RSNA 2025 Gold Medalist
Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD
An internationally recognized physician scientist in the field of neuroimaging and neurodegenerative diseases, Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, is the Anne G. Osborn Chairman and Professor of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
“Dr. Minoshima’s visionary contributions to neuroimaging have fundamentally shaped how we understand and diagnose neurodegenerative diseases,” said RSNA President, Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD. “From groundbreaking scientific discoveries to transformative leadership within RSNA and the broader imaging community, his impact has been extraordinary. We are proud to recognize him with the Gold Medal for a lifetime of innovation, service and scientific excellence.”
His scientific contributions include imaging characterizations of neurodegenerative diseases, such as the discovery of posterior cingulate abnormalities in Alzheimer’s disease and occipital abnormalities in Dementia with Lewy bodies, now key diagnostic features. He is also recognized as the inventor and global disseminator of the 3D-SSP statistical mapping technology, which helped advance molecular brain imaging for investigating brain disorders and assisting clinical diagnosis.
Dr. Minoshima has served in leadership roles at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). He is the immediate past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the RSNA Research & Education (R&E) Foundation, which, under his leadership, awarded over $5 million in grant funding to its members. He also served as Chair of the RSNA Molecular Imaging Committee. At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), he has held many key positions, including SNMMI President, President of the Brain Imaging Council, and Chair of the Scientific Program Committee. He currently serves as Secretary / Treasurer of the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research and Chair of the SNMMI Value Initiative. He collaborates with the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to advance neuroimaging in dementia.
Dr. Minoshima has received multiple honors, including the Gold Medal from the American Roentgen Ray Society and the Marc Tetalman, MD, Memorial Award, the Kuhl-Lassen Award, the Western Pioneer Award, the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, and the Henry N. Wagner Jr. Lecture Award from the SNMMI. He is also the recipient of the University of Washington Presidential Entrepreneur Faculty Fellow Award and, more recently, the Healthcare Design Top 10 MVP Award. He is an honorary member of the Japan Radiological Society.
He is an active author who has published numerous peer-reviewed articles with an H-index over 90, book chapters, review articles, proceedings and scientific abstracts, given educational lectures throughout the world, and supported industry partners to advance imaging technology, sciences, and practice.
Dr. Minoshima received his medical degree from the Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan, and completed his radiology residency at Chiba University Hospital. He completed his PhD in radiological science at Chiba University School of Medicine and fellowship in nuclear medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.