John Prior

Professor John O. Prior, MD PhD, FEBNM is Head of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland. He is dual-trained in engineering and medicine with an MSc. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas and a Master's and doctoral degrees in medicine from the University of Lausanne. He specialized in nuclear medicine with a visiting professorship at UCLA. 

He is the President of the Swiss Society of Nuclear Medicine, President of the Section and Board of Nuclear Medicine of the European Union of Medical Specialists, Treasurer of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, and serves as their focal point for technical collaboration with the WHO. He has authored or coauthored over 350 publications. 

As a STAG-MEDEV member, Professor Prior contributes his expertise in medicine, medical imaging, and engineering to support the global implementation of health technologies. He has also contributed to the WHA78.13 resolution on strengthening medical imaging capacity worldwide.