13th Annual Robert A. Fishman Professor of Neurology Lecture

"Reflections of My Academic Career in Neuro Imaging: From Headaches to Facets and Parts in Between"

William P. Dillon, MD, is the Elizabeth A. Guillaumin Professor of Radiology in the Section of Neuroradiology and Executive Vice Chair of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Dillon received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and completed his residency in Radiology at the University of Utah, followed by a fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of California, San Francisco in 1982. He was appointed Chief of the Section of Neuroradiology at UCSF in 1992.

Dr. Dillon is past president of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR) and the American Society of Neuroradiology. Dr. Dillon received the Gold Medal from the ASHNR in 2008 and the Gold Medal from the American Society of Neuroradiology in 2015. Dr. Dillon was a Senior Editor for the American Journal of Neuroradiology from 1998 to 2011, and has been a co-investigator in 25 funded projects and 10 clinical trials. He has published 230 articles, 23 book chapters, and 3 books.

Dr. Dillon received the Francis A. Sooy, MD teaching award for Clinical Excellence from the Department of Otolaryngology, UCSF in 1993, and the J. Elliott Royer award for contributions to clinical neurology in 2011.He was also the recipient of the Outstanding Researcher Award from the American Society of Neuroradiology in 2014. He has been elected as one of the Best Doctors of America every year since 1995.

His interests are varied and include imaging of the head and neck, spinal pain management, imaging of stroke, vascular diseases of the brain, and imaging of brain tumors.