Stephen W. Smith

Stephen W. Smith (M'91) was born in Covington, KY, on July 27, 1947. He received the B.A. degree in physics (summa cum laude) in 1967 from Thomas More College, Ft. Mitchell, KY; the M.S. degree in physics in 1969 from Iowa State University, Ames; and the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering in 1975 from Duke University, Durham, NC. In 1969, he became a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, assigned to the Food and Drug Administration. Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD, where he worked until 1990 in the study of medical imaging, particularly diagnostic ultrasound and in the development of performance standards for such equipment. In 1978, he became an adjunct associate professor of radiology at Duke University Medical Center. In 1990, he became an associate professor of biomedical engineering and radiology, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. He holds 16 patents in medical ultrasound and has authored more than 100 publications in the field. Dr. Smith is cofounder of Volumetrics Medical Imaging. He has served on the education committee of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the executive board of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, the editorial board of Ultrasonic Imaging, and the Technical Program Committee of IEEE-UFFC. He was co-recipient of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Matzuk Award in 1988 and 1990 and co-recipient of the IEEE-UFFC Outstanding Paper Award in 1983 and 1994..