bill.dillon@radiology.ucsf.edu
Telephone 415-353-1687

William P. Dillon, MD, is the Elizabeth A. Guillaumin Professor of Radiology, Executive Vice Chair of Radiology, and Chief of the section of Neuroradiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Dillon holds degrees from the University of Santa Clara (BS) and the University of California Los Angeles (MD). He completed his Residency in Radiology at the University of Utah, followed by a fellowship in Neuroradiolgy at the University of California San Francisco in 1982. He was appointed Chief of the Section of Neuroradiology at UCSF in 1992.

Dr. Dillon is Vice Chairman of the Department of Radiology, serving on the executive committee and teaching committees. He is past president of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR) and also serves on the executive committee of the American Society of Neuroradiolgy (ASNR). Dr. Dillon received a Gold Medal from ASHNR in 2008.

Evenmore, Dr. Dillon has been a Senior Editor for the American Journal of Neuroradiology since 1998, and has also been a co-investigator in 25 funded projects and 10 clinical trials. He has published 234 articles, 23 book chapters, and 3 books.

Dr. Dillon received the Francis A. Sooy, M.D. teaching award for Clinical Excellence from the Department of Otolaryngology, UCSF in 1993, and he has been elected as one of the Best Doctors of America every year since 1995.

Interests

Development of PACS viewing stations
MRI of cerebral vascular malformations
Spectroscopy of brain tumors
Head and neck radiology
Imaging in epilepsy

Projects

• Imaging of epilepsy
• Spectroscopy of the brain