
Prasad Shirvalkar
Assoc Professor in Residence · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Credentials: · · · · ·
History

Icahn School
- 2010–2012
Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2010 · First of 3 authors · 180 citations
First-in-human prediction of chronic pain state using intracranial neural biomarkers
Nature Neuroscience · 2023 · First of 11 authors · Corresponding · 107 citations
Cognitive enhancement with central thalamic electrical stimulation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2006 · First of 4 authors · 107 citations

11 papers · 7 as a resident

8 papers
- AS
5 papers

4 papers

4 papers · 1 as a fellow

4 papers

4 papers · 4 as a resident

3 papers
Grants
- 2024–2029
Corticothalamic Network Function in Chronic Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2026–2027
Multisite Closed Loop DBS for Chronic Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · UG3
Contact PI · $387.6K · University of California, San Francisco
- 2019–2025
Multisite Adaptive Brain Stimulation for Multidimensional Treatment of Refractory Chronic Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · UH3
Contact PI · $6.9M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2009–2012
Brain Rhythms and Episodic Memory Processes
National Institute on Aging · F30
Contact PI · $126.7K · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical trials
- 2025–2028
Psilocybin With Intracranial Neural Sensing
Principal investigator · Enrolling by invitation · Phase 1
Joshua Woolley, MD, PhD
- 2022–2026
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting
University of California, San Francisco
- 2019–2030
Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Pain
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of California, San Francisco
- 2017–2026
Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Refractory Neuropathic Pain
Principal investigator · Completed
Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD



