Reza Vali

Dr. Reza Vali has been working as Staff Radiologist in the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Imaging since October 2014. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto (UOT),and the program director of Nuclear medicine at UOT. Vali received his medical degree from Ahwaz Medical University in 1995 and completed his Nuclear Medicine residency program at Tehran Medical University in Iran in 2000. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship at the Vincent Hospital in Austria in PET/CT oncology in 2007/2008. Vali then completed his fellowship in Paediatric Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) from January 2012 to October 2014. He also completed a two-year Master's degree in Translational Research Program (M.Sc. in TRP) in 2018.

Vali is the current president of the Pediatric Imaging Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging of North America, and a member of different societies in nuclear medicine and radiology.

Education and experience

• 2016–2018: Master of Science in Translational Research (M.Sc.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2017: Clinical Trial Methodology Workshop, RSNA Education. Coronado, California, United States
• 2014: Paediatric Nuclear medicine and PET/CT Clinical Fellow, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2012–2014: Paediatric Clinical Nuclear Medicine Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2011: Nuclear Medicine Research Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2010–2012: Clinical Research Associate Certificate, Michener Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2007–2008: PET/CT Fellowship, PET/CT Center, St. Vincent Hospital, Linz, Austria
• 2005–2008: Head of Nuclear Medicine Department, Jam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
• 2005: European Board of Nuclear Medicine (FEBNM) 
• 2004: The American Certificiation Board of Nuclear Cardiology ACBNC)
• 2000–2005: Director of Caspian Nuclear Medicine Center, Ghazvin
• 2000: Board of Nuclear Medicine, Tehran University of medical sciences, Iran
• 1997–2000: Nuclear Medicine Residency,Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Care Service, Tehran, Iran
• 1995–1997: General Practitioner, Khorram-Shahr, Iran
• 1995: Doctorate of Medicine, Ahwaz Medical University, Iran
• 1993–1995: Internship (PGY1-2; 18 months), Ahwaz Medical University, Ahwaz, Iran
• 1987–1993: MD, Ahwaz Medical University, Ahwaz, Iran

See a full list of Reza Vali's publications