Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD

Carolyn Meltzer, MD, is an expert in neuroradiology and nuclear medicine and has conducted research to understand the brain’s structure and function during normal aging, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and psychiatric disorders in later life. She also specializes in cancer imaging research. Meltzer also has subspecialty certification in neuroradiology and advanced training in positron emission tomography, known as PET.

Dr. Meltzer was recruited from Emory University where she served as the William P. Timmie Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University for 15 years. She also served in two additional leadership roles at Emory’s School of Medicine: Executive Associate Dean of Faculty Academic Advancement, Leadership, and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

She has a lengthy history of service to the medical profession on a national level, serving on professional and advisory boards like the Council of Faculty and Academic Societies at the Association of American Medical Colleges, American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors and many others. She has received numerous awards and honors, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American Medical Association, the Gold Medal Award from the Association of University Radiologists and the Outstanding Researcher Award and Gold Medal from the American Society of Neuroradiology. She is a member of the Academy Council of Distinguished Investigators in the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research.

Prior to her recent appointment at Emory University, Meltzer held various academic and administrative appointments at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Meltzer earned her medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her graduate medical education at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She holds an undergraduate degree in biology and neurobiology with honors from Cornell University.

On a personal note, Dr. Meltzer’s photography has been the creative complement to her medical imaging career. Her art has been featured in more than 50 solo and group exhibits in the US and Europe, presented in the Yale University Beinecke Library Archive, and published in South x Southeast Photomagazine, the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and Edge of Humanity Magazine.

• National Hispanic Health Foundation: Hispanic Health Leadership Award, 2024
• American College of Radiology: Gold Medal, 2023
• Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: AAAS Fellow, 2022
• American Medical Association: Distinguished Service Award, 2021
• Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research: Gold Medal, 2021
• American Association of Women in Radiology: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award, 2021
• Radiological Society of North America: Honored Educator Award, 2021
• Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research: Distinguished Investigator, 2021
• Association of University Radiologists: Radiology Research Alliance Innovation and Leadership Award, 2020
• American Society of Neuroradiology: Gold Medal, 2019
• Association of University Radiologists: Gold Medal, 2018
• Radiological Society of North America: Outstanding Researcher Award, 2018

• Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD — MD — 1987

• Emory Molecular and Translational Imaging Center
  NIH · P50CA128301 · Sep 24, 2008 – Aug 31, 2014 · Role: Principal Investigator
• Emory Molecular and Translational Imaging Center
  NIH · P20CA134223 · Sep 28, 2007 – Aug 31, 2008 · Role: Principal Investigator
• Age/Sex Effects on the Central Serotonin System
  NIH · R01MH067602 · May 5, 2004 – May 31, 2009 · Role: Principal Investigator
• Imaging the Depression/Dementia Interace
  NIH · K24MH064625 · Jan 1, 2003 – Dec 31, 2008 · Role: Principal Investigator
• FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF 5HT IN AGING &LATE LIFE DEPRESSION
  NIH · R01MH059945 · Aug 5, 2000 – Jul 31, 2007 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
• SEROTONERGIC DYSFUNCTION IN LATE LIFE MENTAL DISORDERS
  NIH · K07MH001410 · Sep 30, 1996 – Apr 30, 2001 · Role: Principal Investigator

• imaging
• neuroscience
• alzheimer's disease
• biological sex differences
• health policy
• leadership

• Meltzer named Dean of KSOM (Nov 2021)

• Hirsch, Joshua
• Jadvar, Hossein
• Thompson, Paul
• Toga, Arthur
• Conti, Peter
• Colletti, Patrick