David Edmund Kuhl (October 27, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri – May 28, 2017[1] in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American scientist specializing in nuclear medicine.

Dr. Kuhl served as the Chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Michigan for 20 years and retired in June 2011.

These tomographic imaging techniques he invented were further developed in the 1970s and now called positron emission tomography or PET.

He joined the University of Michigan Medical School faculty in 1986 and worked to develop the use of FDG metabolism scanning in human brains.

During his time as Chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Director of the Center for Positron Emission Tomography, the University of Michigan became one of the first US institutions to offer clinical diagnostic PET services.