Mark Delano Email & Phone Number

Mark DeLano, MD, FACR is Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology, serving the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and the College of Osteopathic Medicine.A lifelong Spartan, Dr DeLano graduated from MSU’s Lyman Briggs College and the College of Human Medicine. After completing an internship at Northwestern University’s Evanston Hospital, a diagnostic radiology residency at Duke University, and a neuroradiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, he joined the College of Human Medicine’s radiology faculty in 1996. He left MSU employment in 2008, joining Advanced Radiology Services, PC in Grand Rapids while leading the college’s Division of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and growing the academic mission within his MSU affiliated private practice. During the last 14 years, Dr Dr DeLano also served in multiple leadership roles in the Spectrum Health System including section chief roles in neuroradiology and cardiovascular radiology, and medical director of adult radiology services for the 16-hospital system, prior to his return to MSU employment.He assumes this new role at a time when the field of radiology is rapidly changing, promising earlier diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other diseases.As chair, he oversees a complex Department of Radiology which includes undergraduate and graduate radiology education, the Division of Anatomy, and a robust and growing imaging research program. In 2022, MSU Radiology ranked number one in the Big Ten and number 14 nationally in National Institutes of Health funding of radiology departments. The Department’s clinical radiology practice is based at the MSU Clinical Center with additional practice locations at three McLaren hospitals in Lansing, Mount Pleasant and Bay City. Dr DeLano’s expertise is in patient-centered translational research, offering the latest discoveries to improve diagnosis and treatment. His research has focused on neuroradiology and the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose conditions throughout the body. He has published extensively as a pioneer in advocating 3T MRI and advanced imaging techniques. His Department is expanding to include theranostics–diagnosis combined with therapy–with clinical and radiopharmacy services in East Lansing with Cardinal Health, and in Grand Rapids with BAMF Health at the Doug Meijer Medical Innovation Building.Dr. DeLano is certified by the American Board of Radiology, with a subspecialty certification in Neuroradiology.

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