Dr. Rob Goodman

Biography

Rob Goodman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale School of Medicine and Radiologist-in-Chief at Yale New Haven Health System. He joined Yale in 2004 after serving as a lead clinician at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK. Dr. Goodman received his medical degree from Clare College, Cambridge University in 1988 and completed an MBA in Healthcare at Yale University in 2017. He underwent residency training at Central Oxford Hospitals in the UK and completed a fellowship in pediatric radiology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. His research interests focus on pediatric radiology, particularly aimed at reducing radiation exposure in children undergoing imaging procedures. He has been instrumental in developing national guidelines for neonatal echoencephalography, pediatric spinal ultrasound, and imaging practices for pregnant patients. Throughout his tenure at Yale, Dr. Goodman has significantly expanded pediatric radiology services and championed the implementation of a dedicated pediatric MRI scanner at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. His leadership has also contributed to the research areas of novel MR pulse sequences, functional MRI, MR spectroscopy, and advanced image processing. Dr. Goodman actively collaborates with industry partners to expand translational research to improve patient care.

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