Research Fellow
Mentor: Reza Nezafat, Ph.D.
Dr. Weingartner was a research fellow from 2012-2015 in Dr. Nezafat's laboratory, and completed his Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Dr. Nezafat at BIDMC and Dr. Lothar R. Shad at the University of Heidelberg. His research interests include development of novel methods for quantitative characterization and diagnosis of cardiomyopathies using magnetic resonance imaging. During his time at BIDMC, Dr. Weingartner developed novel methods for myocardial T1 mapping, methods based on combined saturation/inversion preparation, sliced interleaved sequences, and methods for volumetric acquisitions. He was a semi-finalist for the W.S. Moore Young Investigator Award by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Dr. Weingartner is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.
Selected Publications:
Akçakaya M, Weingärtner S, Basha TA, Roujol S, Bellm S, Nezafat R. Joint myocardial T1 and T2 mapping using a combination of saturation recovery and T2 -preparation. Magn Reson Med. 2016;76 (3): 888-96.
Jang J, Bellm S, Roujol S, Basha TA, Nezafat M, Kato S, et al. Comparison of spoiled gradient echo and steady-state free-precession imaging for native myocardial T1 mapping using the slice-interleaved T1 mapping (STONE) sequence. NMR Biomed. 2016;29.
Weingärtner S, Akçakaya M, Roujol S, Basha T, Tschabrunn C, Berg S, et al. Free-breathing combined three-dimensional phase sensitive late gadolinium enhancement and T1 mapping for myocardial tissue characterization. Magn Reson Med. 2015;74 (4) :1032-41.
Weingärtner S, Akçakaya M, Roujol S, Basha T, Stehning C, Kissinger KV, et al. Free-breathing post-contrast three-dimensional T1 mapping: Volumetric assessment of myocardial T1 values. Magn Reson Med. 2015;73 (1) :214-22.
Weingärtner S, Roujol S, Akçakaya M, Basha TA, Nezafat R. Free-breathing multislice native myocardial T1 mapping using the slice-interleaved T1 (STONE) sequence. Magn Reson Med. 2014.