Dr. Hess completed his clinical residency and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco after obtaining his doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois in signal processing and magnetic resonance imaging. His research interests lie clinically in computational neuroimaging of brain development and degeneration, epilepsy, vascular disease and in the development of techniques for ultra-high field and diffusion MRI. A fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological engineering, he has published broadly in these areas in clinical and scientific journals. His research is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health, General Electric and Quest Diagnostics. He carries leadership roles within the Radiological Society of North America, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and the American Society of Neuroradiology. He serves as Deputy Editor for Radiology, is on the editorial board for the American Journal of Neuroradiology and is a regular NIH study section panel member and peer reviewer for journals including NeuroImage, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Annals of Neurology.