Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD

I am committed to promoting international scientific collaboration and training. With funding from the NCI and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and working with the leadership team of our Breast Imaging Service, I helped establish ongoing global breast cancer screening programs, breast imaging training programs, and ultrasound training programs.

I am a member of the Institute of Medicine. I have received the Marie Curie Award from the Society of Women in Radiology, the gold medals of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the Association of University Radiologists, the Beclere medal of the International Society of Radiology, the Morocco Medal of Merit, and the Order of the Croatian Morning Star of Katarina Zrinska Presidential Award of Croatia. I am an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists; and an honorary member of the British Institute of Radiology, the German Radiological Society, the Austrian Roentgen Society, the Croatian Society of Radiology, the Journées Françaises de Radiologie, the Swedish Society of Medical Radiology, the Chinese Radiological Society, the Japanese Radiological Society, the Israel Radiological Association, and the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association. I am also a member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Art and hold an honorary doctorate in medicine from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. Distinguished posts I have held include President of the California Academy of Medicine and President of the Radiological Society of North America.