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Professor Hans Ringertz
Country
Sweden
Affiliation
Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm
Center for Medical Imaging Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Sweden
Stanford University Medical Center
Position
Professor Emeritus, Visiting Professor at Stanford
Education
Studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Started doing research in biophysics 1958. Medical degree in 1964. Defended Ph.D. thesis on the X-ray crystallographic structures of the Purine degradation products of RNA and DNA in 1969. Trained in radiology and pediatric radiology at Karolinska Hospital. General practice specialist in 1971, in diagnostic radiology in 1973
Areas Of Research
X-ray chrystallography of bioactive molecules
Pediatric radiology, specifically pediatric oncologic, cardiac and urinary tract imaging
Bone densitometry
Post-Graduate Positions
Associate professor of biophysics 1969-1973 and of diagnostic radiology 1973-1983. Professor of radiology at the Karolinska Institute since 1984. Assistant head of pediatric radiology at Karolinska 1973-1977, head of pediatric radiology, Sachs Pediatric Hospital Stockholm 1977-1983. Chairman of Diagnostic radiology, Huddinge University Hospital 1984-1987 and at Karolinska Hospital since 1987. Fellow at University of California in San Francisco, USA 1975, visiting professor 1983-1984, adjunct professor there since, visiting professor at Stanford University Medical Center, CA, USA 2004-present. Chairman of the Board Center for Medical Imaging Science and Visualization, Linköping University since 2006
Permanent member of the Nobel Assembly for Physiology and Medicine 1986-2006, vice chairman 2002, and chairman 2003. Trustee of the Nobel foundation 2001-2006. Honorary member of 14 radiological societies including the RSNA, F.F.R.RCSI since 1995 and FRCR (Hon) since 1998 and FACR (Hon) since 2004. President of European Society of Pediatric Radiology 1990-1991, of the Swedish Society of Medical Radiology 1995-1997, of the European Congress of Radiology 1995-1997, and of the European Association of Radiology March 1997-1999. Treasurer International Society of Radiology 2001-2006, President Elected since 2006
