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Summary
- Rohit Bakshi, M.D., M.A., is the Jack, Sadie and David Breakstone Professor of Neurology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Laboratory for Neuroimaging Research and a Senior Neurologist at the Brigham Multiple Sclerosis Center, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Brigham. He has built a research program involving quantitative MRI in multiple sclerosis. He has served as Chair of the Neuroimaging Section of the American Academy of Neurology and President of the American Society of Neuroimaging. In 2015, he began his appointment as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neuroimaging. Dr. Bakshi has given more than 250 invited academic lectures and authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PBhiS3gAAAAJ&hl=en).
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1992 - 1995
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2004 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1996 - 2007
CA State Medical License 1993 - 1996
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- FABP7 is increased in progressive multiple sclerosis and induces a pro-inflammatory phenotype in monocytes through a glycolytic switch.Rohit Patel, Devin King, Brenna LaBarre, Hrishikesh Lokhande, Danielle Caefer
Nature Communications. 2025-07-01 - 3 citationsGut microbiota and metabolites are linked to disease progression in multiple sclerosis.Luke A Schwerdtfeger, Federico Montini, Toby B Lanser, Millicent N Ekwudo, Jonathan Zurawski
Cell Reports. Medicine. 2025-04-15 - Novel serum biomarker associations with 7 Tesla MRI-defined cortical lesions, leptomeningeal enhancement, and deep gray matter volume in early multiple sclerosis.Andrei Miclea, Jonathan Zurawski, Brian C Healy, Shrishti Saxena, Hrishikesh Lokhande
Scientific Reports. 2025-04-08
Journal Articles
- A Dual Modeling Approach to Automatic Segmentation of Cerebral T2 Hyperintensities and T1 Black Holes in Multiple SclerosisRohit Bakshi, MD, ScienceDirect
Press Mentions
Connection Between Multiple Sclerosis Lesions and Depression DiscoveredJanuary 19th, 2023- What Top MS Researchers Want You to Know About MS Care and Treatment Right NowMay 25th, 2022
- Aubagio Safely Used by 5 MS Patients with Active COVID-19 InfectionJune 16th, 2020
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- Bakshihttp://drbakshi.com
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