
Piotr Sowa
- Senior Consultant, Neuroradiologist; MD, PhD
- +47 230 72600
Address: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Section of Neuroradiology, Oslo University Hospital, 0424 Oslo
Background:
Piotr Sowa received his medical degree from the Medical University of Wroclaw (Poland) in 1996, and his specialisation in radiology and medical imaging from the University Hospital in Krakow (Poland) in 2005. Sowa has been working within radiology since 1999, both in Krakow, Trondheim and the Oslo region, in the past few years with main focus on neuroradiology.
PhD-project:
Title of the PhD project: MRI biomarkers of Disease Activity and Progression in Multiple Sclerosis.
Main supervisor: Mona Beyer (Consultant at the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Section of Neuroradiology, Oslo University Hospital)
Co-supervisor: Hanne F. Harbo (MD, PhD)
Research interests:
Radiology/MRI in MS
Restriction Spectrum Imaging in MS
Perfusion Weighted Imaging in MS
Publications 2020
LesionQuant for Assessment of MRI in Multiple Sclerosis-A Promising Supplement to the Visual Scan Inspection
Front Neurol, 11, 546744
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2020.546744, PubMed 33362682
Traditional serrated adenomas (TSA) and the company they keep: TSA presence predicts advanced neoplasm states
Int J Colorectal Dis, 35 (7), 1351-1354
DOI 10.1007/s00384-020-03587-x, PubMed 32358718
The genetic architecture of human brainstem structures and their involvement in common brain disorders
Nat Commun, 11 (1), 4016
DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-17376-1, PubMed 32782260
Publisher Correction: Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain
Nat Neurosci, 23 (2), 295
DOI 10.1038/s41593-019-0553-6, PubMed 31848485
Nonablative Radiofrequency Treatment for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (STRETTA)
Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am, 30 (2), 253-265
DOI 10.1016/j.giec.2019.12.006, PubMed 32146945
Publications 2019
Neurodegenerative Interplay of Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysregulation and the Retina in Early Multiple Sclerosis
Front Neurol, 10, 507
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2019.00507, PubMed 31156539
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal MRI Brain Scans Reveal Accelerated Brain Aging in Multiple Sclerosis
Front Neurol, 10, 450
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2019.00450, PubMed 31114541
Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain
Nat Neurosci, 22 (10), 1617-1623
DOI 10.1038/s41593-019-0471-7, PubMed 31551603
Biallelic POLR3A variants confirmed as a frequent cause of hereditary ataxia and spastic paraparesis
Brain, 142 (4), e12
DOI 10.1093/brain/awz041, PubMed 30847471
Publications 2018
Restriction spectrum imaging of white matter and its relation to neurological disability in multiple sclerosis
Mult Scler, 25 (5), 687-698
DOI 10.1177/1352458518765671, PubMed 29542336
Publications 2017
Fatigue and cognition: Pupillary responses to problem-solving in early multiple sclerosis patients
Brain Behav, 7 (7), e00717
DOI 10.1002/brb3.717, PubMed 28729927
Magnetic resonance imaging perfusion is associated with disease severity and activity in multiple sclerosis
Neuroradiology, 59 (7), 655-664
DOI 10.1007/s00234-017-1849-4, PubMed 28585082
Publications 2016
S.M. Moen og medarbeidere svarer
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (19), 1608
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0826, PubMed 27790879
S.M. Moen og medarbeidere svarer
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (20), 1702
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0865, PubMed 27830899
[MRI in multiple sclerosis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (16), 1373-6
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.1361, PubMed 27637059
MRI- investigations in multiple sclerosis
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 136 (16), 1373-1376
Publications 2015
A Longitudinal Study of Disability, Cognition and Gray Matter Atrophy in Early Multiple Sclerosis Patients According to Evidence of Disease Activity
PLoS One, 10 (8), e0135974
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0135974, PubMed 26280173
Eye and hand motor interactions with the Symbol Digit Modalities Test in early multiple sclerosis
Mult Scler Relat Disord, 4 (6), 585-9
DOI 10.1016/j.msard.2015.08.003, PubMed 26590666
Reduced perfusion in white matter lesions in multiple sclerosis
Eur J Radiol, 84 (12), 2605-12
DOI 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.09.007, PubMed 26391230