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Ashar Farooqi, MBBS

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University of Kentucky Department of Neurology

Positions

  • Assistant Professor

College Unit(s)

Biography and Education

Biography

Professional Membership and Activities


● Pakistan Medical and Dental Council/Pakistan Medical Commission
● American Academy of Neurology
● American Epilepsy Society


Medical School/Residency Awards


● Merit Scholarship during 5 years of medical school given to top 100 students in MCAT.
● Honors grade "Medicine" clerkship 4th and 5th year of medical school.
● Winner of poster presentation at 32nd Annual Marshall University Health Science Research Day.

Education

  • M.B.B.S., Punjab Medical College, Pakistan Jan 2007 - March 2012
  • HSSC, Government College & University, Pakistan July 2004 - June 2006

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (Other than Published)


● Farooqi A, Pulivarthi S, Assad S, Rana S, Hanif S. Homonymous Hemianopsia and Visual Obscurations; an Unusual Ictal Phenomenon of Epilepsia Partialis Continua in Patient with Occipital Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports Pub Status: Accepted. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (Published)

● Farooqi A, Padilla JM, Monteith TS. Acute Confusional Migraine: Distinct Clinical Entity or Spectrum of Migraine Biology? Brain Sci. 2018; 8 (2):29. PMID: 29414874

● Artusi CA, Farooqi A, Romagnolo A, et al. Deep Brain Stimulation in Uncommon Tremor Disorders: Indications, Targets, and Programming. J Neurol. 2018; 265 (11):2473-2493.PMID: 29511865

● Payne M, Nemade D, Farooqi A. Unique ictal signature: Delta brush as part of an ictal morphology in a patient with hypoglycemic neuronal injury. Seizure. 2021 Mar; 86:135-137.PMID: 33611175.

● Musick S, Farooqi A, Hudson M, Hanif S, Hoyt A. Immediate serial postoperative de novo psychogenic nonepileptic seizures after selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 2021; 25. 101202. 10.1016/j.inat.2021.101202.

● Jang Khan NA, Farooqi A, Alsharedi M. A Rare Case of Extensive Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Complicated by Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia. Case Rep Hematol. 2022 Jun 6; 2022:7845786. PMID: 35707792

● Assad S, Samuel K, Rana A, Farooqi A, Nolte J, Malik SA, Zahid M, Singh D, Ferguson P. Developmental vascular anomaly associated hemi facial spasms and botox injections therapy. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Oct 30;9(10):5381-5383. PMID: 33409221.

● Marsili L, Vizcarra JA, Sturchio A, Dwivedi AK, Keeling EG, Patel D, Mishra M, Farooqi A, Merola A, Fasano A, Mata IF, Kauffman MA, Espay AJ. When Does Postural Instability Appear In Monogenic Parkinsonism? An Individual-Patient Meta-Analysis. J Neurol. 2021 Sep;268(9):3203-3211. PMID: 32436106.

● Rana A, Assad S, Abuzaid M, Farooqi A, Nolte J. Thyrotoxicosis-Induced Cardiogenic Shock with Encephalopathy and Acute Respiratory Distress: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 2020; 12 (5):e8213. PMID: 32582474

● Farooqi A, Rasul A, Martinez J, Velez V, Jagid J, Luca C. Effect of Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation on Postural Balance in Subjects with Essential Tremor Mov Disord. 2017, Feb; 32(Suppl. 1): 59-60.

● Lewis JE, Atlas SE, Farooqi A et al. New Method of Sudomotor Function Measurement to Detect Microvascular Disease and Sweat Gland Nerve or Unmyelinated C Fiber Dysfunction in Adults with Retinopathy. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2017, Jun; 16(1): 26. PMID: 28616394.

● Mehdi S, Atlas SE, Qadir S, Musselman D, Goldberg S, Woolger J, Abbas M, Caccamo S, Campbell C, Farooqi A, Jinrun G, Konefal J, Lages L, Lantigua L, Lopez J, Padilla V, Rasul A, Ray AM, Simoes H, Tiozzo E & Lewis JE. A Double-Blind, Randomized Crossover Study of Intravenous Infusion of Magnesium Sulfate versus 5% Dextrose on Depression Symptoms in Adults with Treatment-Resistant Depression. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017; 71(3):204-211. PMID: 27862658.

● Lopez J, Campa A, Lewis JE, Huffman FG, Liuzzi JP, Li T, Martinez AH, Ferris SM, Rasul A, Farooqi A, Medrano AML, Tiozzo E, Konefal J, Woolger J. Assessing the Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Impairments in Cognitive and Physical Performance in Older Adults Using a Dual Task Physical Performance Test. J Prev Alzheimer’s Dis. 2017; 4(1):29-36. PMID: 29188857.


Posters


● Farooqi A, Pulivarthi S, Assad S, Rana S, Hanif S. Homonymous Hemianopsia and Visual Obscurations; an Unusual Ictal Phenomenon of Epilepsia Partialis Continua in a Patient with Occipital Lobe Epilepsy. Presented at: AES 2020 annual meeting; USA. (December 2020)

● Assad S, Pulivarthi S, Farooqi A, Katikala S, Hanif S, Singh D. Case Series and Literature Review on Electroencephalogram Variations in Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease. Presented at: AES 2020 annual meeting USA. (December 2020)

● Farooqi A, Nemade D, Payne M. Unique ictal signature: Delta Brush as an Ictal Morphology in a Patient with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Presented at: 32nd Annual Marshall University Health Science Research Day; Huntington, WV, USA (March 2020) 

● Farooqi A, Hoyt A, Assad A, O’Connell K, Hanif S. Immediate post-operative de novo psychogenic nonepileptic seizures after selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Presented at: AES 2019 annual meeting; Baltimore, MD, USA. (December 2019)

● Assad S, Rana A, Farooqi A. Atypical Presentation of Abdominal Epilepsy in a Patient with Parietal Lobe Malignant Glioma. Presented at: 2018 ACP WV chapter meeting; Stonewell, WV, USA. (October 2018)

● Farooqi A, Assad S, Tackett E. Colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome): An acute on chronic presentation. Presented at: 2018 ACP WV chapter meeting; Stonewell, WV, USA (October 2018)

● Farooqi A, Rasul, A, Velez V, Jagid J, Luca C. Effect of Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation on Postural Balance in Subjects with Essential Tremor. Presented at: 1st Pan American Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress; Miami, FL, USA. (February 2017)