SHERIF M. ELBASIOUNY

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1 SHERIF M. ELBASIOUNY PHD, PE, PENG E - m ail: s.elbasiouny@ gmail. com EDUCATION Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering (Computational Neuroscience) 2007 Department of Biomedical Engineering & Centre for Neuroscience Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, AB, Canada M.Sc. (Distinction), Biomedical Engineering (Rehabilitation Engineering) 2001 Department of Systems & Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt B.Sc. (Honor), Biomedical Engineering 1997 Department of Systems & Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor: Dr. C.J. Heckman Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago IL, USA Funding: The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada, Canada The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada PhD Candidate Supervisors: Drs. David J. Bennett and Vivian K. Mushahwar Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Funding: Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Doctoral Scholarship, Canada University of Alberta, a number of internal university scholarships, Canada Masters Student (Distinction) Supervisor: Drs Ahmed El-Bially and Mohamed E. Rasmy Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Funding: Project was joint-funded by NSF (USA) & the Scientific Research Academy (Egypt) INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE Biomedical Engineer Center for Biomedical Engineering Consultation Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Provided consultations to hospitals on intensive care unit & HP medical equipment Biomedical Engineer HP Medical Equipment (MedEquip Inc), Cairo, Egypt Worked on HP Echo Cardiography systems Biomedical Engineer Hi-Med Egypt Company, Cairo, Egypt Worked on intensive care unit equipment

2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE The Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Program Northwestern University, Chicago, USA Program included quarterly full-day workshops and monthly seminars on teaching methods Lecturer Department of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt Courses taught: Clinical Engineering (3 rd year undergrad, BME, class size: 54 students) University Teaching & Instructional Skills Certificate University Teaching Services ( University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Program involved 42 hours of in-class lectures and two microteaching presentations Teaching Assistant Department of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt Courses taught: Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation & Bioelectronics, & Rehabilitation Engineering GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS Tim Noel Fellowship ($150,000) The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Society of Canada & the Canadian Institutes of Health and Research (CIHR-INMHA) Medical Sciences Graduate Research Grant ($32,500) Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta Doctoral Scholarship ($21,500) 2006 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research The 75 th Anniversary Graduate Student Grant ($7,000) 2003 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta Graduate Internship Grant ($7200) 2002 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta AWARDS AND HONORS Young Neuroscientist Award 2005 Canadian Association for Neuroscience and Eli Lilly Canada Inc. ** Only 15 students received the award out of all Canadian universities Graduation Honor Degree (top 1%) 1997 Cairo University, Egypt ** The highest award granted to students by Cairo University Excellence Award (top 5%) Cairo University, Egypt Page 2 of 6

3 RECOGNITIONS Research article featured on MDLinx.com website The first-authored article published in the Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair in 2010 was featured on MDLinx.com website and was summarized by the physician editor. MDLinx is the world's most up to date index of articles that matter in the daily lives of physicians and other healthcare professionals. Research article among Top 10 Research Papers The first-authored article published in the Journal of Physiology (Lond) in 2006 was ranked among the Top Ten Research Papers published in that journal issue based on the number of electronic access and downloads Editorial board member and independent ad-hoc reviewer for journals, publishers, and private funding agencies Editorial board member - World Journal of Neurology (WJN) present Journal manuscripts reviewer - Journal of Neurophysiology (6 manuscripts) present - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems (4 manuscripts) present & Rehabilitation Engineering Journal - Experimental Brain Research (1 manuscript) present - Journal of Computational Neuroscience (2 manuscripts) present - Journal of Physiology (1 manuscript) present - Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (3 manuscripts) present - The European Journal of Neuroscience (1 manuscript) present - Biological Cybernetics (1 manuscript) present - Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (1 manuscript) present - Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface Journal (1 manuscript) present Funding grants reviewer - Jeffress Research Grant from Thomas F & Kate Miller Jeffress present Memorial Trust (with CJ Heckman) (1 proposal) - The Wings for Life Foundation, Europe (3 proposals) 2010 present Published books reviewer - Cambridge University Press (1 book) present COMPETITIVE TRAVEL AWARDS Bernice Ramsay Travel Award ($2000) 2009 and 2010 The ALS Society of Canada J Gordon Kaplan Graduate Student Award ($800) 2006 Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research, University of Alberta Student Travel Award ($1500) 2006 NIH Neural Interfaces Workshop Page 3 of 6

4 Professional Development Grant ($500) 2005 and 2006 Graduate Students Association, University of Alberta PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Professional Engineer (Kentucky, USA), Electrical Engineering Professional Engineer (Alberta, Canada), Electrical Engineering Member, The Syndicate of Engineers (Egypt), Electrical Engineering Member, The American Physiological Society Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) present present present present present LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PODIUM TALKS I- PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES Elbasiouny SM (2014) Development of modified cable models to simulate accurate neuronal active behaviors. J Appl Physiol 117: Elbasiouny SM (2014) Morphologically Detailed Motoneuron Models.. In: Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (Jaeger D, Jung R, eds). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg: SpringerReference ( Delestrée N, Manuel M, Iglesias C, Elbasiouny SM, Heckman CJ, Zytnicki D (2014) Adult spinal motoneurones are not hyperexcitable in a mouse model of inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Physiol, in press Manuel M, Li Y, Elbasiouny SM, Murray K, Griener A, Heckman CJ, and Bennett DJ (2012) NMDA induces persistent inward and outward currents that cause rhythmic bursting in adult rodent motoneurons. J Neurophysiology, 108(11): Powers RK, Elbasiouny SM, Rymer WZ, Heckman CJ (2012) Contribution of intrinsic properties and synaptic inputs to motoneuron discharge patterns: a simulation study. J Neurophysiology, 107(3): Quinlan KA, Elbasiouny SM, Heckman CJ (2012). Molecular and electrical abnormalities in the mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Maurer MH (Ed.), ISBN: , InTech. Elbasiouny SM, Quinlan KA, Eissa TL, and Heckman CJ (2012). Electrophysiological abnormalities in SOD1 transgenic models in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The commonalities and differences, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Maurer MH (Ed.), ISBN: , InTech Elbasiouny SM and Schuster JE (2011) The effect of training on motoneuron survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: which motoneuron type is saved? Frontiers in Exercise Physiology, 2: Elbasiouny SM, Amendola J, Durand J, and Heckman CJ (2010). Evidence from computer simulations for alterations in the membrane biophysical properties and dendritic processing of synaptic inputs in mutant SOD1 motoneurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 30: Elbasiouny SM, Schuster JE, and Heckman CJ (2010) Persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurons: important for normal function but potentially harmful after spinal cord injury and in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology, 121: The journal featured a figure from this article on its cover page. Page 4 of 6

5 Elbasiouny SM, Durand J, and Heckman CJ (2010) The effect of the electrical and morphological alterations in mutant SOD1 motoneurons on the dendritic processing of synaptic inputs. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 11 (suppl. 1): 170. Elbasiouny SM, Moroz D, Bakr MM, and Mushahwar VK. (2010) Management of spasticity following spinal cord injury: current techniques and future directions. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 24 (1): This article was featured on MDLinx.com website and was summarized by the physician editor. Elbasiouny SM, Quinlan KA, and Heckman CJ (2009) Alteration in the intrinsic excitability and upregulation of the ionic currents of mutant SOD1 motoneurons: in-vitro recordings and computer simulations. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Suppl. 1) 10: 154. Elbasiouny SM and Mushahwar VK (2007b). Suppressing the Excitability of Spinal Motoneurons by Extracellularly-applied Electrical Fields: Insights from Computer Simulations. J Applied Physiology, 103(5): Elbasiouny SM and Mushahwar VK (2007a). Modulation of Motoneuronal Firing Behavior after Spinal Cord Injury using Intraspinal Microstimulation Current Pulses: A Modeling Study. J Applied Physiology, 103 (1): Elbasiouny SM, Bennett DJ and Mushahwar VK (2006). Simulation of Ca +2 Persistent Inward Currents in Spinal Motoneurons: Mode of Activation and Integration of Synaptic Inputs. J Physiol (Lond), 570 (2): This article was ranked by the Journal of Physiology (Lond) among the Top 10 Research Papers published in that issue of the journal based on the number of electronic access and downloads. Elbasiouny SM, Bennett DJ and Mushahwar VK (2005). Simulation of Dendritic Cav1.3 Channels in Cat Lumbar Motoneurons: Spatial Distribution. J Neurophysiology, 94 (6): Elbasiouny SM, El-Bialy AM, Taher MF, Kandil AH, and Rasmy ME. (2003). A Myoelectric Prosthesis Controller, 29th Annual IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, New Jersey, USA, March 2003, pp Elbasiouny SM, El-Bialy AM, Taher MF, Kandil AH, and Rasmy ME. (2002). Proportional Control of Myoelectric Prosthesis, 4 th International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation (BSI 2002), Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, June 2002, pp II- CONFERENCE PODIUM TALKS Motoneurons: choosing the right computer model, The International Motoneuron Meeting, Halifax, Canada, June The G85R & G93A-h models of ALS: similar size abnormality but opposite alteration in membrane biophysical properties, The International Motoneuron Meeting, Sydney, Australia, July The changes in electrical and morphological properties of msod1 motoneurons and their effects on the dendritic processing of synaptic inputs, The 6 th ALS Society of Canada Research Forum, Toronto ON, Canada, May Evidence from computer simulations for increased persistent inward currents in mutant SOD1 motoneurons, The Alberta Motor Control Annual Meeting, Kananaskis AB, Canada, September Upregulation of Persistent Inward Currents in SOD1 Motoneurons: Insights from Computer Simulations, Mechanisms of Plasticity and Disease in Motoneurons Meeting, Seattle WA, USA, June Evidence from computer simulations for increased persistent inward currents in mutant SOD1 motoneurons, The 4 th ALS Society of Canada Research Forum, Toronto ON, Canada, May Page 5 of 6

6 Contribution of persistent inward currents in the amplification and summation of synaptic inputs in spinal motoneurons, The 6 th Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff AB, Canada, October Persistent Inward Currents (PICs): Mode of Activation and Role in Integration of Synaptic Inputs, The Alberta Motor Control Annual Meeting, Jasper AB, Canada, September Cav1.3 Channels: Their dendritic distribution and enhancement of synaptic current in cat lumbar motoneurons, The Alberta Motor Control Annual Meeting, Kananaskis AB, Canada, September Dendritic distribution of LVA L-type calcium channels in cat lumbar motoneurons, The Active Dendrites Meeting, Boulder CO, USA, June Dendritic distribution of L-type calcium channels in cat lumbar motoneurons: Insights from a simulation study, The Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting & R.B. Stein Symposium, Vernon BC, Canada, January Modeling the effects of extracellular stimulation on the behavior of spastic motoneurons after spinal cord injury, The 4 th Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff AB, Canada, October Computer simulations of the effects of extracellular stimulation on the behavior of spastic motoneurons after spinal cord injury, The Alberta Motor Control Annual Meeting, Jasper AB, Canada, September Page 6 of 6