Georges El FakhriProfessor El Fakhri is the Nathaniel & Diana Alpert Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the founding Director of the Gordon Center for Medical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and HMS with over 150 members. He is also o-Director of the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Associate Chair for Medical Sciences of the Department of Radiology at MGH. Dr. El Fakhri is an internationally recognized expert in quantitative molecular imaging (SPECT, PET-CT, and PET-MR) for in vivo assessment of patho-physiology in brain, cardiac and oncologic diseases. Current areas of research include high resolution PET & MR imaging in a range of diseases including neurodegenerative disease and traumatic brain injury (amyloid and neurofibrillary tangles), cardiac disease (mitochondrial membrane potential), as well as guiding radiotherapy planning (PET/MRS). He has authored or co-authored over 300 papers and mentored over 100 students, post-docs and faculty and has delivered over 200 invited Talks, Keynote and Plenary Lectures. Dr. El Fakhri received many awards and honors, including the Mark Tetalman Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine, the Dana Foundation Brain and Immuno-Imaging Award, the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Training Innovation Award and the Edward J. Hoffman Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. He was elected Fellow to the SNMMI, AAPM, AIMBE, and IEEE for "contributions to biological imaging". Read More Read Less