Bradley Memorial Lecture
William G. Bradley MD PhD Memorial Lecture
Saturday, February 5, 2022 • 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
The William G. Bradley, MD, PhD Memorial Lecture commemorates and reprises his inestimable contributions to the radiological sciences and professions. Dr. Bradley’s contributions to the imaging sciences include development of innumerable imaging and analytic technologies in magnetic resonance. His teaching extended from synthesizing and disseminating accessible explanations of MR for all physicians, to leadership of departments and training scores of expert radiologists in all modalities over three decades. His clinical practice improved the lives of countless patients and supported the care delivered by countless clinicians. In recognition of his seminal contributions, Dr. Bradley was awarded the Gold Medal by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American College of Radiology, the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) and the Association of University Radiologists (AUR). Dr. Bradley served in senior leadership positions in all of these and many other professional and industry organizations in U.S. and international health care. Bill’s massive catalog of 200 papers, 54 chapters, and 20 textbooks is matched only by his larger than life affection for the people with whom he shared his limitless enthusiasm for MR and the imaging professions.
California Radiological Society Foundation commissions this Bradley Lecture in celebration of Bill’s love of his science, and of the people who populate it. Dr. Bradley’s passion for the imaging sciences, and of MR in particular, are evident in his life’s work, his research, publications and project development. CRSF also celebrates Bill’s passion for his people: his students, residents, fellows, clinical colleagues, fellow researchers, and business partners - we all valued his convivial friendship and his active partnership in our shared pursuits. Bill helped us improve our science, our craft and our service.
Dr. Bradley was an epitome of California’s finest, of a California Dream. Bill was born in Los Angeles and earned his Eagle Scout in Southern California. His only assignations outside the Golden State were high school in Germany and undergraduate study at Princeton. Bill was admitted to the PhD degree at Cal Tech in Pasadena, and to the MD degree at the University of California San Francisco; he served residency there at UCSF with Alexander Margulis. After practicing in San Jose, Dr. Bradley was founding medical director of the first clinical MR facility in California at Huntington Medical Research Institute in Pasadena. Bill was blessed to find his life partner at the University of California Irvine and Los Angeles, Dr. Rosalind Dietrich, an exemplary radiologist in her own right. Bill was recruited to lead a research/teaching/private practice at Long Beach Memorial. Dr. Bradley chaired the Department of Radiological Sciences at the University of California San Diego until his partial retirement in 2015, at which time he continued his research with CureMetrix based, of course, in San Diego.
