Ishar Alexander (Alexi) Kalsi, MBBS, MSc
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Ishar Alexander (Alexi) Kalsi, MBBS, MSc, joined the Developing Brain Institute in April 2024 as a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development T32 Postdoctoral Fellow. Alexi’s research focuses on how brain development is affected in patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease, specifically looking at the development of white matter tracts and blood supply. He completed his medical degree with distinction from King’s College London and his master’s degree in Clinical Neuroscience from University College London with distinction. During medical school, Alexi worked in magnetic resonance imaging research labs at King’s College London and at the National Institutes of Health.
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Recent publications
2024 | July
De Asis-Cruz J, Kalsi IA, Kapse K, Vezina G, Donofrio MT, Limperopoulos C. Decreased gray matter density in subcortical structures in newborns with complex congenital heart disease. NeoHeart 2024. (One of the top three conference abstracts.) New York, NY. July 2024.
2024
Economou A, Konsolaki E, Kalsi IA, Psychountaki M. The Beck Depression Inventory-II in community-dwelling middle-aged and older Greeks: factor structure and demographic associations. Sage Open. 2024 May 16; 14(2).
https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241252264
2020
Kalsi IA, Sheikh Y. Response to: Twelve tips for facilitating medical students prescribing learning on clinical placement. Med Teach. 2020 Dec;42(12):1431-1432. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1752365. Epub 2020 Apr 14. PMID: 32285722
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32285722/
Recent presentations
Kalsi IA, Counsell SJ. “Fetal MRI scanning safety: A review of the literature.” Society of Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting 2020. Miami, FL. May 2020.
Kalsi IA, Yoon E, Ehrlich DJ, Horovitz SG, Hallett M. “Determining the correlation between polygenic risk scores and cortical thickness in Parkinson’s Disease patients: an MRI structural study.” (Winner of Young Researcher’s Forum award.) 8th International Conference on Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Vienna, Austria. August 2019.
Kalsi IA. “A world of change: Global trends and the future of surgery.” The KCL Neurosurgery Society and AMEE Scholarship 2018 Winning Commentary. Published in the brochure of the 2nd King's International Neurosurgical Conference for Students & Healthcare Practitioners. London, UK. November 2018.
Kalsi IA, Ilola E, Keloth R, Burford C. “First year medical student perceptions of brain related specialties: Are we engaging students early?” The 2nd King's International Neurosurgical Conference for Students & Healthcare Practitioners. London, UK. November 2018.