Dr. Perry J. Pickhardt graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University. After residency, Dr. Pickhardt served in the U.S. Navy as the Department Head of Radiology, U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for one year and three years as the head of GI-GU Imaging at the National Naval Medical Center. He joined the Abdominal Imaging Section at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2003 and is the Chief of Gastrointestinal Imaging. His work in abdominal imaging has led to >500 scientific publications in the peer-reviewed literature, with an h-index >90 and i10 index >401. He was the PI on multiple NIH RO1 grants, authored >100 book chapters and textbooks, and delivered >500 invited talks. He has received seven best paper awards at the Annual Meeting for the SAR and was named “Most Influential Radiology Researcher” by auntminnie.com in 2016 and 2023.