Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Duke University 2000
  • B.S., Duke University 1996
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2019 - 2022
  • Associate Professor in Head & Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2020 - 2022
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2017 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2008 - 2017
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Radiology, Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Radiology 2006 - 2008
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2007 - 2008
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 23, 2017

    After Skull Base Tumor, Dancer/Model Heads to Law School

  • JAN 20, 2015

    Endoscopic Surgery Remove Pituitary, Restores Teenager's Vision
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • The role of blink reflex in predicting facial nerve outcomes following vestibular schwannoma resection 2023 - 2025
  • Apollo Onyx Delivery Micro Catheter 2015 - 2020
  • Gene Replacement to Activate Spinal Axon Regeneration awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2005
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Charalambous, Lefko T., Syed M. Adil, Shashank Rajkumar, Robert Gramer, Elayna Kirsch, Beiyu Liu, Ali Zomorodi, Mark McClellan, and Shivanand P. Lad. “A Nationwide Analysis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Mortality, Complications, and Health Economics in the USA.” Transl Stroke Res, July 26, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-022-01065-w.
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    • Kinoshita, Yusuke, Ali R. Zomorodi, Allan H. Friedman, Hikari Sato, James H. Carter, Udom Bawornvaraporn, Hirohiko Nakamura, and Takanori Fukushima. “Retrolabyrinthine transsigmoid approach to complex parabrainstem tumors in the posterior fossa.” J Neurosurg 136, no. 4 (April 1, 2022): 1097–1102. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.5.JNS204130.
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    • Kent, Collin L., Yvonne M. Mowery, Olayode Babatunde, Ato O. Wright, Ian Barak, Frances McSherry, James E. Herndon, et al. “Long-Term Outcomes for Patients With Atypical or Malignant Meningiomas Treated With or Without Radiation Therapy: A 25-Year Retrospective Analysis of a Single-Institution Experience.” Adv Radiat Oncol 7, no. 3 (2022): 100878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100878.
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    • Lazutkin, A., R. A. Hachem, P. J. Codd, A. R. Zomorodi, and D. W. Jang. “Use of Tympanostomy T-Tube for Endoscopic Endonasal Marsupialization of Small Rathke's Cleft Cysts: A Case Series.” Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1755572.
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    • Mastronardi, Luciano, Alberto Campione, Fabio Boccacci, Carlo Giacobbo Scavo, Ettore Carpineta, Guglielmo Cacciotti, Raffaelino Roperto, Albert Sufianov, and Ali Zomorodi. “Koos grade IV vestibular schwannomas: considerations on a consecutive series of 60 cases-searching for the balance between preservation of function and maximal tumor removal.” Neurosurg Rev 44, no. 6 (December 2021): 3349–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-021-01501-9.
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    • Bawornvaraporn, Udom, Ali R. Zomorodi, Allan H. Friedman, and Takanori Fukushima. “Neurosurgical management of petrous bone lesions: classification system and selection of surgical approaches.” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 163, no. 10 (October 2021): 2895–2907. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04934-9.
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    • Bawornvaraporn, Udom, Ali R. Zomorodi, Allan H. Friedman, and Takanori Fukushima. “Petrous bone lesions: surgical implementation and outcomes of extradural subtemporal approach.” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 163, no. 10 (October 2021): 2881–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04962-5.
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    • Meyers, Philip M., Johanna T. Fifi, Kevin M. Cockroft, Timothy R. Miller, Curtis A. Given, Ali R. Zomorodi, Bharathi D. Jagadeesan, et al. “Safety of the APOLLO Onyx delivery microcatheter for embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations: results from a prospective post-market study.” J Neurointerv Surg 13, no. 10 (October 2021): 935–41. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016830.
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    • Bawornvaraporn, Udom, Ali R. Zomorodi, Allan H. Friedman, and Takanori Fukushima. “How I do it: total resection of a giant sphenoclinoidal meningioma with normalization of near blind vision.” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 163, no. 9 (September 2021): 2447–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04891-3.
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    • Issa, Khalil, Blaine D. Smith, Samantha J. Kaplan, John Madden, David W. Jang, Ali Zomorodi, David Brizel, and Ralph Abi Hachem. “A systematic review on sinonasal mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma.” Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 11, no. 9 (September 2021): 1391–94. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.22811.
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    • Mehta, Vikram A., Charis A. Spears, Jihad Abdelgadir, Timothy Y. Wang, Eric W. Sankey, Andrew Griffin, C Rory Goodwin, and Ali Zomorodi. “Management of unruptured incidentally found intracranial saccular aneurysms.” Neurosurg Rev 44, no. 4 (August 2021): 1933–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-020-01407-y.
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    • Watanabe, Kentaro, Thibault Passeri, Shunya Hanakita, Lorenzo Giammattei, Ali R. Zomorodi, Arianna Fava, Rosaria Abbritti, et al. “Extradural anterior temporal fossa approach to the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavities through the anterolateral and anteromedial triangles: Combined microscopic and endoscopic strategy.” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 163, no. 8 (August 2021): 2165–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04850-y.
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    • Griffin, Andrew, Emily Lerner, Adam Zuchowski, Ali Zomorodi, L Fernando Gonzalez, and Erik F. Hauck. “Flow diversion of fusiform intracranial aneurysms.” Neurosurg Rev 44, no. 3 (June 2021): 1471–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-020-01332-0.
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    • Engel, C., A. L. Faulkner, D. W. Van Wyck, A. R. Zomorodi, N. K. K. King, R. A. Williamson Taylor, C. E. Hailey, et al. “Associations between Features of External Ventricular Drain Management, Disposition, and Shunt Dependence.” Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care 8, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1710410.
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    • Raikundalia, Milap D., Ryan J. Huang, Lyndon Chan, Tracy Truong, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, James Merchant, Ralph Abi Hachem, et al. “Olfactory-Specific Quality of Life Outcomes after Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery of the Sella.” Allergy Rhinol (Providence) 12 (2021): 21526567211045040. https://doi.org/10.1177/21526567211045041.
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    • Tanahashi, Kuniaki, Ali R. Zomorodi, and Takanori Fukushima. “STA-enhanced vascularized galeal flap for revascularization of moyamoya disease: technical report.” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 162, no. 8 (August 2020): 1841–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04441-3.
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    • Barac, Yaron D., Hazim Alwair, Walter F. DeNino, Kamrouz Ghadimi, Chetan B. Patel, Ali R. Zomorodi, Chandler Long, Jacob N. Schroder, Carmelo A. Milano, and Mani A. Daneshmand. “Percutaneous Intervention for Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Obstruction.” Heart Lung Circ 29, no. 3 (March 2020): e25–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.08.016.
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    • Choi, Kevin J., David W. Jang, Ali R. Zomorodi, Patrick J. Codd, Allan Friedman, and Ralph Abi Hachem. “Novel Application of Steroid Eluting Stent in Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma.” J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 80, no. 5 (October 2019): 500–504. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1675751.
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    • Griffin, Andrew, Vanessa Reese, Zeynep Hüseyinoglu, Donna Niedzwiecki, Lexie Yang, Andrew Cutler, L Fernando Gonzalez, Ali Zomorodi, Tony Smith, and Erik F. Hauck. “Predictors of Clinical Outcome After Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms with the Pipeline Embolization Device.” World Neurosurg 130 (October 2019): e666–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.185.
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    • Watanabe, Kentaro, Ali R. Zomorodi, Moujahed Labidi, Shunsuke Satoh, Sébastien Froelich, and Takanori Fukushima. “Visualization of Dark Side of Skull Base with Surgical Navigation and Endoscopic Assistance: Extended Petrous Rhomboid and Rhomboid with Maxillary Nerve-Mandibular Nerve Vidian Corridor.” World Neurosurg 129 (September 2019): e134–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.062.
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    • Choi, Kevin J., Feras Y. Ackall, Tracy Truong, Tracy Z. Cheng, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Ali R. Zomorodi, Patrick J. Codd, Peter E. Fecci, Ralph Abi Hachem, and David W. Jang. “Sinonasal Quality of Life Outcomes After Extended Endonasal Approaches to the Skull Base.” J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 80, no. 4 (August 2019): 416–23. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1675592.
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    • Corley, Jacquelyn A., Ali Zomorodi, and L Fernando Gonzalez. “Treatment of Dissecting Distal Vertebral Artery (V4) Aneurysms With Flow Diverters.” Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 15, no. 1 (July 1, 2018): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/ons/opx180.
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    • Cobb, Mary In-Ping Huang, Avra S. Laarakker, L Fernando Gonzalez, Tony P. Smith, Erik F. Hauck, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Endovascular Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Children.” Stroke 48, no. 7 (July 2017): 2026–30. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.016887.
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    • Zomorodi, Ali, and Takanori Fukushima. “Two surgeons four-hand microneurosurgery with universal holder system: technical note.” Neurosurg Rev 40, no. 3 (July 2017): 523–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-017-0820-5.
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    • Cobb, Mary In-Ping Huang, Tony P. Smith, Patrick A. Brown, L Fernando Gonzalez, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Carotid Endarterectomy to Remove Retained Solitaire Stent Retriever inside Carotid Stent after Mechanical Thrombectomy.” J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 26, no. 5 (May 2017): e90–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.02.015.
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    • Cobb, Mary In-Ping Huang, Ali R. Zomorodi, Erik F. Hauck, Tony P. Smith, and L. Fernando Gonzalez. “Optimal pediatric dosing of anti-platelet agents for pipeline stent embolization -a case report and review of the literature.” Childs Nerv Syst 33, no. 4 (April 2017): 685–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3311-z.
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    • Watanabe, Kentaro, Mary In-Ping Huang Cobb, Ali R. Zomorodi, Calhoun D. Cunningham, Yoichi Nonaka, Shunsuke Satoh, Allan H. Friedman, and Takanori Fukushima. “Rare Lesions of the Internal Auditory Canal.” World Neurosurg 99 (March 2017): 200–209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2016.12.003.
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    • Berger, Miles, Vikram Ponnusamy, Nathaniel Greene, Mary Cooter, Jacob W. Nadler, Allan Friedman, David L. McDonagh, et al. “The Effect of Propofol vs. Isoflurane Anesthesia on Postoperative Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Levels: Results from a Randomized Trial.” Front Immunol 8 (2017): 1528. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01528.
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    • Brown, Patrick A., Ali R. Zomorodi, and L Fernando Gonzalez. “Endovascular management of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas.” Handb Clin Neurol 143 (2017): 199–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63640-9.00019-9.
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    • Watanabe, Kentaro, R Shane Tubbs, Shunsuke Satoh, Ali R. Zomorodi, Wolfgang Liedtke, Moujahed Labidi, Allan H. Friedman, and Takanori Fukushima. “Isolated Deep Ear Canal Pain: Possible Role of Auricular Branch of Vagus Nerve-Case Illustrations with Cadaveric Correlation.” World Neurosurg 96 (December 2016): 293–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.102.
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    • Rahimpour, Shervin, Allan H. Friedman, Takanori Fukushima, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannomas: complication avoidance.” J Neurooncol 130, no. 2 (November 2016): 367–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-016-2260-4.
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    • Cobb, Mary In-Ping Huang, Jeffrey M. Taekman, Ali R. Zomorodi, L Fernando Gonzalez, and Dennis A. Turner. “Simulation in Neurosurgery-A Brief Review and Commentary.” World Neurosurg 89 (May 2016): 583–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.068.
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    • Berger, Miles, Jacob W. Nadler, Allan Friedman, David L. McDonagh, Ellen R. Bennett, Mary Cooter, Wenjing Qi, et al. “The Effect of Propofol Versus Isoflurane Anesthesia on Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers of Alzheimer's Disease: Results of a Randomized Trial.” J Alzheimers Dis 52, no. 4 (April 15, 2016): 1299–1310. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-151190.
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    • Nonaka, Yoichi, Takanori Fukushima, Kentaro Watanabe, Allan H. Friedman, Calhoun D. Cunningham, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Surgical management of vestibular schwannomas after failed radiation treatment.” Neurosurg Rev 39, no. 2 (April 2016): 303–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-015-0690-7.
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    • Nonaka, Yoichi, Takanori Fukushima, Kentaro Watanabe, Jun Sakai, Allan H. Friedman, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Middle infratemporal fossa less invasive approach for radical resection of parapharyngeal tumors: surgical microanatomy and clinical application.” Neurosurg Rev 39, no. 1 (January 2016): 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-015-0655-x.
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    • Crowson, Matthew G., Calhoun D. Cunningham, Helen Moses, Ali R. Zomorodi, and David M. Kaylie. “Preoperative Lumbar Drain Use During Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Effect on CSF Leak Incidence.” Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 125, no. 1 (January 2016): 63–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489415597917.
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    • Manhas, Amitoz, Shahid M. Nimjee, Abhishek Agrawal, Jonathan Zhang, Orlando Diaz, Ali R. Zomorodi, Tony Smith, et al. “Comprehensive Overview of Contemporary Management Strategies for Cerebral Aneurysms.” World Neurosurg 84, no. 4 (October 2015): 1147–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2015.05.064.
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    • Cobb, Mary In-Ping Huang, Shahid Nimjee, L Fernando Gonzalez, David Woojin Jang, and Ali Zomorodi. “Direct Repair of Iatrogenic Internal Carotid Artery Injury During Endoscopic Endonasal Approach Surgery With Temporary Endovascular Balloon-Assisted Occlusion: Technical Case Report.” Neurosurgery 11 Suppl 3 (September 2015): E483–86. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000863.
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    • Nimjee, Shahid M., Tony P. Smith, Ronald J. Kanter, Warwick Ames, Kelly A. Machovec, Gerald A. Grant, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Rapid ventricular pacing for a basilar artery pseudoaneurysm in a pediatric patient: case report.” J Neurosurg Pediatr 15, no. 6 (June 2015): 625–29. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.11.PEDS14290.
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    • Williams, Jason A., Jennifer M. Hanna, Asad A. Shah, Nicholas D. Andersen, Marie T. McDonald, Yong-Hui Jiang, Stephanie Burns Wechsler, Ali Zomorodi, Richard L. McCann, and G Chad Hughes. “Adult surgical experience with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.” Ann Thorac Surg 99, no. 4 (April 2015): 1275–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.11.021.
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    • Feix, James A., C Andrew Peery, Tong J. Gan, David S. Warner, Michael L. James, Ali Zomorodi, and David L. McDonagh. “Intra-operative hydroxyethyl starch is not associated with post-craniotomy hemorrhage.” Springerplus 4 (2015): 350. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1126-0.
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    • Mihlon, Frank, Abishek Agrawal, Shahid M. Nimjee, Andrew Ferrell, Ali R. Zomorodi, Tony P. Smith, and Gavin W. Britz. “Enhanced, rapid occlusion of carotid and vertebral arteries using the AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II device: the Duke Cerebrovascular Center experience in 8 patients with 22 AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II devices.” World Neurosurg 83, no. 1 (January 2015): 62–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2013.07.084.
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    • Babu, Ranjith, Steven Thomas, Matthew A. Hazzard, Allan H. Friedman, John H. Sampson, Cory Adamson, Ali R. Zomorodi, et al. “Worse outcomes for patients undergoing brain tumor and cerebrovascular procedures following the ACGME resident duty-hour restrictions.” J Neurosurg 121, no. 2 (August 2014): 262–76. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.5.JNS1314.
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    • Agarwal, Vijay, Ali Zomorodi, Cameron Mcdougal, Ranjith Babu, Adam Back, and L Fernando Gonzalez. “Transcirculation balloon-assisted stent-supported coil embolization of a basilar tip aneurysm.” Neurosurg Focus 37, no. 1 Suppl (July 2014): 1. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.V2.FOCUS14182.
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    • Agarwal, Vijay, Ali Zomorodi, Pascal Jabbour, Nohra Chalouhi, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Ranjith Babu, Adam Back, and L Fernando Gonzalez. “Endovascular treatment of a spinal dural arteriovenous malformation (DAVF).” Neurosurg Focus 37, no. 1 Suppl (July 2014): 1. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.V2.FOCUS14180.
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    • Khan, Shariq A., David L. McDonagh, Owoicho Adogwa, Sankalp Gokhale, Ulysses N. Toche, Terence Verla, Ali R. Zomorodi, and Gavin W. Britz. “Perioperative cardiac complications and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing intracranial aneurysmal surgery with adenosine-induced flow arrest: a retrospective comparative study.” Neurosurgery 74, no. 3 (March 2014): 267–71. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000258.
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    • Williamson, Rachel A., Barbara G. Phillips-Bute, David L. McDonagh, Marisa C. Gray, Ali R. Zomorodi, Daiwai M. Olson, Gavin W. Britz, Daniel T. Laskowitz, and Michael L. James. “Predictors of extraventricular drain-associated bacterial ventriculitis.” J Crit Care 29, no. 1 (February 2014): 77–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.08.012.
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    • Babu, Ranjith, Ali R. Zomorodi, and Shivanand P. Lad. “In reply.” Neurosurgery 74, no. 1 (January 2014): E146–47. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000154.
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    • Khan, S. A., D. L. McDonagh, O. Adogwa, S. Gokhale, U. N. Toche, T. Verla, A. R. Zomorodi, and G. W. Britz. “Perioperative cardiac complications and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing intracranial aneurysmal surgery with adenosine-induced flow arrest: A retrospective comparative study.” Neurosurgery 74, no. 3 (2014): 267–71.
    • Khan, Shariq A., Owoicho Adogwa, Tong J. Gan, Ulysses T. Null, Terence Verla, Sankalp Gokhale, William D. White, et al. “Effect of 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 in 0.9% sodium chloride (Voluven®) on complications after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective analysis.” Springerplus 2, no. 1 (December 2013): 314. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-314.
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    • Nonaka, Yoichi, Takanori Fukushima, Kentaro Watanabe, Allan H. Friedman, John T. McElveen, Calhoun D. Cunningham, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Less invasive transjugular approach with Fallopian bridge technique for facial nerve protection and hearing preservation in surgery of glomus jugulare tumors.” Neurosurg Rev 36, no. 4 (October 2013): 579–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-013-0482-x.
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    • Olson, DaiWai M., Meg Zomorodi, Gavin W. Britz, Ali R. Zomorodi, Anthony Amato, and Carmelo Graffagnino. “Continuous cerebral spinal fluid drainage associated with complications in patients admitted with subarachnoid hemorrhage.” J Neurosurg 119, no. 4 (October 2013): 974–80. https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.6.JNS122403.
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    • Khan, S. A., S. M. Nimjee, N. N. Guinn, A. R. Zomorodi, A. M. Lam, G. W. Britz, and D. L. McDonagh. “The Use of Adenosine in Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping: A Review.” Current Anesthesiology Reports 3, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 210–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40140-013-0018-5.
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    • Nonaka, Yoichi, Takanori Fukushima, Kentaro Watanabe, Allan H. Friedman, John H. Sampson, John T. Mcelveen, Calhoun D. Cunningham, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Contemporary surgical management of vestibular schwannomas: analysis of complications and lessons learned over the past decade.” Neurosurgery 72, no. 2 Suppl Operative (June 2013): ons103–15. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182752b05.
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    • Lad, Shivanand P., Ranjith Babu, Michael S. Rhee, Robbi L. Franklin, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Jonathan Hodes, Shahid M. Nimjee, et al. “Long-term economic impact of coiling vs clipping for unruptured intracranial aneurysms.” Neurosurgery 72, no. 6 (June 2013): 1000–1011. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000429284.91142.56.
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    • Waldau, Ben, Ali R. Zomorodi, and Gavin W. Britz. “Transient complete lower facial nerve palsy after craniotomy for aneurysm clipping.” Br J Neurosurg 27, no. 2 (April 2013): 241–42. https://doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2012.717985.
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    • Zomorodi, Ali, James E. Herndon, and John H. Sampson. “Subarachnoid hemorrhage trials.” J Neurosurg 118, no. 1 (January 2013): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.3171/2012.5.JNS12730.
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    • Ferrell, Andrew Stephen, Kiarash Golshani, Ali Zomorodi, Tony P. Smith, and Gavin W. Britz. “Improved delivery of the Neuroform 3 stent: technical note.” J Neurointerv Surg 4, no. 4 (July 2012): 287–90. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010008.
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    • Golshani, Kiarash, Andrew Ferrel, Mark Lessne, Pratish Shah, Abhineet Chowdhary, Armen Choulakian, Michael J. Alexander, et al. “Stent-assisted coil emboilization of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: A retrospective multicenter review.” Surg Neurol Int 3 (2012): 84. https://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.99174.
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    • Ferrell, Andrew S., Mark L. Lessne, Michael J. Alexander, Pratish Shah, Kiarash Golshani, Ali Zomorodi, Tony P. Smith, and Gavin W. Britz. “Visual complications after stent-assisted endovascular embolization of paraophthalmic and suprasellar variant superior hypophyseal aneurysms: the Duke Cerebrovascular Center experience in 57 patients.” World Neurosurg 78, no. 3–4 (2012): 289–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2011.12.003.
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    • Hughes, Betsy D., Ciaran J. Powers, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Clipping of a cerebral aneurysm in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: case report.” Neurosurgery 69, no. 3 (September 2011): E746–55. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821964a3.
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    • Lessne, Mark L., Pratish Shah, Michael J. Alexander, Huiman X. Barnhart, Ciaran J. Powers, Kiarash Golshani, Andrew Ferrell, et al. “Thromboembolic complications after Neuroform stent-assisted treatment of cerebral aneurysms: the Duke Cerebrovascular Center experience in 235 patients with 274 stents.” Neurosurgery 69, no. 2 (August 2011): 369–75. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0b013e31821bc49c.
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    • Haglund, Michael M., Joel Kiryabwire, Stephen Parker, Ali Zomorodi, David MacLeod, Rebecca Schroeder, Michael Muhumuza, and Michael Merson. “Surgical capacity building in Uganda through twinning, technology, and training camps.” World J Surg 35, no. 6 (June 2011): 1175–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1080-0.
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    • Harreld, J. H., and A. R. Zomorodi. “Embolization of an unruptured distal lenticulostriate aneurysm associated with moyamoya disease.” Ajnr Am J Neuroradiol 32, no. 3 (March 2011): E42–43. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1993.
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    • Nimjee, Shahid M., Ciaran J. Powers, Bradley J. Kolls, Tony Smith, Gavin W. Britz, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Endovascular treatment of venous sinus thrombosis: a case report and review of the literature.” J Neurointerv Surg 3, no. 1 (March 2011): 30–33. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis.2010.002469.
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    • Kim, G. S., A. Amato, M. L. James, G. W. Britz, A. Zomorodi, C. Graffagnino, M. Zomorodi, and DaiWai M. Olson. “Continuous and intermittent CSF diversion after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a pilot study.” Neurocrit Care 14, no. 1 (February 2011): 68–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-010-9401-y.
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    • Guinn, Nicole R., David L. McDonagh, Cecil O. Borel, David R. Wright, Ali R. Zomorodi, Ciaran J. Powers, David S. Warner, Arthur M. Lam, and Gavin W. Britz. “Adenosine-induced transient asystole for intracranial aneurysm surgery: a retrospective review.” J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 23, no. 1 (January 2011): 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181ef2b11.
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    • Powers, Ciaran J., Ali R. Zomorodi, Gavin W. Britz, David S. Enterline, Michael J. Miller, and Tony P. Smith. “Endovascular management of inadvertent brachiocephalic arterial catheterization.” J Neurosurg 114, no. 1 (January 2011): 146–52. https://doi.org/10.3171/2009.10.JNS09940.
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    • Amato, Anthony, Gavin W. Britz, Michael L. James, Carmelo Graffagnino, Ali R. Zomorodi, Margaret E. Zomorodi, and DaiWai M. Olson. “An observational pilot study of CSF diversion in subarachnoid haemorrhage.” Nurs Crit Care 16, no. 5 (2011): 252–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00444.x.
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    • Powers, Ciaran J., David R. Wright, David L. McDonagh, Cecil O. Borel, Ali R. Zomorodi, and Gavin W. Britz. “Transient adenosine-induced asystole during the surgical treatment of anterior circulation cerebral aneurysms: technical note.” Neurosurgery 67, no. 2 Suppl Operative (December 2010): 461–70. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181f7ef46.
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    • Zomorodi, Ali, Ketan R. Bulsara, Allan H. Friedman, and Michael J. Alexander. “Combined microsurgical and endovascular treatment of a giant left middle cerebral artery aneurysm.” J Neurointerv Surg 2, no. 3 (September 2010): 213–16. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis.2009.001883.
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    • Chong, Gabriel T., Srinivasan Mukundan, John P. Kirkpatrick, Ali Zomorodi, John H. Sampson, and M Tariq Bhatti. “Stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of a dural carotid-cavernous fistula.” J Neuroophthalmol 30, no. 2 (June 2010): 138–44. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181ceb3e3.
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    • Bulsara, Ketan R., Ali Zomorodi, and James M. Provenzale. “Anatomic variant of the posterior cerebral artery.” Ajr Am J Roentgenol 188, no. 4 (April 2007): W395. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.06.0991.
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    • Little, Kenneth M., Ali R. Zomorodi, Lee A. Selznick, and Allan H. Friedman. “An eclectic history of peripheral nerve surgery.” Neurosurg Clin N Am 15, no. 2 (April 2004): 109–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nec.2003.12.002.
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    • Bulsara, Ketan R., Ali R. Zomorodi, David S. Enterline, and Timothy M. George. “The value of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of fatty filum terminale.” Neurosurgery 54, no. 2 (February 2004): 375–79. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000103451.63301.0b.
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    • Wellons, John C., Ali R. Zomorodi, Alan T. Villaviciencio, Christopher W. Woods, William T. Lawson, and James D. Eastwood. “Sacral tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature.” Surg Neurol 61, no. 2 (February 2004): 136–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0090-3019(03)00265-9.
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    • Bulsara, K. R., A. R. Zomorodi, A. T. Villavicencio, H. Fuchs, and T. M. George. “Clinical outcome differences for lipomyelomeningoceles, intraspinal lipomas, and lipomas of the filum terminale.” Neurosurg Rev 24, no. 4 (December 2001): 192–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s101430100177.
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    • Madison, R. D., A. Zomorodi, and G. A. Robinson. “Netrin-1 and peripheral nerve regeneration in the adult rat.” Exp Neurol 161, no. 2 (February 2000): 563–70. https://doi.org/10.1006/exnr.1999.7292.
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  • Book Sections

    • Fukushima, T., and A. Zomorodi. “Face-to-Face Two-Surgeons Four-Hands Microsurgery.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 117–20, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_13.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, A. Zomorodi, E. Di Scipio, A. Adornetti, and T. Fukushima. “Hearing Preservation.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 95–103, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_10.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, A. Zomorodi, E. Di Scipio, A. Adornetti, and T. Fukushima. “Intraoperative Identification 9 and Location of Facial Nerve: Type of Facial Nerve Displacement - How to Use Monopolar Stimulator.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 83–94, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_9.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, A. Zomorodi, R. Roperto, G. Cacciotti, and T. Fukushima. “Usefulness of Laser and Ultrasound Aspirator.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 105–11, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_11.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, G. Cacciotti, R. Roperto, C. G. Scavo, A. Zomorodi, and T. Fukushima. “Translabyrinthine Approach.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 53–67, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_6.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, G. Cacciotti, R. Roperto, C. G. Scavo, A. Zomorodi, and T. Fukushima. “Video Clips of the Surgical Steps.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 69–71, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_7.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, G. Cacciotti, R. Roperto, C. G. Scavo, A. Zomorodi, and T. Fukushima. “Retrosigmoid Approach.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 39–52, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_5.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, G. Cacciotti, R. Roperto, F. Crescenzi, A. Zomorodi, and T. Fukushima. “Patient Positioning.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 23–29, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_3.
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    • Mastronardi, L., A. Campione, G. Cacciotti, R. Roperto, F. Crescenzi, A. Zomorodi, and T. Fukushima. “Instrumentation for Acoustic Neuroma Microneurosurgery.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 31–37, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_4.
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    • Mastronardi, L., G. Cacciotti, A. Campione, A. Zomorodi, R. Roperto, and T. Fukushima. “Techniques of Dural Closure for Zero CSF Leak.” In Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery: Improving Results with New Technologies, 113–16, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1_12.
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    • Cobb, M. I. H., P. A. Brown, T. P. Smith, A. R. Zomorodi, and L. F. Gonzalez. “Vascular interventional neuro-angiography.” In Pediatric Vascular Neurosurgery: Principles and Practice of Neurovascular Disorders (Part 1), 111–23, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43636-4_8.
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    • Fukushima, T., G. Inoue, A. Zomorodi, A. König, M. Biegler, U. Spetzger, N. J. Hopf, R. Reisch, and P. Kurucz. “Vascular lesions of the skull base.” In Surgery of the Skull Base: Practical Diagnosis and Therapy, 243–300, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64018-1_6.
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    • Zomorodi, A., and R. D. Madison. “Advances in treatment of spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury.” In Modern Neurosurgery: Clinical Translation of Neuroscience Advances, 37–58, 2004.

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