Personage Column： Prof. Jǒrg F. Debatin, M.D., MBA

Born in 1961 in Bonn, Germany, Jǒrg F. Debatin stud- ied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Heidelberg where he graduated in 1987. He completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Duke University Medical Center and subsequently moved to Stanford University Medical Center for fellowship in Abdominal Imaging. As a diplomate of the American Board of Radiology he took up a position as Associate Professor of Radiology and Chief of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in July 1993 at Ziirich University Hospital. He was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital in Essen in August 1999. Here he built a most powerful clinical and research organization, impacting the course of Diagnostic Radiology throughout the world.