Gold Medallist
Luis Martí-Bonmatí is Director of the Medical Imaging Department and Chairman of Radiology at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia, Spain. He is also the founder and director of the Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230) at La Fe Health Research Institute, which hosts both advanced clinical and experimental radiology facilities.
Professor Martí Bonmatí received his medical degree from the University of Valencia in 1983. He completed his residency in radiology in 1987 and earned his PhD in 1991. He started working in the first university hospital equipped with an MR system in Spain, Dr. Peset University Hospital, where he later became chief of the MRI section. In 2009 he took on his current role at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, the reference centre for advanced treatments and complex diseases in the Valencian Community. That same year he was designated Radiology Coordinator of the Catholic University in Valencia, and two years later became Professor of Radiology at the University of Valencia. To date, he has supervised 50 doctoral theses and end-of-career projects.
From 1997 to 2021, Professor Martí-Bonmatí headed the radiology department at Quirónsalud Hospital, Valencia, where he integrated biomedical engineering directly into the reading rooms and the entire radiological innovation process.
Professor Martí-Bonmatí's main interests are computational imaging radiomics and biomarkers, image processing, imaging biobanks, and clinical innovations in medical imaging and artificial intelligence. He has authored over 600 publications, and his numerous research collaborations continue to facilitate joint efforts between different specialities and significantly improve the development and validation of imaging biomarkers.
Professor Martí-Bonmatí is actively involved in several European initiatives, including coordinating the PRIMAGE and CHAIMELEON Horizon 2020 projects on medical imaging, artificial intelligence, image repositories, and predictive models with observational studies. He is also a co-founder of Quibim, a widely known MedTech company that spun-off from La Fe. Quibim mines medical images to extract imaging biomarkers as critical and often evasive health indicators, unveiling the human body to detect disease signatures and monitor biological systems with the highest resolution. Professor Martí-Bonmatí's footprint is clearly evident in Quibim's mission to improve human health through AI-guided precision medicine and apply advanced computational models to boost discoveries and innovations.
Professor Martí-Bonmatí is a full academic member of the Spanish Royal National Academy of Medicine, representing radiology, and a member of the Spanish National Radiology Commission, advising the Spanish Ministry of Health in advanced speciality education. He has served as the president of scientific societies such as the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), the Spanish Society of Radiology (SERAM), the Spanish Society of Abdominal Radiology (SEDIA), and the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR). He is also a former president of the SERAM and ESGAR annual meetings and has received the Gold Medal of the SERAM, SEDIA, and ESGAR.
Professor Martí-Bonmatí was a member of the ESR's Executive Council from 2010 to 2013, serving as director of the Research Committee and initiating the Imaging Biomarkers Subcommittee, and represented radiology in the European Council for Health Research at the Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe. He is now a member of the ESR eHealth and Informatics Subcommittee.
Professor Martí-Bonmatí has received an honorary fellowship from the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII), the American College of Radiology (ACR), and the Most Effective Radiology Educator award from Aunt Minnie Europe. He is currently the proud Editor-in-Chief of Insights into Imaging, achieving a 3.579 impact factor last year and positioning the journal in the first quartile of medical imaging journals.
Luis Martí-Bonmatí - in recognition of his outstanding, internationally-recognised achievements and leadership in the fields of biomedical imaging and artificial intelligence.