Istvan Pirko, M.D.

Minnesota

Medical School

University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Graduate School

Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Budapest, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary

Internship

Preliminary Year Internal Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH

Residency

Neurology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH

Fellowship

Experimental Neuroimaring, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Certification

Adult Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Interests

• Neuroimmunology
• Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system with special attention to multiple sclerosis
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) of demyelinating disease models

Professional Highlights

• Clinical editor, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, Elsevier, 2009
• Director, Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis, University of Cincinnati, 2007-2009
• Best Doctors in America, www.bestdoctors.com, 2007

Publications

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Research

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