Swati R. Levendovszky, PhD

Professional Background

I am an Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) since 2025. I am the Director of the Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center (HBIC), a University cost-center providing cutting-edge technical MRI, photon-counting CT, and EEG services to researchers in and around the University. The primary focus of my research lab is the development of clinically feasible, targeted imaging, and end-to-end analyses pipeline for functional and anatomical imaging to improve the diagnostic capabilities of MRI. Specifically, I develop novel perfusion imaging approaches to better understand cerebrovascular pathology for all major MRI platforms.
My research is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, Philips, Radiological Society of North America. Past funding includes the Michael J Fox Foundation and W. Garfield Weston Brain Institute, and Alzheimer's Association. I have received several competitive awards such as the Elliot Newmann Society Scholar Award and the Charleston Conferences on Alzheimer's Disease Young Investigator Award.

• BS, Electrical Engineering, Pune University, Pune, India
• MS, Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• PhD, Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Radiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

• Radiological Society of North America , Member, 2019 - Present
• The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment, Member, 2010 - Present
• International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Member, 2004 - Present

• Assessing cerebrovascular disease in African Americans, Alzheimer's Association, PI
• Augmented Neurophysiology of Sleep and Performance Readiness, DoD/MTEC, Co-I
• Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending ‐ Construction Major Goals: -Enhanced research capabilities, HRSA, PI
• Pathological Mechanisms of White Matter Hyperintensities, NIA, PI
• Pharmacological Modulation and Remote Measurement of Sleep-Driven Glymphatic Clearance, DoD/MTEC, Co-I

• Agarwal N, Lewis LD, Hirschler L, Rivera LR, Naganawa S, Levendovszky SR, Ringstad G, Klarica M, Wardlaw J, Iadecola C, Hawkes C, Carare RO, Wells J, Bakker ENTP, Kurtcuoglu V, Bilston L, Nedergaard M, Mori Y, Stoodley M, Alperin N, de Leon M, van Osch MJP. 2024. Current Understanding of the Anatomy, Physiology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neurofluids: Update From the 2022 "ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Study group" Workshop in Rome.. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 59 (2), 431-449
• Levendovszky SR, Meyer B. 2025. Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Neurofluids.. Neuroimaging clinics of North America, 35 (2), 211-222
• Rane S, Koh N, Oakley J, Caso C, Zabetian CP, Cholerton B, Montine TJ, Grabowski T. 2020. Arterial spin labeling detects perfusion patterns related to motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.. Parkinsonism & related disorders, 76, 21-28
• Palmer WC, Park SM, Levendovszky SR. 2022. Brain state transition analysis using ultra-fast fMRI differentiates MCI from cognitively normal controls.. Frontiers in neuroscience, 16, 975305
• Weaver KE, Caldwell DJ, Cronin JA, Kuo CH, Kogan M, Houston B, Sanchez V, Martinez V, Ojemann JG, Rane S, Ko AL. 2020. Concurrent Deep Brain Stimulation Reduces the Direct Cortical Stimulation Necessary for Motor Output.. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 35 (12), 2348-2353
• Gupta A, Levendovszky SR. 2025. Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognition in CKD: A Physiological Paradox.. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 36 (10), 2058-2060