David W. Townsend Ph.D
Adjunct Professor
Molecular Imaging and Translational Research Program
UT Graduate School of Medicine
and
Professor,
National University of Singapore
Head of SPECT and PET Development,
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
Education
Post Graduate
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Docent (P.D.) in Medical Imaging
1987
Graduate
University of London (Westfield College)
Ph.D. in Experimental High Energy Physics
1971
Undergraduate
University of Bristol
Bristol, England
B.S. in Physics
1966
Faculty Appointments
Westfield College, University of London
Research Associate (1969-1970)
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Scientific Programmer (Physicist)
1970-1978
State University of New York at Buffalo
Visiting Scientific Consultant, Medical Imaging Processing Group
1978-1979
Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
Visiting Scientist - PET Group
1987
Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
Honorary Visiting Scientist, PET Group
1987-2000
University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Physicist and Computer Analyst, Division of Nuclear Medicine
1979-2003
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Physicist, PET Facility (1993-2003)
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology (1993-1999)
Acting Co-Director, PET Facility (1996-2001)
Professor, Department of Radiology (2000-2003)
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Knoxville, TN
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Radiology (2003-2009)
Director, Molecular Imaging
and Translational Research Program (2003-2009)
Professor of Tenure, Department of Medicine (2004-2009)
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology (2006-2009)
Adjunct Professor, UT Graduate School of Medicine (2009-present)
National University of Singapore
Professor
Head of SPECT and PET Development,
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
(2009 - Present)
Organizations and Memberships
Full member of the Swiss Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 1988
Member, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1995
Member, Society for Nuclear Medicine
1996
Elected Senior Member, IEEE
1997
Elected to 3 year term on IEEE Nuclear Medicine Imaging Council 1997
Elected to AMI Board(Treasurer)
2004
Elected Fellow, IEEE
2006
Honors and Awards
Most Frequently Cited IEEE TMI Paper Published in 1991 2000
TIME Magazine, Invention of the Year for PET/CT Scanner
2000
RSNA Special Merit Award, PET/CT in Melanoma
2000
Special Citation at American Society of Neuroradiology, PET/CT 2001
Frost & Sullivan, Product of the Year for PET/CT Scanner 2002
AMI Distinguished Clinical Scientist of the Year
2004
Listed in Health Imaging and IT among “100 names you need to know”
2004
Elected, Fellow of the IEEE
2006
PET/CT paper third most frequently-cited JNM paper of all time
2006
Invited Speaker, 2007 Nobel Symposium, "Watching Life through Molecular Imaging."
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Molecular Imaging and Translational Research Program
UT Graduate School of Medicine
1924 Alcoa Hwy., Box 93
Knoxville, TN 37920-6999
Phone:865-305-6181
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