Current position
- Professor: Head of the department of Neuroradiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris
- Head of Center for NeuroImaging Research – CENIR / ICM
- Co-head of ICM team: ICM UPMC/INSERM UMR_S1127 CNRS UMR 7225, MOVIT “Movement Investigation and therapeutics”
Professional experience
- 2020-present: Professor, Head of the department of Neuroradiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- 2013-present: Co-head, ICM research team: Control of Normal and Abnormal Movement
- 2007-present: Director, Centre de NeuroImagerie de Recherche, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- 2003-05: Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
- 1995-03: Senior registrar (CCA), then University Hospital Doctor (PHU), Department of Neuroradiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- 1995-1997: Post-doc, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot - CEA, Orsay
- 1993-95: Senior registrar (CCA), Department of Radiology, Beaujon Hospital
- 1989-1994: PhD student, Inserm U289, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- 1987-91: Resident in Neurology (2.5 years) and Radiology (2.5 years)
Scientific expertise
- Neuroimaging, MRI, physiology of motor control and pathophysiology of movement disorders (dystonia, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor), cognition
Editorial Board
- 2015-2018: Associate editor, Movement Disorders Journal
- 2004-present: Journal of NeuroImaging
CENIR – Centre for NeuroImaging Research, ICM - Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière
47 bd de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Tel : +33 1 57 27 46 29 / +33 1 42 16 41 39
Education training
- 2001: Habilitation to Conduct Research (HDR), Neuroscience, University Pierre Marie Curie, Paris 6
- 1994: PhD Neuroscience, Pierre Marie Curie Paris 6
- 1988: Master of Neuroscience, University Pierre Marie Curie Paris 6
- 1993: MD, University Rene Descartes, Paris 5
- 1992: Medical Speciality (Medical Imaging/Neuroradiology) University Pierre Marie Curie Paris 6
- 1987-1991: Resident, (Interne des Hôpitaux de Paris), Paris
Scientific council
- 2007 – 2009: Member of the Clinical Trial Committee of Inserm (Comité d’Orientation Stratégique et de Suivi des Essais Cliniques – COSSEC)
- 2008-2013: Co-director, Federative Research Institute of Neuroimaging (IFR 49)
- 2007-2015: In charge of MRI affairs for the French Society of Radiology
Scientific societies
- International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine – ISMRM
- Movement Disorders Society
- Sociétés Françaises de Radiologie (SFR) and Neuroradiology (SFNR)
- Collège des Enseignants de Radiologie de France
10 selected publications (last five years)
- Pyatigorskaya N, Yahia-Cherif L, Valabregue R, Gaurav R, Gargouri F, Ewenczyk C, Gallea C, Fernandez-Vidal S, Arnulf I, Vidailhet M, Lehericy S. Parkinson Disease Propagation Using MRI Biomarkers and Partial Least Squares Path Modeling. Neurology. 2021 Jan 19;96(3):e460-e471.
- Biondetti E, Gaurav R, Yahia-Cherif L, Mangone G, Pyatigorskaya N, Valabrègue R, Ewenczyk C, Hutchison M, François C, Corvol JC, Vidailhet M, Lehéricy S. Spatiotemporal Changes in Substantia Nigra Neuromelanin Content in Parkinson’s Disease. Brain, 2020 Sep 1;143(9):2757-2770
- Chougar L, Faouzi J, Pyatigorskaya N, Yahia-Cherif L, Gaurav R, Biondetti E, Villotte M, Valabrègue R, Corvol JC, Brice A, Mariani LL, Cormier F, Vidailhet M, Dupont G, Piot I, Grabli D, Payan C, Colliot O, Degos B, Lehéricy S. Automated Categorization of Parkinsonian Syndromes Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Clinical Setting. Mov Disord. 2020 Nov 2. doi: 10.1002/mds.28348.
- Pyatigorskaya N, Yahia-Cherif L, Gaurav R, Ewenczyk C, Gallea C, Valabregue R, Gargouri F, Magnin B, Degos B, Roze E, Bardinet E, Poupon C, Arnulf I, Vidailhet M, Lehericy S. Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Quantification of Brain Changes in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Mov Disord. 2020;35:161-170.
- Branzoli F, Deelchand DK, Sanson M, Lehéricy S, Marjańska M. In vivo 1 H MRS detection of cystathionine in human brain tumors. Magn Reson Med. 2019;82:1259-1265.
- Gargouri F, Gallea C, Mongin M, Pyatigorskaya N, Valabregue R, Ewenczyk C, Sarazin M, Yahia-Cherif L, Vidailhet M, Lehéricy S. Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging investigation of basal forebrain damage and cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2019;34:516-525.
- Branzoli F, Di Stefano AL, Capelle L, Ottolenghi C, Valabrègue R, Deelchand DK, Bielle F, Villa C, Baussart B, Lehéricy S, Sanson M, Marjanska M. Highly specific determination of IDH status using edited in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neuro Oncol. 2018;20:907-916.
- Pyatigorskaya N, Mongin M, Valabregue R, Yahia-Cherif L, Ewenczyk C, Poupon C, Debellemaniere E, Vidailhet M, Arnulf I, Lehéricy S. Medulla oblongata damage and cardiac autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2016;87:2540-2545.
- Ehrminger M, Latimier A, Pyatigorskaya N, Garcia-Lorenzo D, Leu-Semenescu S, Vidailhet M, Lehericy S, Arnulf I. The coeruleus/subcoeruleus complex in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder. Brain. 2016;139:1180-8.
- Stoessl JA, Lehericy S, Strafella Ap. Imaging insights into basal ganglia function, parkinson’s disease, and dystonia. Lancet 2014; 384(9942):532-44.
Scientific Production
- 348 peer-reviewed scientific publications
- H index = 73
- 100+ invited lectures
- PIR (Prime d’Investissement Recherche, Sorbonne University)
- Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
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