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Iahn Cajigas Gonzalez, MD, PhD
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3e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002.
21 9 MEng 38 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) c
3e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003.
21 8 PhD 2f (Electrical and Medical Engineering) c
3e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012.
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2f Harvard Medical School, 2014.
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21 8 BSc 38 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) c
3e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002.
21 9 MEng 38 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) c
3e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003.
21 8 PhD 2f (Electrical and Medical Engineering) c
3e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012.
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2f Harvard Medical School, 2014.
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Description of Research Expertise
70 Signal processing, neuromodulation, brain computer interfaces, control systems, machine learninge 29
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1fd Luca, Corneliu, Ballesteros, Viviana Torres, Baumgartner, Michael, Gujral, Jaskeerat, Qiu, Liming, Piedade, Guilherme Santos, Widerstrom-Noga, Eva, Haq, Ihtsham, Noga, Brian, Jagid, Jonathan: Low Frequency Directional Deep Brain Stimulation of the Cuneiform Nucleus for Levodopa-resistant Freezing of Gait: Six-month Outcomes (P9-5.002). Neurology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Hagerstown, MD, 104(7_Supplement_1): 5314, 2025.
13f Howard, S. D., Singh, S., Macaluso, D., Hsu, J. Y., Cajigas, I., Qiu, L., Halpern, C. H., Aamodt, W. W., Farrar, J. T.: Correlation of the clinical rating scale for tremor with a global assessment. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 249: 108710, 2025.
147 Howard, S. D., Potluri, V. S., Hejazi-Garcia, C., Davis, P., Heuer, G. G., Punchak, M. A., Malhotra, N. R., Hsu, J. Y., Cajigas, I.: The social deprivation index and deep brain stimulation: A cohort study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 252: 108860, 2025.
168 Davis, K. C., Wyse-Sookoo, K. R., Raza, F., Meschede-Krasa, B., Prins, N. W., Fisher, L., Brown, E. N., Cajigas, I., Ivan, M. E., Jagid, J. R., Prasad, A.: 5-year follow-up of a fully implanted brain-computer interface in a spinal cord injury patient. J Neural Eng 22(2), 2025.
132 Howard SD, Karsalia R, Ghenbot Y, Qiu L, Pomeraniec IJ, Lee JYK, Zager EL, Cajigas I.: A surgical decision aid for occipital neuralgia with literature review and single center case series. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 236: 108082, Jan 2024.
1f1 Vaz, A., Wathen, C., Miranda, S., Thomas, R., Darlington, T., Jabarkheel, R., Tomlinson, S., Arena, J., Bond, K., Salwi, S., Ajmera, S., Bachschmid-Romano, L., Gugger, J., Sandsmark, D., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Schuster, J., Ramayya, A. G., Cajigas, I., Pesaran, B., Chen, H. I., Petrov, D.: Return of intracranial beta oscillations and traveling waves with recovery from traumatic brain injury. bioRxiv 2024.
182 Qureshi, Q., Davis, P., Vaz, A., Kim, M.J., Haggerty, J., Wingel, K., Ho, E., Byun, Y.W., Beauchamp, M.S., Halpern, C.H., Pesaran, B., Rapoport, B., Cajigas, I.: Deciphering Spatiotemporal Patterns in the Motor Cortex Using a High-Density Micro-Electrocorticography Array. Neurosurgery 71(Supplement_1): 56, 2024.
17e Qiu, L., Pomeraniec, I. J., Howard, S. D., Ajmera, S., Bagley, L. J., Cajigas, I., Kennedy, B. C., Halpern, C. H.: Intraprocedural Three-Dimensional Imaging Registration Optimizes Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound and Facilitates Novel Applications. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2024.
199 Kim, Min Jae, Qureshi, Qasim, Davis, Pierce Hunter, Vaz, Alex, Ho, Elton, Byun, Yoon Woo, Rapoport, Benjamin, Pesaran, Bijan, Cajigas, Iahn: Distinctive Spatial Distributions of Motor Cortex Oscillatory Dynamics After Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurosurgery 71(Supplement_1): 214, 2024.
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10a Borges, P., Qureshi, Q., Hammer, L. H., Cajigas, I.: Effect of Motor Imagery on Tremor in a Patient With Parkinson Disease Undergoing Intraoperative Testing. Neurology 105(9): e214246, 2025.1fd Luca, Corneliu, Ballesteros, Viviana Torres, Baumgartner, Michael, Gujral, Jaskeerat, Qiu, Liming, Piedade, Guilherme Santos, Widerstrom-Noga, Eva, Haq, Ihtsham, Noga, Brian, Jagid, Jonathan: Low Frequency Directional Deep Brain Stimulation of the Cuneiform Nucleus for Levodopa-resistant Freezing of Gait: Six-month Outcomes (P9-5.002). Neurology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Hagerstown, MD, 104(7_Supplement_1): 5314, 2025.
13f Howard, S. D., Singh, S., Macaluso, D., Hsu, J. Y., Cajigas, I., Qiu, L., Halpern, C. H., Aamodt, W. W., Farrar, J. T.: Correlation of the clinical rating scale for tremor with a global assessment. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 249: 108710, 2025.
147 Howard, S. D., Potluri, V. S., Hejazi-Garcia, C., Davis, P., Heuer, G. G., Punchak, M. A., Malhotra, N. R., Hsu, J. Y., Cajigas, I.: The social deprivation index and deep brain stimulation: A cohort study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 252: 108860, 2025.
168 Davis, K. C., Wyse-Sookoo, K. R., Raza, F., Meschede-Krasa, B., Prins, N. W., Fisher, L., Brown, E. N., Cajigas, I., Ivan, M. E., Jagid, J. R., Prasad, A.: 5-year follow-up of a fully implanted brain-computer interface in a spinal cord injury patient. J Neural Eng 22(2), 2025.
132 Howard SD, Karsalia R, Ghenbot Y, Qiu L, Pomeraniec IJ, Lee JYK, Zager EL, Cajigas I.: A surgical decision aid for occipital neuralgia with literature review and single center case series. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 236: 108082, Jan 2024.
1f1 Vaz, A., Wathen, C., Miranda, S., Thomas, R., Darlington, T., Jabarkheel, R., Tomlinson, S., Arena, J., Bond, K., Salwi, S., Ajmera, S., Bachschmid-Romano, L., Gugger, J., Sandsmark, D., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Schuster, J., Ramayya, A. G., Cajigas, I., Pesaran, B., Chen, H. I., Petrov, D.: Return of intracranial beta oscillations and traveling waves with recovery from traumatic brain injury. bioRxiv 2024.
182 Qureshi, Q., Davis, P., Vaz, A., Kim, M.J., Haggerty, J., Wingel, K., Ho, E., Byun, Y.W., Beauchamp, M.S., Halpern, C.H., Pesaran, B., Rapoport, B., Cajigas, I.: Deciphering Spatiotemporal Patterns in the Motor Cortex Using a High-Density Micro-Electrocorticography Array. Neurosurgery 71(Supplement_1): 56, 2024.
17e Qiu, L., Pomeraniec, I. J., Howard, S. D., Ajmera, S., Bagley, L. J., Cajigas, I., Kennedy, B. C., Halpern, C. H.: Intraprocedural Three-Dimensional Imaging Registration Optimizes Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound and Facilitates Novel Applications. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2024.
199 Kim, Min Jae, Qureshi, Qasim, Davis, Pierce Hunter, Vaz, Alex, Ho, Elton, Byun, Yoon Woo, Rapoport, Benjamin, Pesaran, Bijan, Cajigas, Iahn: Distinctive Spatial Distributions of Motor Cortex Oscillatory Dynamics After Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurosurgery 71(Supplement_1): 214, 2024.
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