Scott W. Atlas Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Huy M. Do; Robert Quencer

Scott W. Atlas, MD, was recently named a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, an appointment widely recognized as one of the most prestigious in all of higher learning. Scott is one of only a few physicians, and the only radiologist, to be awarded a senior fellowship at the Hoover Institution.

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is a highly respected public policy think tank devoted to the advanced study of politics, economics, and political economy—both domestic and foreign—as well as international affairs. The Hoover Institution, founded in 1919 by Herbert Hoover, originated as a specialized collection of documents on the causes and consequences of World War I. This collection grew rapidly and soon became one of the largest archives and most complete libraries in the world devoted to political, economic, and social change in the twentieth century. By the late 1940s, the richness of the collection lead to the recruitment of scholars who would use these documents in their work, resulting in an expansion of research endeavors. The Hoover Institution thus became one of the first and most distinguished academic centers in the United States dedicated to public policy research. Today, with its renowned group of scholars, the Hoover Institution contributes to the world market of ideas helping to define a free society.

Scott joins a distinguished group of senior fellows representing a veritable Who’s Who in American academics and politics, including Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Condoleeza Rice, and nuclear physicist Edward Teller.

Scott’s research interest at Hoover centers on the fundamental changes needed in the U.S. health care system. His work also investigates the effects of changing health care marketplace on technology-based innovation in medicine, with special emphasis on the effects of managed care on emerging medical applications.

In addition to his appointment at the Hoover Institution, Scott is professor of radiology and chief of neuroradiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Before joining the Hoover Institution and Stanford University, Scott served on the faculties of the University of California at San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania, Oregon Health Sciences University, and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Scott received a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and a medical degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Northwestern University and his neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Scott is the editor of the leading textbook in the field of diagnostic neuroradiology, the best selling Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine, currently in its third edition. He is also editor of the journal Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and has been associate editor of the journals Radiology, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and International Journal of Neuroradiology.

Scott is to be congratulated for this prestigious appointment.