Biography
Ralph Weissleder (born November 8, 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany) is a Professor at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Attending Interventional Radiologist at MGH.
Ralph Weissleder studied Medicine and graduated with an MD from the University of Heidelberg in 1985. Since his Medical School training was embedded in the German system, his degree is not considered as an MD/PhD in the Anglo-American system, even though he did a medical thesis in Germany. Following his MD degree, Dr. Weissleder completed an Internship and Residency at University Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico. In 1986, Dr. Weissleder moved to Boston (USA) where he pursued post-doctoral research (1986–1989) and then clinical training in radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and at Harvard Medical School (HMS). In 1994, Dr Weissleder became Assistant Professor at HMS, Full Professor in 2001 (Department of Radiology), and remains an active physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2007, Dr Weissleder was appointed Director of the MGH Center for Systems Biology and in 2008, he was also appointed Professor in Systems Biology at HMS. Dr. Weissleder is a member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, the Broad Institute and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). Over the years, Dr. Weissleder has received many awards and honors in recognition of his contribution to science, of which the most recent is his election as a new member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Dr. Weissleder and his wife, Anna Petropoulos-Weissleder, a plastic surgeon, have one son.
Dr. Weissleder has received honorary degrees from The Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Mexico (2007) and from Harvard University (2001).
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