Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups

Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D., is the Matthew J. Wilson Professor of Radiology in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) section of the Department of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has been affiliated with Penn since 1978 when he enrolled as an undergraduate Physics student. Dr. Schnall received his BA in 1981 and continued on to earn a dual M.D., Ph.D. in 1986 in Biophysics. In that same year, he performed his Internship at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA. After a year, Dr. Schnall came back to Penn as a Resident from 1987-1991, at which time he was also named an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Radiology. He has since risen through the ranks at Penn, becoming a full Professor of Radiology in 2002. Dr. Schnall is board-certified by the American Board of Radiology and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. He holds numerous positions in national societies including the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology and International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He is the Chair of ACRIN, an NCI funded multicenter trial group for imaging. During the past five years, he has been invited to give more than 85 lectures across the country on MRI and its medical significance. His research is internationally known and his studies have been published in leading peer-reviewed journals.