100 Years of Radiology and Radiation Oncology–

Historic Timeline

1904 First actinographer (radiology instructor) hired at Stanford University
1945 NMR co-discovered by Felix Bloch, Professor of Physics at Stanford
1948 Radiology becomes a separate medical department. Henry Kaplan selected as Chairman.
1949 Nuclear Medicine program started
1952 Henry Kaplan and Edward Ginzton begin building first American medical Linear Accelerator
1956 First Linear Accelerator in America installed at Stanford Hospital, San Francisco
1959 Stanford Medical School moves to Palo Alto campus
1962 Henry Kaplan and Saul Rosenberg begin definitive trials on Hodgkin’s disease treatment which lead to success
1972 Malcolm Bashaw becomes Chairman of Radiology
1986 Department separated into Radiology and Radiation Oncology
1989 Gary Glazer becomes Chairman and establishes Radiological Sciences Laboratory
1992 Richard M. Lucas Center for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging completed
1994 Richard T. Hoppe becomes Chairman of Radiation Oncology
1995 MR Activities designated as NIH National Research Resource
1997 Initiation of intensity modulated radiation therapy
1998 First Multidetector CT, outside factory environment, sited at Stanford
2004 Radiation Oncology moves to the Cancer Center
2005 Molecular Imaging activities designated as NIH funded National Research Center
2005 Dedication of Lucas Center II

 

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