Elias Zerhouni was born on April 12,1951 and is an Algerian-born American scientist, radiologist and biomedical engineer.
33 Facts About Elias Zerhouni
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Elias Zerhouni spent much of his career on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, serving as its executive vice-dean from 1995 to 2002.
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Elias Zerhouni was the 15th Director of the National Institutes of Health from May 2,2002, to October 31,2008, under the George W Bush administration.
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Elias Zerhouni served as a senior fellow for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2009 through 2010.
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Elias Zerhouni went on to positions of increasing responsibility, including chief resident and assistant professor.
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Elias Zerhouni then served as vice chair of the Department of Radiology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and its affiliated DePaul Hospital from 1981 to 1985.
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In 1985, Elias Zerhouni returned to Johns Hopkins as an associate professor.
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Elias Zerhouni was appointed Director of the MRI Division in 1988, subsequently becoming chair of the Russell H Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Martin Donner Professor of Radiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
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Ultimately, Elias Zerhouni was appointed as Executive Vice-Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996 and served as Dean of Research and Dean for Clinical Affairs until 2002 at which time he moved to the Directorship of the NIH.
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Elias Zerhouni is a highly published scientist in his field, inventor, and entrepreneur.
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Elias Zerhouni's work led to advances in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging that resulted in over 200 peer reviewed publications and 8 patents.
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Partly based on this research and research and subsequent inventions, Elias Zerhouni founded or co-founded five start-up companies.
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Elias Zerhouni founded Computerized Imaging Reference Systems in 1982, where he served as chairman for several years.
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Elias Zerhouni founded Advanced Medical Imaging in 1989, which was later sold to a major public company.
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Elias Zerhouni co-founded American Radiology Services in 1996 and served as its chairman and CEO until 2002.
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Elias Zerhouni is a co-inventor and co-founder of Surgivision, Inc.
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Elias Zerhouni created the Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization Process, an online system which reports NIH research investments visible to the public.
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Elias Zerhouni currently sits on the Board of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
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Elias Zerhouni served as a senior fellow for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2009 through 2010.
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Elias Zerhouni has served as a science advisor reviewing several national research programs for France, Canada, Australia, Qatar, among others.
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Elias Zerhouni has advised many world leaders and has won various awards.
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In 2000, Elias Zerhouni was elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and in 2013 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of only a handful of scientists which have been elected to both august bodies.
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Elias Zerhouni received the Legion d'honneur from the French National Order and President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.
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Elias Zerhouni has served on the National Cancer Institute's Board of Scientific Advisors prior to his becoming NIH director.
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Elias Zerhouni has won several awards for his research including a Gold Medal from the American Roentgen Ray Society and the Radiological Society of North American and two Paul Lauterbur Awards for MRI research.
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Elias Zerhouni received the honorary title Doctor Emeritus from the University of Algiers in 2005.
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Elias Zerhouni joined the board of trustees for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology when the school opened in September 2009.
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Elias Zerhouni was named by the Maryland Governor to the chairmanship of the Maryland Economic Development Commission.
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In 2010, Elias Zerhouni received an honorary degree from Johns Hopkins University and the Woodrow Wilson award for service to the university and the nation.
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Elias Zerhouni is a recipient of the Ben Franklin Medal.
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Elias Zerhouni was the founding Chief Scientific Advisor of Science -Translational Medicine, a sister publication of Science Magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Elias Zerhouni served on the boards of Actelion Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss biotechnology company and Danaher, a US company comprising a family of more than 20 global operating companies in the fields of life sciences and the environment.
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Elias Zerhouni was appointed as Chair of Innovation at the College de France in 2011 and elected to membership at the French Academy of Medicine in 2010.