Richard L. Wahl

Richard L. Wahl
NationalityAmerican
Occupationphysician
Known forPET/CT medical research

Richard L. Wahl, a nuclear medicine physician,[1] is the Elizabeth Mallinckrodt Professor and Chairman of Radiology, and Director of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine. He is known for his work in PET/CT imaging.[2]

Early life and education

Wahl attended Washington University for medical school, then did residency training at the University of Michigan.

Career

Wahl subsequently went on to become the Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine/PET at Johns Hopkins University.[3] In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Henry N. Wagner Professorship in Nuclear Medicine at Hopkins.[4][5]

Medical research

Wahl is known for his extensive research in molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) and hybrid PET/CT imaging. He was the editor of one of the early textbooks in PET/CT Imaging.

References

  1. ^ Applied Radiology. Anderson Pub. 2007.
  2. ^ University of Michigan. Office of the Vice President for Research (1994). Research Report to the Board of Regents. The Office.
  3. ^ The Michigan Alumnus. UM Libraries. 1994. pp. 5–. UOM:39015071120342.
  4. ^ Henry N. Wagner (December 23, 2007). A Personal History of Nuclear Medicine. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 139–. ISBN 978-1-84628-072-6.
  5. ^ Hopkins Radiologist Richard Wahl Appointed to New Professorship in Nuclear Medicine.