Chair, Department of Radiology

We are pleased to announce that Yale School of Medicine has named Christopher Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA, as chair of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and assistant dean for Translational Research at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), as well as the roles of chief of Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital and radiologist-in-chief across Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS), effective Oct. 20, 2025, pending approval by Yale Corporation and the Yale New Haven Health Board of Trustees.

Dr. Whitlow is currently the Isadore Meschan Distinguished Professor of Radiology and enterprise chair of Radiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is also founder/director of the Radiology Informatics and Imaging Processing Lab (RIIPL), director of the Translational Imaging Program, and director of the combined MD/PhD program at Wake Forest.

A board-certified clinical neuroradiologist with doctoral training in neuropharmacology and cerebral physiology, Dr. Whitlow evaluates patients with a variety of pathophysiologic conditions, such as traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, and neurooncologic conditions. Currently, he has more than $23 million of active research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private foundations as a lead/principal investigator and more than $55 million of active research funding as a team-science coinvestigator.
 
Dr. Whitlow was president of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology from 2023 to 2024 and currently serves on committees of the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, and the American Society of Neuroradiology, where he is working to develop new biomarkers for diseases and conditions that are of critical concern for population health. He is also a member of the Society for Neuroscience, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, American Medical Association, and American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology.

Dr. Whitlow earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from East Carolina University, a medical degree and doctor of philosophy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and a master of healthcare administration at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

You may read the full press release about Dr. Whitlow’s appointment here.