PGY-5 Resident
Phone: (412) 647-6777
e-mail: ochalskipg@upmc.edu

Specialized Areas of Interest

Neuro-trauma; neuro-oncology.

Biography

Pawel G. Ochalski, MD, graduated from The College of New Jersey in 1999 with a degree in biology. In 2005, he received his medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, graduating at the top of his class.

During medical school, he spent two years at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, as part of the Howard Hughes Research Scholars Program. His research involved studying the molecular pathways regulating neuronal migration.

In June of 2006, he completed his internship in general surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and continues to pursue his clinical and academic interests in the neuro-trauma and neuro-oncology. In 2008, he was awarded the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Research Fellowship supporting his work investigating the effects of GABA receptor modulation following brain injury under the mentorship of C. Edward Dixon, PhD, and David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD.

During his PGY-5 and PGY-6 career development years, Pawel will be investigating the effects of endoscopic-assisted surgery on white matter disruption and clinical outcomes in patients with intra-axial tumors. He will be working with Johnathan Engh, MD, and L. Dade Lunsford, MD.

Pawel was born in Poland and is a native of Lawrenceville, NJ.

Professional Organization Membership

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons