders traveled to the United States to begin a one-year teaching position at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. During this time the University was presented a bistable ultrasound system, … - Ibrahim B. Syed
Ibrahim B. Syed is an American muslim born in Bellary, South India to Mr B Syed Ahmed and Mrs. Mumtaz Begum. He received his academic education at the University of Mysore, Bhabha Atomic Research Center(Bombay University), Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland where he obtained his Doctor of Science degree in 1972 in Radiological Sciences. - John MacIntyre
John Macintyre (born 1857 - died 1928) was a doctor who set up the world's first radiology department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally trained as an electrical engineer, he later graduated in 1882 from the University of Glasgow with the Bachelor of Medicine degree. He was appointed to the electrical department of the Royal Infirmary. - Marco Greco
Marco Greco is an Italian medical doctor. Specialized in general surgery, oncology, and radiology, he is the director of the operating unit of senology at the “Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori di Milano” (National Institute for the Study and Cure of Tumors of Milan). In addition to this, Greco serves as the Directive president of National Italian Society of Senology, and "Segretario Generale" (Secretary General) of the European Society of Mastology. - Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler was an Austrian physician and famous surgeon. He was born in Wolfurt, Austria. Böhler is most notable as the creator of modern accident surgery. He was the head of the AUVA-Hospital in Vienna, Brigittenau, that was later named after him. This hospital was an international model during his time as the leading surgeon there. He was fascinated by medicine early on, when he saw the X-ray of Wilhelm Röntgen's wife hand as an 11-year old kid. - William David Coolidge
William David Coolidge (October 23, 1873-February 3, 1975) was an American physicist. He is a native of Hudson, MA. In the early days of his employment as a researcher for the General Electric Company, he conducted critical experiments that led to the use of tungsten as filaments in light bulbs. In 1913 he invented the Coolidge tube, an improved cathode for use in X-ray machines that allowed for more intense visualization of deep-seated anatomy and tumors. - Robert Abbe
Robert Abbe (1851 - 1928), was an American surgeon and pioneer radiologist in New York City. He was born April 13, 1851, at New York City and educated at the College of the City of New York (S.B., 1871) and Columbia University (M.D., 1874). Abbe was most known as a plastic surgeon, and between 1877 and 1884 he served as a surgeon and professor of surgery at the New York Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, and the New York Babies Hospital. - Rudolph Fisher
Rudolph Fisher (May 9, 1897 - December 26, 1934) was an African-American writer His first published work, "City of Refuge", appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly" of February 1925. He went on in 1932 to write "The Conjure-Man Dies", the first black detective novel. Fisher was also a physician (with a specialty in radiology), dramatist, musician and orator. Fisher was an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance, primarily as a novelist, but also as a musician. - Gilbert Stead
Gilbert Stead, was a professor of physics and pioneer in the development of radiology as a recognized medical specialty. Stead worked at the Cavendish Laboratory and graduated from Cambridge in 1913. During WWI he was at HM Signals School in Portsmouth. After the war, he returned to Cavendish Laboratory and taught. Beginning in 1923 he also taught classes at Guy's Hospital where he brought his knowledge of radiology to the practice of medicine. - Dana Gillespie
Dana Gillespie (born 30 March 1949 in London) is an English actress and singer. She recorded initially in the folk genre in the mid-1960s, although she was more known at this time for being the girlfriend of Bob Dylan. Some of her recordings as a teenager fell into the teen pop category, such as the 1966 single "Thank You Boy", produced by Jimmy Page. Her acting career got under way shortly afterwards, and overshadowed her musical career in the late 1960s and 1970s. - Dimitrie Gerota
Dimitrie D. Gerota (July 17, 1867 - March 3, 1939), Romanian anatomist, physician, radiologist, urologist, and an associated member of the Romanian Academy from 1916. - Lindsey Cardinale
Lindsey Michelle Cardinale (born February 5, 1985 in Hammond, Louisiana), is an American country singer and university student who was the twelfth-place finalist on the fourth season of "American Idol" in 2005. She was the first finalist eliminated. Cardinale was born in Hammond, Louisiana on February 5, 1985 to Agnes and Anthony Cardinale. In 1991, when she was six years old, she and her family moved to Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She has an older sister, Lori. - Robert Kienböck
Robert Kienböck was an Austrian radiologist who was a native of Vienna. In 1895 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, and spent the next year abroad. He returned to Vienna as an assistant to Leopold von Schrötter (1837-1908), and began working in the new science of radiology. Several years later he became head of the radiological department of the "Allgemeines Krankenhaus" in Vienna. - Jaroslav Heyrovský
Jaroslav Heyrovský IPA: (December 20, 1890 - March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor. Heyrovský was the inventor of the polarographic method, father of electroanalytical chemistry, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1959. The main field of work of Heyrovský was polarography. Jaroslav Heyrovský was born in Prague on 20th December, 1890, the fifth child of Leopold Heyrovský, Professor of Roman Law at the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague, … - Dani Reeves
Dani Reeves (born April 12, 1985) is a beauty queen from Iowa who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. She grew up in Hamburg but is currently living in Sioux City. Reeves won the Miss Iowa USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Ottumwa, Iowa on 8 October 2006. She had previously placed fourth runner-up to Sarah Corpstein in the 2006 pageant, and had competed every year since 2003. - Vojtech Alexander
Vojtech Alexander (Slovak), Alexander Béla (1857, Kežmarok - 1916, Budapest) was one of the most influential radiologists in the world. He was the founder of radiology in the Kingdom of Hungary. Among his many achievements, he described the development of tuberculosis. He was the owner of the first X-ray apparatus in Slovakia and wrote poems in Slovak. - František Běhounek
František Běhounek was a Czech scientist (radiologist), explorer and writer. Běhounek studied physics and mathematics at Charles University, later radiology in France at Marie Curie-Skłodowska. In 1920s, he was one of the founders of State Radiological Institute. In 1926, he took part in an expedition of Roald Amundsen to the North Pole with airship "Norge". In 1928, as an expert on cosmic rays, … - Raymond Sabouraud
Raymond Sabouraud (November 24, 1864 - 1938) was a French physician specialized in dermatology and mycology but also an accomplished painter and sculptor. He invented a method to select fungi with a medium of low pH and a rather high concentration of sugar. This medium, called Sabouraud agar is named after him. In 1904, Sabouraud introduced radiological treatment against ringworm of the scalp. He was well-known for his knowledge of scalp diseases, … - Walter Mauderli
Walter Mauderli, DSc, (March 8, 1924 - March 27, 2005). Mauderli was a pioneer in the development of the field of medical physics. He earned his doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology under the instruction of notable physicists as Nobel Laureate physicist Wolfgang Pauli. Mauderli trained in the dosimetry of low- and high-energy radiations at the University of Zurich Medical Center with Professor Rolf Wideroe, the developer of particle accelerators. - Charles Mantoux
Charles Mantoux (1877 - 1947) was a French physician, the developer of the eponymous serological test for tuberculosis. He graduated from the University of Paris where he studied under Broca. For health reasons he relocated to Cannes but continued to work in Paris during the long vacation periods granted to patients in sanatoriums. In 1908 he presented his first study of intradermal injections to the French Academy of Sciences and published this work in 1910, … - Wilhelmus Zakaria Johannes
Wilhelmus Zakaria Johannes (Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara, 1895-Netherlands, September 4, 1952) was an Indonesian radiology doctor. Johannes was the first Indonesian medical doctor who learned radiology in Holland and then became an expert in Rontgen technology and had contributed a lot to the development of medical studies in Indonesia. The Indonesian government honored WZ Johannes as a National Hero of Indonesia and named a general hospital in Kupang, … - Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (March 9, 1894 - July 3, 1933 was a German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style. Seiwert was born in Cologne. He was seriously burned in 1901, at the age of seven, in an experimental radiological treatment, and afterward feared that his life would be short. He studied from 1910 to 1914 at the Cologne School of Arts and Crafts. - Georg Perthes
Georg Clemens Perthes was a German surgeon and X-ray diagnostic pioneer who was born in Moers, Germany. In 1891 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Bonn, and later was surgeon in Bonn and Leipzig where he worked with Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844-1924). In 1910 he succeeded Paul von Bruns (1846-1916) as head of the surgical clinic at Tübingen. In 1900-01 he was a military surgeon at the German colonial seaport of Tsingtao (today known as Qingdao, … - Stanley Argyle
Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle KBE (4 December 1867-23 November 1940), Australian politician, was the 32nd Premier of Victoria. He was born in Kyneton, Victoria, the son of a grazier, and was educated at Brighton Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in medicine. After further study in the United Kingdom, he went into general practice in Kew (a wealthy Melbourne suburb), and was later a pioneer of radiology in Australia. - Carl Tanzler
Carl Tanzler or sometimes Carl von Cosel (February 8, 1877 - July 23, 1952) was a German-born radiologist at the United States Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida who developed a morbid obsession for a young, Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Maria Elena Milagro "Helen" de Hoyos (1910-1931), that carried on well after Hoyos succumbed to the disease in 1931. In 1933, almost two years after her death, Tanzler removed Hoyos' body from its tomb, … - Henry Pancoast
Henry Khunrath Pancoast (1875 - 1939) was an American radiologist after whom a type of lung tumor is named (Pancoast tumor). Pancoast was born in Philadelphia to prominent Quaker parents; his father was a doctor. He was educated at the (Society of) Friends Central High School. He entered the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and graduated in 1898. His first medical job was at the University of Pennsylvania hospital, and in 1900 he started surgical training there. - Philippe Boisse
Philippe Boisse is a gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics in men's épée. He is currently a vice-president of the French fencing federation, and a practicing physician (radiology). He is also the father of Érik Boisse a 2004 Olympics gold medal winner in team men's épée. - Sérgio Mascarenhas de Oliveira
Sérgio Mascarenhas de Oliveira is a noted Brazilian experimental physicist, educator and scientific leader. Dr. Mascarenhas has been awarded the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit in the categories of Commander (1995) and Great Cross (2002), and several national and international prizes including, more recently (April 2007) the Conrado Wessel Prize for General Science. One of his main contributions to physics has been the discovery of bioelectrets, i.e., … - Randi Schea
Randi Schea is a Modern Arnis Master of Tapi-Tapi and the Chairman of the Board for the larger of the two Modern Arnis groups calling itself the International Modern Arnis Federation (IMAF). He has also trained in karate, kung fu, judo, wrestling, and aikido. Though a licensed physician specializing in cardiology, he now works as a stock trader. He lives near Houston, Texas. - Dr Roger Lyle Gilbertson MD
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- Steven D. Richman
Steven D. Richman M.D. Steven D. Richman received his BA Degree from Columbia College in 1967 and his Medical Degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1971. He completed an Internship at New York Hospital in 1972 and his Residency in Radiology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in 1977. - Dr Kenneth Lee Jewel MD
- Renan Uflacker
Renan Uflacker (born 1949) is an American physician. Currently he is Professor and Director of Interventional Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), in Charleston, South Carolina. Since 1977, Uflacker has practiced vascular and interventional radiology, becoming professor and director of the division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at MUSC in 1993. He attended medical school in his hometown of Porto Alegre, Brazil, earning his MD in 1974. - Steven Chan
Private Practice Radiologist and co-Founder of radRounds.com. radRounds.com is my new site! radRounds is a professional networking tool linking radiologists. - Dr Stacey M Vitiello MD
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