Education :

• National Taiwan University, B.S., Meteorology, 1961
• Kansas State U., M.S. Mathematics, 1962
• George Washington University, D.Sc., Applied Mechanics and Mathematics, 1972

• Georgetown University, Anatomy and Physiology, 1973

• Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Radiologist, London, 1992
• Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 1993
• Honorary Member, European PACS Society, 1996
• Honorary Chairman, 2003 CARS (Computer-Assist Radiology and Surgery Foundation) International Congress, London
• Honorary President, 2007 First International Iranian Imaging Informatics Conference, Tehran

Professional Background :

• 1966 - 1976 : Senior Research Scientist, NBRF, Georgetown University Medical Center
• 1972 - 1975 : Lecturer, Department of Physiology Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical School
• 1974 - 1976 : Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Department of Engineering Administration, George Washington University
• 1975 - 1976 : Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical School
• 1976 - 1979 : Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University
• 1978 - 1979 : Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Georgetown University
• 1979 - 1980 : Research Associate Professor, Departments of Anatomy, Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical School
• 1979 - 1980 : IPA Faculty Fellow, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
• 1980 - 1982 : Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
• 1982 - 1992 : Professor of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
• 1983 - 1992 : Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles
• 1992 - 1999 : Professor of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco
• 1993 - 1999 : Faculty, University of California, San Francisco/University of California, Berkeley, Bioengineering Graduate Program
• 1997 : Visiting Professor, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, N.Y.
• 1998       : Guest Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• 1999 - 2000 : Kan Tong Po Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 1998 - 2000 : Adjunct Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Iowa
• 2000 - 2003 : Professor of Radiology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California
• 2000 – 2010 : Chair Professor of Medical Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 2001 – Date : Honorary Professor, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2003 – 2010 : Professor of Radiology, University of Southern California
• 2003 – Date : Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME), University of Southern California
• 2010 – Date : Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology and BME

• 1982 – 1992 : Teach various Medical Imaging classes at the Biomedical Physics Graduate Program, UCLA. Average one course/ semester.
• 1992 – 1996 : Teach Medical Imaging at the Bioengineering Graduate Program UCSF/UC Berkeley. One Semester course/ year
• 2003 – 2010 : USC. Medical Imaging Informatics. Two courses BME-527, 528/year
• 1982 – Date : Guide Ph.D. student dissertations, and Guide Post doctoral Fellow research projects
• Dec, 1999 – Aug, 2001 : Two courses in PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• August, 2001 : Advanced PACS and Principles of Medical Imaging Informatics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Course No. 6045.
• January, 2003 : Enterprise PACS and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 1982 - 1984 : Acting Director, Medical Physics Division, Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA
• 1984 - 1991 : Chief, Medical Imaging Division, Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA
• 1984 - 1992 : Program Director, Biomedical Physics Graduate Program, UCLA
• 1991 - 1992 : Vice Chairman, Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA
• 1992 - 1998 : Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco (SF)
• 1992 - 1999 : Director, Laboratory for Radiological Informatics, U. of California, SF
• 2000 – 2003 : Director of Informatics, Department of Radiology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
• 2003 – 2010 : Director, Division of Imaging Informatics, Dept. Radiology, USC
• 2003 – 2010 : Director Medical Image and Imaging Informatics MS. Degree Program, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Society Memberships :

• Senior Member; Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
• Secretary; Chinese Medical and Health Association, Inc. ('78-'79)
• Listed in American Men and Women in Science
• Member; National Research Council, Working Group 87 CHABA
• Member; American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Member; American Society of Biomechanics
• Member; Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
• Member; Radiological Society of North America
• Member; American Roentgen Ray Society
• Member; American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Editorial Boards :

• Associate Editor; Journal of Computers in Biology and Medicine
• Associate Editor; IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
• Editorial Board; Journal of Digital Imaging
• Editorial Board; J. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
• Editorial Board; J. Minimally Invasive Surgery and Medicine
• Editorial Board; J. Medical Informatics
• Editorial Board: J Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
• Reviewer for American Journal of Roentgenology
• Reviewer for RadioGraphics

Study Sections :

• Reviewer for NSF for National Engineering Center
• Member of NIH Special Study Section X (until 1996)
• Member of NHRI, ROC (1998-1999, 2000-2002)
• Member of USAMRMC, US Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (ongoing)
• Member of NIBIB Study Section, NIH (ongoing. Ad hoc)
• National Cancer Institute (2004, Ad hoc)
• National Library of Medicine Review Committee, NIH (1998 – 2002, Ad hoc after 2002)
• National Institute of Health, SBIR, (2002 – Present, Ad hoc)
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (2002 – Present, Ad hoc)

Boards :

• New York Hospital PACS Implementation Advisory Board
• Saint John's Hospital (Santa Monica, CA) New Health Center Technical Advisory Board
• Taiwan Electronic Data Processing Corp (TEDPC) Technical Advisory Board
• Medical China, Board of Directors (2001-2004)
• Array Corporation, Advisory Board (2000 – 2006)
• MI2 , Advisory Board (2003 – Present)
• Guardian Healthcare, Inc., Advisory Board (2006- 2010)
• SurgMatix, Corp, Advisory Board (2007-Present)

Professional Experience and Consultancy :

• 1976 - 1978 : Chief, CT Experimental and Clinical Laboratory, Georgetown U.
• 1978 - 1985 : Consultant, The Aerospace Corporation
• 1980 - 1985 : Consultant, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Dept. of Justice
• 1980 - 1985 : Consultant, Southwest Research Institute
• 1975 - 1980 : Consultant, Pfizer Medical Systems, Inc.
• 1980 - 1982 : Consultant, Autologic, Inc.
• 1982 - 1987 : Consultant, Alpharel, Inc.
• 1990 - 1993 : Advisory Board VAMC, Washington Information System Center
• 1996 - 1998 : Consultant, Nikon, Japan
• 1997 - 2006 : Advisor, St. John’s Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
• 1998 - 2006 : Advisor, R2 Technology, CA
• 1999 - 2006 : Advisor, Cedara, Canada
• 2000 - 2006 : Advisor, Array Corporation, Japan
• 2000 – 2006 : Consultant, Medical Data On line, Boston, Mass
• 2002 – 2006 : Consultant, Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
• 2002 – 2004 : Consultant, Department of Health, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
• 2009 - 2010 : Consultant, Department of Health, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
• 2003 - Date : Consultant, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
• 2010 - Date : Consultant to the President’s Office, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 2010 – Date : Aurora Technology, Boston, MASS