Robert Lufkin is an American physician, inventor, writer, and professor. He is the author of Lies I Taught in Medical School and the inventor of the Lufkin Needle.
Biography Lufkin studied computer science at Brown University and completed his medical degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. In 2024, he published the book Lies I Taught in Medical School. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Radiology at the USC Keck School of Medicine with an academic focus on the applied science of longevity.
Publications Books Robert B. Lufkin and William N. Hanafee. Pocket Atlas of Head and Neck MRI Anatomy (1989). 1st ed. Robert B. Lufkin, ed. The MRI Manual (1990). 1st ed. Antonio de Sales and Robert Lufkin, eds. Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain (1997) The MRI Manual (1997). 2nd ed. Interventional MRI (1998). D.H.W. Grömemeyer, and R. B. Lufkin, eds. Open Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2000) Robert Lufkin, Alexandra Borges, and Pablo Villablanca. Teaching Atlas of Head and Neck Imaging (2000). Robert Lufkin, Alexandra Borges, Kim M. Nguyen, and Yoshimi Anzai, eds. MRI of the Head and Neck (2000). 2nd ed. Pocket Atlas of Head and Neck MRI Anatomy (2000). 2nd ed. Lies I Taught in Medical School (2024)
Academic papers Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck and New Imaging Techniques. Somatosensory Evoked Response Source Localization Using Actual Cortical Surface as the Spatial Constraint. MRI-Guided Access to the Retropharynx. Enhancing Access to the Parapharyngeal Space.
Inventions Lufkin developed an MR-compatible biopsy needle, which is often called the Lufkin Needle.
References Reviews of Open Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reviews of Pocket Atlas of Head and Neck MRI Anatomy (1st ed.) Reviews of Teaching Atlas of Head and Neck Imaging Reviews of MRI of the Head and Neck (2nd ed.) Reviews of Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain Reviews of The MRI Manual (1st ed.)