Born in 1961 in Bonn, Germany, Jörg F. Debatin studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of Heidelberg where he graduated in 1987. He completed his Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Duke University Medical Center and subsequently moved to Stanford University Medical Center for Fellowship in Abdominal Imaging.

As a Diplomate of the American Boards of Radiology he took up a position as Associate Professor of Radiology and Chief of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in July 1993 at Zürich University Hospital. Following an “Executive MBA”-Training at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, he was Appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital in Essen in August 1999. Jörg F. Debatin moved to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in November 2003, where he currently serves as Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer