Ronald M. Peshock, MD, is vice chair for Informatics in Radiology and professor of radiology and internal medicine (cardiology) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the American Medical Informatics Association. He has published over 180 articles and 25 book chapters. Trained as a clinical cardiologist, his clinical and research focus has been cardiac imaging, particularly cardiovascular MRI and CT.