Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsZubeda Sheikh
Assistant Professor AdjunctAbout
Research
Publications
2026
Toward unified and comprehensive automated electroencephalogram interpretation: a multicentre development and validation of an electroencephalogram foundation model
Sun C, Karakis I, Herlopian A, Ng M, Osman G, Sheikh Z, Taraschenko O, Yoo J, Appavu B, Arcot Jayagopal L, Kaplan P, Lee J, Selioutski O, Haider H, Halford J, Hoch D, Lam A, Nascimento F, Pathmanathan J, Schmitt S, De Stefano P, Fisch U, Gijs J, Castro-Lima H, Kong W, Cervenka M, Dhakar M, Fatima S, Gaspard N, Gilmore E, Herman S, Holmes M, Johnson E, Muniz C, Rosenthal E, Rodriguez Ruiz A, Sarkis R, Shafi M, Swisher C, Tabaeizadeh M, Benbadis S, Chan F, Chu C, Dolatshahi M, Greenblatt A, Katyal R, Nwankwo C, Amorim E, Tatum W, Weber D, Loddenkemper T, Peters J, Katwa U, Maski K, Thomas R, Hong S, Yuan D, Cash S, Cole A, Goldenholz D, Stow C, Kim J, Zafar S, Struck A, Westover M, Jing J. Toward unified and comprehensive automated electroencephalogram interpretation: a multicentre development and validation of an electroencephalogram foundation model. The Lancet Digital Health 2026, 101039. PMID: 42642264, DOI: 10.1016/j.landig.2026.101039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAccuracy of the rapid‐response electroencephalography's Automated Seizure Burden Estimator: A follow‐up validation study of version 8 (AccuRASE II)
Sheikh Z, Fong M, Dhakar M, Fang W, Ayub N, Molino J, Haider H, Foreman B, Gilmore E, Mizrahi M, Karakis I, Schmitt S, Osman G, Hirsch L. Accuracy of the rapid‐response electroencephalography's Automated Seizure Burden Estimator: A follow‐up validation study of version 8 (AccuRASE II). Epilepsia 2026 PMID: 42347801, DOI: 10.1002/epi.70352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNew‐onset refractory status epilepticus/febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome centers of excellence: A framework for coordinated care, research, and improved outcomes
Eschbach K, Fisher K, Haider H, Casas D, Gaspard N, Gilmore E, Gofton T, Gopaul M, Hirsch L, Muscal E, Riviello J, Sheikh Z, Stredny C, Taraschenko O, Wickström R, Wong N, Lai Y. New‐onset refractory status epilepticus/febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome centers of excellence: A framework for coordinated care, research, and improved outcomes. Epilepsia 2026 PMID: 42257690, DOI: 10.1002/epi.70338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecognizing NORSE and FIRES - Clinical Course, Diagnosis and Evaluation
Wickström R, Sheikh Z, Hirsch L. Recognizing NORSE and FIRES - Clinical Course, Diagnosis and Evaluation. Seminars In Pediatric Neurology 2026, 101294. DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2026.101294.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAutomating Critical Care EEG: Enhancing Accuracy, Efficiency, and Patient Outcomes in Critical Care
Rubinos C, Amorim E, Rehim E, Rodriguez-Ruiz A, Zafar S, Sheikh Z, Bruzzone M. Automating Critical Care EEG: Enhancing Accuracy, Efficiency, and Patient Outcomes in Critical Care. Epilepsy Currents 2026, 15357597261426958. PMID: 41837250, PMCID: PMC12987747, DOI: 10.1177/15357597261426958.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Expert-Level Detection of Epilepsy Markers in EEG on Short and Long Timescales
Li J, Goldenholz D, Alkofer M, Sun C, Nascimento F, Halford J, Dean B, Galanti M, Struck A, Greenblatt A, Lam A, Herlopian A, Nwankwo C, Weber D, Maus D, Haider H, Karakis I, Ng M, Selioutski O, Taraschenko O, Osman G, Katyal R, Schmitt S, Benbadis S, Cash S, Tatum W, Sheikh Z, Kong W, Bayas G, Turley N, Hong S, Westover M, Jing J. Expert-Level Detection of Epilepsy Markers in EEG on Short and Long Timescales. NEJM AI 2025, 2: 10.1056/aioa2401221. PMID: 40689158, PMCID: PMC12276842, DOI: 10.1056/aioa2401221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlobal, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Feigin V, Vos T, Nair B, Hay S, Abate Y, Al Magied A, ElHafeez S, Abdelkader A, Abdollahifar M, Abdullahi A, Aboagye R, Abreu L, Abu Rumeileh S, Abualruz H, Aburuz S, Abu-Zaid A, Addo I, Adedoyin R, Adepoju A, Afzal M, Afzal S, Ahmad A, Ahmad S, Ahmad T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadzade A, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed M, Ahmed M, Al Awaidy S, Al Omari O, Al-Ajlouni Y, Albashtawy M, Al-Fatly B, Algammal A, Ali A, Ali M, Ali S, Ali W, Alif M, Almazan J, Alshahrani N, Altaf A, Al-Wardat M, Al-Worafi Y, Aly H, Alzoubi K, Amiri S, Ancuceanu R, Angappan D, Ansari M, Anvari S, Anyasodor A, Arabloo J, Arafat M, Aravkin A, Aregawi B, Aremu A, Atout M, Atreya A, Aujayeb A, Aychiluhm S, Aziz S, Azzam A, Badiye A, Bai R, Baig A, Bakkannavar S, Bandyopadhyay S, Banerjee I, Bardhan M, Barker-Collo S, Barrow A, Basharat Z, Bashiri A, Basiru A, Bastan M, Batchu S, Behnam B, Ramirez D, Bemanalizadeh M, Beyene K, Bhagat D, Bhagavathula A, Bhaskar S, Bhat A, Bhatti G, Bhatti J, Bhuiyan M, Bhuyan S, Bilgin C, Bisulli F, Boloor A, Boppana S, Bouaoud S, Bustanji Y, Barsbay M, Carvalho F, Castaldelli-Maia J, Chandika R, Chattu V, Chaudhary A, Ching P, Chopra H, Chu D, Chu H, Cortese S, Cortesi P, Cruz-Martins N, Dadras O, Dai X, D'Amico E, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darcho S, Darwish A, Dhane A, Dhulipala V, Diaz M, Chi T, Dohare S, Doshi O, Dsouza H, Dziedzic A, Ebrahimi A, Eissazade N, Ekholuenetale M, Arab R, Bayoumy I, Meligy O, Elhabashy H, Elhadi M, Eltaha C, Fagbamigbe A, Fahim A, Fares J, Kouhanjani M, Fasanmi A, Fatehizadeh A, Fazeli P, Fazylov T, Fekadu G, Fereshtehnejad S, Ferrara P, Ferreira N, Fetensa G, Fischer F, Foschi M, Gadanya M, Galali Y, Ganesan B, Gao X, Garg R, Gebregergis M, Ghadirian F, Ghamari S, Gilani J, Girmay A, Giussani G, Gnedovskaya E, Golechha M, Gouravani, Grada A, Guan S, Gupta S, Dogahe M, Haj-Mirzaian A, Hamdy N, Harlianto N, Hasaballah A, Hasani H, Hassan A, Hassan I, Tabatabaei M, Hegazi O, Heidari G, Hemmati M, Hezam K, Hoan N, Holla R, Hosseinzadeh M, Huang J, Huynh H, Hwang B, Ibitoye S, Ikiroma A, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Imam M, Immurana M, Inok A, Islam R, Iwu C, Jacob L, Jafarzadeh A, Jahrami H, Jairoun A, Jakovljevic M, Yengejeh R, Jamora R, Jawaid T, Jayapal S, Ji Z, Jonas J, Joseph N, Joshua C, Kabir Z, Kalani R, Kamireddy A, Kanmodi K, Kapoor N, Kashoo F, Kaur H, Kazemi F, Khajuria H, Khalilian A, Khan M, Khatatbeh H, Kashani H, Kheirallah K, Khidri F, Khormali M, Khosla A, Khubchandani J, Kim Y, Kim Y, Kimokoti R, Koh H, Kolahi A, Kostev K, Krishan K, Krishnamoorthy V, Kruja J, Kuddus M, Kulimbet M, Kumar G, Kumar M, Kundu S, Kytö V, Lahariya C, Lal D, Lám J, Landires I, Lanfranchi F, Le N, Lee S, Ligade V, Lim S, Linehan C, Liu X, Liu X, López-Gil J, Lucchetti G, Majeed A, Malhotra K, Malik A, Mansouri V, Marateb H, Martorell M, Marzo R, Mathangasinghe Y, Mediratta R, Mehndiratta M, Meles H, Melese E, Mensah G, Meretoja A, Mestrovic T, Mettananda S, Minervini G, Mirfakhraie R, Mirza M, Misganaw A, Misra A, Mohamed A, Mohamed N, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammadzadeh I, Mohan S, Mokdad A, Monasta L, Ghalibaf A, Moradi M, Motappa R, Muccioli L, Mulita F, Munkhsaikhan Y, Murillo-Zamora E, Muthu S, Nabavi A, Naik G, Nargus S, Nashwan A, Natto Z, Nauman J, Naveed M, Nayak B, Nazri-Panjaki A, Nepal G, Netsere H, Nguyen H, Niazi R, Nikoobar A, Nozari M, Nri-Ezedi C, Nwatah V, Nzoputam O, Oancea B, Olagunju A, Olalusi O, Bali A, Ordak M, Orish V, Ortiz-Prado E, Otstavnov N, Ouyahia A, Owolabi M, Padron-Monedero A, Padubidri J, Panda S, Panda-Jonas S, Katare D, Pandey A, Panos L, Pantazopoulos I, Papadopoulou P, Parekh U, Parikh R, Parsons N, Passera R, Patil S, Pawar S, Toroudi H, Pensato U, Peprah, Peres M, Perna S, Pham H, Piracha Z, Piradov M, Poddighe D, Poluru R, Pour-Rashidi A, Pradhan J, Prasad M, Pribadi D, Puvvula J, Qasim N, Radhakrishnan V, Raghav P, Rahim F, Rahman M, Rahmani A, Rahmanian M, Raja A, Sanati A, Rajpoot P, Ramadan M, Ramasamy S, Rancic N, Rao S, Rashidi M, Rathish D, Rawaf S, Reddy M, Redwan E, Rezaeian M, Rhee T, Riaz M, Rodriguez J, Roever L, Romozzi M, Rony M, Root K, Rout H, Saad A, Sabet C, Saddik B, Sadeghian R, Saeb M, Saeed U, Saeed U, Sharif-Askari F, Sharif-Askari N, Sahebkar A, Saif Z, Sajadi S, Salami A, Salimi S, Samodra Y, Samy A, Sarode G, Sarode S, Sathian B, Sathyanarayan A, Satpathy M, Sawhney M, Selvaraj S, Semreen M, Sendekie A, Senthilkumaran S, Sethi Y, Seylani A, Shahbandi A, Shahid S, Shaikh M, Shaikh S, Shamim M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Shamsutdinova A, Sharifan A, Rad J, Sharma A, Sharma V, Shayan M, Sheikh Z, Shetty M, Shetty P, Shetty P, Shittu A, Shlobin N, Shorofi S, Shrestha S, Siddig E, Singh G, Singh H, Singh J, Singh P, Singh P, Singh S, Solanki S, Soraneh S, Stanikzai M, Sullman M, Sunnerhagen K, Suresh V, Swain C, Szarpak L, Damavandi P, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tabche C, Taiba J, Tanwar M, Tareke M, Temsah M, Temsah R, Teramoto M, Thangaraju P, Thirunavukkarasu S, Ticoalu J, Tiruye T, Tiwari K, Tiwari V, Tovani-Palone M, Tran T, Duc N, Tripathi M, Tromans S, Tsai D, Tsatsakis A, Tsermpini E, Tumurkhuu M, Udoakang A, Ullah S, Umair M, Unnikrishnan B, Urso D, Usman J, Vaithinathan A, Vakilian A, Varma R, Venketasubramanian N, Villafañe J, Vinayak M, Veloz A, Walde M, Wang S, Wang Y, Waris A, Wickramasinghe N, Winkler A, Yesuf S, Yiğit A, Yiğit V, Yilma M, Yismaw Y, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Zandi M, Zanghì A, Zeariya M, Zhao Z, Zhong C, Zielińska M, Zitoun O, Zyoud S, Zyoud S, Rautalin I, Newton C, Wiebe S, Murray C. Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Public Health 2025, 10: e203-e227. PMID: 40015291, PMCID: PMC11876103, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00302-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNew onset refractory status epilepticus: Long‐term outcomes beyond seizures
Espino P, Eschbach K, Blank L, Cervenka M, Muscal E, Farias‐Moeller R, Gilmore E, Gopaul M, Haider H, Hanin A, Hirsch L, Kellogg M, Kluger G, Lee S, Melendez‐Zaidi A, Navarro V, Oliger A, Pasini E, Reuner G, Sharpe C, Sheikh Z, Steigleder L, Steriade C, Stredny C, Strzelczyk A, Taraschenko O, van Baalen A, Vinette S, Wickström R, Wong N, Gofton T. New onset refractory status epilepticus: Long‐term outcomes beyond seizures. Epilepsia 2025, 66: 988-1005. PMID: 39825688, PMCID: PMC11997932, DOI: 10.1111/epi.18267.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2024
Accuracy of a Rapid-Response EEG's Automated Seizure-Burden Estimator
Sheikh Z, Fong M, Fang W, Ayub N, Molino J, Haider H, Foreman B, Gilmore E, Mizrahi M, Karakis I, Schmitt S, Osman G, Hirsch L. Accuracy of a Rapid-Response EEG's Automated Seizure-Burden Estimator. Neurology 2024, 104: e210234. PMID: 39724534, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000210234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrigendum: A practical approach to in-hospital management of new-onset refractory status epilepticus/febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome
Sheikh Z, Hirsch L. Corrigendum: A practical approach to in-hospital management of new-onset refractory status epilepticus/febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome. Frontiers In Neurology 2024, 15: 1509148. PMID: 39588231, PMCID: PMC11586205, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1509148.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters