Professor Dr. Babak Shadgan

Biography

Babak Shadgan is a sports physician-scientist and pioneer researcher in the application of photonics techniques for the evaluation and monitoring of skeletal muscle metabolism and function during exercise affected by injuries. His research utilizes modifications of wireless wearable NIRS systems to explore the quality of muscle contraction and recovery in high-performance athletes and individuals with neuromuscular muscle fatigue conditions. He is involved in developing applications of infrared imaging techniques for the non-invasive evaluation of skeletal muscle injuries. Dr. Shadgan holds a medical degree specialized in Sports Exercise Medicine and a PhD in Muscle Biophysics from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Additionally, he completed a fellowship in NIRS-Diffused Optical Tomography at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Harvard University. His research primarily focuses on the design and application development of wearable and implantable biosensors to study tissue and organ metabolism and function in clinical settings. He has developed a miniaturized implantable optical sensor for monitoring spinal cord tissue oxygenation and hemodynamics in patients with acute spinal cord injury, as well as multi-modal sensor systems for continuous, real-time evaluation and monitoring of tissue viability during reconstructive surgery and organ transplantation.

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