Paul M. Parizel MD, PhD

Paul M. Parizel is chairman of Antwerp University Hospital’s department of radiology and full professor of radiology at the University of Antwerp’s faculty of medicine. He is also an elected member of the University of Antwerp’s board of trustees, representing the faculty of medicine and health sciences.

In 1982, Prof. Parizel received his medical degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Antwerp and he later went on to earn a PhD degree with a dissertation on ‘The influence of field strength on magnetic resonance imaging: a comparative study in physiochemical phantoms, isolated brain specimens and clinical applications’. He then continued his research thanks to a three-year grant from the Belgian government’s National Foundation for Scientific Research.

An enthusiastic researcher, Prof. Parizel’s main scientific interests lie in the fields of neuroradiology and MRI. His research focuses mainly on integrating basic science into clinical applications and he has striven to combine scientific research with patient-oriented imaging throughout his career. He has authored and co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers and more than 30 book chapters. He is also an active teacher at many scientific meetings and courses on neuroradiology.