Muhammad "Omar" O. Chohan, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Neurosurgery
Email:
mchohan@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5700
Biography
M. Omar Chohan, M.D., a board-certified neurosurgeon subspecializing in neuro-oncology and epilepsy surgery, joined the faculty of the UMMC Department of Neurosurgery in 2020 as an associate professor and has secondary appointments in neurology and radiation oncology. A native of Pakistan, he earned his medical degree from Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan and completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of New Mexico. Following residency, he gained extensive expertise in neurosurgical oncology while completing his fellowship training at the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Before joining UMMC, he was the Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Co-Leader of the Neuro-Oncology Multidisciplinary Program and surgical director of the Epilepsy Program at UNM. He specializes in modern techniques such as brain mapping and intraoperative fluoroscopy and epilepsy surgery including resective, ablative and neuromodulation techniques. Outside of the hospital, he enjoys hiking, swimming, traveling and spending time with his family.
Education
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, Fellowship, Neurosurgical Oncology | 2015 |
| University of New Mexico, Fellowship, NeuroCritical Care | 2014 |
| University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Resident, Neurosurgery | 2014 |
| University of New Mexico, Albuquerqueque, NM, Chief resident, Neurosurgery | 2014 |
| New York State Institute for Basic Research, NY, Research fellow, Neuroimmunology | 2008 |
| University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Intern, General Surgery | 2008 |
| New York State Institute for Basic Research, NY, Post-doctoral research fellowship, Neurochemistry | 2004 |
| Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, MBBS, Medicine | 2002 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, New York Medical Licensure 2013-2015 | 08/2013 - 07/2015 |
| Licensure, New Mexico Medical Board | 02/2015 - 07/2024 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 04/2020 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Neurological Surgery | 11/2018 - 12/2028 |
Current Positions
| Director, Neurosurgical Oncology, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 06/2023 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 09/2020 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology | 09/2019 - 08/2020 |
| Director, UNM Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 02/2019 - 08/2020 |
| Assistant Professor, The University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 08/2015 - 09/2020 |
| Director, The University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 08/2015 - 09/2020 |
| Co-Leader, Neuro-Oncology Program, The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 08/2015 - 09/2020 |
| Fellow, Neurosurgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer Center, NY, School of Medicine | 07/2014 - 06/2015 |
| Chief Resident, Neurosurgery, The University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 07/2012 - 06/2014 |
| Research Scientist, New York State Institute for Basic Research | 08/2003 - 06/2008 |
| Instructor, Aga Khan University, School of Medicine, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 11/2002 - 06/2003 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Intramural, Post-Operative Spreading depolarization in Surgery near Eloquent Brain Locations, CTSC (NIH) | 10/2019 - 09/2020 |
| Extramural, A Phase 1 Dose Escalation Study Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of PF 06840003 in Patients with Malignant Gliomas, Pfizer & New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance | 05/2016 - 12/2019 |
| Extramural, A Phase 2b/3, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and safety of VX-210 in Subjects with Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 02/2016 - 01/2020 |
| Extramural, 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) to Enhance Visualization of Malignant Tumor in Patients with Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Malignant Gliomas: A Safety, Histopathology, and Correlative Biomarker Study, NX Development Corporation | 12/2015 - 02/2019 |
| Extramural, Clinical real-time resting state fMRI, NIH STTR grant through NeurInsight LLC | 12/2015 - 05/2018 |
Publications
Review | |
| García-Montaño LA, Licón-Muñoz Y, Martinez FJ, Keddari YR, Ziemke MK, Chohan MO, Piccirillo SGM, Dissecting Intra-tumor Heterogeneity in the Glioblastoma Microenvironment Using Fluorescence-Guided Multiple Sampling. Molecular cancer research : MCR, 2023 Aug 1;21(8):755-767 | 2023 |
Letter | |
| Chohan MO, Yonas H, Lamina terminalis fenestration--response. Journal of neurosurgery, 2014 Jul;121(1):220-1 | 2014 |
| Khawaja MR, Taj F, Saleheen D, Ahmad U, Chohan MO, Jafar T, Frossard PM, Association study of two interleukin-1 gene loci with essential hypertension in a Pakistani Pathan population. Journal of human hypertension, 2008 Jan;22(1):60-2 | 2008 |
Journal Article | |
| Licón-Muñoz Y, Avalos V, Subramanian S, Granger B, Martinez F, García-Montaño LA, Varela S, Moore D, Perkins E, Kogan M, Berto S, Chohan MO, Bowers CA, Piccirillo SGM, Single-nucleus and spatial landscape of the sub-ventricular zone in human glioblastoma. Cell reports, 2025 Jan 2;44(1):115149 | 2025 |
| Vidalis BM, Ngwudike SI, McCandless MG, Chohan MO, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Facilitating Wound Healing After Surgical Decompression for Metastatic Spine Disease. World neurosurgery, 2022 Mar;159:e407-e415 | 2022 |
| Schupper AJ, Baron RB, Cheung W, Rodriguez J, Kalkanis SN, Chohan MO, Andersen BJ, Chamoun R, Nahed BV, Zacharia BE, Kennedy J, Moulding HD, Zucker L, Chicoine MR, Olson JJ, Jensen RL, Sherman JH, Zhang X, Price G, Fowkes M, Germano IM, Carter BS, Hadjipanayis CG, Yong RL, 5-Aminolevulinic acid for enhanced surgical visualization of high-grade gliomas: a prospective, multicenter study. Journal of neurosurgery, 2022 Jun 1;136(6):1525-1534 | 2022 |
| Mohammad LM, Botros JA, Chohan MO, Necessity of brain imaging in COVID-19 infected patients presenting with acute neurological deficits. Interdisciplinary neurosurgery : Advanced techniques and case management, 2020 Dec;22:100883 | 2020 |
| Bashwiner DM, Bacon DK, Wertz CJ, Flores RA, Chohan MO, Jung RE, Resting state functional connectivity underlying musical creativity. NeuroImage, 2020 Sep;218:116940 | 2020 |
| Wertz CJ, Chohan MO, Flores RA, Jung RE, Neuroanatomy of creative achievement. NeuroImage, 2020 Apr 1;209:116487 | 2020 |
| Wertz CJ, Chohan MO, Ramey SJ, Flores RA, Jung RE, White matter correlates of creative cognition in a normal cohort. NeuroImage, 2020 Mar;208:116293 | 2020 |
| Vakamudi K, Posse S, Jung R, Cushnyr B, Chohan MO, Real-time presurgical resting-state fMRI in patients with brain tumors: Quality control and comparison with task-fMRI and intraoperative mapping. Human brain mapping, 2020 Feb 15;41(3):797-814 | 2020 |
| Mohammad LM, Messegee J, Chohan MO, Taylor CL, Fluoroscopic Cranial Radiation Exposure in Spine Surgery: A Prospective Single-Center Evaluation in Operating Room Personnel. International journal of spine surgery, 2019 Jan;13(1):28-32 | 2019 |
| Chohan MO, Marchiò S, Morrison LA, Sidman RL, Cavenee WK, Dejana E, Yonas H, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Emerging Pharmacologic Targets in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation and Potential Strategies to Alter the Natural History of a Difficult Disease: A Review. JAMA neurology, 2019 Apr 1;76(4):492-500 | 2019 |
| Chohan MO, Berger MS, 5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence guided surgery for recurrent high-grade gliomas. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2019 Feb;141(3):517-522 | 2019 |
| Chohan MO, Ryan CT, Singh R, Lanning RM, Reiner AS, Rosenblum MK, Tabar V, Gutin PH, Predictors of Treatment Response and Survival Outcomes in Meningioma Recurrence with Atypical or Anaplastic Histology. Neurosurgery, 2018 Jun 1;82(6):824-832 | 2018 |
| Chohan MO, Kahn S, Cederquist G, Reiner AS, Schwab J, Laufer I, Bilsky M, Surgical Decompression of High-Grade Spinal Cord Compression from Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Neurosurgery, 2018 May 1;82(5):670-677 | 2018 |
| Chohan MO, Carlson AP, Murray-Krezan C, Taylor CL, Yonas H, Microsurgical Vascular Manipulation in Aneurysm Surgery and Delayed Ischemic Injury. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2017 Jul;44(4):410-414 | 2017 |
| Zacharia BE, DiStefano N, Mader MM, Chohan MO, Ogilvie S, Brennan C, Gutin P, Tabar V, Prior malignancies in patients harboring glioblastoma: an institutional case-study of 2164 patients. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2017 Sep;134(2):245-251 | 2017 |
| Singh R, Ryan C, Chohan MO, Tisnado J, Hadjigeorgiou GF, Bilsky MH, Intracranial meningioma with vertebral or intraspinal metastasis: report of 2 cases and review of the literature. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2016 Dec;25(6):775-781 | 2016 |
| Trinh VT, Medina-Flores R, Chohan MO, Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis as primary manifestation of pancreatic cancer. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2016 Aug;30:124-127 | 2016 |
| Chohan MO, Levin AM, Singh R, Zhou Z, Green CL, Kazam JJ, Tsiouris AJ, Anand VK, Schwartz TH, Three-dimensional volumetric measurements in defining endoscope-guided giant adenoma surgery outcomes. Pituitary, 2016 Jun;19(3):311-21 | 2016 |
| Chohan MO, Bragina O, Kazim SF, Statom G, Baazaoui N, Bragin D, Iqbal K, Nemoto E, Yonas H, Enhancement of neurogenesis and memory by a neurotrophic peptide in mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. Neurosurgery, 2015 Feb;76(2):201-14; discussion 214-5 | 2015 |
| Chohan MO, Akbik OS, Ramos-Canseco J, Ramirez PM, Murray-Krezan C, Berlin T, Olin K, Taylor CL, Yonas H, A novel single twist-drill access device for multimodal intracranial monitoring: a 5-year single-institution experience. Neurosurgery, 2014 Sep;10 Suppl 3:400-11; discussion 411 | 2014 |
| Chohan MO, Sandoval D, Buchan A, Murray-Krezan C, Taylor CL, Cranial radiation exposure during cerebral catheter angiography. Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 2014 Oct;6(8):633-6 | 2014 |
| Chohan MO, Carlson AP, Hart BL, Yonas H, Lack of functional patency of the lamina terminalis after fenestration following clipping of anterior circulation aneurysms. Journal of neurosurgery, 2013 Sep;119(3):629-33 | 2013 |
| Blanchard J, Bolognin S, Chohan MO, Rabe A, Iqbal K, Grundke-Iqbal I, Rescue of synaptic failure and alleviation of learning and memory impairments in a trisomic mouse model of down syndrome. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 2011 Dec;70(12):1070-9 | 2011 |
| Rehman T, Chohan MO, Yonas H, Diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection using [F-18]-FDG PET: a case report. Journal of neurosurgical sciences, 2011 Jun;55(2):161-3 | 2011 |
| Chohan MO, Rehman T, Medina-Flores R, Clericuzio C, Heideman R, Marchand E, 16 month-old female with intraventricular mass. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 2011 May;21(3):349-50 | 2011 |
| Chohan MO, Li B, Blanchard J, Tung YC, Heaney AT, Rabe A, Iqbal K, Grundke-Iqbal I, Enhancement of dentate gyrus neurogenesis, dendritic and synaptic plasticity and memory by a neurotrophic peptide. Neurobiology of aging, 2011 Aug;32(8):1420-34 | 2011 |
| Chohan MO, Rehman T, Cerilli LA, Devers K, Medina-Flores R, Turner P, Metastatic epithelioid trophoblastic tumor involving the spine. Spine, 2010 Sep 15;35(20):E1072-5 | 2010 |
| Li B, Wanka L, Blanchard J, Liu F, Chohan MO, Iqbal K, Grundke-Iqbal I, Neurotrophic peptides incorporating adamantane improve learning and memory, promote neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in mice. FEBS letters, 2010 Aug 4;584(15):3359-65 | 2010 |
| Iqbal K, Chohan MO, Grundke-Iqbal I, Stratification of patients is the way to go to develop neuroprotective/disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2008 Oct;15(2):339-45 | 2008 |
| Shi J, Zhang T, Zhou C, Chohan MO, Gu X, Wegiel J, Zhou J, Hwang YW, Iqbal K, Grundke-Iqbal I, Gong CX, Liu F, Increased dosage of Dyrk1A alters alternative splicing factor (ASF)-regulated alternative splicing of tau in Down syndrome. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008 Oct 17;283(42):28660-9 | 2008 |
| Li B, Chohan MO, Grundke-Iqbal I, Iqbal K, Disruption of microtubule network by Alzheimer abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau. Acta neuropathologica, 2007 May;113(5):501-11 | 2007 |
| Chohan MO, Iqbal K, From tau to toxicity: emerging roles of NMDA receptor in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2006 Sep;10(1):81-7 | 2006 |
| Chohan MO, Khatoon S, Iqbal IG, Iqbal K, Involvement of I2PP2A in the abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau and its reversal by Memantine. FEBS letters, 2006 Jul 10;580(16):3973-9 | 2006 |
| Iqbal K, Alonso Adel C, Chen S, Chohan MO, El-Akkad E, Gong CX, Khatoon S, Li B, Liu F, Rahman A, Tanimukai H, Grundke-Iqbal I, Tau pathology in Alzheimer disease and other tauopathies. Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2005 Jan 3;1739(2-3):198-210 | 2005 |
| Chohan MO, Haque N, Alonso A, El-Akkad E, Grundke-Iqbal I, Grover A, Iqbal K, Hyperphosphorylation-induced self assembly of murine tau: a comparison with human tau. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2005 Aug;112(8):1035-47 | 2005 |
| Wang W, Kumm ZT, Ho C, Zanesco-Fontes I, Texiera G, Reis RM, Martinetto H, Khan J, McCandless MG, Baker KE, Anderson MD, Chohan MO, Beyer S, Elder JB, Giglio P, Otero JJ, Unsupervised machine learning models reveal predictive clinical markers of glioblastoma patient survival using white blood cell counts prior to initiating chemoradiation. Neuro-oncology advances, 2024 Jan-Dec;6(1):vdad140 | |
| Chohan MO, Flores RA, Wertz C, Jung RE, "Non-Eloquent" brain regions predict neuropsychological outcome in tumor patients undergoing awake craniotomy. PloS one, 2024;19(2):e0284261 | |
| Kazim SF, Martinez E, Hough TJ, Spangler BQ, Bowers CA, Chohan MO, The Survival Benefit of Postoperative Bacterial Infections in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme: Myth or Reality? Frontiers in neurology, 2021;12:615593 | |
| Jung RE, Wertz CJ, Ramey SJ, Mims RL, Flores RA, Chohan MO, Subcortical contributions to higher cognitive function in tumour patients undergoing awake craniotomy. Brain communications, 2020;2(2):fcaa084 | |
| Akbik OS, Floruta C, Chohan MO, SantaCruz KS, Carlson AP, A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale. Case reports in surgery, 2016;2016:1232594 | |
| Blanchard J, Chohan MO, Li B, Liu F, Iqbal K, Grundke-Iqbal I, Beneficial effect of a CNTF tetrapeptide on adult hippocampal neurogenesis, neuronal plasticity, and spatial memory in mice. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2010;21(4):1185-95 | |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Evolution of Modern Glioma Surgery, UMMC Neurology Grandrounds | 01/2025 |
| Platform Presentations, A Zebrafish Model to Investigate the Invasiveness of Cancer Stem Cells from the Sub-ventricular Zone of Glioblastoma Patients, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Scientific Meeting, Houston, TX | 10/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, When is a Headache not a Headache, UMMC Advanced Practice Providers Conference, Flowood, MS | 09/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Updates in Modern Glioma Surgery, 2nd Annual Neuro-Oncology Symposium, Hattiesburg, MS | 08/2024 |
| Poster Presentation, Development of a PD-L1 expression assay for cancer stem cells to predict sensitivity to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington DC | 09/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Towards enlightened moderation: Tracing the Cognitive cost of Neurosurgical Oncology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)& Rutger’s Univeristy Neuro-Oncology Grandrounds, Rutger's Un iversity, New Jersey | 08/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, "Non-Eloquent" brain regions predict neuropsychological outcome in tumor patients undergoing awake craniotomy, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA | 04/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Evolution of modern glioma surgery, Annual Neuro-Oncology Symposium, Greenwood, MS | 11/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Brain tumor mimicry in clinical practice, Annual Neurology Symposium, Jackson, MS | 08/2022 |
| From surgery to genomics: dissecting cellular and molecular heterogeneity of human glioblastoma, UMMC CCRI grandrounds, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 12/2021 |
| Platform Presentations, Rolandic and peri Rolandic tumors, UMMC Neurosurgery Grandrounds, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, Presurrgical mapping in brain tumors with high-speed resting state fMRI:comparison with task-based fMRI and intra-operative mapping, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sydney, Australia | 04/2020 |
| Poster Presentation, Subcortical contributions to higher cognitive functioning in primary brain tumors, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA | 10/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Volume-cognition relationships in a prospective series of consecutive patients undergoing awake surgery for brain tumor, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA | 10/2019 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Building a Neuro-Oncology Program: an Effort in Collaboration, Department of Neurosurgery Grandrounds, University of Cincinnati | 07/2019 |
| Platform Presentations, Structural Correlates of Cognitive Deficits in Brain Tumor Patients, Clinical Neuroscience Grand rounds, University of New Mexico | 06/2019 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Insular Glioma Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery Grandrounds, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA | 04/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Creative Idea Generation Maximized by Reduced Fractional Anisotropy, 5th Meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, San Francisco | 03/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Structural Brain Differences Underlying Higher and Lower Creative Achievement, 5th Meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, San Francisco, CA | 03/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Default Mode Connectivity Underlying Musical Creativity, 5th Meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, San Francisco, CA | 03/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, On Presurgical Mapping of Metabolism and Resting-State Connectivity in Patients with Brain Tumors, Gentner-Minerva Symposium on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy & Molecular Imaging, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel | 02/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Awake Brain Surgery: 100 years of Neurosurgical Oncology and Brain Mapping., New Mexico Medical Society (NMMS) Annual Meeting (plenary session), Albuquerque, NM | 09/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Surgical Management of Intractable Epilepsy, First Annual UNM Epilepsy Symposium, Albuquerque, NM | 07/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Five-aminolevulinic acid (5ALA) for fluorescence-guided surgery of high-grade gliomas (HGG): U.S. experience interim analysis, American Association of Neurological, New Orleans, LA | 04/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pre-operative and intra operative mapping of eloquent brain for tumor surgery., Annual American Surgical Technology Conference | 03/2018 |
| Invited Symposia, Cerebral cavernous malformations: Neurosurgical updates and future researc, Annual Angioma Alliance Meeting | 05/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Multidisciplinary decision-making for metastatic spine tumors, Clinical Neuroscience Grand rounds (Neuro-Oncology), The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 08/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pre-operative and intra-operative mapping of eloquent brain for tumor surgery, Clinical Neuroscience Grand rounds (Neuro-Oncology), The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 08/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Two-dimensional planar measurements versus three-dimensional volumetric measurements in defining giant adenoma surgery outcomes, North American Skull base Society, Scottsdale, AZ | 02/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Long term outcomes of surgical management of metastatic prostate cancer presenting with high grade epidural spinal cord compression, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 09/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Long term outcomes in management of recurrent atypical/anaplastic meningiomas., Congress of Neurological, New Orleans, LA | 09/2015 |
| Invited Symposia, The role of endogenous neurogenesis in brain repair in traumatic brain injury, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, NY | 06/2014 |
| Grand Rounds, Fanaticism and Realism in Brain Cancer Treatment in the 21st Century, Clinical Neuroscience Grand rounds (Neuro-Oncology), The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | 05/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, Single twist drill hole access devise for multimodal intracranial monitoring., American Association of Neurological Susrgeons 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA | 04/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Localization of eloquent cortex using a novel high-speed resting state functional MRI for presurgical mapping, European Association of Neurological Surgeons, Tel Aviv, Israel | 11/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Enhancement of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by a neurotrophic peptide in traumatic brain injury, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA | 10/2013 |
| Platform Presentations, The role of endogenous neurogenesis in brain repair in traumatic brain injury, Neuroscience Grand rounds (Neurotrauma), The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 09/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Lack of functional patency of lamina terminalis after fenestration following clipping of anterior circulation aneurysms, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, IL | 10/2012 |
| Platform Presentations, Functional imaging in resting human brain: implications for the diseased state, Annual Neuroscience Resident Research Day, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 06/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, The effect of surgical treatment on delayed ischemic neurological deficit(DIND)inpatients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage., American Association of Neurological Surgeons 80th, Miami, FL | 04/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The effect of surgical treatment on delayed ischemic neurological deficit(DIND)in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, 11th Vasospasm Meeting, Cincinatti, OH | 07/2011 |
| Platform Presentations, Aggressive surgical therapy in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, Annual Neuroscience Resident Research Day, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 05/2011 |
| Platform Presentations, Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: promises and realities, Neuroscience Grand rounds (Brain plasticity), The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | 06/2009 |
| Platform Presentations, Diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection using [F-18] FDG-PET, Annual Neuroscience Resident Research Day, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 06/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, 2008; Enhancement of dentate gyrus neurogenesis and associated memory by a neurotrophic peptide., 11th ICAD Conference, Chicago, IL | 07/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Improvement of cognition with a neurogenic/neurotrophic peptide, 11th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders ICAD, Chicago, IL | 07/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Association of two Interleukin-1 gene loci with Essential Hypertension in a Pakistani Pathan population, 17th European Students Conference, Berlin, Germany | 10/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Memantine inhibits I2PP2A induced hyperphosphorylation of tau by restoring PP2A activity., 10th International Conference on Alzeimer's Disease & Related Disorders., Madrid, Spain | 07/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Enhancement of neurogenesis by peptides: A promising therapeutic approach., 10th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders, Madrid, Spain | 07/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, High throughput screen assay to develop drugs for inhibition of abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau., 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorder, Madrid, Spain | 07/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Hyperphosphorylation-induced self assembly of murine tau: a comparison with human tau., 9th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders, Philadelphia, PA | 07/2004 |
| Platform Presentations, Hyperphosphorylation of Tau in Neurofibrillary Degeneration of the type seen in Alzheimer’s disease, 3rd Leiden International Medical Students Congress, Leiden, Netherlands | 03/2003 |
| Poster Presentation, Folinic acid protects against suppression of growth by methotrexate in mice., 2nd Leiden International Medical Students Congress Abstracts, Leiden, Netherlands | 03/2001 |
| Poster Presentation, Outcome analysis of Intracapsular fractures of the Neck of Femur fixed with internal fixation., XV International Congress of Pakistan Orthopedic Association, Lahore, Pakistan | 03/2001 |
| Poster Presentation, Diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection using[F-18] FDG-PET., University of New Mexico Annual Neuroscience Resident Research Day, Alburquerque, NM |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| President's Invited Lecture (deferred due to pandemic), International Society for Intelligence Research | 2020 |
| Invited Plenary session, New Mexico Medical Society | 2018 |
| Visiting professor, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities | 2014 |
| Best Scientific Paper, Annual Neuroscience Research Day, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 2014 |
| Outstanding Resident Leadership Award, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | 2014 |
| Clinical Research Travel award, European Association of Neurological Surgeons/ AANS/CNS Tumor Section meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel | 2013 |
| Runner up, Annual Neuroscience Research Day, University of New Mexico, Department of Neurosurgery | 2012 |
| Invited Guest editor, “Novel Approaches to Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics", Journal of Alzheimer Disease (special issue) | 2008 |
| World Association of Alzheimer Disease Scientists (WAADS) Award, World Association of Alzheimer Disease Scientists | 2005 |
| Neurobiology of Stem Cell stimulation, Scientific Recognition, New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Albany, NY | 2004 |
| Research Travel Award, 4th Leiden International Medical Students Congress, Leiden, Netherlands | 2003 |
| Research Travel Award, 2nd Leiden International Medical Students Congress, Leiden, Netherlands | 2001 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Pakistan Academy of Neurological Surgery, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Mississippi State Medical Association, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Mississippi Neurosurgical Society, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Society for Neuro-Oncology, Member | 2015 - Present |
| AANS/CNS Section on Tumors, Member | 2015 - Present |
| North American Skullbase Society, Member | 2015 - 2016 |
| American College of Surgeons, Member | 2008 - 2007 |
| Society for Neuroscience, Member | 2005 - 2007 |
| Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, Member | 2005 - 2007 |
| American Society for Investigative Pathology, Member | 2005 - 2007 |
| American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Fellow | |
| Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Fellow |
Committee Service
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-FACULTY APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS AND TENURE, Member | 2023 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2020 - Present |
| Access to Critical Care and Emergency Support Services (ACCESS) Telemedicine Program, Task Force Member | 2016 - 2019 |
| Surgical Site Infection Committee, Task Force Member | 2016 - 2018 |
| University of New Mexico, Physician Advisory Group, Member | 2016 - 2018 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Steering Committee Member | 2015 - 2019 |
Community Service
| Neurosurgeons for Humanity, Founding member | 12/2023 - Present |
| Brain Mapping, Mississippi Business Journal interview | 08/2022 - Present |
| Awake brain surgery, Daily Journal Newspaper interview | 01/2021 - Present |
| New Mexico Medical Review Commission, Ad hoc expert witness | 2020 - Present |
| Advances in Neurosurgery, KOB4 News TV Interview | 06/2017 - Present |
| Advances in Neurosurgery, KOB4-Eyewitness News TV interview | 04/2017 - Present |
Other Service
| Syndicate of Pakistani International Neurosurgeons Workshop (Neurosurgical Oncology) | 04/2024 - 04/2024 |
| Neuro-Oncology Webinar Series | 05/2021 - Present |
| Clinical Neuroscience Grand rounds (Neuro-Oncology) | 2015 - 07/2020 |
| Biomed Central Neurology-Neuro-Oncology section | 2015 - 12/2020 |
| Journal of Alzheimer Disease | 2008 - 12/2010 |
| Journal of Alzheimer Disease | 2006 - 12/2008 |
| Journal of Neuro-Oncology | |
| Journal of Neurotrauma | |
| Aging | |
| Pituitary | |
| Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | |
| Acta Neuropathologica (Berlin) | |
| Neurobiology of Aging | |
| Clinical and Experimental Metastasis | |
| World Neurosurgery | |
| Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, The Neurological System & Human Behavior | Annual 2025 |
| Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Gamma Knife Icon Stereotactic Radiosurgery Workshop | Annual 2022 |
| Lab, Lab Presenter, Neurosurgery Cadaver Lab training | Annual 2021 |
| Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Gamma Knife Icon Stereotactic Radiosurgery Workshop | Annual 2020 |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Research, Neural Network Predictors of outcomes in survivors of penetrating traumatic brain injury Advised: Tiwaniya Tyler | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Research, A Zebrafish Model to Investigate the Invasiveness of Cancer Stem Cells from the Sub-ventricular Zone of Glioblastoma Patients Advised: Royce Swayze | 2024 - Present |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Dissecting Intra-tumor Heterogeneity in the Glioblastoma Microenvironment Using Fluorescence-Guided Multiple Sampling Advised: Michael Ziemke | 2022 - 2023 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Facilitating Wound Healing After Surgical Decompression for Metastatic Spine Disease Advised: Somtochukwu Ngwudike | 2021 - 2022 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Facilitating Wound Healing After Surgical Decompression for Metastatic Spine Disease Advised: Martin McCandles | 2021 - 2022 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Zoya Veronovich | 2019 - 2020 |
| Supervised Research, Imaging correlates of Cognitive dysfunction in patients with Brain Tumors Advised: Christopher Wertz | 2019 - Present |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Laila Mohammad | 2018 - 2020 |
Residency Training
| UMMC Neurosurgery, Training Faculty | 2020 - Present |
| University of New Mexico Neurosurgery, Training Faculty | 2015 - 08/2020 |