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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.

For full-length biography and HMS CV, please visit Dr. Kikinis’ homepage.

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