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Publications

Publications, 2023-2024

Abstracts by residents, 2023-2024:

Srikanth Adidam Venkata, MBBS

Safety and Outcomes of Eptifibatide in Patients with Ischemic Stroke. Adidam Venkata S, Flusty B, Wallace E, et al. Stroke. Poster presentation at Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. 2023.

Hearing Loss after Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Adidam Venkata S., Yang H., Clervius H., Jagroo J., Hakobyan N., Tahir S., Jadidi M., Mitelman I., Gibadullin B., Sunik, A., & Lerner, D.P. Poster presentation at OBH Research Day. Brooklyn, NY. 2023.

Huan Yang MD

Hearing Loss after Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Adidam Venkata S., Yang H., Clervius H., Jagroo J., Hakobyan N., Tahir S., Jadidi M., Mitelman I., Gibadullin B., Sunik, A., & Lerner, D.P. Poster presentation at OBH Research Day. Brooklyn, NY. 2023.

Helene Clervius MD

Hearing Loss after Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Adidam Venkata S., Yang H., Clervius H., Jagroo J., Hakobyan N., Tahir S., Jadidi M., Mitelman I., Gibadullin B., Sunik, A., & Lerner, D.P. Poster presentation at OBH Brookdale Research Day. Brooklyn, NY. 2023.

Mohammad Jadidi MD

Hearing Loss after Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Adidam Venkata S., Yang H., Clervius H., Jagroo J., Hakobyan N., Tahir S., Jadidi M., Mitelman I., Gibadullin B., Sunik, A., & Lerner, D.P. Poster presentation at OBH Brookdale Research Day. Brooklyn, NY. 2023.

Iryna Mitelman MD

Hearing Loss after Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Adidam Venkata S., Yang H., Clervius H., Jagroo J., Hakobyan N., Tahir S., Jadidi M., Mitelman I., Gibadullin B., Sunik, A., & Lerner, D.P. Poster presentation at OBH Brookdale Research Day. Brooklyn, NY. 2023.

Shadi Ghourchian, MD:

Novel neuropathological phenotyping as a personalized medicine approach in Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias.Oluwaseun Ogunbona, Shadi Ghourchian, Jaclyn Lilek, Callen Spencer, Kaouther Ajroud, Angelique Gonzalez, Cole Corbett, Margaret Flanagan. Poster presentation at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 13 th Annual Report, March 23-28, 2024, Baltimore, MD

VPS35-based therapeutic target efficacy in subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease dementia based on neuropathological profiles.Ghourchian Shadi, Ogunbona O., Lilek J., Spencer C., Ajroud K., Flanagan M.E. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease Meeting AD/PD 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

The Prevalence of Gustatory Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis Versus Neuromyelitis Optica.

David P Lerner, Masoud Etemadifar, Shadi Ghourchian, Ahmadreza Jannesari c, Hosein Nouri , Mehri Salari , Farzaneh Montazeri. Poster presentation at American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2024, Denver, CO

Astrocytic Tau Alterations Associated with Increasing Vascular Pathology in Dementia Margaret Flanagan, Murali Sargurupremraj, Kaouther Ajroud, Shadi Ghourchian, Callen Spencer, Thomas Montine, Syed Bukhari, Claudia Kawas, Maria Corrada, Erika Pladies,Liu Liu Pan, Jessica Tranovich, Ross Reichard, Hui Zhang, Qinwen Mao, Michelle Mielke,Ronald Petersen, Dennis Dickson, Melissa Murray, Emily Rogalski, Marek Mesulam, Tamar Gefen, Sudha Seshadri, Lon White, Xueyan Liu. Oral presentation at AD/PD 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

Full-length peer-reviewed publications by residents, 2023-2024:

Srikanth Adidam Venkata, MBBS

Adidam Venkata S, Hakobyan N, Yadav R, Pokhrel A, Jamal F, Oudit O, Boris A, Kay A. Cureus. 2023 Aug 13;15(8):e43429. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43429. eCollection 2023 Aug.PMID: 37706116

Adidam Venkata S, Hakobyan N, Yang H, Sunik A, Khaneja A. Cureus. 2023 Sep 14;15(9):e45207. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45207. eCollection 2023 Sep.PMID: 37842380

Helene Clervius, MD:

Xuantao Li, Recai Yucel, Helene Clervius, Kundun Kamalakar, Henrik Zetteberg, Kaj Blennow, Jinbing Zhang, Adaora Adimora, Lauren F Collins, Margaret Fischl, Seble Kassaye, Pauline Maki, Eric Seaberg, Anjali Sharma, David Vance, Deborah R Gustafson JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2;7(1):e2353563. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.53563.PMID: 38019518

Shadi Ghourchian, MD:

Shadi Ghourchian, Ann L Gruber-Baldini, Sunita Shakya, Stephen G Reich, Rainer von Coelln, Joseph M Savitt, Lisa M Shulman. J Relig Health. 2023 Dec;62;(6):4177-4191. doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01817-4. ePub 2023 Apr.PMID: 37099054

Huan Yang, MD:

Adidam Venkata S, Hakobyan N, Yang H, Sunik A, Khaneja A. Cureus. 2023 Sep 14;15(9):e45207. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45207. eCollection 2023 Sep.PMID: 37842380

FACULTY SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY, 2023-2024:

Lisa R. Merlin, MD (PD):

SUNY Downstate course leadership: Downstate Course Director, Unit 6 and Neurology Clerkship; Director and Founder, the CNS Pathway

National service: Mentor in the American Academy of Neurology Director Mentorship Leadership Program; Member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation in Education Committee; Member of the American Neurological Association Membership Committee; Councilor of the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN, elected position, 2023-2026); Organizer of the AUPN Program Director’s Workshop and the AUPN Chair and PD Forum (September 2024); Member of SUNY Distinguished Academy

Publications, 2023-2024 (all abstracts):

Onoichenco A, Dhallu T, Kabariti S, Harter D, Pillai C, Snyman C, Merlin L, Gustafson D. Sociodemographic factors, neuropsychiatric symptoms, removal, and recovery in colloid cyst patients. XXVI World Congress of Neurology annual meeting, October 2023.

Kelani H, Kay A, Lerner DP, Merlin LR. Oral vs. intraventricular nimodipine in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. OBH 9 th Annual Research Day, November 2023.

Naeem A, Kelani H, Bakr AD, Eltaras MM, Lerner DP, Kay A, Greene-Chandos D, Merlin LR. Alteplase vs. antiplatelets in minor ischemic stroke (NIHSS < 5): a network meta- analysis. AAN abstract, April 2024 (Denver, CO).

Kelani H, Ibrahim N, Ibrahem ES, Al-Shafey NA, Naga FMF, Kay A, Lerner DP, Naeem A, Greene-
Chandos D, Merlin LR. Intraventricular nimodipine vs. oral nimodipine in aneurysmal sybarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AAN abstract, April 2024 (Denver, CO).

Abd Lezaim A, Kelani H, Desai M, Hatcher L, Wagrees W, Knauf M, Lerner DP, Kay A, Merlin LR,
Greene-Chandos D. Inflammatory bowel disease: a risk factor for premature atherosclerosis of internal carotid arteries and ischemic strokes. AAN abstract, April 2024 (Denver, CO).

David P. Lerner, MD (APD):

Full-length Publications, 2023-2024:

Ariza Hutchinson V, Shnawa A, Lerner DP, Wener K, Cervantes-Arslanian A, Burns JD.Neurohospitalist. 2023 Oct;13(4):403-405. doi: 10.1177/19418744231175564. Epub 2023 May 10.PMID: 37701263

Abstracts, 2023-2024:

Kelani H, Ibrahim N, Shawky I et al. Intraventricular Nimodipine vs Oral Nimodipine in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. 2024. (Poster)

Naeem A, Kelani H, Bakr A, et al. Alteplase vs Antiplatelet in Minor Ischemic Stroke (NIHSS =5): A Network Meta-analysis. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. 2024. (Poster)

Abd Elazim A, Kelani H, Desai M et al. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Risk Factor for Premature Atherosclerosis of Interal Carotid Arteries and Ischemic Strokes. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. 2024. (Poster)

Venkata SA, Flusty B, Wallace, et al. Safety and Outcomes of Eptifibatide in Patients with Ischemic Stroke. Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. 2023. (Poster)

Arthur D. Kay, MD (APD):

Full-length Publications, 2023-2024:

Venkata SA, Hakobyan N, Yadav R, Pokhrel A, Jamal F, Oudit O, Boris A, Kay A.Cureus. 2023 Aug 13;15(8):e43429. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43429. eCollection 2023 Aug.PMID: 37706116

Ambooj Tiwari, MD:

Full-length Publications, 2023-2024:

Al-Mufti F, Khandelwal P, Sursal T, Cooper JB, Feldstein E, Amuluru K, Moré JM, Tiwari A, Singla A, Dmytriw AA, Piano M, Quilici L, Pero G, Renieri L, Limbucci N, Martínez-Galdámez M, Schüller-Arteaga M, Galván J, Arenillas-Lara JF, Hashim Z, Nayak S, Desousa K, Sun H, Agarwalla PK, Sudipta Roychowdhury J, Nourollahzadeh E, Prakash T, Xavier AR, Diego Lozano J, Gupta G, Yavagal DR, Elghanem M, Gandhi CD, Mayer SA. Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Aug;29(4):386-392. doi: 10.1177/15910199221093896. Epub 2022 Apr 11.PMID: 35404161

Artem Sunik, MD:

Full-length Publications, 2023-2024:

Adidam Venkata S, Hakobyan N, Yang H, Sunik A, Khaneja A.Cureus. 2023 Sep 14;15(9):e45207. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45207. eCollection 2023 Sep.PMID: 37842380

Amit Khaneja, MD:

Full-length Publications, 2023-2024:

Adidam Venkata S, Hakobyan N, Yang H, Sunik A, Khaneja A. Cureus. 2023 Sep 14;15(9):e45207. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45207. eCollection 2023 Sep.PMID: 37842380