Dr. Elias Zerhouni (aka) Elias Adam Zerhouni. Scientist. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Researcher. Radiologist and bio-medical engineer.
Position/s:
- President – Global Research and Development at pharmaceutical company – Sanofi (2011 – 2018)
- Senior Fellow – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2009 – 2010)
- President Obama appointed Dr. Zerhouni as ‘Presidential Science Envoy’ – (2009)
- First immigrant to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in (2002 – 2008)
- Executive Vice-Dean – Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine (1995-2002)
Awards:
- Gold Medal for American Roentgen Ray Society
- Gold Medal – Radiological Society of North America
- 2 awards – Paul Lauterbur Awards for MRI Research
- Woodrow Wilson Award for services to the Johns Hopkins University
- Ben Franklin Medal
- etc….
Honours:
- Elected to National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (2000)
- Elected to National Academy of Engineering (2013)
- Legion d’honneur for French National Order by President Nicolas Sarkozy (2008)
- etc….
Entrepreneur : Co-Founder of
- Computerized Imaging Reference Systems (CIRS) – (1982)
- Advanced Medical Imaging (1989)
- Biopsys Corporation
- American Radiology Services (1996)
- Surgivision Inc.
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