Invited International/Interregional Speakers for 2014 Annual Meeting
Ricardo C. Cury, MD
Baptist Health of South Florida and Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, USA
- Chairman of SCCT (2014-2015)
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Radiology Associates of South Florida
- Professor and vice-chairman of Radiology at Florida International University
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor award (2012)
- Former Clinical Director of Cardiac MRI at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School
- Associate editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular CT
- Reviewer of several journals such as Circulation, JACC, and others
John Jeffrey Carr, MD
Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, USA
- Chairman of SCCT(2013-2014)
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Radiology & Radiologic Sciences with tenure
- Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
- Associate Editor of Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (1995-2000) & Journal of Society of Cardiovascular CT (2007-2009)
- Reviewer of American Journal of Roentgenology, Circulation, Radiology, Journal of American College of Cardiology & Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
Yeon Hyeon Choe, MD
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- Director, Cardiovascular and Stroke Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center
- Professor, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
- Research Fellow, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center (1993. 7-1993.12) & Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (1994. 1-1994.6); Visiting professor, CIMIT, Massachussetts General Hospital (2003.7.15.-8.14 )& Royal Brompton Hospital, London (2003.8.18.-9.16)
- President-elect of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging; President of Korean Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (2007-2010)
- Editor-in-chief, Korean Journal of Radiology
Byoung Wook Choi, MD
Yonsei University Hospital, Korea
- Chairman of SCCT Korean IRC
- Chairman, Korean Society of Radiology
- Chairman, Society of Korean Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2012-2013)
- Executive Member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular imaging
- Professor, Chief of Department of Radiology, Yonsei University, South Korean
- Director, Research Institute of Radiological Science, College of Medicine, Yonsei University
- Research Fellow, Cardiovascular division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical College (2005-2006)
Akira Kurata, PhD
Ehime University Hospital, Japan
- Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Ehime University
- Visiting professor, Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, Erasmsus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2012-2014 Sep)
- Former Clinical Staff, Department of Cardiology, Ehime University
- PhD supervised by Prof. Teruhito Mochizuki, the co-chair of SCCT Japan IRC
Stephen CW Cheung, MD
St. Mary’s Hosptal, Hongkong SAR
- Professor, chief of Cardiovascular Imaging and Training Center, Vice-Chief and Consultant, Department of Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Hongkong
- Honorary Secretary of Radiology, Hongkong University, Standing member of Asia Oceania Society of Radiology
- Executive Committee member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Ming-ting Wu, MD, PhD
KaohSiung Veterans General Hospital, Tai Wan
- Chair of SCCT Taiwan IRC
- Professor, chief of Department of Radiology, Thoracic-Circulation Imaging, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
- Executive Committee member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Invited International/Interregional Speakers for 2013 Annual Meeting
Stephan Achenbach, MD
Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany
- Chairman of SCCT (2009-2011)
- Member of Cardiac imaging Committee of the American Heart Association(2010-2012)
- Chairman of European Heart CT Registry Policy Committee
- Professor, vice chief of Department of Cardiology, Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany
- Associate Chief-editor of JACC-CV imaging and JCCT, editor of European Heart Journal, Eur Heart J-CV Imaging, Circulation imaging, etc.
Matthew J. Budoff, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, USA
- Chairman of SCCT(2011-2012)
- The best American medicine prize（2013）
- Professor, Director of Cardiology projects, chief of Heart CT lab, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, USA
- Editor of Journal of interventional cardiology, JACC-cardiovascular imaging, JACC; Reviewer of Circulation, American Heart Journal, JAMA, Investigative Radiology, Atherosclerosis, American Journal of Cardiology, Heart, Academic Radiology, Cardiology, European Heart Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, JACC, Radiology
James P. Earls, MD
Inova CV Research Institute, USA
- Professor, Chief of CT lab, Department of Radiology, America Inova Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Chair, Education Committee of North American Society of Cardiac Imaging
- Published more than 100 peer-viewed scientific papers
Byoung Wook Choi, MD
Yonsei University Hospital, Korea
- Chairman of SCCT Korean IRC
- Chairman, Korean Society of Radiology
- Chairman, Society of Korean Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2012-2013)
- Executive Member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular imaging
- Professor, Chief of Department of Radiology, Yonsei University, South Korean
- Director, Research Institute of Radiological Science, College of Medicine, Yonsei University
- Research Fellow, Cardiovascular division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical College (2005-2006)
Jong-min Lee, MD
Kyungpook National University, Korea
- Secretary general of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging(ASCI);
- International Liaison officer of Korean Society of Radiology(KSR)
- Director of the office of Asian-Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR)
- Chairman, CT Certification Committee, Society of Korean Cardiovascular Angiography
- Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Whal Lee, MD
Seoul National University Hospital, Korea
- Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital
- Member of Korean Radiological Society, Korean Society of CV Imaging, Korean Society of Ultrasound Medicine, Korean Society of Circulation and Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Teruhito Mochizuki, MD
Ehime University, Japan
- Professor, Chairman, Department of Radiology, Ehime University School of Medicine
- Co-chair of SCCT Japan IRC
- Executive Member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Stephen CW Cheung, MD
St. Mary’s Hosptal, Hongkong SAR
- Professor, chief of Cardiovascular Imaging and Training Center, Vice-Chief and Consultant, Department of Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Hongkong
- Honorary Secretary of Radiology, Hongkong University, Standing member of Asia Oceania Society of Radiology
- Executive Committee member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Ming-ting Wu, MD, PhD
KaohSiung Veterans General Hospital, Tai Wan
- Chair of SCCT Taiwan IRC
- Professor, chief of Department of Radiology, Thoracic-Circulation Imaging, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
- Executive Committee member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Yong-liang Wan
Chang-gung Hospital, Chang-gung University, Tai Wan
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Medical Imaging & Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
- Director of Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taiwan
- Standing Director of Taiwan Society of Radiology
- Executive member of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging Committee; Standing Director of Asian Society of Thoracic Radiology
