Background
Damadian, Raymond Vahan was born on March 16, 1936 in Forest Hills, New York, United States. Son of Vahan and Odette (Yazedjian) Damadian.
Damadian, Raymond Vahan was born on March 16, 1936 in Forest Hills, New York, United States. Son of Vahan and Odette (Yazedjian) Damadian.
Attended studied violin, Juilliard School Music, 1944—1952. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University Wisconsin, 1956. Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1960.
University research fellow in biophysics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963—1965. Senior investigator School Aerospace Medicine, United States Air Force, 1965—1967. Assistant professor State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1967—1971, associate professor, 1971—1980.
Founder, president, chairman Fonar Corporation, Melville, since 1978. Career investigator Health Research Council, New York City, 1967—1972. Captain United States Air Force, 1963-1965.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Medical Innovation and Technology, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Biophysics Society, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Donna Terry, June 4, 1960. Children: Timothy, Jevan, Kiera.