Our Staff

Medical School

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Specialty Training

Diagnostic Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Medicine, Neuroradiology

Areas of Expertise or Specialties

Pediatric Neuroradiology, Advanced CT and MR visualization, MR-guided neurosurgery, PET-CT, Cardiac imaging

Current Faculty Appointments

Professor and Chief, HCMC and HFA Radiology

Board Certifications or Licensures

American College of Radiology, 1989, Neuroradiology, 1994 and 2006, Licensed in MN

Professional Societies

American Society of Neuroradiology (senior member), American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (past president), Radiological Society of North America, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Additional Information

Author of 3 acclaimed neuroradiology books, holder of numerous patents for MR-compatible surgical devices, founder of Image-guided Neurologics. Chip Truwit, MD is a neuroradiologist and Professor and Chief of Radiology at Hennepin County Medical Center and Hennepin Faculty Associates. Dr. Truwit is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and subsequently the School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Diagnostic Radiology with Special Competence in Nuclear Medicine and fellowship training in neuroradiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Truwit served in the US Army Medical Corps for 12 years, leaving to join the faculty at the University of Minnesota Department of Radiology in 1993. He has served as Director of Magnetic Resonance and Neuroradiology. Dr. Truwit assumed the Chair at HCMC in June 2000. He has also continued to serve as Director of Neuroradiology at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Truwit has written extensively in the field of neuroradiology and specifically pediatric neuroradiology and intraoperative MR-guided neurosurgery. He has published four textbooks including High Resolution Atlas of Cranial Neuroanatomy, the premier MR atlas of neuroanatomy since its publication in 1994. More recently, Dr. Truwit was the Guest Editor of the Neuroimaging Clinics of North America fall 2001 issue dedicated to MR-guided therapy in neurosurgery. Dr. Truwit is a regular lecturer at national and international conferences and is past-President of the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology. His professional affiliations also include senior membership in the American Society of Neuroradiology as well as the Radiological Society of North America and the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Dr. Truwit holds several medical device patents.