Piotr Walczak M.D., Ph.D.

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+48 663 423 234

RESEARCH INTERESTS
MRI-guided cell therapy
Neurological disorders
Demyelinating diseases

POSITIONS
Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Jonhs Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

EDUCATION
M.D., Warsaw University School of Medicine (Poland) (2002)
Ph.D., University of Warmia and Mazury (Poland) (2012)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Gao, F., et al., MRI of intravenously injected bone marrow cells homing to the site of injured arteries. NMR Biomed, 2007. 20(7): p. 673-81.
2. Janowski, M., P. Walczak, and M.S. Pearl, Predicting and optimizing the territory of blood-brain barrier opening by superselective intra-arterial cerebral infusion under dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI guidance. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 2016. 36(3): p. 569-75.
3. Kim, T., et al., In Vivo Micro-CT Imaging of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Labeled with Gold-Poly-L-Lysine Nanocomplexes. Adv Funct Mater, 2017. 27(3).
4. Cui, L.L., et al., The cerebral embolism evoked by intra-arterial delivery of allogeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in rats is related to cell dose and infusion velocity. Stem Cell Res Ther, 2015. 6: p. 11.
5. Gilad, A.A., et al., MR tracking of transplanted cells with "positive contrast" using manganese oxide nanoparticles. Magn Reson Med, 2008. 60(1): p. 1-7.          

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