Department of Radiology

John Hoffman, MD

Faculty

Dr. Hoffman

John Hoffman, MD

Willard Snow Hansen Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

Professor Radiology; Professor Neurology

Director: Molecular Imaging Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute

Director of Nuclear Medicine

email: john.hoffman@hci.utah.edu

EDUCATION/TRAINING 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

B.S.E

1977

Bioengineering

University of Colorado, Denver, CO

M.D.

1980

Medicine

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Residency

1981-1983

Neurosurgery

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Residency

1983-1986

Neurology

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship

1986-1989

Nuclear Medicine/PET

Positions and Employment

1986-1989          Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine

1989-1993          Assistant Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Neurology), Duke University Medical Center; Chief: PET Imaging

1993                  Associate Professor of Radiology; Duke University Medical Center

1993-1998          Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology; Emory University School of Medicine Medical Director: Center for Positron Emission Tomography.

1998-1999          Professor of Neurology and Radiology; Emory University School of Medicine

1999-2005          Chief: Molecular Imaging Branch, Cancer Imaging Program, Supervisory Medical Officer National Cancer Institute; DCTD/NCI/NIH/DHHS                                                                   

2005-2007     Professor of Radiology and Neurology; University of Utah (Director of Nuclear Medicine)

2007-present     Willard Snow Hansen Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, Professor of Radiology and Neurology, University of Utah (Director of Nuclear Medicine)

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

  •  2003-present Council Member; Institute for Clinical PET, Academy of Molecular Imaging
  • 1994-present Movement Disorder Section - American Academy of Neurology

Honors

  • B.S.E. -Magna cum Laude -University of Pennsylvania
  • Tau Beta Pi‑Engineering Honor Society 
  • Hexagon Senior Society- University of Pennsylvania
  • Winner, Resident Paper Competition. North Pacific Society of Neurology and Psychiatry 1985 
  • Competition Winner for travel funds to attend Brain 87, XIII International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. Montreal, Canada, June 20‑25,1987
  • Recipient ‑ 1988 Oldendorf Award, American Society of Neuroimaging.
  • Award of Merit Society of  Nuclear Medicine, 1992
  • Sally Harrington Goldwater Visiting Professor - Barrow Neurologic Institute, 1994 Phoenix, AZ
  • Award of Merit National Institutes of Health For Work in Integrating Novel Imaging Approaches in early Clinical Trials, July 2000
  • Editor’s Recognition Award With Distinction, Radiology 2001
  • Editor’s Recognition Award with Special Distinction, Radiology 2002
  • Award of Merit National Institutes of Health For Exceptional Leadership of the Diverse Molecular Imaging Programs, Creating a New Paradigm for Extracting Molecular Information from Intact Humans. Oct. 2002
  • Editor’s Recognition Award with Special Distinction, Radiology 2003

Editorial Boards

2004-present        Associate Editor – Radiology

2000 -present       Journal of Nuclear Medicine

2002 -present       Molecular Imaging

2001- present       Molecular Imaging and Biology

Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Neurology‑Associate

  • Society of Nuclear Medicine

  • International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

  • Radiological Society of North America

  • Academy of Molecular Imaging

  • Society for Neuroscience

  • Society of Molecular Imaging

  • American Association for Cancer Research

Link to Dr. Hoffman's Publications