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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.