Zerhouni

Elias A. Zerhouni
Elias A. Zerhouni
Born	(1951-04-12) April 12, 1951 (age 66) Nedroma (Algeria)
Nationality	Algerian-American
Institutions	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine National Institutes of Health Sanofi
Known for	Director of the National Institutes of Health Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Sanofi
Notable awards	Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine National Institutes of Health

Director of the National Institutes of Health Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Elias A. Zerhouni (Arabic: إلياس زرهوني‎‎ ; born April 12, 1951)is an Algerian-born American physician scientist radiologist and biomedical engineer. As a world-renowned national and international leader, Zerhouni is widely viewed as one of the leading authorities on emerging trends and issues in biomedical sciences and medical care. He spent much of his career on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine. From 1995 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice-Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and, in 2002, was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate as the 15th Director of the National Institutes of Health, serving until 2008. In 2009, under the Obama Administration, he served as one of the country’s first presidential science envoys to foster scientific and technologic collaboration with other nations. He also served as a senior fellow for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation from 2009 through 2010. Since 2011, he is the President for Global Research and Development at Sanofi, one of the largest multinational pharmaceutical companies in the world.

A resident of Pasadena, Maryland, Zerhouni was born in Nedroma, Algeria. Having earned his M.D. degree at the University of Algiers, School of Medicine in 1975, Dr. Zerhouni emigrated to the United States to take up a residency position in diagnostic radiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He went on to positions of increasing responsibility, including Chief Resident and Assistant professor. He then served as vice chair of the Department of Radiology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and its affiliated DePaul Hospital from 1981 to 1985. In 1985, Zerhouni returned to Johns Hopkins as an associate professor. He was appointed Director of the MRI Division in 1988, subsequently becoming chair of the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Martin Donner Professor of Radiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Ultimately, Zerhouni was appointed as Executive Vice-Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996 and served as Dean of Research and Dean for Clinical Affairs until 2002 at which time he moved to the Directorship of the NIH.