David Mankoff MD, PhD

Dr. David Mankoff is the Gerd Muehllehner Professor of Radiology and vice chair of research at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Perelman School of Medicine and associate director of education and research at the Abramson Cancer Center, both in Philadelphia. While earning a PhD in bioengineering, Dr. Mankoff worked with his thesis advisor, the late Gerd Muehllehner, PhD, to develop a commercial version of the scanner that later formed the basis for the PennPET Explorer, a whole body PET imaging system recently developed at Penn.

After earning his PhD and MD at Penn, Dr. Mankoff completed his residency in internal medicine and nuclear medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He remained there, eventually becoming a full professor of radiology, medicine, and bioengineering. During his time in Seattle, Dr. Mankoff developed research interests in translational cancer molecular imaging and quantitative PET imaging, and image analysis. In 2013, he returned to Penn School of Medicine as a professor of radiology and the PET Center Director.