Eric Rohren

Dr. Rohren is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He received his medical degree from Mayo Medical School, and his doctorate degree in Immunology from Mayo Graduate School in Rochester, MN. He completed residency training in Diagnostic Radiology and fellowship training in Nuclear Medicine and PET at Duke University, and subsequently received board certification from the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Rohren is a recognized expert in PET imaging, and speaks nationally and internationally on diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine, particularly clinical applications of PET/CT in the oncology patient population. Prior to joining Baylor, he was Chief of PET/CT at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, and is chair of the Education Committee for the American College of Radiology’s Nuclear Medicine Commission. With training in both radiology and nuclear medicine imaging procedures, Dr. Rohren has a special interest in the complimentary roles of functional and anatomic imaging in the assessment of malignancy. His research interests include novel radiopharmaceuticals for the imaging of cancer, emerging applications of PET/MR, and molecular brain imaging for evaluation of neurocognitive disorders.