Dr. Scott W. Atlas

Chief of Neuroradiology and Professor of Radiology at Stanford University Medical Center

Dr. Scott W. Atlas is honored for his leadership in health care education, research and policy. Currently chief of neuroradiology and professor of radiology at Stanford University Medical Center, Atlas is editor of the leading textbook in the field, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine,” now in its fourth edition, and has lectured throughout the world on MRI advances and key economic issues related to technology-based innovation. As a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford, he specializes in domestic and global health care policy, particularly the role of government in pricing, quality, access and innovation. He was a senior adviser and coordinator of the health policy team for a major presidential candidate in 2008 and participated in the World Bank’s Commission on Growth and Development. Internationally recognized as a leader in both education and clinical research, Atlas has received numerous awards and served several terms on the nominating committee for the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1977.