J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD is Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Fowlkes has been working in medical ultrasound since he began his doctoral research in 1983 after receiving his B. S. degree in physics from the University of Central Arkansas. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Mississippi in 1986 and 1988, respectively, both in physics. He came to the University of Michigan in 1988 where he is currently directing and conducting research in medical ultrasound for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. His work includes studies of acoustic droplet vaporization for bubble production in therapeutic ultrasound and drug release, effects of gas bubbles in high-intensity ultrasound including histotripsy, and volume blood flow estimation using ultrasound. He has over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and over 280 abstract presentations and has provided educational programs for MTMI since 2014 along with teaching medical students, residents, and graduate students at the University of Michigan and in other national and international programs.
Dr. Fowlkes is a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and has served as its President. He is also a recipient of the Joseph H. Holmes Pioneer Award for Basic Science. He was named a Distinguished Investigator by the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research. Dr. Fowlkes is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering (AIMBE), the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
