About
Research
Ek Tsoon Tan is an Associate Scientist in the MRI Lab at Hospital For Special Surgery. Dr Tan earned his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Mayo Clinic (Rochester MN), and his Bachelor and Master of Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He was previously Principal Scientist at General Electric’s Research Center in Schenectady NY, where he was Multi-PI and co-investigator on several NIH and Department of Defense grants related to diffusion imaging, high-performance MRI gradients and the compact head-only system. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Physics at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. Tan’s research interests are in quantitative MRI, in particular diffusion imaging as applied to musculoskeletal imaging.
Credentials
Appointments
Associate Scientist, MRI Lab, Hospital For Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Biomedical Imaging in Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Languages
English
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For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
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Industry Relationships
Industry Relationships
One of the goals of HSS is to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and related disciplines for the benefit of patients. Research staff at HSS may collaborate with outside companies for education, research and medical advances. HSS supports this collaboration in order to foster medical breakthroughs; however, HSS also believes that these collaborations must be disclosed.
As part of the disclosure process, this website lists Research staff collaborations with outside companies if the Research staff member received any payment during the prior year or expects to receive any payment in the next year. The disclosures are based on information provided by the Research staff and other sources and are updated regularly. Current ownership interests and leadership positions are also listed. Further information may be available on individual company websites.
As of July 07, 2023, Dr. Tan reported no relationships with healthcare industry.
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