Metin Gurcan, PhD

Dr. Metin Gurcan is Senior Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence, the founding Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, Professor of Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Biomedical Engineering, and Director of the Clinical Image Analysis Lab at WFUSM. Dr. Gurcan is an internationally recognized researcher and educator in the fields of medical image analysis, artificial intelligence, and biomedical informatics. His research has been supported by NIH NCATS, NCI, NIDCD, NHLBI, NLM, NBIB, NIAID, and DOD, as well as awards from several nonprofit organizations. He holds ten patents for his interventions in medical artificial intelligence, which have led to the establishment of two startup companies. Dr. Gurcan received his BSc and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey, and his MSc. Degree in Digital Systems Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England.