Sattar Khoshkhoo MD

Physician

Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2017 - 2020
University of California (Irvine)Internship, Preliminary Year, 2016 - 2017
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2015
University of California, Los AngelesBS, Neuroscience, 2006 - 2010

Young Investigator Travel Award Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE), 2016
Dean's Prize in Molecular Medicine Research UCSF, 2016
Young Investigator Award American Epilepsy Society, 2015
HHMI-CURE Medical Student Research Fellowship Howard Hughes Medical Institue, 2014
Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2012
Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2012
Dean's Prize for Undergraduate Research UCLA, 2009
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship UCLA Undergraduate Research Center, 2008-2009
CARE Scholars Research Award UCLA Undergraduate Research Center, 2008
UCLA Amgen Scholar Amgen Scholars Program, 2008
CARE Fellows Research Award UCLA Undergraduate Research Center, 2007
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PubMed

Basic Science and Pathogenesis.
August Yue Huang, Zinan Zhou, Maya Talukdar, Michael B Miller, Brian Chhouk
Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2024-12-01
3 citations
Somatic mosaicism in schizophrenia brains reveals prenatal mutational processes.
Eduardo A Maury, Attila Jones, Vladimir Seplyarskiy, Thanh Thanh L Nguyen, Chaggai Rosenbluh
Science. 2024-10-11
The 8th International RASopathies Symposium: Expanding research and care practice through global collaboration and advocacy.
Elizabeth I Pierpont, Anton M Bennett, Lisa Schoyer, Beth Stronach, April Anschutz
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2024-04-01

Abstracts/Posters

Complex, dynamic roles of GABAergic interneurons in initiation and maintenance of optogenetically-induced seizures in mice
Sattar Khoshkhoo and Vikaas S. Sohal, Gordon Research Conference: Mechanisms of Epilepsy & Neuronal Synchronization, 2016
A novel optogenetic mouse model of ictogenesis for investigating the role of interneurons in seizure initiation, propagation, and termination
Sattar Khoshkhoo and Vikaas Sohal, American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, 2015
Understanding the role of interneurons in seizure initiation, propagation, and termination using an optogenetic mouse model of seizures
Sattar Khoshkhoo and Vikaas Sohal, The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2015

Existing Cancer Therapies Show Promise for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy TreatmentMay 6th, 2023
New Discovery Reveals the Role of Genetic Mutations in Adult Epilepsy, Says Science NewsMay 2nd, 2023
Study Identifies Genetic Mutations That Contribute to Adult EpilepsyMay 1st, 2023

Genetic and Cellular Mechanisms of Temporal Lobe EpilepsyBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2022–2027

Laboratory of Dr. Christopher Walsh (Harvard University)Project title: How do single cell genetic mutations contribute to the development or intractability of temporal lobe epilepsy?2017 - Present
Laboratory of Dr. Vikaas Sohal (UCSF)Project title: How do different interneuron subtypes contribute to seizure initiation, propagation, termination in an optogenetic mouse model of seizures?2014 - 2016
Laboratory of Dr. Edward Chang (UCSF)Project title: How is ambiguous speech represented in the human auditory cortex?2011 - 2014
Laboratory of Dr. Allan Wu (UCLA)Project title: How does long term trigeminal nerve stimulation affect the blink reflex in patients with blepharospasm?2011 - 2011
Laboratory of Dr. Alcino Silva (UCLA)Project title: How is fear memory allocated in the mouse amygdala?2009 - 2010
Laboratory of Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau (UCLA)Project title: What are the mechanisms underlying the development of neocortical network dynamics in mice?2007 - 2009
Laboratory of Dr. Edmond Teng (UCLA)Project title: Identifying diagnostic biomarkers in a rat model of Alzheimer’s disease.2007 - 2008