Surya Gnyawali

Surya C. Gnyawali, MPhil, PhD 

Dr. Surya C. Gnyawali received his doctoral degree in Biophysics from Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA. Before joining the McGowan Institute and the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Gnyawali was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine and a Senior Research Scientist at Ohio State University. 

Dr. Gnyawali’s primary research focus is Radiomics for Regenerative Medicine in Wound Healing, including cutting-edge imaging in preclinical and clinical studies to improve future diagnosis and clinical decision-making. From the preclinical research context, he studies stroke, diabetic neuropathy, and wound healing using relevant pre-clinical rodents, guinea pigs, canines, or porcine models. Recently, he has been applying diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), MRI/MRS studies in rodents, Cardiac Function and Myocardial Muscle Strain in the guinea pig, and canine thrombolytic stroke models. 

Dr. Gnyawali is also actively involved in clinical trials using advanced imaging in the context of burn wound assessment (Ultrasonography) and diabetic foot ulcer micro-perfusion imaging (laser speckle perfusion imaging). He is applying sensor-based evaluation of human prosthetic limb health research studies on: (a) Limb Health and Socket Pressure in Response to Powered Ankle Prostheses, and (b) efficacy of vented socket-liner solution in controlling the sweating and temperature of amputated limb, in collaboration with Össur (Iceland). 

Importantly, Dr. Gnyawali has developed an optimized cardiac imaging protocol for the ultra-high field MRI system (9.4T &11.7T), for which he was awarded a Distinguished Post-Doctoral Award from Ohio State. 

Dr. Gnyawali has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as BMO, Molecular Therapy, Circulation, and FASEB. He is the lead author of 16 publications and has contributed to more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. He is a co-investigator on several grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).  

View a list of Dr. Gnyawali’s Publications: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=81gu7QwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate.