Georgios Batsios

Dr. Georgios Batsios is an Associate Specialist in Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), affiliated with the School of Medicine. His research focuses on advanced imaging techniques, particularly hyperpolarized 13C and deuterium metabolic imaging, to study cancer metabolism and therapeutic response in brain tumors. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from ETH Zurich and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biomedical Imaging at UCSF.

Dr. Batsios' work integrates molecular imaging with oncology to develop non-invasive biomarkers for gliomas and other tumors. Key research areas include telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression profiling, metabolic pathway analysis, and imaging drug response in preclinical and clinical settings. His contributions have advanced understanding of glioma metabolism, particularly in H3K27M-mutant and IDH1-mutant tumors.

• Education:
• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich (2016)
• Master's, Biomedical Engineering (Bioimaging), ETH Zurich (2010)
• Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (2008)

His honors include the ISMRM Junior Fellow Award (2022) and the Hasegawa Award (2022). Dr. Batsios collaborates extensively with UCSF's Radiology and Biomedical Imaging department and co-leads teams investigating imaging-guided therapies. His lab develops novel metabolic imaging platforms for early detection of treatment efficacy and tumor progression.