Ralph Drosten

Biography

Dr. Drosten is a Thoracic Radiologist and holds medical and radiology specialty licenses in South Africa, England, Ireland and the U.S.A.

Dr. Drosten moved to the U.S.A. in 2001 and completed two Radiology Fellowships; Thoracic Imaging at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (2001-2002) and Oncologic and PET Imaging at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital (2002-2003), Harvard University, Boston, MA.

Dr. Drosten was Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Utah, SLC, UT from 2004-2008 and was a member of the Huntsman Cancer Committee, the steering committee for the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, UT.

Dr. Drosten and his family moved to Phoenix, AZ in 2009 where he joined the largest outpatient private Radiology practice in the Southwest and was Head of Oncologic and PET/CT Imaging.

Dr. Drosten joined Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix AZ as a physician leader, initially as Vice Chair of Radiology, then Administrative Chair and Chair of Radiology from 2010-2021.
Dr. Drosten was a member of the Foundation Board of Directors and Finance Committee of the Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation from 2011 to 2021.
Dr. Drosten was elected Treasurer and then Vice Chief of Staff by the medical staff and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr Drosten was a member of the Executive Committees of the Dignity Health Medical Group, University of Arizona Cancer Center in Phoenix, Creighton Medical School Phoenix and the Common Spirit Imaging Council.

Dr. Drosten is Professor at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Tenured Professor at Creighton University School of Medicine.

Dr. Drosten joined RP-SMIL radiology practice in Scottsdale, AZ in 2021 and became partner of RP and of SMIL, Chair of Radiology at Honor Health Osborn Hospital, Scottsdale AZ and was a member of the Honor Health Medical Executive Committee.

Dr. Drosten joined Banner Health University of Arizona in 2023 where he is Professor of Radiology and was elected to and is Co-Chair of the Dean's Committee of Ten after one year with Banner UofA, an elected position voted on by the medical faculty.

Dr. Drosten is Assistant Editor of the American Journal of Radiology (AJR) and received recognition as Distinguished Reviewer (2020), Silver Reviewer Lifetime Achievement Award (2023) and Distinguished Reviewer (2024).

Dr. Drosten enthusiastically engages in national professional radiological societies, advocacy, leadership and administration, including;

• American College of Radiology (ACR) invited by ACR President Howard Fleishon MD to join the ACR Commission on International Relations, Dec 2020-May 2024
• American College of Radiology (ACR) Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) 2.0 Steering Committee, Mar 2020-May 2024
• Arizona Medical Association Legislative and Governmental Affairs Committee – recruited and appointed to the committee by ArMA’s President, Chic Older, May 2017-Aug 2023
• Arizona Healthcare Advocacy Coalition (AHAC), Aug 2022-2023
• American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Quality and Practice Improvement Committee, July 2022-current
• American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Wellness Committee, July 2022-current
• American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Membership Committee, July 2020-current
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Health and Wellness Committee, Nov 2018-current
• Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) Health and Wellness Committee, Mar 2019-current
• Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) Practice Standards and Technical Guidelines Committee, 2013-2020
• Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) Publications Committee, 2006-2013

Degrees

• MBChB Medicine
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa