Solving for X: Identifying Clinically Relevant Problems in Medical Imaging

Tessa Cook, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Cook is an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Vice Chair of Practice Transformation in the Department of Radiology. She is an active member of multiple radiology societies, including the RSNA, ACR, SIIM, and AAR. She is the director of the Imaging Informatics Fellowship and Modality Chief of 3-D and Advanced Imaging. In 2020, she was inducted into the College of SIIM Fellows and received SIIM’s Dr. Ruth Dayhoff Award for the Advancement of Women in Medical Imaging Informatics. Dr. Cook was the Chair of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) from 2022-2024. She became a Fellow of the AAR and a Fellow of the ACR in 2025. She pursues innovative methods to enhance care delivery in radiology and improve radiologists' workflow.