He is an expert on the quantification of intramyocellular lipid using MR spectroscopy and pioneered the technique at MGH. He has first authored a number of critical papers in the field, including a recent Editorial on the clinical significance of racial differences in intermuscular fat in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He is investigating the novel use of MR to determine the effects of inhibition of lipolysis on IMCL and PET to investigate brown fat in HIV lipodystrophy. His studies suggest a novel phenotype of fat in the dorsocervical area, characterized by a brown fat –like phenotype and expression of deiodenase-2.Phone: 617-726-7717 Email: mtorriani@partners.org