Nasim Sheikh-bahaei MD, PhD

Dr. Nasim Sheikh-Bahaei is a double board-certified doctor in both internal medicine and radiology. She completed her internal medicine in Birmingham in 2008 and then a diagnostic radiology residency at Cambridge University Hospital, UK 2012. After completing the radiology board, she was awarded a prestigious position as a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, where she completed a combined neuroradiology fellowship and Ph.D. training from 2012-2018.

Nasim has a stellar record of academic distinctions, from the “Best Trainee Researcher award” to several scholarships, such as the “Freer Scholarship (Cambridge University Hospitals, 2013) and the " Fearnside Scholarship (Cambridge University, 2016). Her Ph.D. and consequent research are mainly in the field of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

Currently, Dr. Sheikh-Bahaei is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at the University of Southern California. She has authored and co-authored several research articles and book chapters in radiology and neuroradiology. Dr. Sheikh-Bahaei is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Nuclear Medicine and Associate Editor for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. She is also a reviewer for many highly ranked medical journals. Dr. Sheikh-Bahaei is an active member American Society of Neuroradiology and the Radiological Society of North America.