Dr. Varghese is an Associate Professor of research in the Keck School of medicine at University of Southern California in the Department of Radiology. He leads the AIMR lab and has a primary research interest that lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical/ biomedical imaging. Dr. Varghese He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in engineering in Medical Electronics from Visveswariah Technological University in 2002 and his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on imaging and image processing, from the Wright State University at Dayton, Ohio in 2005. In 2010, he received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Wright State University. His doctoral dissertation was titled “Quantitative Computed-Tomography Based Bone-Strength Indicators for the Identification of Low Bone-Strength Individuals in a Clinical Environment.”
Dr. Varghese trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Radiology at University of California, Los Angeles, where he combined medical imaging acquisition and analysis with cellular biomechanics and in Feb 2014, he joined the Department of Radiology at USC. Dr. Varghese has won many awards, including the Big Data to Knowledge Science Rotations Award from the USC Stevens Institute in area of Big Data Analytics. His
papers were awarded the top cited papers two years in a row in the Journal of Clinical Medical Physics. Dr. Varghese is part of several professional panels and serves in the institution review board. His current work focuses on investigating the technical feasibility and clinical value of quantifying multi-modal imaging biomarkers across various domains with an aim to maximize data utilization and increase clinical translation.
When I am not doing something tech or research related, cooking and traveling fuel my love for life, turning each dish and destination into a cherished memory that I hold dear and celebrate.