Ella Kazerooni

Ella A. Kazerooni, M.D., M.S., is a Radiology and Internal Medicine Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School specializing in cardiothoracic radiology and the Associate Chief Clinical Officer for Diagnostics for the University of Michigan Medical Group. 

After medical school and diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Michigan, she completed a fellowship in thoracic radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. 

She is the past president of the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Association of University Radiologists, the Society of Thoracic Radiology, and the Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research, a past Trustee of the American Board of Radiology and has served on the ACR Board of Chancellors.

Dr. Kazerooni is the current and founding Chair of the National Lung Cancer Roundtable (NLCRT) at the American Cancer Society. With a mission to create lung cancer survivors, early detection through both lung cancer screening and incidental lung nodule management programs, together with bringing guideline-based care, including biomarker-based therapies, to patients with advanced lung cancer, she is the founding Chair of the Lung Cancer Screening Registry at the American College of Radiology and currently serves as Chair of the ACR National Radiology Data Registries, led the development of the first Lung RADS schema for the interpretation and management of lung cancer screening CTs, and is vice-chair of the Lung Cancer Screening Guideline group at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Her clinical and translational research work earned her the University of Michigan Medical School’s prestigious Clinical and Health Services Researcher of the Year award. 

She has given over 650 lectures, over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 30 book chapters, and four books. She is a highly sought-after speaker and international expert in cardiothoracic radiology, focusing on lung cancer screening and diffuse lung diseases, including quantitative analysis.