Lung MRI device company Polarean Imaging has appointed Chase Hall, MD, as its new chief medical advisor.
Hall is an associate professor of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. He also serves as associate director at the university's Interstitial Lung Disease and Rare Lung Disease clinic.
Hall’s research focus has been on establishing imaging biomarkers in respiratory disease, using Xenon MRI. He is also a member of the Xenon MRI Clinical Trials Consortium.
He received his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He serves as a peer reviewer for Academic Radiology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Hall will guide Polarean's clinical development strategy and medical education initiatives, the company said.