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Mitra Assadi, MD

Professor

Contact Information

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Navy Yard
3 Crescent Drive
Suite 310
Philadelphia, PA 19112

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Professor

Education

Medical School

Shiraz University

Residency

Drexel University Medical Center

Fellowship

Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children 

Publications

  • Assadi, M, Dave, J, Leone, P, Redjal, N, Curtin, A. Enhancement of behavioral and linguistic outcomes in autism spectrum disorder using neuro-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 74: 151-154, 2020
  • Assadi, M, McGill, L. Recent Scientific Breakthroughs Applying CRISPR Gene Editing in Neurological Disorders. Delaware Journal of Public Health, 7 (5), 2021 
  • Assadi, M, Koiler, R, Curtin, A, The effect of excitatory modulation of the mirror neurons via rTMS on social cognition in ASD, the preliminary analysis of a pilot study, Brain Networks and Modulation, 2024, IP: 108.16.112.247
  • Assadi, M, Bauer, S, Koiler, Scott, R, The Impact of Bi-hemispheric iTBS Stimulation of the IPL and IFG on Social Reciprocity in ASD, Global Journal of Pediatrics, 2025, NLM ID 101764002
  • Assadi, M, S, Koiler, Alley, R, Scott, R, iTBS Stimulation of the bilateral IFG/IPL alters the oscillatory pattern in ASD. Submitted to Brain Network and Modulation, Oct 2025

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Clinical Neurophysiology
United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties - Headache Medicine 

CLINICAL SPECIALTY

  • Adult and Pediatric Neurology
  • Headache Medicine
  • Neurophysiology
  • Application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: behavioral outcomes, oscillatory patterns, and neuronal connectivity
  • Gene therapy in Canavan disease
  • Childhood leukodystrophies
  • Pediatric migraine
TOP FIVE CLINICAL INTEREST 
Autism
Developmental disabilities
Neurometabolic/neurodevelopmental disorders
 

MOST RECENT RELEVANT PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS (in chronological order)

1.  Assadi, M, Dave, J, Leone, P, Redjal, N, Curtin, A. Enhancement of behavioral and linguistic outcomes in autism spectrum disorder using neuro-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 74: 151-154, 2020

2. Assadi, M, McGill, L. Recent Scientific Breakthroughs Applying CRISPR Gene Editing in Neurological Disorders. Delaware Journal of Public Health, 7 (5), 2021 

3.  Assadi, M, Koiler, R, Curtin, A, The effect of excitatory modulation of the mirror neurons via rTMS on social cognition in ASD, the preliminary analysis of a pilot study, Brain Networks and Modulation, 2024, IP: 108.16.112.247

4.  Assadi, M, Bauer, S, Koiler, Scott, R, The Impact of Bi-hemispheric iTBS Stimulation of the IPL and IFG on Social Reciprocity in ASD, Global Journal of Pediatrics, 2025, NLM ID 101764002

5. Assadi, M, S, Koiler, Alley, R, Scott, R, iTBS Stimulation of the bilateral IFG/IPL alters the oscillatory pattern in ASD. Submitted to Brain Network and Modulation, Oct 2025
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