Biography
Scientific Record
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5963 life time citations, h-index = 45 (Scopus)
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10,483 life time citations, h-index = 58 (Google Scholar)
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300+ peer-reviewed publications (222 papers)
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700+ conference abstracts
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184 invited presentations
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65 graduate students and PDFs
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12 patents and 4 spin-off companies
Professional and Academic Experience
| 2018 | FCAHS - Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences - internationally recognized leadership, academic performance, scientific creativity and willingness to serve |
| 2018 | Lifetime Achievement Award, Department of Medical Imaging, Western University, London |
| 2018 | Annual Award for Academic Excellence in Research, Department of Medical Imaging, Western University, London |
| 2017 | FURSI - Fellowship (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale) - honouring members dedication to URSI and stimulating and coordinating research and data exchange in radio science |
| 2014 | Scientist Career Award – Lawson Impact Awards, May 1, 2014 – recognizing a lifetime of excellence and relevance in research at Lawson |
| 2013 | FCOMP Award – (Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists) – recognizing a member who has made significant contribution to the field of medical physics and COMP, Montreal, Quebec, September 20, 2013 |
| 2013 | The d’Arsonval Award - presented by the BEMS Society to recognize extraordinary accomplishment within the discipline of bioelectromagnetics, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 14, 2013 |
| 2007 | Assistant Scientific Director, Lawson Health Research Institute |
| 2001 | Imaging Program Leader, Lawson Health Research Institute |
| 2001 | Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute |
| 1999-2007 | Inaugural Chair, Division of Imaging Sciences, Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, UWO |
| 1992 | Professor, Dept. of Medical Imaging, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, UWO |
| 1992 | Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, UWO |
| 1991 | Fellow of the American Board of Medical Physicists (ABMP) |
| 1982 | Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (FCCPM) |
Profession
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Research Overview
Over the last 30 years I have founded a research imaging program at Lawson that currently includes 23 Ph.Ds. and 7 MDs. The focus it to provide leading edge medical imaging technology to the patients of Southwestern Ontario, to citywide researchers and to foster what is needed for clinical trials. We have had a rich history including: first MRI in Canada (1982), first perfusion CT in the world (2000), first PET/CT in Canada (2002), first PET/MRI in Canada (2012).
In the last decade we have introduced PET technology to London including a medical cyclotron and radiochemistry facility that supplies Health Canada approved products to London, Toronto and Windsor. We are a hospital based research program and as such we have a stewardship responsibility to our patients to provide the best medical imaging facilities to guide their treatment and when they reach the limits of proven treatment methods they have the option to enroll in clinical trials that explore new treatment approaches.