Irfan Sheikh, M.D. Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2023 Clinical Interests: Irfan S. Sheikh, M.D. erves as the Director for the Adult Tuberous Sclerosis program and hopes to establish a comprehensive care clinic for patients with Advanced Genetic Epilepsies in the Dallas area. He is interested in transitional care epilepsy, critical care EEG, and working with quantitive EEG analysis. Research: His research interests include EEG/Epilepsy education at the fellow and neurology resident level, QEEG and ICU EEG, and transitional care epilepsy. He also works closely with the Quality Informatics Subcommittee, part of the American Academy of Neurology in exploring and educating members on the use of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in quality improvement. Education Medical School Zhejiang University School of Medicine (2014) Residency University of Toledo (2021), Neurology Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital (2022), Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital (2023), Epilepsy Research Interest Artificial Intelligence - Natural Language Processing Critical Care EEG/QEEG EEG/Epilepsy Education Quality Informatics Transitional Care Epilepsy 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 Jun 102 e209497 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 Results 1-10 of 22 1 2 3 Next Last Books Featured Books Seizures. In MGH White Book - Chapter Seizure Peyton MA, Sheikh IS (2023). Honors & Awards Alpha Omega Alpha (2021) Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award (2021) Outstanding Neurology Resident of the Year AwardThe University of Toledo Neurology Residency Program (2021) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Epilepsy Society (2021) Epileptic Disorders Journal Internship Program (2022-2023) Neurology Minute Podcast - AAN (2023) Quality Informatics Subcommittee - American Academy Neurology (2023) Young Epilepsy Section - ILAE (2023)
