2020 RSNA Outstanding Researcher.

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HomeRadiologyVol. 298, No. 1 Next CommunicationsFree AccessSpecial Communications2020 RSNA Outstanding ResearcherJames P. BorgstedeJames P. BorgstedeJames P. BorgstedePublished Online:Dec 1 2020https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020209023MoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In David Mankoff, MD, PhDDownload as PowerPointOpen in Image Viewer As one of the foremost authorities in nuclear medicine/PET, David Mankoff, MD, PhD, is a leader in molecular imaging science and a pioneer in the development of whole-body PET imaging.“Dr Mankoff is a true renaissance imaging specialist,” said RSNA President James P. Borgstede, MD. “He is a researcher, an inventor, an educator and a clinical specialist. All of imaging is fortunate to have Dr Mankoff as a colleague.”Dr Mankoff is the Gerd Muehllehner Professor of Radiology and vice chair of research at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Perelman School of Medicine and associate director of education and research at the Abramson Cancer Center, both in Philadelphia.While earning a PhD in bioengineering, Dr Mankoff worked with his thesis advisor, the late Gerd Muehllehner, PhD, to develop a commercial version of the scanner that later formed the basis for the PennPET Explorer, a whole-body PET imaging system recently developed at Penn.After earning his PhD and MD at Penn, Dr Mankoff completed his residency in internal medicine and nuclear medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He remained there, eventually becoming a full professor of radiology, medicine, and bioengineering.During his time in Seattle, Dr Mankoff developed research interests in translational cancer molecular imaging and quantitative PET imaging and image analysis. In 2013, he returned to Penn School of Medicine as a professor of radiology and the PET Center director.A leading researcher with a particular interest in breast cancer, Dr Mankoff has maintained more than 20 years of continuous funding from federal sources and has been recognized as a Susan G. Komen Scholar since 2012.Key research achievements include defining applications of FDG PET to breast cancer staging and response evaluation, translating novel tracers to early human trials, studying the in vivo biology of cancer metabolism, and imaging estrogen receptor expression in breast cancer using PET.At the national level, Dr Mankoff has served as a committee leader and scientific planning co-chair of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN). He is a former steering committee chair of the NCI Quantitative Imaging Executive Committee, former member of the NCI Clinical Trials Advisory Committee, and former past president of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine.Dr Mankoff is associate editor for RSNA’s newest journal, Radiology: Imaging Cancer. He also serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. Dr Mankoff is co-chair of the RSNA Vice Chairs of Research Group and a member of the RSNA Committee on Scientific Affairs. He has also been active in the RSNA Clinical Trial Methodology Workshop and he has served as workshop co-director.Recognized for his many contributions to the field, Dr Mankoff was named an RSNA Honored Educator in 2013, 2018, and 2019. He received the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research in 2018.Article HistoryPublished online: Dec 01 2020Published in print: Jan 2021 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles Linda Moy, MD, Named New Editor of RadiologyRadioGraphics2022Volume: 42Issue: 2pp. E37-E38Linda Moy, MD, Named New Editor of RadiologyRadiology2022Volume: 303Issue: 1pp. 3-4PET Molecular Imaging as a Tool for Precision OncologyRadiology2020Volume: 296Issue: 2pp. 379-380Bruce G. Haffty, MD, President, Radiological Society of North America, 2022Radiology2022Volume: 302Issue: 3pp. 492-493Mutation Profiles of Urothelial Cancer: Will Genomics Change Radiology or Vice Versa?Radiology2020Volume: 295Issue: 3pp. 581-582See More RSNA Education Exhibits Breast Cancer in Younger Women: Screening and Diagnostic Imaging ExaminationsDigital Posters2018Non-BRCA Early Onset Breast Cancer in Young Women: Challenges and OpportunitiesDigital Posters2020Assessing Immunotherapy with Functional and Molecular Imaging and Radiomics: Whence and WitherDigital Posters2019 RSNA Case Collection Occult Breast CancerRSNA Case Collection2022Inflammatory breast cancerRSNA Case Collection2020Primary breast lymphomaRSNA Case Collection2020 Vol. 298, No. 1 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download