Reggie Munden, M.D., D.M.D., MBA, FACR, serves as chair and professor of the Department of Radiology of the College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the chief of the Radiology Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) at MUSC Health. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of South Carolina and a Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) with honors from the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Following several years in private practice in dentistry, he returned to MUSC to earn a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the College of Medicine. Following completion of a radiology residency at MUSC, he completed a fellowship in thoracic imaging at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He later obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Auburn University.
Dr. Munden's clinical care and research have focused on lung cancer screening and staging and treatment response to therapy. He has served as principal investigator (PI), co-principal investigator (Co-PI), and senior investigator on funded research and clinical trials related to lung cancer screening and treatment. With over 161 publications, 77 published abstracts and exhibits, and 150 presentations/lectures, he has served in several academic institutions including 14 years at MD Anderson Cancer Center as well as serving as chair of the Department of Radiology of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama – Birmingham (UAB), Houston Methodist Research Institute, and Wake Forest School of Medicine. He also served as vice president of the Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center Service Line before joining MUSC. He is an accomplished mentor with several former faculty members and mentees from the LEAD program, jointly led by the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) and GE Healthcare, who are now serving as department chairs.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR), the secretary-treasurer of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), serves on the American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors, and is past treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Research and Education Foundation of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA. He enjoys golf, biking on the beach, and traveling with his wife, who is a pediatric radiologist.