Vice Chancellor for Health and Strategic Initiatives
Texas A&M Univ System
Roderic Ivan Pettigrew, PhD, MD, is the Robert A. Welch Professor of Medicine and CEO of Engineering Health (EnHealth) at Texas A&M University, where he also served as the inaugural dean of the School of Engineering Medicine. He is now Vice Chancellor for Health & Strategic Initiatives for the TAMU System. Dr. Pettigrew previously led the US National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) as it’s founding Director, from 2002 to 2017, where he significantly advanced medical technologies and secured high returns on research investments. He was recruited to the NIH based on his prior career as a pioneer in cardiovascular 4D MRI having helped develop some of the earliest technologies. Dr. Pettigrew's current focus with EnHealth and ENMED integrates engineering into medical education to create innovative physician-engineers, or Physicianeers, who simultaneously earn MD and Master of Engineering Innovation in Medicine degrees in four years and are required to invent a solution to a healthcare challenge.
Dr. Pettigrew holds a PhD in Applied Radiation Physics from MIT and completed his medical training in Nuclear Medicine at UCSD. His work includes non-invasive cardiovascular imaging research on coronary atheroma and strategies to expand diagnostic boundaries and prevention. He is an editor of the recent book Biomechanics of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque: From Model to Patient, the first comprehensive text on this topic. Elected memberships include the US National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences, India. Awards include the Pierre Galletti Award of AIMBE, the Inaugural Gold Medal of the Academy of Radiology Research, the RSNA Gold Medal, the NAE Bueche Award, the Vannevar Bush Award (US National Science Board), and the 2023 Boston Globe’s STATUSList of nation’s Ultimate Leaders in Life Sciences.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
