Thierry A.G.M. Huisman, MD, PD, FICIS, FACR

Thierry A.G.M. Huisman is the Radiologist-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Radiology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Prior to coming to Texas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Huisman served as Chairman of the Department of Imaging and Imaging Science at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. In addition, he was Director of the Division of Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and Co-director of the Neurointensive Care Nursery (NICN), the Johns Hopkins Fetal Program and Center for Translational and Molecular Imaging (CTMI).

Dr. Huisman is a Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He graduated cum laude from Medical School at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, before completing residencies in Radiology and Pediatrics and fellowships in Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. He became Chairman and Radiologist-in-Chief of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich in 2005 before he was recruited to Johns Hopkins in 2007. Dr. Huisman enjoyed a research sabbatical at the Massachusetts General Hospital Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston from 2000-2002.

His primary field of expertise and research focuses on advanced, quantitative, precision imaging in the field of pediatric radiology. He has given more than 470 invited lectures; published 410 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 31 reviews, more than 65 book chapters, and six textbooks; serves on multiple scientific committees of the various radiological societies and has organized multiple national and international meetings in Europe and the United States. He is the founding member of the Swiss Symposium in Pediatric Neuroradiology. 

Dr. Huisman is a faculty member of the American College of Radiology Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) course in Washington, DC, and course advisor for the International Diagnostics Course Davos (IDKD) course in Davos, Switzerland. In addition, he has built several patient- and family-focused multidisciplinary programs and is actively involved in mentorship programs.  He is a reviewer for multiple scientific journals and is an editorial member of five journals. He served as president of the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR), the Eastern Neuroradiological Society (ENRS), is president-elect of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS). Dr. Huisman is an elected fellow of the International Cancer Imaging Society (FICIS) and the American College of Radiology (FACR), and is a senior editor of the American Journal of Neuroradiology.