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In Memoriam - Steven H. Krosnick, M.D.

portrait image of Dr. Steve Krosnick

On April 1, 2019, the NIH and NIBIB communities lost a respected and admired scientific-team member, Steven H. Krosnick, M.D., following a courageous battle with cancer. During a 20-year career as an NIH medical officer, Steve’s positions included program director in NCI’s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, scientific review administrator in the Center for Scientific Review, director of the NIBIB program in Image-Guided Interventions, and head of the NIBIB portfolio evaluation office.

Steve grew up in Bucks County, Pa., where he graduated in 1979 from Pennsbury High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1987. He continued training in the Tufts University system for diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology, with board certification in both.

Under Steve’s eight-year leadership of the NIBIB program in Image-Guided Interventions, he cultivated a portfolio of projects encompassing cutting-edge technologies for imaging and robotics to enable less-invasive and more accurate surgeries. These have included techniques to perform minimally invasive intracranial surgery, real-time intra-operative MRI guidance during brain tumor surgery, illumination of nerves during surgery, and image-based guidance for spine surgery.

Expressing the loss felt by colleagues at the institute, NIBIB Director Bruce Tromberg, Ph.D., said, “Steve was a widely admired and generous colleague who cared deeply about his coworkers and the NIH community.”

The NIBIB family extends condolences to Steve’s wife Lisa, and daughters Rebecca and Sarah.

On May 21, 2019, Dr. Tromberg announced that the first prize award in the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge has been named the Steven H. Krosnick Prize, in his honor. The Krosnick Prize provides a $20,000 award among several prizes in this annual competition that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical design and innovation.

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