Speakers

Dr. Farahani is the Senior Data Science, Imaging, and AI Program Director at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Prior to joining NHLBI he was the federal lead for the Imaging Data Commons and imaging AI projects at the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) (2020-2023), and program director for Image-Guided Interventions in the NCI Cancer Imaging Program (2001-2019). Since 2020 he has led the Medical Image De-Identification Initiative (MIDI) for best practices in cloud-based and AI-assisted de-identification of images. He’s a co-chair of the NIH Medical Imaging Working Group, Technology sub-group, and a Project Scientist for the NIH Bridge2AI. He has co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications, 10 book chapters, and has served as a guest editor to several scientific journals. Currently he is on the editorial board of Tomography. Dr. Farahani is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He obtained a B.S. in Physics from Sonoma State University in California, and M.S. & Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles.

scientific journals. Currently he is on the editorial board of Tomography and serves as a Project Scientist for the NIH Bridge2AI. A fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Dr. Farahani obtained a B.S. in Physics from Sonoma State University in California, and a PhD in Biomedical Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles.

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