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Mallinckrodt Institute, Washington University

Dr. Perry J. Pickhardt graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, his hometown school, in 1991 with a B.S. in Physics (G.P.A. 4.0, class rank 1/3,274). Beginning in 1991, Dr. Pickhardt attended the University of Michigan Medical School on the HPSP Scholarship Program and graduated as an M.D. in 1995 (Hewlett-Packard Award as a top 5 graduate). From 1995-1999, he was a resident in diagnostic radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. During his time in St. Louis, Dr. Pickhardt co-edited a textbook on body CT and published a number of scientific papers. For the next four years after residency training, Dr. Pickhardt served in the U.S. Navy, spending one year as the Department Head of Radiology, U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and three years as the head of GI-GU Imaging at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD (twice named Teacher of the Year). He also served as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda. Among other projects at NNMC, Dr. Pickhardt organized a large multi-center screening trial evaluating CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) and served as the PI. Among other awards and honors, Dr. Pickhardt completed a Figley Fellowship at the AJR Editorial Office in Winston- Salem, NC in 2002. Dr. Pickhardt joined the Abdominal Imaging Section at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 2003 as an Associate Professor of Radiology. CT colonography and colorectal cancer screening continue to be Dr. Pickhardt’s primary clinical and research interests. His work has resulted in over 100 scientific publications, 6 book chapters (with more in press), and 1 textbook (and another in progress).