Frank Gaillard

Frank Gaillard
OccupationsNeuroradiologist, medical educator
Known forFounding Radiopaedia.org

Frank Gaillard is an Australian neuroradiologist and medical educator. He founded Radiopaedia.org in December 2005 and served as its editor-in-chief until 2024.[1] He works as a consultant neuroradiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and holds a clinical academic appointment at the University of Melbourne.[1]

Education and career

Gaillard graduated from the University of Melbourne medical school in 1998 and trained in radiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.[1][2] He undertook additional neuroradiology fellowship training in Canada and later returned to the Royal Melbourne Hospital as a consultant neuroradiologist.[1] His clinical and research interests include central nervous system tumour imaging and computer-aided MRI interpretation.[1]

Radiopaedia

Gaillard created Radiopaedia.org in 2005 while training in radiology, initially as a way to store and organise digital teaching material, and developed it into an open, collaborative radiology reference and case repository inspired in part by wiki-based models of online knowledge sharing.[3][1] In academic publishing, Gaillard has disclosed his role as founder, chief executive, and editor of Radiopaedia.org.[4] He has once recounted that Wikipedia was his source for inspiration in creating this resource.[3]

Studies of radiology trainees' information-seeking behaviour have identified Radiopaedia among the commonly used resources in on-call settings.[5]

Honours

In 2021, Gaillard was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists for contributions to radiology education, including his work on Radiopaedia.org.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Grand Rounds: Dr. Frank Gaillard". UCSF Radiology. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Neuroradiologist A/Prof Frank Gaillard recognised with international fellowship". The Royal Melbourne Hospital. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Amazing radiology images: How sharing them is changing medicine". ABC News. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  4. ^ Hayhow, Bradleigh D; Hassan, Islam; Looi, Jeffrey C L; Gaillard, Francesco; Velakoulis, Dennis; Walterfang, Mark (26 August 2013). "The Neuropsychiatry of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: Insights from Neuroimaging into the Neural Circuit Bases of Dysfunction". Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 3: tre-03-175-4242-1. doi:10.7916/D8SN07PK. PMC 3760049. PMID 24032090.
  5. ^ Derakhshani, Ahrya; Ding, Jeffrey; Vijayasarathi, Arvind (September 2021). "On-call radiology 2020: Where trainees look for help in a high stakes and time sensitive environment". Clinical Imaging. 77: 219–223. doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.05.003. PMID 33992883.