Martin Gajdosik

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interests: magnetic resonance spectroscopy; magnetic resonance imaging; data processing; metabolism; neuroscience; clinical medicine; biomedical technology

Biography: Martin Gajdošík (born 2^nd October 1985) studied biomedical physics in Bratislava, Slovakia. His diploma thesis with title “Comparison of shimming methods in in vivo NMR spectroscopy” written at Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy of Medical University of Vienna, Austria, introduced him into the world of magnetic resonance. Martin continued in MR research at Medical University of Vienna (Programme Medical Physics). His research was driven by liver pathologies and MR development and applications for 7 T MR system. Results concluded in doctoral thesis "Multinuclear metabolic MR spectroscopy of the liver". Both theses were written under supervision of Dr. Martin Krššák (Department of Medicine III). Later he joined Center for Biomedical Imaging at NYU Langone in New York City, where he focused on brain MR spectroscopy (Dr. Ivan Kirov) and sodium MRI (Dr. Guillaume Madelin). Since September 2018 is Martin part of MR research team of Dr. Christoph Juchem at Columbia University.

Education and Training:
Doctoral studies: Columbia University, NY, USA (2018-); NYU Langone Health, NY, USA (2017-2018); Medical University of Vienna, Austria (2016 - 2017)
PhD: Medical University of Vienna, Austria (2010-2016)
MSc:Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republik (2008-2010)
BSc: Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republik (2005-2008)

Honors & Recognition

Summa Cum Laude Award, ISMRM Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (2017)

Educational Stipend, ISMRM Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (2017)

Graduated With Distinction, PhD Programme
Medical University of Vienna, Austria (2016)

Educational Stipend, ISMRM Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (2015)

Educational Stipend, ISMRM Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) (2013)

Erasmus Exchange Fellowship, Biomedical Engineering Programme, TU Wien
Vienna University of Technology, Austria (2009)

Contact: mg4057 (at) columbia (dot) edu           

Publications

Traussnigg S, Kienbacher C, Gajdošík M, Valkovič L, Halilbasic E, Stift J, Rechling C, Hofer H, Steindl-Munda P, Ferenci P, Wrba F, Trattnig S, Krššák M, Trauner M. Ultra-high-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Novel mechanistic and diagnostic insights of energy metabolism in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and advanced fibrosis. Liver Int. 2017 Oct;37(10):1544-1553.

Klepochová R, Valkovič L, Gajdošík M, Hochwartner T, Tschan H, Krebs M, Trattnig S, Krššák M. Detection and Alterations of Acetylcarnitine in Human Skeletal Muscles by 1H MRS at 7 T. Invest Radiol. 2017 Jul;52(7):412-418.

Gajdošík M, Chadzynski GL, Hangel G, Mlynárik V, Chmelík M, Valkovič L, Bogner W, Pohmann R, Scheffler K, Trattnig S, Krššák M. Ultrashort-TE stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) improves the quantification of lipids and fatty acid chain unsaturation in the human liver at 7 T. NMR Biomed. 2015 Oct;28(10):1283-93.

Gajdošík M, Chmelík M, Just-Kukurová I, Bogner W, Valkovič L, Trattnig S, Krššák M. In vivo relaxation behavior of liver compounds at 7 Tesla, measured by single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 Dec;40(6):1365-74.

Valkovič L, Gajdošík M, Traussnigg S, Wolf P, Chmelík M, Kienbacher C, Bogner W, Krebs M, Trauner M, Trattnig S, Krššák M. Application of localized ³¹P MRS saturation transfer at 7 T for measurement of ATP metabolism in the liver: reproducibility and initial clinical application in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Eur Radiol. 2014 Jul;24(7):1602-9.