William G. Bradley, MD, PhD, received his BS at the California Institute of Technology in 1970 and his PhD from Princeton in 1974, both in chemical engineering. He was awarded his MD and served his internship in Diagnostic Radiology Residency at UCSF. He was made a diplomat of the American Board of Radiology in June 1981. He has been involved in Magnetic Resonance Imaging since its inception 20 years ago and has written over 150 articles, 50 book chapters, and 17 books, including the number one selling textbook in the field: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Stark DD, Bradley WG (eds) 3rd edition, Mosby, St. Louis, 1999. On June 1, 2002, he assumed the position of Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at UCSD. He is Chairman of the Fund Development Committee of the Research and Education Foundation of the RSNA and Chairman of the Commission on Neuroradiology and MRI for the Board of Chancellors for the American College of Radiology.