Muhammad G. Saleh, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Radiology
Senior Principal Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Radiology Research Group, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-2460
Education:
BSc (Mechatronics Engineering)
University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa, 2009.
MSc (Biomedical Engineering)
University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa, 2012.
PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa, 2016.
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Selected Publications

de Joode N.T., Gool J.K., Cross N., Van Heese E., Essounni M., Groulx W., Zhao J-L., Baltzan M., Mak M.S.B., Boulos M., Zöllner H.J., Saleh M.G., Edden R.A.E., Fronczek R., Lammers G-J., Grova C., Van der Werf Y., Dang-Vu T.T.: Neurometabolic differentiation of central disorders of hypersomnolence: a harmonized spectroscopy study. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting, Bordeaux, France Jun 2026.

Hui S.C.N., Andescavage N., Saleh, M.G., Edden R.A.E., Kapse K., Limperopoulos C: GABA Measurements with and without Macromolecule Suppression in the Neonatal Brain. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and International Society for MR Radiographers (ISMRT) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa May 2026.

Triolo E., Abdavies R., Blaskey L., Li X., Lowenthal. E., Roberts T.P.L., Kanaan A.S., Short W.R., Saleh M.G.: Brain susceptibility mapping and association with brain chemistry in persons with HIV. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and International Society for MR Radiographers (ISMRT) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa May 2026.

Krishnamurthy L.C., Saleh M.G., Bohsali A., Krupinski E., Nocera J., McGregor K., Novak T.S., Mammino K.M., Krishnamurthy V: Aging alters the brain’s metabolic response to intense exercise: evidence from edited 1H-MR spectroscopy. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and International Society for MR Radiographers (ISMRT) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa May 2026.

Murali-Manohar S., Zöllner H.J., Davies-Jenkins C.W., Gudmundson A.T., Hui S., Song Y., Simegn G.L., Shams Z., Gad A., Gagoski B., Tisdall M.D., Saleh M.G., Noeske R., Clarke W.T., Oeltzschner G., Wisnowski J.L., Edden R.A.E. : Age-related Changes in Neurometabolite during Early Infancy Using HBCD MRS Data Release 1.0. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and International Society for MR Radiographers (ISMRT) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa May 2026.

Saleh M.G., Abdavies R., Blaskey L., Bloy L., Aka-Bashorun Funmi., Murali-Manohar S., Roberts T.P.L., Lowenthal. E., Gross R., Short W.R.: Brain GABA and glutathione in people living with HIV. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and International Society for MR Radiographers (ISMRT) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa May 2026.

Gaetz W, Saleh MG, Birnbaum C, Bloy L, Roberts TPL, Lynch DR.: Myo-inositol elevation as an in vivo marker of reactive gliosis in pediatric Friedreich ataxia: evidence from HERMES-edited MR spectroscopy. NeuroImage. Clinical 50: 103983, Mar 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2026.103983; Online ahead of Print as of June 2026.

Edgar JC, Pearce M, Murray DL, Chen Y, Green HL, Miller GA, Saleh MG: Evidence supporting the use of the resting-state power spectrum slope as a non-invasive measure of neural-circuit excitation: inhibition balance in children. Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Advancement of Clinical Magnetoencephalography (ISACM), Las Vegas, NV Nov 2025.

Pearce M, Murray DL, Chen Y, Green HL, Saleh MG, Edgar JC: Differential contribution of GABA/Glutamate in neural resting state activity in typically developing and autistic children. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada Oct 2025 Notes: *TBD.

Saleh MG, Bloy L, Blaskey L, Roberts TPL: Spectrally Edited Glutamate Associated with Autism Traits. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and International Society for MR Radiographers (ISMRT) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, HI May 2025.

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