November 30, 2023
We are flipping the script for this very special 60th episode of Taking the Lead. Join Rasu B. Shrestha, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer - Advocate Health, as he turns the tables on Geoffrey Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR and gives him a taste of his own medicine through an artful series of questions that reveal the man behind the microphone.
In addition to his well-deserved title, Podcast Host Extraordinaire, Dr. Rubin is also Professor and Chair Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson as well as Clinical Service Chief of Medical Imaging, Banner University Medical Group.
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Dr. Rubin earned Bachelor of Science degrees with Honor in Chemistry and Biology from the California Institute of Technology in 1982 and his MD degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1987. He spent the next 22 years at Stanford University where he completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency in 1992, a Body Imaging fellowship in 1993, and after joining the faculty in 1993 earned the rank of full Professor with university tenure in 2005. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dr. Rubin served as Chair of the Department of Radiology at the Duke University School of Medicine and in 2014, earned an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business.
He is current President and Board Chair of the International Society for Computed Tomography, Treasurer of the Association for University Radiologists, Board Member of RAD-AID International, and Past President of the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imagers, the Society for Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, the Fleischner Society for Thoracic Imaging and Diagnosis and a founding Board Member of the Radiology Leadership Institute.
A renowned expert in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging, Dr. Rubin has also distinguished himself as an entrepreneur, public speaker, leader, author and mentor. Tune in to not only learn about his impressive career and leadership journey, but also how his family (five kids including triplets!), a bass guitar and getting outside helps him find balance and nourish his mind, body and soul.
