Barbod Khaleghi

Biography

Barbod Khaleghi, B.S., is a Researcher in the Department of Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and a Junior Specialist in the Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology at the University of California, Irvine Health. He holds a B.S. in Neurobiology with a minor in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. His research spans two primary areas: genitourinary oncology, conducted in collaboration with the UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and peripheral nerve injury and neuroregeneration, conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In his role at UC Irvine Health, Khaleghi has contributed to literature reviews, retrospective cohort studies, clinical case reports, and observational studies resulting in three publications, with a fourth in press, and two abstracts accepted for presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. At Massachusetts General Hospital, he leads coordination of clinical and translational research in peripheral nerve injury, overseeing patient recruitment, multi-site and international collaborations, IRB compliance, and contributions to biomarker and neuromodulation pilot studies. He presented research on quantitative assessment of wrist extension recovery following radial nerve repair at the Reconstructive Neurosurgery: Innovation and Integration Spring 2026 Conference.

Prior to his current positions, Khaleghi accumulated over 2,000 hours of clinical experience as a medical scribe at Island Family Medicine and worked as a Biological Analyst at San Diego Sperm Bank, performing laboratory techniques within a CLIA-certified environment. He also completed a bioinformatics internship at Invivoscribe, Inc., where he led a solo project cataloging leukemia patient samples. Khaleghi holds CITI certifications in biomedical research, social/behavioral research, and good clinical practice.

Education

• BS in Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego, 2023

Distinctions

• Revelle Provost Honors, University of California, San Diego