The Department of Radiology recently welcomed Jinha Park, MD, PhD, as the new Director of the Body Imaging Division.  Dr. Park is an accomplished clinician and scientist with great experience in developing clinical services, such as Body MR, and researching tumor receptors for therapy and diagnostic imaging.  He is a board-certified and fellowship-trained Radiologist with expertise in the interpretation of complex radiologic studies of abdominal and pelvic cancers.  He was previously an Assistant Professor of Radiology at City of Hope Medical Center where he served as Director of MRI and Radiology Research.

Dr. Park obtained his BA degree in Molecular and Cell Biology, graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley.  He then completed both his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Southern California studying a specific tumor associated protein called HER-2 in breast, ovarian, and stomach cancer and developing an antibody against this cancer protein for future diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.  After completing an internship at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, he went on to complete his residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at UCLA Medical Center and was an NIH-sponsored fellow in Abdominal Cancer Imaging at Stanford University Medical Center.

Dr. Park brings with him a wealth of experience and a new perspective for the Division and our Department.  Welcome, Dr. Park!