Kyron Clinical Imaging adds neuroradiologist to medical advisory board

Kyron Clinical Imaging, a developer of brain imaging software, has appointed Jay J. Pillai, MD, to Kyron’s medical advisory board.

Pillai, currently a visiting associate professor at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, has extensive experience with functional neuroradiology, according to the Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Kyron.

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