Vice Chair for Research
NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Sodickson received a BS in Physics and a BA in Humanities from Yale College. He earned his PhD in Medical Physics from MIT and his MD from Harvard Medical School, both as a part of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Dr. Sodickson’s research is primarily focused on the development of new techniques for biomedical imaging, with the broad aim of seeing what has previously been invisible, in order to improve human health. For his early work developing parallel MRI, Dr. Sodickson was awarded the Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in 2006. He is also a Fellow of the ISMRM, and a Distinguished Investigator of the Academy of Radiology Research. He has a long history of service and leadership in the ISMRM, and he served as ISMRM president in 2017-2018. He also chaired the NIH Study Section on Biomedical Imaging Technology (BMIT-A). At NYU, Dr. Sodickson has led a transformation of the imaging research enterprise in the Department of Radiology, helping to earn the department’s Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R) a designation as a national Biomedical Technology Resource Center. He leads a multidisciplinary team that aims to develop a new paradigm of rapid continuous comprehensive imaging, taking advantage of complementary tools in image acquisition and reconstruction, including parallel imaging, compressed sensing, and artificial intelligence. This work extends to multiple imaging modalities, including PET and CT as well as MRI, and involves stakeholders in basic imaging science, clinical science, and industry, who work together in tightly coordinated method development and clinical evaluation. Dr. Sodickson has mentored numerous students, fellows, and junior colleagues, and has devoted himself to developing a culture of collaborative innovation. Indeed, he has a strong interest in the dynamics of creativity and innovation, taking inspiration from diverse models from the Bohr Institute to Bell Laboratories and beyond, and he is currently in the process of launching a new institute for engineering in biomedicine – Tech4Health – building on those models. Dr. Sodickson is convinced that the field of imaging is at an extraordinary historical nexus, poised for imminent transformation, and he is committed to advancing and shaping that transformation.
Wednesday, February 6
1:20 PM – 1:40 PM