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Ron Kikinis, MD

B. Leonard Holman Professor, Harvard Medical School

Vice-Chair for Biomedical Informatics Research, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Founding Director, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Ron Kikinis received his MD degree from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, in 1982. He trained as a resident in radiology at the University Hospital in Zurich, and as a researcher in computer vision at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1988, he moved to Brigham & Women's Hospital, and in 1990, founded the Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. In 2004, he was appointed Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, and in 2010, was appointed the Robert Greenes Distinguished Director of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital. From January 2014 through February 2020, he took on a part-time position in Germany as "Institutsleiter" of Fraunhofer MEVIS and Professor of Medical Image Computing at the University of Bremen, while continuing his activities in the U.S. On March 1, 2020, he returned to Boston full time and was appointed the B. Leonard Holman Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Vice-Chair for Biomedical Informatics Research, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

During the mid-80's, Dr. Kikinis developed a scientific interest in image processing algorithms and their use for extracting relevant information from medical imaging data. Since then, this topic has matured from a fairly exotic topic to a field of science. This is due to the explosive increase of both the quantity and complexity of imaging data. Dr. Kikinis has led and has participated in research in different areas of science. His activities include technological research (segmentation, registration, visualization, high performance computing), software system development, and biomedical research in a variety of biomedical specialties. The majority of his research is interdisciplinary in nature and is conducted by multidisciplinary teams. The results of his research have been reported in a variety of peer-reviewed journal articles. He is an author and co-author of over 400 peer-reviewed articles.

Over the years Dr. Kikinis has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) and site PI of a number of large and small NIH and NSF funded grants (see here for his current NIH funding). This includes the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC) and Quantitative Image Informatics for Cancer Research (QIICR). He is currently serving as the PI of the Neuroimaging Analysis Center (NAC) and the NCI-funded Imaging Data Commons (IDC). He is also the Director of Collaborations for the National Center for Image Guided Therapy (NCIGT).

As part of his service to the community, Dr. Kikinis serves as reviewer for a large number of journals and conferences in the fields of imaging, biomedical engineering and computer science. He has served, and is serving, on external advisory boards for a variety of centers and research efforts. He is the Principal Investigator of 3D Slicer, a free open source software platform for image analysis and visualization.

Dr. Kikinis’ activities have resulted in a number of honors and awards, including the inaugural "Enduring Impact Award" of the MICCAI Society in 2009, when he was also appointed a fellow of the MICCAI Society. In 2013, he was appointed “Ehrenmitglied” of the CURAC Society. In 2019, he was appointed a fellow of the ISMRM and also received the prestigious Harvard Medical School “Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award.”

Full Length Curriculum Vitae, 01-2024.
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Surgical Planning Laboratory
Department of Radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis St., ASBI, L1-050
Boston, MA 02115
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Nathalie Y. R. Agar, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Daniel E. Ponton Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

The overarching goal of my research laboratory in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology at BWH/HMS, and Cancer Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is to improve the care of patients...

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Andrey Fedorov, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Andrey joined the Surgical Planning Laboratory (SPL), in the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 2009 after obtaining his PhD in Computer Science from...

Surgical Planning Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital
399 Revolution Dr
BWH Radiology Research, Ste. 1180
Somerville, MA 02145
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Alexandra J. Golby, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Neurosurgery Core PI

I am a Neurosurgeon, Director of Image Guided Neurosurgery, and Co-director of AMIGO (Advanced Multi-Modality Image Guided OR), the translational research testbed for much of the Image Guided Therapy...

Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis St.
Boston, MA 02115
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Charles R. G. Guttmann, MD

Director, Center for Neurological Imaging

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Guttmann is the Director of the Center for Neurological Imaging at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Department of Radiology,
1249 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, USA
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Michael Halle, PhD

Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

I am working in the areas of medical and scientific visualization, three-dimensional display, image capture, computer graphics, software and systems architecture, networked systems, and semantic data...

Surgical Planning Laboratory
Department of Radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis St.
Boston, MA 02115
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Nazim Haouchine

Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

I am currently a faculty researcher at the SPL. My research work is at the interface of computer vision and graphics, machine learning and physics-based modelling with applications in surgery and...

Surgical Planning Laboratory
Department of Radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis St.
Boston, MA 02115
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Nobuhiko Hata, PhD

Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Intraoperative Devices PI, National Center for Advanced Technologies Image Guided Therapy (AT-NCIGT)

I am an engineering researcher in a teaching hospital who specializes in medical image computing and medical device development. I have been affiliated with the Advanced Technologies Image Guided...

Department of Radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
L1-050, 75 Francis St.
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Jayender Jagadeesan, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Jay is Lead Investigator at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Jay completed his Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech.) at the Indian Institute of Technology and Doctorate (PhD) from the University of...

Department of Radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
323 Thorn Research Building
75 Francis St.
Boston, MA 02115
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