CURRICULUM VITAE (announcement 50th Anniversary Issue of Investigative Radiology)
Name Val Murray Runge, MD
Education
1978 BS, Stanford University (Chemistry, with honors)
1982 MD, Stanford Medical School
(listed amongst the top 20 notable alumni)
1985 Diagnostic Radiology, Vanderbilt University
Faculty Positions
1986-1988 Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
1988-1990 Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
1990-2001 Rosenbaum Endowed Professor, University of Kentucky
2002-2010 Centennial Endowed Professor, Texas A&M
2010-2012 John Sealy Distinguished Chair, UTMB
2012-2013 Sabbatical, UTMB
2013-2015 Visiting Professor, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
2015-current Visiting Professor, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Clinical Positions
Fellowship Director (Tufts, Kentucky, Texas A&M)
MR Division Chief (Tufts, Kentucky)
Center of Excellence Director (MRISC – Kentucky)
Residency Director (UTMB)
Chairman (UTMB)
Honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Magna Cum Laude (the top Scientific Exhibit Award), RSNA
Dyke Memorial Award, American Society of Neuroradiology
Harry Fischer Award, Contrast Media Research Society
Who’s Who in America, 2009-2016
Who’s Who in the World, 2015
Publications:
Medical Texts – Editor for sixteen medical texts (most recent five listed):
Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(Saunders 2002, Polish edition – 2007)
The Physics Of Clinical MR Taught Through Images
(Thieme 2005 – 1st edition, German edition – 2007, Turkish edition – 2008,
2nd edition – 2009, German 2nd edition – 2011, 3rd edition – 2014)
Clinical 3 T Magnetic Resonance
(Thieme, 2007)
Essentials of Clinical MR
(Thieme 2011, German edition – 2011, Chinese edition – 2012, Turkish edition – 2013)
Neuroradiology – The Essentials with MR and CT
(Thieme, 2015)
Original Research – > 200 publications in high profile medical journals including Radiology,
Investigative Radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology, American Journal of Neuroradiology,
European Radiology, Blood and Circulation
Presentations:
> 700 scientific and invited presentations at national/international meetings and
medical schools across North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, S. Korea and China; most recent presentations – MR Contrast Media – History, Basic Principles and Clinical Indications, November 5, 2014 at the University Department of Radiology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; at MR 2015 Garmisch, 16th International MRI Symposium, January 2015 in Garmisch, Germany – (1) Gadolinium Contrast Agent Safety and (2) Standardized quality and process efficiency with high-throughput MR exams
Other Activities:
Editor-in-Chief: Investigative Radiology (since 1994) – 4.453 Impact Factor (2013),
the second highest ranked general diagnostic radiology journal (ISI)
Editorial Boards: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (since inception, 1991),
Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (since inception, 1988)
Patents: Inventor on U.S. Patent #4615879 (Particulate NMR Contrast Agents)
FDA Clinical Trials: Principal investigator for > 20 phase II and III studies
Grant Support: Principal investigator (career) for grants totaling > $4 M
