professor of radiology emeritus
In 1967, Dr. Michael L. Goris, M.D., achieved a Doctor of Medicine at the Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He then went on to complete a residency in radiation oncology. After receiving a grant from the Belgium-American Educational Foundation, he immigrated to the U.S. with his wife and one-year-old son. In 1972, Dr. Goris graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in medical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, without being able to speak English at the time. Dr. Goris is a board-certified specialist in nuclear medicine and since 1978, he has held a licentiate in medical sciences from KUL.
Dr. Goris is a respected radiologist, with 40 years of experience in his field. He specializes in using radioactive labeled pharmaceuticals and performing procedures such as CT scans, X-rays, MRIs, PET scans and ultrasounds on patients to diagnose and treat illness. He served as a Professor of Radiology with the Stanford University School of Medicine, teaching many different courses from 1973 until 2012, and from 2003 to 2010, he was the chairman of the university panel on radiation safety.
With expertise in radiology and nuclear medicine, throughout the course of his career, he has significantly contributed to the mathematics of image analysis. He has also been involved in 10 clinical trials, and has carried out research in clinical validations, quantification for diagnosis, radio-immunotherapy, and medical imaging processing.
He is the author of five books and is currently co-authoring his sixth with other experts in their respective fields. He is also the author or co-author of numerous articles offering his wealth of knowledge, to prestigious medical journals including, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Pediatric Pulmonology and the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and has over 120 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
To keep up to date with changes in his field, Dr. Goris has an affiliation with the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, and the American Society of Nuclear Medicine, where he reviewed procedural guidelines.
After his retirement in 2012, he was awarded a Lifetime Honorary Medical Staff Award from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2021, after being recognized for his outstanding dedication to his community and patients. He has also been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Educators, for his achievements and leadership in cancer treatment and education. Dr. Goris believes his keen interest in physics and mathematics steered the direction of his career and in the future, he aims to co-publish another book.