Professor Kieran Murphy MB BAO BCH FRCPC FSIR graduated in 1986 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He completed his Radiology residency and Neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Michigan, and Interventional Neuroradiology fellowship at University of Geneva. From 1998-2008 he was Division Head of Interventional Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins. Since 2008 he has been Prof of Radiology at University of Toronto. He holds 81 patents including vertebroplasty systems, bone cements, biopsy systems, and other medical devices to treat spine, neurovascular and disc pathologies. He is a competitive race car drive in modern and vintage race cars, driving for teams in Europe at Spa, Silverstone, and across the US and Canada. His essays have been published in The Toronto Star, The national Post and the Christian Science monitor. He book The Essence of Invention and the Joy of medical Creativity is published by Dundurn Press, and is available in books stores and online. H-Index 50. Citations 8015.
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