Omar Zurkiya

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.