Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Radiology

Department of Surgery

Contact

B1 Stellar-Chance Laboratories

422 Curie Blvd., University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia PA 19104-6100

Tel: 215-898-9357

Fax: 215-573-2113

Email: wwitschey@gmail.com

Education

Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Thesis: Rotating Frame Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques

Graduation Date: May 18, 2009

University of Pennsylvania

B.S. Physics

Graduation Date: May 1, 2004

University of Virginia

Recent Work

Publications

Witschey WRT, Elliott MA, Reddy R. Spin Locked Balanced Steady-State Free Precession Imaging. (in press: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)

Witschey WRT, Borthakur A, Elliott MA, Wang C, Reddy R. Rapid 3D T1ρ-weighted Imaging . Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2008) 28:3 p. 744-753

Witschey WRT, Borthakur A, Elliott MA, Mellon E, Niyogi S, Wallman DJ, Wang C, Reddy R. Artifacts in T1ρ-weighted Imaging: Compensation for B1 and B0 Field Imperfections. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (2007) 186:1 p. 75-85

Witschey WRT, Borthakur A, Elliott MA, Mellon E, Niyogi S, Wang C, Reddy R. Compensation for Spin-Lock Artifacts Using an Off-Resonance Rotary Echo in T1ρoff-weighted Imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2007) 57:1 p. 2-7.

Borthakur A, Mellon E, Niyogi S, Witschey W, Kneeland JB, Reddy R. Sodium and T1ρ MRI for molecular and diagnostic imaging of articular cartilage. NMR in Biomedicine (2006) 19 p. 781-821.

Wang C, Auerbach JD, Witschey WRT, Balderston RA, Reddy R, Borthakur A. Advances in magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine. Seminars in Spine Surgery. (2007) 19:2.