Shahid Bashir_ H K CV update

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Curriculum Vitae
Name: Shahid Bashir
Office Address: Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Harvard Medical School
330 Brookline Avenue, Kirstein Building, Room KS158
Boston, MA 02215 United States
Office Address: Department of physiology, Faculty of Medicine
King Saud University, P O Box 2925, Riyadh 11461
Saudi Arabia
Work Email: sbashir@bidmc.harvard.edu
sbashir10@gmail.com
Work FAX: 617-975-5322
Place of Birth: Lahore, Pakistan
Position
1. 2011-present: Department of physiology, Faculty of Medicine King Saud University, P O Box 2925,
Riyadh 11461 Saudi Arabia.
2. 2010-present: Instructor of Harvard Medical 330 Brookline Avenue, Kirstein Building, Room KS158
Boston, MA 02215 United States.
Education
1998 B.Sc. Chemistry and Biology Univ. of Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
2001 M.Sc. Biology Univ. of Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
2007 Ph.D. Physiology Univ. of Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Postdoctoral Training
2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow Neurophysiology Univ. of Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
2008 - 2010 Research Fellow Neurology Harvard University
Boston, MA
Other Professional Positions
2003 - 2006 Visiting Fellow CHUV Hospital, University of Lausanne,
Switzerland
2006 Visiting Trainee University of Bern, Department of
Medicine, Switzerland
2007 Visiting Trainee Universtiy of Zurich, Department of
Neurobiology, Switzerland

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Professional Societies
2004-present Swiss Society of Neuroscience Member
2004-present Federation European Neuroscience Society Member
Honors and Prizes
2000 Presidential fellowship
for talent student
Pakistan Higher education Fellowship
2007 Travel Grant Swiss Society of Neuroscience
Grant Review Activities
2012-present International Grant Review Committee Human Frontier Science Program
2012- present International Grant Review Committee Italian Research Council
2013-present International Grant Review Committee Austrillain Science Commission
2013-present International Grant Review Committee Human brain project Europe
2014-present International Grant Review Committee KACST
Editorial Activities
Reviewer most major journals in the felds of neurology, neuroscience, psychiatry, neurophysiology,
including for example:
Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Clinical Neurophysiology; Journal of International Neuroscience; Basic
and Clinical Neuroscience, Pakistan journal of Medical Science, Journals of Arts and Education,
Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, Science and Education Publishing, Saudi Neuroscience etc
Course
2007 Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal
Sciecne
University of Zurich
2008 Intensive Course in Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation
Harvard Medical school
2010 Postgraduate Education Program in Clinical
& Translational Science
2012 Leadership Strategies for the Researcher Harvard Medical school
2012 Design and Implementation of Clinical
Trials
2010 Principles and Practice of Clinical Research
course
2011 Review of Neurology Harvard Medical school
2006 New techniques in Lab animal Sciecne University of Fribourg
2013 Dementia Harvard Medical school
2013 The Science of Placebo Harvard Medical school
2013 The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine:
the Practical Clinical Approaches and Board
BIDMC

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Review
2006 Basic Life Support BIDMC
2011-2013 CITI Collaborative Institutional Training
Initiative
BIDMC
2011 Open Workshop on Technology and Autism
Research
MIT Media Lab,
2011 Novel Statistical Methods for Investigating
Aging and Cognitive Decline Harvard School of Public Health
2011 Molecules, Movement, and Motors Science
Symposium Radcliffe Gymnasium
2011 Workshop on Gene-Environment
Interactions, Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center
2010 Mayo Clinic CTSA Exercise Science
Symposium Mayo Clinic
2015 Core Education Curriculum Harvard Medical school
2014 TREATING EATING DISORDERS Harvard Medical school
2014 Longwood Neurology Harvard Medical school
2014 Intensive Review of Neurology Harvard Medical school
2014 Child Neurology Course Harvard Medical school
2014 Eating Disorders Harvard Medical school
2015 CANTAB training and application KSU, College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
2015 Reviving Learning Management System KSU, College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects
Present
2015-2017 King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Apporaved)
To develop a safe, inexpensive and noninvasive biomarker of epileptogenesis after
Traumatic Brain Injury
Principle Investigator
Neurophysiological measures as end-point in multiple sclerosis clinical trials: the use of
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
Co-Investigator
Effects of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation priming with transcranial DC
stimulation coupled with constraint-induced movement therapy on the motor function of
stroke patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Co-Investigator
2014-2016 Deanship of King Saud University (Apporaved)

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Brain plasticity (International research group) award
Eraly neurophysiological marker for brain disability (international research group) award.
Study the neural controls of emotional resonance and develop a novel intervention
approach to improve emotional resonance in Autism Spectrum Disorder
2013-2016 National Plane for Sciecne and Technology (Apporaved)
Testing causality in the association between exercise and neurocognitive gains: a pioneer
translational research study in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Spritulity and fMRI
Prefrontal cortex modulation with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for
nicotine craving reduction: A double blind, sham-controlled study.
Past
2003-2006 Fellowship from University of Fribourg.
Rehabilitation of stroke and cerebellar patients
Study design, recorded and analysis data on stroke and Cerbeller patients populations (part
od thesies work)
2003-2008 Novartis
Spontaneous functional recovery of manual dexterity resulting from a lesion of the motor
cortex treated with neurite outgrowth inhibitor Nogo-A in primates
Co-investigator
Recorded and analyzed neurophysiologic activity from motor cortex treated with neurite
outgrowth inhibitor Nogo-A in primates
2008-2011 National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Deafness and Communication
Disorders, RO1-DC05672
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
Co-Investigator

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Examine the potential use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as therapy for
non-fluent aphasia
2009-2011 International Brain Research Foundation
Promoting Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury
Co-Investigator
To test cortico-cortical connectivity, plasticity and network dynamics using the real-time
combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (EEG) as a
predictor of recovery from mild TBI
2010 – 2011 CIMIT
Characterization of Cortical Plasticity after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans
Co-Investigator
combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (EEG)
Current Unfunded Projects
2016 - 2018 National Institutes of Health (R21 under review)
Noninvasive, Physiologic Characterization of Cortical Plasticity after Mild Traumatic
Brain Injury in Humans
Co-Investigator
combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (EEG) in
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury patients
2016 - 2018 National Plane for Sciecne and Technology (under review)
Pioneer study about age related alteration in brain plasticity may predict the risk for
dementia in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (EEG) in
AD patients
2016 - 2018 National Plane for Sciecne and Technology (under review)
Effects of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation prime with transcranial DC
stimulation coupled with constraint induced movement therapy on motor function in stroke
patients (pioneer rehabilition study in kingdom of Saudi Arabia
To test how TMS prime with tDCS and physical activity enhance brain plasticity and
improved motor related problem in upper extermitity in stroke patients
Report of Local Teaching and Training

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Teaching of Students in Courses
2003 - 2007 Practical course for Second year medical
students (Neurophysiology), ~50 students
Three hours per day for three weeks
University of Fribourg
2008 –
2013
Intensive Course in Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation. ~10 to 15 students per course.
9 hours preparation and contact time per
course (three courses a year).
2014 –
2014-
2014-
2015
CNS course, College of Medicine
CNS course, College of Pharmacy
CNS course, College of Dentistry
Research Methdology (Post graduate)
King Saud University
Local Invited Presentations
2008 Poststroke Rehabilitation, Invited Lecturer
BIDMC, Neurology
Report of Regional, National and International Invited Teaching and
Presentations
Invited Presentations and Courses
International
2007 Poststroke Rehabilitation in Pakistan” Seminar, Invited Speaker
University of health science, Department of Physiology, Lahore, Pakistan
2013 Appilacation of Brain stimulation in Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Kign Fahad Speclist
Hospital, Damma, Saudi Arbia
2012 Appilacation of Brain stimulation in Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King Abudaziz
University, Jedah, Saudi Arbia
2013 Appilacation of Brain stimulation in Autism, Beterji Medical School, Jedah, Saudi Arbia
2015 “CANTAB training and application, KSU, Saudi Arbia
2015 5th Annual Saudi Epilepsy & 1st GCC Epilepsy Congress in Dammam from 5thnd to 7th
November 2015, KSU, Saudi Arbia
2016 Appilacation of tDCS in Clinical Neuroscience IBRO/APRC Neuroscience School,
Nagarkot, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016 Appilacation of tDCS in Basic Neuroscience. Neuroscience Society of Nepal, Nagarkot,
Kathmandu, Nepal
2016 Clinical applications of Transcranial direct current stimulation: Must they start or should
they still watch in developed and Underdeveloped countries? Pakistan Society of
Neurology, Islamabad , Pakistan
Technical skills

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Noninvasive brain stimulation technique: single pulse, high and low frequency repetitive Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulation, frameless stereotactic neuronavigation to locate brain areas, electromyography,
EEG and behavioural tasks.
Current Pre-doctoral Students/Coop Students/Research Assistants
2010-2011 Frederick Ifert-Miller / Research Assistant
2010-2011 Ilan Mizrahi-Arnaud / Medical Student, Boston University
2010-2011 Syed Faaiz Enam / Medical Student, Agh Khan Medical University, Pakistan
2009-2011 Anuhya Capia / Medical Student, Boston University
2013-2014 Mohammed ALARABI/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2013-2015 Rana Zein/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2014-2015 Faisal AlGhamdi / Medical Student, King Saud University
2014-2015 Sara/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdullah Ahmed Alatawi / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Tariq Sami Almusned / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Ahmed Hussien Alhussien / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Meshal Abdulhameed Alohali / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Mohammed ALQuwayee / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdullah bin Jurays / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Muhannad ALWabel / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Fars ALManie / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Tariq ALMatrodi / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdulrahman Al-Thaqib / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Fahad Al-Qahtani / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdullah Al-Zahrani / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Fahad Al-Sultan / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Mish'al Alfallaj/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdulaziz Alahmari/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdullah Almazyad/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Abdulmajeed Abdulrahman / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Talal alsaeed/ Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Ghadah Maher Abdulaziz / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Rawan Abdulaalah Alyahya / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Dahna Sultan Alkahtani / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Noura Abdulmunim Alrayes / Medical Student, King Saud University

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2015-present Sarah Saad Alangari / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Ghadeer Khaled Alzahrani / Medical Student, King Saud University
2015-present Majid Abdullah/ Medical Student, King Saud University
Publications
Peer reviewed publications in print or other media
1. Shahid Bashir, Marine Varnet, Umer Najib, Jennifer Perez, Miguel Alonso-Alonso, Mark
Knobel, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Dylan Edwards, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. 2016. Enhanced motor
function and its neurophysiological correlates after navigated low-frequency repetitive
transcranial magnetic stimulation over the contralesional motor cortex in stroke. Restorative
neurology and neuroscience.
2. Shahid Bashir, and Woo-Kyoung Yoo. 2016. Neuromodulation for addiction by transcranial
direct current stimulation: opportunities and challenges. Annals of neuroscience.
3. Túnez I. Escribano BM, Santamaría A, De Lima ME, Bashir S. 2016. Brain magnetic
stimulation in animal models: a valuable lesson for clinical applications. CNS Neurol Disord
Drug Targets.
4. Abdulrahman M Alsharidah, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhannad M Alsharidah, Shahid Bashir. 2016.
Fasting in Ramadan Affects Cognitive and Physiological Function in Normal Subjects (Pilot
Study). Neuroscience & Medicine
5. BM Escribano, A Santamaría, ME De Lima, M De Lima, S Bashir, I Túnez, SK Tayebati, D
Tomassoni, F Amenta. 2016. Neuroinflammatory markers in spontaneously hypertensive rat
brain: an immunohistochemical study. CNS & neurological disorders drug targets.
6. Mohammed Alarabi, Abdullah Al-Turki, Mohammed Mahasin, Abdulrahman Al-Sehly, Faisal
Al-Dawood, Saleh Al-Kurini, Shahid Bashir. 2016. Cognitive function and its association with
level of education and work status in adults in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.
7. Bilaal Ahmed, Syed Faaiz Enam, Shahid Bashir. (2016): Depression and Anxiety: A Snapshot
of the Situation in Pakistan. Journal of research in Medical science.
8. Dost Muhammad Halepoto, Shahid Bashir, Rana Zeina, Laila Y Al-Ayadhi. 2016. Correlation
Between Hedgehog (Hh) Protein Family and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan:
JCPSP 24.
9. Dost Muhammad Halepoto, Shahid Bashir, Rana Zeina, Laila Y Al-Ayadhi. 2016. Correlation
Between Hedgehog (Hh) Protein Family and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan:
JCPSP 24.
10. Lindsay M Oberman, Fritz Ifert-Miller, Umer Najib, Shahid Bashir, Joseph Gonzalez
Heydrich, Jonathan Picker, Alexander Rotenberg, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. 2016. Abnormal
Mechanisms of Plasticity and Metaplasticity in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Fragile X
Syndrome. Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
11. Abdulrahman M. Alsharidah, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhannad M. Alsharidah, Shahid Bashir. Fasting in
Ramadan Affects Cognitive and Physiological Function in Normal Subjects (Pilot Study).
Neuroscience & Medicine, 2016, 7,
12. Shahid Bashir, Marine Vernet, Umer Najib, Jennifer Perez, Miguel Alonso-Alonso, Mark
Knobel, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Dylan Edwards, Alvaro Pascual-Leone (2015). Enhanced motor

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function and neurophysiological correlates with navigated low-frequency repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation over the contralesional motor cortex in stroke. Brain Stimulation, 2015.
13. K Jung, A Jun, Y Kim, S Bashir, SH Ohn (2015). DTI Findings Correlated with Neurocognitive
Impairments in Basal Ganglia Stroke: A Preliminary Study. J Neurol Neurophysiol (299-2).
14. Rana Zeina, AL-Ayadhi Laila, Shahid Bashir (2015). The Impact of IQ on Using High-tech
Augmentative Alternative Communication AAC in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASD. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences (366-373).
15. Sara Tremblay, Marine Vernet, Shahid Bashir, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Hugo Théoret (2015).
Theta burst stimulation to characterize changes in brain plasticity following mild traumatic brain
injury: A proof-of-principle study. Restorative neurology and neuroscience.
16. Muhammad Iqbal, Shahid Bashir, Laila Al-Ayadhi (2015). Prevalence of antimitochondrial
antibodies in autism spectrum subjects. Future Neurology (203-209).
17. Shahid Bashir, Laila AL-Ayadhi (2015). Endothelial antibody levels in the sera of children
with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association (414-417).
18. Shahid Bashir, Rana Zeina, Dost Muhammad, Laila Al-Ayadhi (2014). Role of hedgehog
protein family members in autistic children. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research (63-67).
19. Shahid Bashir (2014). Novel Approaches of Non-Invasive Stimulation Techniques to Motor
Rehabilitation Following Stroke: A Review. Brain & Neurorehabilitation (71-75).
20. Shahid Bashir, Laila AL-Ayadhi (2014). Alterations in plasma dipeptidyl peptidase IV in
autism: A pilot study. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research 20 (2), 41-44.
21. DM Halepoto, S Bashir, L Al-Ayadhi (2014). Possible role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor
(BDNF) in autism spectrum disorder: current status. Journal of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons--Pakistan: JCPSP 24.
22. S Bashir, LY Al-Ayadhi. (2013). Effect of camel milk on thymus and activation-regulated
chemokine in autistic children: double-blind study. Pediatric research 75 (4), 559-563.
23. Shahid Bashir, and Laila AL-Ayadhi. (2013): Role of serum levels of neurotensin in children
with autism spectrum disorder. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research. Volume 19, Issue 2,
June 2013, Pages 59–63.
24. Bashir S, Perez J, Jared, H and Pascual-Leone A. (2012): Differentiation of motor cortical
representation of hand muscles by navigated mapping of optimal TMS current directions in
healthy subjects. ID no. JCNP-D-12-00002. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2013.
25. S Bashir, WK Yoo. Cheap Technology Like Transcrinal Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Could Help in Stroke Rehabilitation in South Asia. - Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2013.
26. Marine Vernet, Shahid Bashir, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Lindsay Oberman, Ilan Mizrahi, Frederick
Ifert-Miller, Charles J Beck, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Reproducibility of the effects of theta burst
stimulation on motor cortical plasticity in healthy participants. Clinical Neurophysiology, 2013.
27. Marine VERNET, Shahid BASHIR, Woo-Kyoung YOO, Jennifer M. PEREZ, Umer NAJIB,
Alvaro PASCUAL-LEONE. Motor plasticity induced by theta burst stimulation: correlated
measures of MEPs and EEG in young versus old health individuals. Eur J Neurosci. 2012 Nov
28. PMID: 23190020
28. Shahid Bashir. Hope and great opportunity for young neuroscientist. Pakistan Journal of
Medical Sciences. 2013.
29. Shahid Bashir, Fawaz Abdulaziz Al-Hussain and Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Neural Plasticity and
Hemispatial Neglect in Stroke. Journal of Pakistan Medical Associattion, 2013.
30. S Bashir, DM Halepoto, L Al-A. Serum Level of Desert Hedgehog Protein in Autism
Spectrum Disorder: Preliminary Results. S Bashir, DM Halepoto, L Al-Ayadhi - Medical
Principles and Practice, 2013.

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31. Shahid Bashir, and Laila AL-Ayadhi. (2012): Indian Hedgehog Protein Levels In Autistic
Children: Preliminary results. J Mol Biomark Diagn, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-
9929.1000134
32. Vanessa Krause, Shahid Bashir, Bettina Pollok, Anuhya Capia, Alfons Schnitzler & Alvaro
Pascual-Leone. (2012): 1 Hz rTMS of the left posterior parietal cortex (PPC) improves
sensorimotor timing. J. Neuropsychologia. PMID: 23103789
33. Shahid BASHIR, Marine VARNET, Woo-Kyoung YOO, Ilan MIZRAHI, Hugo THEORET
and Alvaro PASCUAL-LEONE. (2012): Changes in Cortical Plasticity After Mild Traumatic
Brain Injury. J. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. PMID: 22596356
34. Marianne Anke S, Sylvie K, Jérôme P, Shahid B, Thomas F, Dieter Georg R, Karin D. Effect of
long-term climbing training on cerebellar ataxia: a case series. Rehabil Res Pract.
2011;2011:525879. PMID: 22191034
35. Freitas C, Perez J, Knobel M, Tormos JM, Oberman L, Eldaief M, Bashir S, Vernet M, Peña-
Gómez C, Pascual-Leone A. Changes in cortical plasticity across the lifespan. Front Aging
Neurosci. 2011; 3:5. PMID: 21519394
36. Bashir S, Kaeser M, Wyss A, Hamadjida A, Liu Y, Bloch J, Brunet JF, Belhaj-Saif A, Rouiller
EM. Short-term effects of unilateral lesion of the primary motor cortex (M1) on ipsilesional
hand dexterity in adult macaque monkeys. Brain Struct Funct. 2011 May 20. PMID: 21597965
37. Stamoulis S, Oberman L, Praeg E, Bashir S, Pascual-Leone A (2011): Single Pulse TMS-
Induced Modulations of Resting Brain Neurodynamics Encoded in EEG Phase. Brain Topogr.
PMID: 21203817
38. Bashir S, Edwards D, and Pascual-Leone A (2010): Neuro-navigation increases the
effectiveness of low-frequency rTMS on primary motor cortex in healthy subjects. Brain
Topogr. PMID: 21076861
39. Oberman L, Ifert-Miller F, Najib U, Bashir S, Woollacott I, Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Picker J,
Rotenberg A and Pascual-Leone A (2010): Transcranial magnetic stimulation provides means to
assess cortical plasticity and excitability in humans with fragile X syndrome and autism
spectrum disorder. Front. Syn. Neurosci. 2:26. PMID: 21423512
40. Kaeser M, Wyss A, Bashir S, Hamadjida A, Liu Y, Bloch J, Brunet JF, Saif AB and Rouiller
EM (2010): Long-Term effects of Unilateral Lesion of the Primary Motor Cortex (M1) on
Ipsilesional Hand Dexterity in Adult Macaque Monkeys: relationship with functional recovery
of the contralesional hand. J Neurophysiol. 103(3):1630-45. PMID: 20071636
41. Stamoulis C, Praeg E, Bashir S, Chang BS, Pascual-Leone A (2009): Estimation of Brain State
Changes Associated with Behavior, Stimulation and Epilepsy. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol
Soc. 4719-22. PMID: 19964837
42. Diserens K , Herrmann F , Perret N , Chatelain S , Filipovic N , Bashir S , Ruegg D , Vuadens,
P , Bogousslavsky J , Vingerhoets F (2007): The effect of repetitive arm cycling on post stroke
spasticity and motor control. J Neurol Sci. 15; 253(1-2):18-24. PMID: 17241642
43. Zaheer A, Akhtar T and Bashir S (1999): Echinoucus granulosus, histopathology of naturally
infected sheep liver. Punjab univ.j.zool. Vol. No. 14. 105-111. Record number: PK2001001205
44. Naeser MA, Martin P, Ho M, Treglia E, Kaplan E, Bhashir S, Pascual-Leone A (2011):
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Aphasia Rehabilitation. Article for Summer Supplement,
on Language-based Disorders in Rehabilitation For Archives of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation. PMID: 22202188
45. Pascual-Leone A, Freitas C, Oberman L, Horvath JC, Halko M, Eldaief M, Bashir S, Vernet M,
Shafi M, Westover B, Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Rotenberg A. Characterizing Brain Cortical
Plasticity and Network Dynamics Across the Age-Span in Health and Disease with TMS-EEG
and TMS-fMRI. Brain Topogr. 2011 Aug 14. PMID: 21842407

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46. Najib U, Bashir S, Edwards D, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A (2011): Transcranial Brain
Stimulation: Clinical Applications and Future Directions. Neurosurgery Clinics of North
America. PMID: 21435574
47. Bashir S , Mizrahi I , Weaver K , Fregni F, Pascual-Leone A (2010): Assessment and
modulation of neuroplasticity in rehabilitation with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2 (12) Supplement: S253-S268. PMID: 21172687.
48. Naeser MA, Martin PI, Treglia E, Ho M, Kaplan E, Bashir S, Hamilton R, Coslett HB, Pascual-
Leone A (2010): Research with rTMS in the treatment of aphasia. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 28
(4):511-29. PMID: 20714075.
49. Ekhtiari H and Bashir S (2010): Brain Stimulation Technology in Addiction Medicine; Main
Problems Waiting for Solutions. Basic And Clinical Neuroscience. 1(4): 3-4. BCN 1389
http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-37&slc_lang=en&sid=1
50. Bashir S, Sikaroudi H, Kazemi R and Ekhtiari H (2010): Integrated technologies like
noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) for evaluation in rehabilitation in stroke; New hopes for
patients, neuroscientists, and clinicians in Iran. Basic And Clinical Neuroscience. 1(4): 6-14;
BCN 1389. http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-38&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Thesis
Bashir S (2007): Rehabilitation of stroke and cerebellar patients. Fribourg, Switzerland: University of
Fribourg, Department physiology.
http://ethesis.unifr.ch/theses/downloads.php?file=BashirS.pdf
Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings
1. Bashir S and Dieter R. Estimation of the input-force relation of a muscle by superposition of
contraction. The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience (2003), Fribourg,
Switzerland.
2. Bashir S and Dieter R. The effect of gravity and negative pressure in the lower body on cycling.
USGEB meeting (2004) Fribourg, Switzerland.
3. Bashir S, Kaeser M, Beaud ML, Freund P, Wyss A, Belhaj-Saif A, Bloch J, Debatisse D, Mir A,
Pralong E, Rouiller E and Wannier T. Characterization of early somatosensory evoked potentials
(SEPs) to electrical stimulation of the median nerve in adult macaque monkeys: intact and spinal
lesioned animals. Society of Neuroscience (2007), 37th annual meeting, San Diego, CA
4. Bashir S, Kaeser M, Beaud ML, Freund P, Wyss A, Belhaj-Saif A, Bloch J, Debatisse D, Mir A,
Pralong E, Rouiller E and Wannier T. Effects of a combination of ketamine and medetomidine
hydrochloride (KM) anaesthesia on somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) obtained by electrical
stimulation of the median nerve in macaque monkeys. The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for
Neuroscience (2007) Bern, Switzerland.
5. Naeser MA, Martin P, Treglia E, Ho M, Baker E, Kaplan E, Bashir S, Pascual-Leone A. Improved
Action Naming in a Severe, Nonfluent Aphasia Patient following Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation plus Constraint-Induced Language Therapy. Academy of Aphasia 47th Annual Meeting.
(2009), Boston, MA.
6. Eric S, Adjia H, Joël B, Bashir S, Belhaj-Saïf A, Rouiller E and Henri-Marcel H. Effect of Anti
Nogo-A antibody treatment on cortical lesion of the motor cortex of macaque monkeys assessed on

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Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI). The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience
(2009), Fribourg, Switzerland.
7. Rouiller E , Kaeser M, Wyss A, Hamadjida A, Bashir S, Liu Y, Bloch J, Brunet Jean-F and Belhaj-
Saïf A. Role of the primary motor cortex (M1) in the control of fine manual dexterity of the
homolateral hand as assessed in a model of unilateral lesion of M1 in macaque monkeys. The
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience (2009), Fribourg, Switzerland.
8. Alonso-Alonso M, Praeg E, Huang XL, Sidhu AS, Bashir S, Pascual-Leone A. Brain responses
associated with the caloric content of food with and without awareness: relevance for uncontrolled
eating. Society of Neuroscience (2009), 39th annual meeting, Oct. 17-21 in Chicago.
9. Schmidlin E, Hamadjida A, Baechler J, Bashir S, Belhaj-Saïf A, Rouiller E and Henri-Marcel H.
Effect of anti Nogo-A antibody treatment on cortical lesion of the primary motor cortex (M1) of
macaque monkeys assessed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) correlated with manual
dexterity recovery. Federation of European Neuroscience (2010) Amsterdam, Netherlands.
10. Pascual-Leone A, Oberman L, Freitas C, Stamoulis C, & Bashir S. Assessing cortical plasticity in
health and disease across the human lifespan. Society of Neuroscience (2010), 40th annual meeting,
San Diego, CA.
11. Luna Serrano M, Bashir S , Cáceres Taladriz C, Tormos Muñoz JM, Gómez Aguilera EJ, Pascual-
Leone A. Aportaciones del guiado estereotáctico sin marco a la Estimulación Magnética
Transcraneal con finalidades terapéuticas.CASEIB (2010) XXVIII Congreso Anual de la Sociedad
Española de Ingeniería Biomédica, Madrid, Spain.
12. Marine VERNET, Shahid BASHIR, Edwin ROBERTSON, Alvaro PASCUAL-LEONE. Motor
cortical and distributed network modulation during visuo-motor learning: a TMS-EEG study.
Spain. Vision Science Society Meeting, May 2011, United State of America
13. Marine VERNET, Shahid BASHIR, Jennifer M. PEREZ, Umer NAJIB, Alvaro PASCUAL-
LEONE. Motor plasticity induced by theta burst stimulation: correlated measures of MEPs and
EEG. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 2011. Canada
14. Bashir S, Marine V, Woo-Kyoung Y, Ilan M, Hugo T and Pascual-Leone A. Noninvasive,
Physiologic Characterization of Cortical Plasticity After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans.
Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 2011. Canada
15. Shahid Bashir, Marine Vernet, Umer Najib, Jennifer Perez, Miguel Alonso-Alonso, Mark Knobel,
Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Dylan Edwards, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Enhanced motor function and
neurophysiological correlates with navigated low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation over the contralesional motor cortex in stroke. Brain Stimulation, 2015. Singpore
16. Shahid Bashir, Muhammad Iqbal , Abdullah Abu Jamea. Use of navigated transcranial magnetic
brain stimulation in presurgical clinical applications. Saudi neurological society, 2016. Riyadh.
17. Shahid Bashir. A new medical device for non-invasive neuro-modulation and therapy with very
low-intensity electrical currents. 5th Annual Saudi Epilepsy & 1st GCC Epilepsy Congress in
Dammam from 5thnd to 7th November 2015, KSU, Saudi Arbia
18. Shahid Bashir. Clinical applications of Transcranial direct current stimulation: Must they start or
should they still watch in developed and underdeveloped countries? PSNS 2016, Pakistan.
19. Abdullah Abu Jamea, Muhammed Alblowi, Fahad Alosaimi, Fahad Bader, Shahid Bashir. Altered
default mode network activity as vulnerability indicators for schizophrenia: a preliminary resting
state MRI study. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 2016, Geneva.

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default mode network activity as vulnerability indicators for schizophrenia: a preliminary resting
state MRI study. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 2016, Geneva.
21. Abdullah Abu Jamea, Muhammed Alblowi, Fahad Alosaimi, Fahad Bader, Shahid Bashir.
Volumetric and Shape Analysis of the subcortical in Patients With Schizophrenia. Pilot study.
Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 2016, Geneva.
22. Faisal AlGhamdi, Ahmed Alhussien, Meshal Alohali, Abdullah Alatawi, Tariq Almusned, Shahid
Habib, Shahid Bashir. Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on smoking craving among
adult male population. FENS, July 2016, Copenhangen.
Submitted manscripts under review:
1. Bashir S, Stephan M, Perret N, Paquier J, Fournier T, Vingerhoets F, Ruegg D, Diserens K. Climbing
as therapy for the patients with cerebellar disorder part 1(pilot study). The Cerebellum, (under review).
2. Abdulrahman Al-Thaqib, Fahad Al-Sultan, Abdullah Al-Zahrani, Fahad Al-Qahtani, Khalid Al-
Regaiey, Mohammed Iqbal , Shahid Bashir. 2016. Usage of brain training application among healthy
subjects. Frointer Psychiatry (under revision).
3. Shahid Bashir, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Hyoung Seop Kim, Alexander Rotenberg, Abdullah Abu Jamea.
2016. Differential Effects of the Eyes Open and Close Condition on the Motor Cortex Excitability in the
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Protocol. Frointer Human neuroscience (under revision).
4. Nouf AlBacker , Shahid Bashir. 2016. Assessment of Parent Report and Actigraphy For Sleep in
Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Pilot study. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research
5. Shahid Bashir, Faisal Alghamdi, Ahmed Alhussien, Meshal Alohali, Abdullah Alatawi, Tariq
Almusned. 2016. Effect of Smoking on Cognitive Functioning in Young Adults. Medical Principles and
Practice
6. Ahmed Alhussien, Faisal Alghamdi, Meshal Alohali, Abdullah Alatawi, Tariq Almusned, Shahid
Bashir. 2016. Prefrontal cortex modulation with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for
nicotine craving reduction among Saudi population. Brain Stimulation (under revision).
7. Shahid Bashir. 2016. Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Autism: Pilot study. Brain
Stimulation (under revision).
8. Shahid Bashir, Woo Kyoung Yoo, Shafiq Ahmad, Moath Alatefi, Abdullah Abu Juma. 2016. Inter-
individual Variability In Motor Cortex Excitability Assessment Induced By Transcranial Direct Current
Stimulation In Humans. Brain Stimulation (under revision).
9. Meshal Alohali, Ahmed Alhussien, Faisal Alghamdi, Abdullah Alatawi, Tariq Almusned, Shahid
Bashir. 2016. Safety and Tolerability of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Saudi Adult
Population. Brain Stimulation (under revision).
10. Shahid, Bashir . 2016. The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with functional
task training on motor recovery in stroke patients. Pakistan journal of neurological science (under
revision).
11. Shahid, Bashir, and Woo-Kyoung Yoo. 2016. . Transcrinal Direct current stimulation Technologies in
Under-developed Countries (DUCs); Must they start or should they still watch?. Pakistan journal of
neurological science. (under revision)
12. Shahid Bashir, Marine Vernet, Majed Alomar, Gulum Murtaza, Alexander Rotenberg and Woo-
Kyoung Yoo.
2016. Human Brain Connectivity in Response to Paired Pulse TMS. Eur J Neurosci
13. Majed Alomar , Fawaz Al-Alhussien, Shahid Bashir. 2016. Cognitive impairment in Multiple
Sclerosis study: Pilot study. Medical Principles and Practice
14. Fawaz Al-Hussain, Ghulam Murtaza, Mish'al Mohammed Alfallaj, Abdulaziz Nasser Alahmari,
Abdullah Nasser Almazyad, Talal Khalid Alsaeed, Abdulmjeed Abdulaziz Abdurrahman, Shahid

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Bashir. 2016. The Relationship between Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Stress in Multiple
Sclerosis Patients.
15. Sultan Ayoub Meo, Shahid Bashir, Zaid Almubarak, Hisham Almutawa.
2016. Effect of Shisha
Smoking on Cognitive Functions.
16. Muhammad Iqbal, Abu Jumna, Miguel Alonso-Alonso, Khalid Al Regaiey, Shahid Bashir. 2016. A
Pilot study of the Neuroimaging, Neurocognitive and Body Composition Effects of Fasting in Ramadan.
Eur J Neurosci
17. Bashir S, Alonso-Alonso M, Silvanto J and Pascual-Leone A. TMS and neuromoodulation assessment
for racism. Cognitive neuroscience, (under review).
18. Catarina Freitas, Anna-Katharine Brem, Jennifer Perez, Mark Knobel, Jose M Tormos, Lindsay
Oberman, Mark Eldaief, Shahid Bashir, Marine Vernet, Lukas Schilberg, Alvaro Pascual-Leone.
(2012): Altered cortical plasticity in mild Alzheimer’s disease: Preliminary results. Annals of
Neurology, (under review).
19. Shahid, Bashir, and Woo-Kyoung Yoo. Neuromodulation for addiction by transcranial direct current
stimulation: opportunities and challenges. AANS
default mode network activity as vulnerability indicators for schizophrenia: a preliminary resting state
MRI study.
21. Abdullah Abu Jamea, Muhammed Alblowi, Fahad Alosaimi, Fahad Bader, Shahid Bashir. Volumetric
and Shape Analysis of the subcortical in Patients With Schizophrenia. Pilot study.
22. Mohammed ALARABI, Abdullah AlTurki, Mohammed Mahasin, Abdulrahman AlSehly, Faisal
AlDawood, Saleh AlKurini, Shahid Bashir. Cognitive Function and its Association with Level of
Education and Work Status in Adults in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
23. Syed Shahid Habib, Shahid Bashir, Muhammad Iqbal, Ghadah Maher, Rawan Alyahya, Ghadeer
Alzahrani, Sarah Alangari, Nourah Alrayesand Dahna Alkahtani. Cardiovascular Risk and
Neurocognitive Assessment in Young Saudi Adults and their Relationship to Body Adiposity
Studies completed manuscripts in preparation:
1. Praeg E, Bashir S, & Pascual-Leone A. Time specific activation increase in frontal and parietal
areas after classical conditioning using TMS as unconditioned stimulus.
Workshop and courses attented
2010
Instant Gratification, Multiple Selves, and Self-
Control: How to Control Your Selves MBB 2010-2011 Distinguished Harvard Lecture.
2010
Building the Parallel Distributed Brain, How Do We
Know? MBB 2010-2011 Distinguished Harvard Lecture.
2010 Automatic Brains, Interpretive Minds MBB 2010-2011 Distinguished Harvard Lecture.
2010 Feeling Free in a Mechanistic World: Where the
Brain Meets the Law MBB 2010-2011 Distinguished Harvard Lecture.
2010 How a Cultural Innovation Changed Our Biology
and Cognition MBB 2010-2011 Distinguished Harvard Lecture.
2009
The Translational Implications of Cognitive
Neuroscience MBB 2009 Distinguished Harvard Lecture
2009 Battles in the Brain MBB 2009 Distinguished Harvard Lecture

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2009 My Body Has A Mind Of Its Own: So What Does It
Need Me For? MBB 2009 Distinguished Harvard Lecture
2009 How Brains Become Minds: The Role Of Cultural
Software MBB 2009 Distinguished Harvard Lecture
2008 Memory and Reality in Memory Disorders MBB 2008 Distinguished Harvard Lecture
2008 Dreaming and Waking: Whither Way Reality? MBB 2008 Distinguished Harvard Lecture
2008 The State of Cognitive Neuroscience:
Accomplishments and Prospects
MBB 2008 Distinguished Harvard Lecture
2008 The Linguistic Genius of Infants: Early Learning and
Brain Plasticity
2008 The Infant Brain: Using Neuroscience Tools to
Measure Neurolearning
2008 Genetic Frontiers of Neurologic Disease Symposium 2010
2008 Progress in Molecular Neurology: A Parkinson's
Disease Perspective Symposium 2009
2008 Protein Folding and Neurodegeneration Symposium 2008
2008 Implementing and Managing Successful Clinical
Studies Trustman Board Room
2011 “Learning from Experience: Successful Innovation at
MIT” 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge
2011 The Cultural Competence in Research Symposium BIDMC
2011 Lifecycle of an imaging biomarker: From validation
to dissemination Harvard
2010 Biomedical Imaging Resources: An Introduction MIT
2010 Comprehensive Clinical Management Workshop for
the interdisciplinary management of patients with
Spasticity or Movement Disorders Cambridge, Massachusetts
2012 Medial prefrontal contributions to social cognition NIBS
2012 Autism Genetics: A model for integrative study of
common neurodevelopmental disorders BIDMC
2012 Breaching the Borders (IMMUNOLOGY
SYMPOSIUM) Joseph B. Martin Conference Center Amphitheate
2012 The neural basis of reading: a contemporary
synthesis BIDMC
2012 Network Science in Biology and Medicine
Symposium MIT
2012 “Learning from Experience: Successful Innovation at
MIT” 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge
2012 The Cultural Competence in Research Symposium MIT
2012 Instant Gratification, Multiple Selves, and Self-
Control: How to Control Your Selves
MBB 2010-2011 Distinguished Harvard Lecture.
Narrative Report
Research
My graduate work at the University of Fribourg and Rehabilitation Center, CHUV Hospital, University of
Lausanne, Switzerland engendered my interest in the field of neurological rehabilitation. My graduate
work helped me develop clinical skills to work with neurological patients as well as technical skills
related to programming and analysis of data. In my graduate work, I developed a keen interest in
approaches to alleviate movement dysfunction following stroke and cerebellar disorders. The underlying
neural mechanisms of movement recovery, however, were still not clear. I gained an opportunity to

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investigate this question in animal models of stroke under the supervision of Dr. Eric Rouiller. The main
topic of my research was to study the anatomical neuronal regeneration in association with functional
recovery after cortical lesions in adult primates.
The mechanistic studies in primates intrigued me and encouraged me to explore neural mechanisms of
recovery in adult humans using noninvasive techniques. To this effect, I am currently utilizing
electrophysiological approaches, such as Electroencephalography (EEG) and Electromyography (EMG),
along with neurophysiological stimulation methods including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), as well as neuroimaging with functional magnetic
resonance imaging, (fMRI). This ongoing research is being conducted under the mentorship and
supervision of Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
at Harvard Medical School. The preliminary results of our projects suggest that individuals with
neurological disorders exhibit plasticity of surviving networks and that the degree of plasticity is highly
correlated with behavioral measures and functional recovery. These findings provide an understanding of
the potential mechanisms involving neuronal systems as well as other long-range cortical circuits.
The graduate and post-doctoral experience in my research career has helped me progress towards my
overall goal of becoming an independent and successful researcher in the area of clinical neuroscience
and interventional neurophysiology involving patients with neurological disorders. Innovation in my
research involves the combination of research tools and techniques (e.g. simultaneous
electrophysiological recording and TMS) to provide data that any one technique cannot provide on its
own. Furtheremore, I am to bridge levels of analyses by collaborating with molecular and genetic
neuroscientists to further understand how more fundamental processes control the system’s level
mechanisms.
Teaching
Over the course of my career in academic research I have taught formally and informally. While
completing my PhD work at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, I taught in the Neurophysiology
practical course to second year medical students. More recently, since 2008, when I joined the Berenson-
Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, I have been involved as faculty of the Intensive Course
in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. This is a continuing medical education course through Harvard
Medical School that is offered through the Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation. This course focuses
on the theory and practical applications of TMS and is offered to a wide international audience of clinical

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and basic researchers. My involvement has been focused on the discussion of the safety aspects of the
application of TMS, as well as the practical demonstration of the use of navigated TMS based on
principles of MRI-guided frameless stereotaxy to deliver TMS over desired locations with great spatial
precision.
In King Saud University, I am involved in following teaching course at level of undergradue and
postgradute for Sensory and Motor Systems, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Introduction to
Research in neuroscience , Disorders of the Nervous system.
These course cover key neurological and psychiatric diseases. Part of each class session include an
overview by a clinical expert, who will provide a clinical understanding of the disease, including signs
and symptoms. A second part will be given by a scientist who does basic research in the field, who
discuss experimental strategies and current hypotheses about pathophysiological mechanisms at the
cellular and genetic level.

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