Matthias Benz, M.D.

Positions & Affiliations:

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Radiological Sciences and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Research Description:

My diagnostic clinical and research activities are centered on the use of advanced imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography (PET) and diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the non-invasive diagnosis, staging, treatment response assessment and follow-up of patients with cancer.

Bio:

07/2021 – current: University of California Los Angeles Assistant Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences
04/2020 – current: University of California Los Angeles Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
07/2016 – 03/2020: University Hospital Basel, Switzerland- Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine- Nuclear Medicine resident, Nuclear Medicine Division
12/2011 – 06/2016: University Hospital Basel, Switzerland- Radiology resident, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
05 – 11/2011: University of California, Los Angeles- Research Fellow, Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division and Nuclear Medicine
03/2010 – 05/2011: University Hospital Freiburg, Germany- Resident, Department of Nuclear Medicine
2007 – 2009: University of California, Los Angeles- Research Fellow, Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division and Nuclear Medicine