Investigators

Christof Karmonik, Ph.D.

 

	Christof Karmonik, Ph.D. Associate Member The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Scientist and MR Physicist Department of Neurosurgery The Methodist Hospital Associate Professor of Physics in Radiology Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University E-mail: ckarmonik@tmhs.org Phone: 713-441-1583 Fax: 713-790-6474
Education M.S.   University of Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany (Physics) Ph.D.   University of Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany (Physical Chemistry) Postdoctoral Training Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Biography

After completing his postdoctoral training in 2000, Dr. Karmonik joined the faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas as Instructor in the Department of Medicine. He became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology there in 2002. In addition to his academic appointments, Dr. Karmonik was also a senior software engineer for the Schlumberger Companies. He joined The Methodist Hospital and Research Institute in 2005.

Description of Research

Dr. Karmonik’s research has included the effect of lipid modification on peripheral arterial disease, brain volumetric analysis and cognition in Parkinson’s Disease, reliable measurement of brain glutamate levels in ALS patients with 3.0 t 1h-mrs, atherosclerotic plaque composition in peripheral vascular disease, and brain imaging in stuttering.

Major Areas of Research

Peripheral arterial disease, brain volumetric analysis, Parkinson’s Disease, brain imaging

Recent Publications

Karmonik C, Yen C, Diaz O, Klucznik R, Grossman RG, Benndorf G. Temporal variations of wall shear stress parameters in intracranial aneurysms-importance of patient-specific inflow waveforms for CFD calculations. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010 Aug;152(8):1391-8.

Karmonik C, Diaz O, Grossman R, Klucznik R. In-Vivo Quantification of Wall Motion in Cerebral Aneurysms from 2D Cine Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Images. Rofo. 2010 Feb;182(2):140-50.

Karmonik C, Yen C, Grossman RG, Klucznik R, Benndorf G. Intra-aneurysmal flow patterns and wall shear stresses calculated with computational flow dynamics in an anterior communicating artery aneurysm depend on knowledge of patient-specific inflow rates. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 May;151(5):479-85; discussion 485.

Karmonik C, Basto P, Vickers K, Martin K, Reardon MJ, Lawrie GM, Morrisett JD. Quantitative segmentation of principal carotid atherosclerotic lesion components by feature space analysis based on multicontrast MRI at 1.5 T. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2009 Feb;56(2):352-60.

Karmonik C, Bismuth JX, Davies MG, Lumsden AB. Computational Hemodynamics in the human Aorta: A Computational fluid dynamics study of three cases with patient-specific geometries and inflow rates. Technol Health Ca. 2008 16(5):343-54.

Karmonik C, Klucznik R, Benndorf G. Blood Flow in Cerebral Aneurysms: Comparison of Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance and Computational Fluid Dynamics - Preliminary Experience. Rofo. 2008 Mar;180(3):209-15.

Mantha A, Karmonik C, Benndorf G, Strother C, Metcalfe R. Hemodynamics in a cerebral artery before and after the formation of an aneurysm. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 May;27(5):1113-8.

Choudhary S, Higgins CL, Chen IY, Reardon M, Lawrie G, Vick GW 3rd, Karmonik C, Via DP, Morrisett JD. Quantitation and localization of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in human carotid endarterectomy tissues. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Oct;26(10):2351-8.

Karmonik C, Strother CM, Chen X, Deinzer F, Klucznik R, Mawad ME. Stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms aided by Virtual Parent Artery Reconstruction: Technical Note. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 26:2368-2370.