William Ralph Brody

William Ralph Brody

American radiologist and academic administrator

William Ralph Brody (born January 4, 1944) is an American radiologist and academic administrator. He was the President of The Johns Hopkins University, a position which he held from 1996 to 2009 before becoming the President of the Salk Institute from 2009 to 2015.2

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Born Jan 4, 1944.1

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedStanford University School of Medicine3
  • Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of California, San Francisco3
  • Date not recordedStanford University3

Brody attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied electrical engineering, earning both a B.S. and a M.S. degree. He then received his M.D. and electrical engineering Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. After obtaining these degrees, Brody worked as a resident in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery from 1972 to 1973. He then was a clinical associate at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the surgery branch from 1973 to 1975 before serving as a resident at the University of California, San Francisco in the Radiology Department from 1975 to 1977.

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Career

Occupation: scientist, radiologist.6

Professorships

From 1977 to 1986, Brody was employed at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He began as an associate professor before advancing to hold titles including professor of radiology and electrical engineering, director of the Advanced Imaging Techniques Laboratory, and director of Research Laboratories - Division of Diagnostic Radiology.

Brody then shifted to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1987. He served as the Martin W. Donner Professor of Radiology, professor of biomedical engineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and radiologist-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Administration

Brody served as provost of the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota for two years prior to becoming Johns Hopkins University's thirteenth president in 1996. He was the highest-paid university president in the United States, receiving $897,786 in 2004, and regained the title in 2007. On March 10, 2008, he announced his intent to step down as president effective December 31, 2008. This was postponed to March 3, 2009, upon Hopkins naming Ronald Daniels, the provost of the University of Pennsylvania its next president. In 2008, Brody became president of Salk Institute, a position he would hold until 2015. On May 21, 2009, an honorary doctorate was conferred on him by The Johns Hopkins University.

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Entrepreneurship

In addition to teaching and being an administrator, Brody took on personal scientific efforts of his own. He is a co-founder of several medical device companies including Biopsys Medical (Acquired by J&J), Resonex (acquired by GE), and Commure. He also continued his studies in radiology, specifically in the field of medical imaging, in which he has authored over 100 publications. He has patents in this field for a multiple-energy x-ray subtraction imaging system (for which he is the sole inventor) and multiple simulation systems (which he shares with James H. Anderson, Chee-Kong Chui, Yiyu Cai, Yaoping Wang, and Wieslaw L. Nowinski).

Other Activity

Brody has been on the Board of Directors of a variety of organizations. These include IBM, Alza Pharmaceuticals (J&J), Medtronic, and Mesa Biotech. He also served on the Science Board of the Food and Drug Administration, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and is a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees.

In 2007, Brody became a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to digital radiography, and for leadership in engineering at the interface between academia and industry.

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Personal life

  • BornJan 4, 1944, Stockton7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8

With his former wife, Wendy, he has two children: Ingrid and John. Brody is also a certified commercial pilot and flight instructor.

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Awards

  • Date not recordedFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences9

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