Jukka Kemppainen
Chief Physician, Nuclear Medicine
Specialist in Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine
M.D., Ph.D., Adj. Prof.
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English
Work history
- Docrates Cancer Center, Chief Physician, Nuclear Medicine 2018-
- Turku University Hospital PET Centre, Head of Department
- University of Turku, Subject Responsible, Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Associate Professor/Clinical Teacher
Memberships and positions of trust
Finnish Society of Nuclear Medicine, Chairman
Scandinavian Society of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine (SSCPNM), Finnish Representative
Scientific activities
Jukka Kemppainen's recent research has focused on the clinical applications of PET imaging in disease diagnostics. His main interests reside in the development of new PET imaging tracers for prostate cancer and PET diagnostics.