User:Ozurkiya

Omar Zurkiya M.D., Ph.D. Contact: [mailto:ozurkiya@bidmc.harvard.edu]

Omar Zurkiya received his B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his research involved the design of lentiviral vectors for long-term correction of genetic diseases.

He received his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging where he worked on Molecular Imaging utilizing iron-oxide magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic switches, off-resonance imaging techniques, Gadolinium-protein contrast agents, and gene-based production of magnetic particles. This latter project involved the transfer of genes to target cells enabling these cells to produce their own MRI contrast.

He received his M.D. from Emory University and is currently pursuing internship and residency in Medicine and Radiology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.

Education

 * PhD 2006, Georgia Institute of Technology
 * BS 2000, MIT

Academic History

 * Medical Student, Emory University, 2000-present
 * Graduate Student, Bioengineering, Georgia Tech, 2002-2006
 * Undergraduate Research Assistant, Harvard/MIT, 1996-2000

Awards and Honors

 * Medical Scientist Traning Program Fellowship (NIH)
 * Sam Nunn Security Fellowship (MacArthur Foundation)
 * NIH National Research Service Award (NIH NIBIB F31EB005928)
 * Trainee Research Prize, Radiological Society of North America (2006)
 * Molecular Imaging Travel Award, Radiological Society of North America (2006)
 * Student Travel Award, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2004)
 * Student Travel Award, Society for Molecular Imaging (2004, 2006)

Membership

 * Member Radiological Society of North America
 * IEEE
 * International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
 * Society for Molecular Imaging
 * American Academy of Family Physicians

Research Interests

 * Interest in MR Molecular Imaging using Iron-oxide nanoparticles