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Katherine Ferrara
Professor of Radiology (Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford)
Bio Katherine Whittaker Ferrara is a Professor of Radiology. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the IEEE, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Acoustical Society of America and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Ferrara received her Ph.D. in 1989 from the University of California, Davis. Prior to her PhD, Dr. Ferrara was a project engineer for General Electric Medical Systems, involved in the development of early magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound systems. Following an appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Dr. Ferrara served as the founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis. Her laboratory is known for early work in aspects of ultrasonics and has more recently expanded their focus to broadly investigate molecular imaging and drug delivery.
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Dominik Fleischmann
Professor of Radiology (Cardiovascular Imaging) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Current Research and Scholarly Interests Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging
Image Post-processing
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Benjamin Lewis Franc
Clinical Professor, Radiology - Rad/Nuclear Medicine
Bio Dr. Franc has over 15 years of experience in clinical nuclear medicine with particular expertise in PET-CT. He publishes and lectures predominantly on applications and innovations of PET-CT. As a clinical leader, Dr. Franc has developed programs for the early adoption and implementation of nuclear-based imaging and therapeutic technologies including combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) (combined PET-CT) and combined single photon emission computed tomography and CT (SPECT-CT) for quantitative oncologic and cardiac applications. Dr. Franc has experience in all aspects of PET radiopharmaceutical development, spanning the design of molecules, synthesis of radioligands, and use in animal and human imaging. He also has expertise in quantitative image analysis, development of novel post-processing image reconstruction methods, and the application of artificial intelligence in human diagnostics. Along with radiochemistry and radiopharmacy colleagues at the UCSF Cyclotron Facility, Dr. Franc has implemented new radiopharmaceuticals in pre-clinical and clinical research PET imaging as well as for clinical PET with applications in cancer, infectious disease (HIV), and autoimmune disease (RA).
In addition to translational science and clinical research, Dr. Franc has established himself in the area of health policy. His research, publications, and lectures in health policy focus on improving value of healthcare through decrease in variability and implementation of precision health techniques into the clinic.