Dr Jean-Luc Urbain, , MD, PhD, FRCPC
Chief of Nuclear Medicine at University of Western Ontario
Dr. Urbain is Professor of Medical Imaging at the University of Western Ontario. He is also the president of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine.
Dr. Urbain has been an active member of the Nuclear Medicine community for more than 20 years. Originally a native from Belgium, he earned his Medical Degree at the Catholic University of Louvain, the oldest Medical School in Europe. He then pursued training in Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine and is board certified in Medicine and Nuclear Medicine. He then actively engaged in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Biology Research at Temple University in Philadelphia where is got his Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Urbain has been full Professor of Diagnostic Imaging for more than a decade and has held leadership positions in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Cleveland Clinic and now at the University of Western Ontario. As a teacher and leader in Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, he has published more than 50 peer reviewed papers, 20 book chapters and more than 100 abstracts.
Molecular Imaging and Personalized Medicine are his current areas of interest.