Irfan Sheikh, M.D.

Neurology

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Education & Training

Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2022-2023), Epilepsy
Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2021-2022), Clinical Neurophysiology
Residency - University of Toledo (2017-2021), Neurology
Medical School - Zhejiang University School of Medicine (2008-2014)

Books & Publications

Publications
- The online educational tool “Roadmap to EEGs” significantly improved trainee performance in recognizing EEG patterns
  Sheikh IS, Katyal R, Hadjinicolaou A, Bibby BM, Olandoski M, Nascimento FA, Beniczky S Epileptic Disorders 2024 Aug 26 435-443
- Seizure Assessment and Forecasting With Efficient Rapid-EEG: A Retrospective Multicenter Comparative Effectiveness Study
  Kalkach-Aparicio M, Fatima S, Selte A, Sheikh IS, Cormier J, Gallagher K, Avagyan G, Cespedes J, Krishnamurthy PV, Elazim AA, Khan N, Hussein OM, Maganti R, Larocque J, Holla S, Desai M, Westover B, Hirsch LJ, Struck AF Neurology 2024 Jun 103
- Implications of Large Language Models for Quality and Efficiency of Neurologic Care Emerging Issues in Neurology
  Moura L, Jones DT, Sheikh IS, Murphy S, Kalfin M, Kummer BR, Weathers AL, Grinspan ZM, Silsbee HM, Jones LK, Patel AD Neurology 2024 May 102
- EEG findings in a pediatric patient with 3q29 microdeletion syndrome
  Sheikh IS, Nascimento FA, Waite SR, Lam AD Epileptic Disorders 2024 Feb 26 151-153
- Evaluating the Impact of Point-of-Care Electroencephalography on Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit: Subanalysis of the SAFER-EEG Trial
  Desai M, Kalkach-Aparicio M, Sheikh IS, Cormier J, Gallagher K, Hussein OM, Cespedes J, Hirsch LJ, Westover B, Struck AF Neurocritical Care 2024
- Improving Neurology Clinical Care with Natural Language Processing Tools
  Ge W, Rice HJ, Sheikh IS, Westover MB, Weathers AL, Jones LK, Moura L Neurology 2023 Nov 101 1010-1018
- Evaluating adult care in Dravet syndrome upon transferring from pediatrics in the U.S.: A caregiver-based survey study
  Nascimento FA, Hood V, Yap SV, Sheikh IS, Anne Meskis M, Thiele EA Epilepsy and Behavior 2023 Oct 147
- Competency-based epilepsy training: A comparison between U.S.-based milestones and ILAE curriculum
  Gogou M, Sheikh IS, Tamula OR, Katyal R, Beniczky S, Nascimento FA Epileptic Disorders 2023 Aug 25 586-589
- Focal cortical dysplasia IIb: Near-continuous rhythmic fast spike burst pattern on intracranial EEG with atypical electroclinical-clinical semiology
  Sheikh IS, Nascimento FA, Misra A, Lang-Orsini M, Cole AJ, Richardson RM, Cash SS Epileptic Disorders 2023 Apr 25 274-277
- Implications of stimulus-induced, rhythmic, periodic, or ictal discharges (SIRPIDs) in hospitalized patients
  Martinez P, Sheikh I, Westover MB, Zafar SF Frontiers in Neurology 2023 Jan 13
- Roadmap to EEGs: video-based e-learning modules addressing clinical EEG reading
  Sheikh IS, Katyal R, Hadjinicolaou A, Nascimento FA, Beniczky S Epileptic Disorders 2022 Dec 24 1132-1138
- EEG-based grading of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome
  Jones DK, Eckhardt CA, Sun H, Tesh RA, Malik P, Quadri S, Firme MS, van Sleuwen M, Jain A, Fan Z, Jing J, Ge W, Nascimento FA, Sheikh IS, Jacobson C, Frigault M, Kimchi EY, Cash SS, Lee JW, Dietrich J, Westover MB Scientific reports 2022 Dec 12
- Introducing the Epileptic Disorders Internship Program
  Sheikh IS, Katyal R, Hadjinicolaou A, Beniczky S, Nascimento FA Epileptic Disorders 2022 Dec 24 1139-1140
- Competency-based EEG education: a list of “must-know” EEG findings for adult and child neurology residents
  Nascimento FA, Jing J, Strowd R, Sheikh IS, Weber D, Gavvala JR, Maheshwari A, Tanner A, Ng M, Vinayan KP, Sinha SR, Yacubian EM, Rao VR, Perry MS, Fountain NB, Karakis I, Wirrell E, Yuan F, Friedman D, Tankisi H, Rampp S, Fasano R, Wilmshurst JM, O’Donovan C, Schomer D, Kaplan PW, Sperling MR, Benbadis S, Westover MB, Beniczky S Epileptic Disorders 2022 Oct 24 979-982
- EEG features of 15q duplication syndrome
  Sheikh IS, Nascimento FA, Thiele E, Thibert R Epileptic Disorders 2022 Aug 24 1-2
- Using CT Perfusion in the Interictal State
  Sheikh IS, Park S, Ali I Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2021 Nov 38 E25-E28
- Immunoglobulin G4-related disease: case report and literature review
  Dong LL, Sheikh IS, Huang AH, Wu XH, Chen EG, Ying KJ Immunologic Research 2021 Oct 69 415-421
- Unusual movement disorders and atypical magnetic resonance imaging (Mri) findings in patients with west nile encephalitis: Case reports of 2 patients with evidence of clinical and imaging resolution with IVIG
  Sheikh IS, Afreen E, Sheikh A American Journal of Case Reports 2021 22
- Video representation of dopamine-responsive multiple system atrophy cerebellar type
  Doan J, Sheikh I, Elmer L, Rashid M American Journal of Case Reports 2021 22
- Neurological Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
  Salahuddin H, Afreen E, Sheikh IS, Lateef S, Dawod G, Daboul J, Karim N, Gharaibeh K, Al-Chalabi M, Park S, Castonguay AC, Assaly R, Safi F, Matal M, Sheikh A, Tietjen G, Malaiyandi D, James E, Ali I, Zaidi SF, Abdelwahed A, Kung V, Burgess R, Jumaa MA Frontiers in Neurology 2020 Oct 11
- Malignant glomus tumor of the lung with multiorgan metastases: Case report and literature review
  Dong LL, Chen EG, Sheikh IS, Jiang ZN, Huang AH, Ying KJ OncoTargets and Therapy 2015 Jul 8 1909-1914
- Chinese Herbal Medicine for premature ovarian failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Wu Y, Chen LT, Qu F, Sheikh IS, Wu YT European Journal of Integrative Medicine 2014 Jun 6 382-391

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