Dr. Marco Essig is the Professor and Chair of the Radiology Department at the University of Manitoba, and Medical Director of the Diagnostic Imaging Program with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Dr. Essig received his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg and his Doctorate in Neurological Sciences at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. Dr. Essig did his internship and residency training in Radiology at the German Cancer Research Center. He pursued two fellowships, one in Neuroradiology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Radiology, and a second in Interventional Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology and Neurosurgery. He completed his Neuroradiology training at the University of Homburg, Germany. After completion of residency, Dr. Essig earned a Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiology in 2001, at which point he became Assistant Medical Director of the Department of Radiology. In 2006, after his Board Certification in Neuroradiology, he was appointed as a Professor of Radiology at Heidelberg Medical School and worked as an Associate Medical Director of the Department of Radiology. From 2011 to August 2013, he worked as a full Professor at the Department of Neuroradiology of the University of Erlangen, Germany. In September 2013, he was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba and Medical Director Diagnostic Imaging for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.