Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, MBA, FACR
Chair, Board of ChancellorsRochester, MNChristoph Wald is a professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science and a senior associate consultant in the radiology department at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He trained in internal medicine and radiology in Scotland and Germany before moving to Boston for radiology residency and fellowship at Lahey Clinic, where he spent 27 years of his career, including as department chair of radiology. His professional interests include abdominal imaging, liver imaging (including live liver donor transplant planning), operational and imaging informatics, the business of radiology, innovation and industry co-creation, and "just culture" and peer learning.
Dr. Wald held many institutional leadership roles at Lahey, including medical staff president, chair of the Robert E. Wise Institute, and member of the board of governors. Active in state and national radiology organizations, he served on the board of the Massachusetts Medical Society, as president of the Massachusetts Radiological Society, and recently concluded 12 years on the ACR Commission on Informatics (most recently as its chair); he also served as vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors. He is a passionate recorder player and music enthusiast, as well as an amateur chef and sommelier.
