G. Scott Gazelle
G. Scott Gazelle, Ph.D.,
Professor of Radiology at HarvardMedicalSchool
and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard
School of Public Health. He serves as Director of Partners Radiology, the MGH Institute
for Technology Assessment, the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Program in
Cancer Outcomes Research Training, and he is Co-Director and Associate
Vice-Chair for Research in the MGH Department of Radiology. Scott is also Senior Scientist at the
Partners Institute for Health Policy. He
has recently been President of the Association of University Radiologists,
Radiology Research Alliance and the New England Roentgen Ray Society, as well
as Chair of the AmericanCollege of
Radiology Commission on Research and Technology Assessment and the RSNA
Research Development Committee. He is
nationally and internationally known for his research evaluating the benefits,
costs, and appropriate use of new medical technologies. Locally, he has been active in the
development and implementation of guidelines for the appropriate use of imaging
technologies. He has also lead Partners
HealthCare system efforts to improve quality and safety in radiology and to
develop approaches that can be used to measure and document performance
improvement. Scott has authored more
than 180 scientific articles, published 2 textbooks and presented numerous
papers, lectures, and workshops nationally and internationally.