Hedvig Hricak was born in 1946, in Zagreb,

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and earned her MD degree from the

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in 1970. She was Chairman of the Department of Radiology,

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a oncology, cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute–NCI-designated Cancer Center, designated Comprehen ...

from November 1999 to January 2023. She is professor of radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Biography

Hricak earned her

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from the

in 1970. In 1982 Hricak joined the faculty of

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(UCSF), where she became professor of radiology, radiation oncology, urology and gynecology. While at UCSF, she earned her Dr. Med. Sc./Ph.D. from the

Karolinska Institute The Karolinska Institute (KI; ; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally ...

in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1999, she became chairman of the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Hricak's past roles include as the president,

Radiological Society of North America The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is a non-profit organization and an international society of radiologists, medical physicists and other medical imaging professionals representing 31 radiologic subspecialties from 145 countries a ...

, 2009-2010 In June 2021, Hricak chaired the

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committee that wrote the report endorsing

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's proposal to revise current radiation exposure limits for astronauts. This would set a single, lifetime limit of allowable exposure for astronauts, rather than keeping limits based on age and gender.

References

External links

The Hedvig Hricak LabBreast Cancer Research Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hricak, Hedvig 1946 births Living people American radiologists Yugoslav emigrants to the United States Scientists from Zagreb School of Medicine, University of Zagreb alumni Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Women radiologists Members of the National Academy of Medicine Karolinska Institute alumni