Description: William R Kinkel M.D., F.A.A.N was the Founder and Director of the Dent Neurologic Institute (1963-2003). He was the founder, former president and remains a distinguished member of the American Society of Neuroimaging. He is a Professor of Neurology at the State University of New York at Buffalo Medical School.
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William Revere Kinkel MD, FAAN, FASN, was one of the founders of the Society of Neuroimaging, which was started in Buffalo, NY, on September 24-25, 1976. Dr. Kinkel brought the third ever CT scanner to America, the fourth in the world. He has been passionate about teaching Fellows to read the images created ever since. Dr. Kinkel still teaches Residents and Fellows how to read and evaluate CT, PET scans, MRIs, MRAs and other types of images at the University of the State of New York Medical School at Buffal
In 1963, Dr. Kinkel founded the Dent Neurologic Institute in Buffalo. He developed the first Neuroimaging Fellowship Program in the world at the Dent. Later, he developed a second Fellowship Program for the University Medical School at Buffalo at Buffalo General Hospital (part of the Kaleida Health System). These two Neuroimaging Programs are two of only six such programs in the United States. Every medical student who wishes to obtain board certification in the Subspecialty of Neuroimaging must complete a
On Friday, January 21, 2017, Dr. Kinkel was given the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Neuroimaging at its 40th Annual Meeting at the Luskin Conference Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.