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
M Ashtari, K Cervellione , PR Szeszko , D Roofeh, BA Ardekani, S Kumra: Disruption of the Right Fronto-Parietal Fiber in Early Onset of Schizophrenia and Auditory Hallucination. Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco CA June 2009 Notes: Poster presenation.Ashtari, M: Marijuana Impedes Brain Development Top News Softpedia, http://news.softpedia.com/news/Marijuana-Impedes-Brain-Development-103834.shtml Feb 2009.
Ashtari, M: Heavy marijuana use may damage developing brain in teens, young adults Science News, http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/02/02/heavy.marijuana.use.may.damage.developing.brain.teens.young.adults Feb 2009.
Ashtari, M: Heavy marijuana use may damage developing brain in teens, young adults. CHOP Press Release http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/chop-hmu020209.php Feb 2009.
Ashtari, M: Heavy Marijuana Use May Damage Developing Brain In Teens, Young Adults Science Daily, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175105.htm Feb 2009.
Ashtari M, Cervellione K, Cottone J, Ardekani BA, Kumra S: Diffusion abnormalities in adolescents and young adults with a history of heavy cannabis use. Psychiatr Res 43(3): 189-204, Jan 2009.
Hasan KM, Iftikhar A, Kamali A, Kramer LA, Ashtari M, Cirino PT, Papanicolaou AC, Fletcher JM, Ewing-Cobbs L : Development and aging of the healthy human brain uncinate fasciculus across the lifespan using diffusion tensor tractography. Brain Research 1276: 67-76, 2009.
Christian CJ, Lencz T, Robinson DG, Burdick KE, Ashtari M, Malhotra AK, Betensky JD, Szeszko PR: Gray matter structural alteration in obsessive-compulsive disorder: relationship to neuropsychological functions. Psychiatry Res 164(2): 123-31, Nov 2008
Ashtari M, Bregman J, Nichols S, McIlree C, Spritzer L, Adesman A, Narain M, Ardekani, B: White Matter Abnormalities in High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Combined Voxelwise and Tractography Analyses. American Society of Neuroradiology, New Orleans, LA June 2008 Notes: Oral presentation.
Ashtari M,.Cervellione K, Cottone J, Kester H, Roofeh D, Ardekani B, Kumra, S: Effect of Marijuana on Adolescent Brain: A Voxelwise Diffusion Analysis with Fiber Tractography. American Society of Neuroradiology, New Orleans, LA June 2008 Notes: Oral presentation.