Shan Siddiqi, MD

Shan Siddiqi, MD, is the Stephen M. Stahl Associate Professor of Psychiatry and scientific director of the Dauten Bipolar Center of Excellence at Northwestern University. Clinically, he is a neuropsychiatrist and is leading a national effort to develop accreditation standards for brain stimulation as a recognized clinical subspecialty. His research is focused on causal mapping of human brain function and dysfunction. Using techniques such as functional connectivity MRI, his lab maps brain circuits to link brain lesions and brain stimulation sites that can modify different psychiatric symptoms. These circuits can then be targeted with treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) to alleviate symptoms of bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions. His work has been recognized with awards from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, American Neuropsychiatric Association, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and many others.