Javad Towfighi
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Academic title Professor of Pathology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Pathology
Graduate programs
Email Phone FAX
  jtowfighi@psu.edu
  717 531 8246
  717 531 7741
Educational background
  M.D., Teheran University Medical School, 1962
Internship, Methodist Hospital
Residency, Saint Joseph Hospital
Residency, Hahnemann University Hospital
Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Areas of expertise
 
Disease Models, AnimalAnesthetics
EctromeliaMuscle, Smooth
IdoxuridineOccupational Diseases
Energy MetabolismSubstantia Nigra
HippocampusMuscular Dystrophies
Nervous SystemNeuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive
gamma-Aminobutyric AcidNervous System Diseases
Adipose TissueSpinal Cord Neoplasms
Dimethyl SulfoxideChromosomes, Human, Pair 2
StrokePituitary Diseases
HydrocephalusAllopurinol
Cerebellar DiseasesIschemic Preconditioning
Body TemperatureCerebellar Neoplasms
Neuromuscular DiseasesFace
Genes, DominantCentral Nervous System
Hematopoiesis, ExtramedullaryHypothermia, Induced
Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyLimb Deformities, Congenital
Arcuate NucleusNeuroectodermal Tumors
Hypoxia-Ischemia, BrainLumbosacral Region
3-Mercaptopropionic AcidGanglioneuroma
NeutrophilsDystrophin
Carbon DioxideMagnetic Resonance Imaging
GlucoseHypoglycemia
Hypoxia, BrainNeurons
Pituitary NeoplasmsAnoxia
AmyloidTumor Cells, Cultured
Hearing Loss, SensorineuralFlurothyl
GliomaGlutamic Acid
Diabetes InsipidusEpilepsy
Chromosome AberrationsEye Infections, Fungal
MannitolCochlea
Neck MusclesHemangiosarcoma
AutopsyPeripheral Nervous System Diseases
SkullPeripheral Nervous System Neoplasms
HypercapniaAnimals, Newborn
NeuroblastomaEye Abnormalities
Biopsy, NeedleKidney
Cerebral InfarctionCell Transformation, Neoplastic
Meningeal NeoplasmsBrain
Brain IschemiaIschemic Attack, Transient
Brain ChemistryHypopituitarism
Tomography, X-Ray ComputedHydronephrosis
MeningiomaBrain Damage, Chronic
Heart ArrestHeart Arrest, Induced
Brain DiseasesSulfhydryl Compounds
ExostosesAntipyrine
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Vestibulocochlear Nerve
MucormycosisRespiratory Insufficiency
Creutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeAging
Spinal CordHyperglycemia
BicucullineSlow Virus Diseases
MicrocephalyGlycogen Storage Disease
Status EpilepticusBrain Injuries
SeizuresBrain Neoplasms
Protective DevicesAbnormalities, Multiple
Heart Defects, CongenitalCreatine Kinase
Muscle, SkeletalMuscular Diseases
CisplatinHearing Disorders
Temporal BoneMononeuropathies
SarcoidosisNeurilemmoma
Pelvic NeoplasmsLeukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Optic Neuritis
Publication author name
  Towfighi J
Select publications
  Towfighi J. Housman C. Mauger D. Vannucci RC. Effect of seizures on cerebral hypoxic-ischemic lesions in immature rats. 1999 Mar 12. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 113(1-2):83-95.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Krishnamurthy S. Powers SK. Towfighi J. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of cerebrum with adipose tissue. 2001 Feb. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 125(2):264-6.
Vannucci SJ. Willing LB. Goto S. Alkayed NJ. Brucklacher RM. Wood TL. Towfighi J. Hurn PD. Simpson IA. Experimental stroke in the female diabetic, db/db, mouse. 2001 Jan. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 21(1):52-60.
Vannucci RC. Towfighi J. Brucklacher RM. Vannucci SJ. Effect of extreme hypercapnia on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in the immature rat. 2001 Jun. Pediatr Res. 49(6):799-803.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Simmons Z. Peterlin BL. Boyer PJ. Towfighi J. Muscle biopsy in the evaluation of patients with modestly elevated creatine kinase levels. 2003 Feb. Muscle Nerve. 27(2):242-4.
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