Dr. Pomper was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry. Also at Illinois, in the context of the Medical Scholars Program, he earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees, the latter in organic chemistry. All of his postgraduate medical training was undertaken at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, which included an internship in medicine (Osler Service), residencies in radiology and nuclear medicine, and a neuroradiology fellowship. He is currently an associate professor in the Neuroradiology Division of the Department of Radiology. His research interests involve molecular imaging, particularly of central nervous system processes and cancer.

Dr. Pomper is also the director of the Small Animal Imaging Resource Program (SAIRP) at Johns Hopkins and Deputy Director of the In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center (ICMIC). Specific research projects in central nervous system imaging include (a) using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to uncover brain metabolic correlates of AIDS dementia, (b) using positron emission tomography (PET) to study molecular (neurotransmitter) and cellular abnormalities in patients with AIDS dementia, and (c) the development of new radiopharmaceuticals for imaging nicotinic and glutamatergic neurotransmission. In oncology, advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, such as sodium imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, and MRS are being used to study brain tumors. In addition, PET agents are being pursued to study prostate cancer, angiogenesis and to study the pharmacokinetics of chemotherapeutic agents in vivo.

From a clinical standpoint, his interests lie in central nervous system vasculitis and brain tumor imaging, serving as a member of the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and of a consortium to develop New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy (NABTT). In collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery, he is heading up a new initiative to develop an imaging center dedicated to the characterization of brain tumors.

Martin G. Pomper, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology, Pharmacology and Oncology
Division of Neuroradiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
600 N. Wolfe Street/ Phipps B-100
Baltimore, MD 21287-2182
410/955-2789 (office)
410/614-1213 (fax)
e-mail:mpomper@jhmi.edu

Dr. Pomper also has an appointment in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacology/pages/facultyframe.htm

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