Sanjiv Sam Gambhir

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir
Born	(1962-11-23)November 23, 1962 Ambala, Haryana, India
Died	July 18, 2020(2020-07-18) (aged 57)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Arizona State University (B.S.), University of California, Los Angeles (M.D. & Ph.D.)
Known for	Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT, and Early Cancer Detection
Awards	Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the US National Academies (2008) American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014) National Academy of Inventors (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, and Bioengineering
Institutions	Stanford University
Academic advisors	M.E. Phelps, S.C. Huang, and H.R. Herschman

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir (November 23, 1962 – July 18, 2020) was an American physician–scientist. He was the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor in Cancer Research,^[1] Chairman of the Department of Radiology^[2] at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a professor by courtesy in the departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Additionally, he served as the Director of the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS),^[3] Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection^[4] and the Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center (PHIND).^[5] He authored 680 publications and had over 40 patents pending or granted.^[6] His work was featured on the cover of over 25 journals including the Nature Series, Science, and Science Translational Medicine. He was on the editorial board of several journals including Nano Letters, Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, and Science Translational Medicine. He was founder/co-founder of several biotechnology companies and also served on the scientific advisory board of multiple companies. He mentored over 150 post-doctoral fellows and graduate students from over a dozen disciplines. He was known for his work in molecular imaging of living subjects and early cancer detection.