New Director Named at NIBIB
May 10, 2002 - Acting Director of the National Institutes
of Health Ruth Kirschstein, M.D., May 7 announced the appointment
of Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., as the first permanent
director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering (NIBIB). Dr. Pettigrew currently serves as
professor of radiology, medicine (cardiology) and bioengineering
at the Emory University School of Medicine as well as director
of the Emory Center for MR Research. Dr. Pettigrew has a B.S.
in physics from Morehouse College, an M.S. in nuclear medicine
and engineering from Rennselear Polytechnic Institute, a Ph.D.
in applied radiation physics from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and an M.D. from the University of Miami School
of Medicine. He did his internship and residency in internal
medicine at Emory University and also completed a residency
in nuclear medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
He is best know for his pioneering work in dynamic three-dimensional
imaging of the heart using magnetic resonance. Dr. Pettigrew
is expected to formally join the institute in late August
or early September.
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