Dr. Gabriel Krestin, PhD, professor emeritus of radiology at Erasmus MC - University Medical Centre Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has been named Knight in the Order of the Lion of Netherlands. He has also received the university's prestigious Erasmus medal.
Krestin received the royal decoration on 6 April from the mayor of his hometown of Leidschendam-Voorburg. He received the Erasmus medal from the university's board of directors and its department of radiology and nuclear medicine. Erasmus has also established a program in Krestin's name, the Prof. Gabriel Krestin Visiting Professorship.
Krestin is scientific director of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR) and an ESR Gold medalist. In February 2022, he was elected Most Influential Radiology Researcher in the EuroMinnies awards scheme.
