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Gerd Melkus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Ottawa with a cross-appointment in the Division of Orthopedic Surgery. He obtained his PhD in Physics, specializing in Medical Imaging, from the University of Würzburg, Germany, in 2010. After coming to Ottawa, Dr. Melkus spent several years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group and was the director of the 7 Tesla preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging facility at the University of California, San Francisco. He joined the Department of Medical Imaging at the Ottawa Hospital in July 2013. His research interests include the technical developments and applications of new Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spectroscopy methods and the advancement of image data processing algorithms. His clinical focus is on musculoskeletal diseases, particularly the non-invasive quantitative characterization of cartilage, tendon, and muscle tissues.
University of Ottawa • Ottawa
Teaching and research in the Department of Radiology with a cross-appointment in Orthopedic Surgery.
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