Manzar Ashtari
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
2nd floor - Wood Bldg. - Room 2115
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
2nd floor - Wood Bldg. - Room 2115
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (267) 426-5690
Fax: (215) 590-1345
Fax: (215) 590-1345
Email:
ashtari@email.chop.edu
ashtari@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Physics)
Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 1974.
MS (Nuclear Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1977.
PhD (Nuclear Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1982.
Permanent linkBS (Physics)
Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 1974.
MS (Nuclear Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1977.
PhD (Nuclear Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1982.
Description of Itmat Expertise
Application of advanced functional and structural imaging to pediatric and adolescent population. Imaging application to clinical population to identify disease biomarkers.Selected Publications
Ashtari M, Cyckowski L, Chung D, Marshall K, Maguire A, Bennett J : Pre-surgical planning for retinal gene therapy using functional MRI. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL Nov-Dec 2012 Notes: Accepted for presentation.Cyckowski L, Chung D, Marshall K, Shindler K, Maguire A, Bennett J, Ashtari M: fMRI of color stimuli in Leber congenital amaurosis and correlations with OCT. Human Brain Mapping, Beijing, China June 2012 Notes: Oral or poster presentation.
Ashtari M, Cyckowski L, Marshall K, Chung D, Shindler K, Maguire A, Bennett J . : fMRI of phosphenes experienced by patients with Leber Ccongenital amaurosis (LCA). Human Brain Mapping 2012, Beijing, China June 2012 Notes: Oral or poster.
Ashtari M, Cyckowski L, Marshall K, Chung D, Maguire A, Shindler K, Bennett J: Human visual cortex response to retinal gene therapy re-administration. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, Philadelphia, PA May 2012 Notes: Oral or poster presentation.
Ashtari M: Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Second Eye of 3 Adults. Medscape Medical News Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758273
Ashtari, M: Gene therapy ‘gave me sight back’ The BBC News Website February 2012 Notes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16942795
Ashtari M: Blind-Busting Gene Therapy Works in Second Eye, Study Finds. Bloomberg Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-08/blindness-busting-gene-therapy-works-in-second-eye-u-s-researchers-say.html
Ashtari M: Sight Seen: Gene Therapy Restores Vision in Both Eyes. Scientific American website Feb 2012 Notes: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gene-therapy-blindness
Bennett J, Ashtari M, Wellman J, Marshall K, Cyckowski L, Chung D, McCague S, Pierce E, Chen Y, Bennicelli J, Zhu X, Ying G, Sun J, Wright J, Auricchio A, Simonelli F, Shindler K, Mingozzi F, High K, Maguire A : AAV2 Gene Therapy Re-Administration in Three Adults with Congenital Blindess. Science Translational Medicine 4(120): 120ra15, 2012 Notes: Doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002865.
Zaki MS, Saleem SN, Dobyns WB, Barkovich AJ, Bartsch H, Dale A, Ashtari M, Akizu N, Grijalvo-Perez AM, Gleeson JG: Diencephalic-mesencephalic junction dysplasia: A novel recessive brain malformation. Brain 2012 Notes: accepted for publication.