Thomas M. Deserno

Prof. Thomas M. Deserno is a Professor of Medical Informatics at the Technical University of Braunschweig and Head of the Braunschweig site of the Peter L. Reichertz Institute (PLRI) for Medical Informatics. He also serves as co-opted faculty at Hannover Medical School (MHH) and President of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI). His career spans over three decades, including roles as a Research Associate, Habilitation holder, and Extraordinary Professor at RWTH Aachen University before transitioning to TU Braunschweig in 2017.

Education: Studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen (1985–1992), earning a diploma in 1992. He completed his doctorate (1998) and habilitation (2004) in Medical Informatics at RWTH Aachen. His research focuses on quantitative image analysis in clinical studies, emergency informatics, and integrating imaging workflows into healthcare systems.

Research Interests: Deserno’s work emphasizes medical image processing, telemedicine, and emergency informatics. He pioneered the Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin workshop and co-authored influential books on medical imaging and informatics. His projects include FAIR4Health (data standardization), 5G-LabBraWo (connected mobility), and the Bavarian Emergency Register.

Publications & Awards: Authored/co-edited over 30 books and numerous articles. Notable awards include the DAGM Prize (1993), Borchers Plaque (1998), and Fellowship in IAHSI/SPIE. He leads editorial boards for journals like European Journal for Biomedical Informatics and chairs key committees in international medical informatics associations.

Grants & Labs: Oversees PLRI and the Center for Accident and Emergency Informatics. Active in EU projects like CeBMI (educational collaboration) and HiGHmed (medical informatics training). Holds patents on occupant injury monitoring systems (2024, 2022) and fluid flow measurement (2013).