Announcement: Drs. Jefferson Frisbee and Narinder Paul named the Ting-Yim Lee Chairs
Drs. Frisbee (left) and Paul (right) have been named new Ting-Yim Lee Chairs of Medical Biophysics and Translational Medical Imaging, respectively.
I am pleased to announce the leaders of our Medical Biophysics and Medical Imaging departments have been named Ting-Yim Lee Chairs.
Dr. Jefferson Frisbee is the Ting-Yim Lee Chair in Medical Biophysics and Dr. Narinder Paul is the Ting-Yim Lee Chair in Translational Medical Imaging at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Made possible through an ongoing philanthropic partnership between Western University, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation and Dr. Lee himself, the Ting-Yim Lee Chairs were established to expand possibilities in medical biophysics and translational medical imaging.
From building strong, international expert teams to developing new tools and technologies, these endowed Chair positions, to be held in perpetuity by the Chairs of our Medical Biophysics and Medical Imaging departments, represent an important step forward for scientific advancement in our community and beyond.
Dr. Jefferson Frisbee - Ting-Yim Lee Chair in Medical Biophysics
Dr. Frisbee, PhD, has led the Department of Medical Biophysics at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University as Department Chair since 2016. He is an internationally renowned scholar with more than 350 publications, peer-reviewed manuscripts, dissertations and abstracts to his name. His work explores how risk factors – such as metabolic disease and chronic stress and depression – can impact vascular and microvascular functions, leading to poor health outcomes.
After completing his PhD in Biophysics (Physiology) at the University of Guelph, Dr. Frisbee completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Washington and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Prior to coming to Schulich Medicine, he was a Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, and Director for their Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, as well as a Member of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Dr. Frisbee is a past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Microcirculation and has extensive experience on Studying Sections for the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.
Dr. Narinder Paul - Ting-Yim Lee Chair in Translational Medical Imaging
Dr. Paul, who in 2017 was appointed Chair/Chief of the Department of Medical Imaging at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University and St. Joseph’s Health Care and London Health Science Centre, is a world-leading expert in radiation dose reduction and image optimization in cardiothoracic imaging. Over his illustrious career, he has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers and delivered in excess of 100 national and international scientific presentations.
Addressing the unmet needs of patients admitted into the intensive care unit through the design and evaluation of a novel, mobile x-ray device is a key focus of Dr. Paul’s ongoing research.
Dr. Paul earned a medical degree from the Southampton University Medical School in the United Kingdom before completing his Radiology residency in the Newcastle and Leeds University Hospitals. In 2001, he served as Division Chief, Thoracic Imaging, at the University Health Network, Mount Sinai and Women’s College Hospitals in Toronto, and was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto in 2002.
Dr. Paul has held extensive administrative appointments, including Division Head of Cardiothoracic Imaging; Medical Director of the Advanced Imaging Education Centre; and Associate Vice Chief – Heart, Lung and Vessel Research at the University of Toronto. In 2015, he was appointed to the rank of full Professor.
Please join me in congratulating Drs. Frisbee and Paul as our School’s new Ting-Yim Lee Chairs of Medical Biophysics and Translational Medical Imaging, respectively.
Sincerely,
John Yoo, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
