Rosen appointed CEO of ACR Image Metrix

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named Donald P. Rosen, MD, CEO of ACR Image Metrix.

Image Metrix is an imaging contract research organization (CRO) and for-profit subsidiary of the ACR.

Rosen has more than 30 years of experience in radiology, including contract research and business development. He co-founded RadPharm in 1998 and served as its co-CEO, board member and chief strategy officer until 2008. Rosen has served on the board of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, the American Cancer Society and the Breast Cancer Resource Center in Princeton, N.J.

As CEO, Rosen is responsible for the strategic, tactical and financial operations of ACR Image Metrix, which offers imaging CRO services, from study design, image transport and image archiving, to image interpretation and quantification.

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