Dr. Scott Atlas
Scott W. Atlas is Professor of Radiology and Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical School and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a public policy think-tank in Stanford, California.
He is recognized throughout the world as a leader in both education and clinical research. He is also an advisor to major industry leaders in medical technology. Dr. Atlas has authored over well 100 scientific publications in leading journals. He has lectured throughout the world on a variety of topics, most notably advances in imaging of the brain, and the key economic issues related to the future of such technology-based advances. His current research in neuroradiology focuses on tissue characterization and brain function using advanced MRI techniques.
His research at Hoover focuses on public policy solutions designed to introduce free market solutions for the US health care system.
Dr. Atlas is the editor of the leading textbook in the field, the best selling Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine, currently in its third edition. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Topics in MRI, and has been Associate Editor of the journals Radiology, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dr. Atlas has been active in several national committees and a Board Member of many major scientific societies over the past decade.
Dr. Atlas has received numerous awards and honors in recognition of his leadership in the field, including being named by his peers in The Best Doctors in America every year since its initial publication, as well as in regional listings, such as The Best Doctors in New York, Silicon Valley's Best Doctors, Top 500 Doctors in the Bay Area, and other similar honors.
Before his appointments at Stanford University and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Dr. Atlas had been on the faculty of University of California - San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania, and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Atlas received a B.S. in biology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and an M.D. degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine.
