Susan A. Wood, PhD President and CEO Dr. Wood has 25 years’ experience championing innovative clinical solutions into routine clinical use. Dr. Wood was recognized as one of the top 50 CEOs by Healthcare Technology Report; she also received the Joe Rosenfeld Award for outstanding leadership. 

VIDA Diagnostics Inc. (VIDA), led by Dr. Wood since 2009, was named one of “15 Companies That Are Saving the World From Covid-19” by Forbes and “AI for Lung Care Company of the Year” by Frost and Sullivan. Prior to VIDA, she held executive positions at Vital Images, Inc. (now Canon) and R2 Technology (now Hologic), and Director of NASDAQ:ICAD (now NASDAQ:RDNT). 

Dr. Wood has been issued multiple patents in the field of artificial intelligence and quantitative imaging; authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and abstracts. In addition to serving as CEO of VIDA, Dr. Wood is currently a board member for MeThinks.ai, serves on the Board of Governors at the University of Maryland and is past Chair of the Board of Visitors of the Graduate School at Duke University. 

Dr. Wood received her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, School of Hygiene and Public Health. Her Ph.D. work identified imaging biomarkers of the chest using high-resolution CT imaging. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.