Richard Wiggins, MD, FSIIM

Associate Dean of CME of the University of Utah School of Medicine, and Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and BioMedical Informatics.

He received his BA in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, and his MD degree from the University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center. After a surgical internship, and a research fellowship in Head and Neck Imaging at the University of Florida, he completed his Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Mississippi, and a Neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Wiggins has more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 11 books, over 100 book chapters, and presented more than 600 national and international lectures on Neuroradiology, Informatics, and Teaching and Education. He served as the program chair of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) from 2014 – 2020. He is past president of the Western Neuroradiological Society (WNRS), and the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR). He has served on multiple executive committees and program committees and served as the program chair for multiple national and international conferences in both neuroradiology and imaging informatics. He was elected as the inaugural fellow of the Academy of Health Science Educators for the University of Utah Health Sciences Center and is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Utah as well as the Honored Educator Award from the Radiological Society of North America, as well as several other teaching awards. He was also named the 25th Fellow of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine and named a fellow of the American College of Radiology. He has been chosen as an international outreach speaker and educator by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), and the American Society of Head & Neck Radiology (ASHNR). Dr. Wiggins is CAQ certified in Neuroradiology by the American Board of Radiology and also certified by the American Board of Imaging Informatics.