A native Virginian, Dr. James Dean Sprinkle, Jr., a board-certified radiologist at Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF), grew up in Danville with three older sisters. He likes to clarify that he was named after his father, a thoracic surgeon, rather than the legendary actor James Dean.

At the University of Virginia, Dr. Sprinkle started as a chemistry major but switched over to psychobiology, his first introduction to the neurosciences. He went on to the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), receiving his medical degree in 1991, graduating with honors. Completing his radiology residency and subsequent fellowship in neuroradiology at MCV, he joined RAF in 1996 as the group’s first fellowship-trained neuroradiologist.