Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal:

Name:              Parag V. Karmarkar

Address:           Center for Image Guided Interventions

Johns Hopkins University

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Traylor Building, Room#330

720 Rutland Ave

Baltimore, MD 21205

(443) 287 6725

pkarmar1@jhmi.edu

 

Education:

1994-1995                  Ph.D. Candidate, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

1991-1993                  M.S. Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.

1987-1990         B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Poona, India.

 

Employment:

1990-1991                  Associate Engineer, Milton Plastics LTD, Bombay, India. (Medical Device Division).

1991-1993                  Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Tech University, MI.  Mentor: Faith A. Morrison, Ph.D.

1993-1994                  Research Engineer, Exxon Corporation, Linden Technology Center, Linden NJ.

1994 –1995       Research Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. Mentor: James Polli. Ph.D.

1996-1998                  Senior R&D Engineer, Cordis Corporation a Johnson & Johnson Company, Miami Lakes, Fl.

1998-2002         Principal Engineer, Surgi-Vision, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD.

2002-date          Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology.

 

Manuscripts:

Serfaty JM, Atalar E, Declerck J, Karmarkar P, Quick H.H, Shunk K.A, Heldman A.W, Yang X: Real-time projection MR angiography: Feasiblity Study. Radiology. 2000 Oct;217(1): 290-5.

Bottomley P, Lardo A, Viohl I, Karmarkar P, Tully S: Safety Testing of Internal MRI Coils, RSNA Study Course, 2001.

 

Abstracts:
I. Viohl, A. Lardo, S. Tully, P. Karmakar, P.A. Bottomley:  The Efficacy of Decoupling Methods to Minimize RF Heating Due to Internal Conducting Devices Used in MRI:

ISMRM, Tenth Scientific Meeting, 2002.

P Karmarkar, D Kraitchman, L Hofmann, R. Lederman, E Atalar: An MR Trackable Intramyocardial Injection Catheter.

SCMR, Sixth Annual  Scientific Meeting, 2003.

D Kratichman, P Karmarkar, L Hofmann, E Atalar, Y Nakamoto, R Wahl, B Chin, B Martin, M Pittenger, J Bulte: MR Delivery and Tracking of Magnetically Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Myocardial Infarction.

SCMR, Sixth Annual  Scientific Meeting, 2003.

 

 

Patents:

Apparatus, Systems and Methods for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Atalar E, Bottomley P, Karmarkar P, Lardo A, Zerhouni E.

Patent Pending: Public Application Number: 20020045816

 

Systems and Methods for Evaluating Periurethral Tissues

Atalar E, Quick H H, Karmarkar P.

Patent Pending: Public Application Number: 20020040185

 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidewire Probe

Lardo A, Yang X, Atalar E, Karmarkar P, McVeigh E, Halperin H, McNamara E C, Bottomley P.

Patent Pending:  Filed on March 24, 2000.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probe

            Tully S, Yang X, Atalar E, Lardo A, Karmarkar P, McVeigh E, Halperin H, McNamara E C, Bottomley P.

            Patent Pending: Public Application Number: 20030028095