Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Duke University 2000
  • B.S., Duke University 1996
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  Duke Appointment History

  • 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

  • Apollo awarded by Covidien Ltd. 2015 - 2019
  • 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

    • Corley, JA, Zomorodi, A, and Gonzalez, LF. "Treatment of Dissecting Distal Vertebral Artery (V4) Aneurysms With Flow Diverters." Operative Neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 15, no. 1 (July 2018): 1-9.  Full Text
    • Cobb, MI-PH, Laarakker, AS, Gonzalez, LF, Smith, TP, Hauck, EF, and Zomorodi, AR. "Endovascular Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Children." Stroke 48, no. 7 (July 2017): 2026-2030. (Review)  Full Text
    • Zomorodi, A, and Fukushima, T. "Two surgeons four-hand microneurosurgery with universal holder system: technical note." Neurosurgical Review 40, no. 3 (July 2017): 523-526.  Full Text
    • Cobb, MI-PH, Smith, TP, Brown, PA, Gonzalez, LF, and Zomorodi, AR. "Carotid Endarterectomy to Remove Retained Solitaire Stent Retriever inside Carotid Stent after Mechanical Thrombectomy." Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 26, no. 5 (May 2017): e90-e95.  Full Text
    • Cobb, MI-PH, Zomorodi, AR, Hauck, EF, Smith, TP, and Fernando Gonzalez, L. "Optimal pediatric dosing of anti-platelet agents for pipeline stent embolization -a case report and review of the literature." Child'S Nervous System : Chns : Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery 33, no. 4 (April 2017): 685-690. (Review)  Full Text
    • Watanabe, K, Cobb, MI-PH, Zomorodi, AR, Cunningham, CD, Nonaka, Y, Satoh, S, Friedman, AH, and Fukushima, T. "Rare Lesions of the Internal Auditory Canal." World neurosurgery 99 (March 2017): 200-209.  Full Text
    • Berger, M, Ponnusamy, V, Greene, N, Cooter, M, Nadler, JW, Friedman, A, McDonagh, DL, Laskowitz, DT, Newman, MF, Shaw, LM, Warner, DS, Mathew, JP, James, ML, and MAD-PIA Investigators, . "The Effect of Propofol vs. Isoflurane Anesthesia on Postoperative Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Levels: Results from a Randomized Trial." Frontiers in Immunology 8 (January 2017): 1528-null.  Full Text
    • Brown, PA, Zomorodi, AR, and Gonzalez, LF. "Endovascular management of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas." Handbook of clinical neurology 143 (January 2017): 199-213. (Review)  Full Text
    • Watanabe, K, Tubbs, RS, Satoh, S, Zomorodi, AR, Liedtke, W, Labidi, M, Friedman, AH, and Fukushima, T. "Isolated Deep Ear Canal Pain: Possible Role of Auricular Branch of Vagus Nerve-Case Illustrations with Cadaveric Correlation." World Neurosurgery 96 (December 2016): 293-301.  Full Text
    • Rahimpour, S, Friedman, AH, Fukushima, T, and Zomorodi, AR. "Microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannomas: complication avoidance." Journal of neuro-oncology 130, no. 2 (November 2016): 367-375. (Review)  Full Text
    • Cobb, MI-PH, Taekman, JM, Zomorodi, AR, Gonzalez, LF, and Turner, DA. "Simulation in Neurosurgery-A Brief Review and Commentary." World Neurosurgery 89 (May 2016): 583-586. (Review)  Full Text
    • Berger, M, Nadler, JW, Friedman, A, McDonagh, DL, Bennett, ER, Cooter, M, Qi, W, Laskowitz, DT, Ponnusamy, V, Newman, MF, Shaw, LM, Warner, DS, Mathew, JP, James, ML, and MAD-PIA trial team, . "The Effect of Propofol Versus Isoflurane Anesthesia on Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers of Alzheimer's Disease: Results of a Randomized Trial." Journal of Alzheimer'S Disease : Jad 52, no. 4 (April 2016): 1299-1310.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Nonaka, Y, Fukushima, T, Watanabe, K, Friedman, AH, Cunningham, CD, and Zomorodi, AR. "Surgical management of vestibular schwannomas after failed radiation treatment." Neurosurgical review 39, no. 2 (April 2016): 303-312.  Full Text
    • Crowson, MG, Cunningham, CD, Moses, H, Zomorodi, AR, and Kaylie, DM. "Preoperative Lumbar Drain Use During Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Effect on CSF Leak Incidence." The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology 125, no. 1 (January 2016): 63-68.  Full Text
    • Nonaka, Y, Fukushima, T, Watanabe, K, Sakai, J, Friedman, AH, and Zomorodi, AR. "Middle infratemporal fossa less invasive approach for radical resection of parapharyngeal tumors: surgical microanatomy and clinical application." Neurosurgical Review 39, no. 1 (January 2016): 87-96.  Full Text
    • Manhas, A, Nimjee, SM, Agrawal, A, Zhang, J, Diaz, O, Zomorodi, AR, Smith, T, Powers, CJ, Sauvageau, E, Klucznik, RP, Ferrell, A, Golshani, K, Stieg, PE, and Britz, GW. "Comprehensive Overview of Contemporary Management Strategies for Cerebral Aneurysms." World neurosurgery 84, no. 4 (October 2015): 1147-1160. (Review)  Full Text
    • Cobb, MI-PH, Nimjee, S, Gonzalez, LF, Jang, DW, and Zomorodi, A. "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-E486.  Full Text
    • Nimjee, SM, Smith, TP, Kanter, RJ, Ames, W, Machovec, KA, Grant, GA, and Zomorodi, AR. "Rapid ventricular pacing for a basilar artery pseudoaneurysm in a pediatric patient: case report." Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics 15, no. 6 (June 2015): 625-629.  Full Text
    • Williams, JA, Hanna, JM, Shah, AA, Andersen, ND, McDonald, MT, Jiang, Y-H, Wechsler, SB, Zomorodi, A, McCann, RL, and Hughes, GC. "Adult surgical experience with Loeys-Dietz syndrome." The Annals of thoracic surgery 99, no. 4 (April 2015): 1275-1281.  Full Text
    • Feix, JA, Peery, CA, Gan, TJ, Warner, DS, James, ML, Zomorodi, A, and McDonagh, DL. "Intra-operative hydroxyethyl starch is not associated with post-craniotomy hemorrhage." SpringerPlus 4 (January 2015): 350-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Manhas, A, Nimjee, SM, Agrawal, A, Zhang, J, Diaz, O, Zomorodi, AR, Smith, T, Powers, CJ, Sauvageau, E, Klucznik, RP, Ferrell, A, Golshani, K, Stieg, PE, and Britz, GW. "Comprehensive Overview of Contemporary Management Strategies for Cerebral Aneurysms." World Neurosurgery 84, no. 4 (2015): 1147-1160.  Full Text
    • Mihlon, F, Agrawal, A, Nimjee, SM, Ferrell, A, Zomorodi, AR, Smith, TP, and Britz, GW. "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 Neurosurgery 83, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 62-68. (Review)  Full Text
    • Mihlon, F, Agrawal, A, Nimjee, SM, Ferrell, A, Zomorodi, AR, Smith, TP, and Britz, GW. "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.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Williams, JA, Hanna, JM, Shah, AA, Andersen, ND, McDonald, MT, Jiang, YH, Wechsler, SB, Zomorodi, A, McCann, RL, and Hughes, GC. "Adult surgical experience with loeys-dietz syndrome." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 99, no. 4 (January 1, 2015): 1275-1281.  Full Text
    • Babu, R, Thomas, S, Hazzard, MA, Friedman, AH, Sampson, JH, Adamson, C, Zomorodi, AR, Haglund, MM, Patil, CG, Boakye, M, and Lad, SP. "Worse outcomes for patients undergoing brain tumor and cerebrovascular procedures following the ACGME resident duty-hour restrictions." Journal of Neurosurgery 121, no. 2 (August 2014): 262-276.  Full Text
    • Agarwal, V, Zomorodi, A, Jabbour, P, Chalouhi, N, Tjoumakaris, S, Babu, R, Back, A, and Gonzalez, LF. "Endovascular treatment of a spinal dural arteriovenous malformation (DAVF)." Neurosurgical Focus 37, no. 1 Suppl (July 2014): 1-null.  Full Text
    • Agarwal, V, Zomorodi, A, Mcdougal, C, Babu, R, Back, A, and Gonzalez, LF. "Transcirculation balloon-assisted stent-supported coil embolization of a basilar tip aneurysm." Neurosurg Focus 37, no. 1 Suppl (July 2014): 1-null.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Khan, SA, McDonagh, DL, Adogwa, O, Gokhale, S, Toche, UN, Verla, T, Zomorodi, AR, and Britz, GW. "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): 267-271.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Khan, SA, McDonagh, DL, Adogwa, O, Gokhale, S, Toche, UN, Verla, T, Zomorodi, AR, and Britz, GW. "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 1, 2014): 267-271.  Full Text
    • Williamson, RA, Phillips-Bute, BG, McDonagh, DL, Gray, MC, Zomorodi, AR, Olson, DM, Britz, GW, Laskowitz, DT, and James, ML. "Predictors of extraventricular drain-associated bacterial ventriculitis." Journal of Critical Care 29, no. 1 (February 2014): 77-82.  Full Text
    • Williamson, RA, Phillips-Bute, BG, McDonagh, DL, Gray, MC, Zomorodi, AR, Olson, DWM, Britz, GW, Laskowitz, DT, and James, ML. "Predictors of extraventricular drain-associated bacterial ventriculitis." Journal of Critical Care 29, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 77-82.  Full Text
    • Babu, R, Zomorodi, AR, and Lad, SP. "In reply." Neurosurgery 74, no. 1 (January 2014): E146-E147. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Khan, SA, McDonagh, DL, Adogwa, O, Gokhale, S, Toche, UN, Verla, T, Zomorodi, AR, and Britz, GW. "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): 267-271.
    • Khan, SA, Adogwa, O, Gan, TJ, Null, UT, Verla, T, Gokhale, S, White, WD, Britz, GW, Zomorodi, AR, James, ML, and McDonagh, DL. "Effect of 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 in 0.9% sodium chloride (Voluven®) on complications after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective analysis. (Published online)" Springerplus 2, no. 1 (December 2013): 314-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Nonaka, Y, Fukushima, T, Watanabe, K, Friedman, AH, McElveen, JT, Cunningham, CD, and Zomorodi, AR. "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): 579-586.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Olson, DM, Zomorodi, M, Britz, GW, Zomorodi, AR, Amato, A, and Graffagnino, C. "Continuous cerebral spinal fluid drainage associated with complications in patients admitted with subarachnoid hemorrhage." J Neurosurg 119, no. 4 (October 2013): 974-980.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lad, SP, Babu, R, Rhee, MS, Franklin, RL, Ugiliweneza, B, Hodes, J, Nimjee, SM, Zomorodi, AR, Smith, TP, Friedman, AH, Patil, CG, and Boakye, M. "Long-term economic impact of coiling vs clipping for unruptured intracranial aneurysms." Neurosurgery 72, no. 6 (June 2013): 1000-1011.  Full Text
    • Nonaka, Y, Fukushima, T, Watanabe, K, Friedman, AH, Sampson, JH, Mcelveen, JT, Cunningham, CD, and Zomorodi, AR. "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-ons115.  Full Text
    • Waldau, B, Zomorodi, AR, and Britz, GW. "Transient complete lower facial nerve palsy after craniotomy for aneurysm clipping." Br J Neurosurg 27, no. 2 (April 2013): 241-242.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lad, SP, Babu, R, Rhee, MS, Franklin, RL, Ugiliweneza, B, Hodes, J, Nimjee, SM, Zomorodi, AR, Smith, TP, Friedman, AH, Patil, CG, and Boakye, M. "Long-term economic impact of coiling vs clipping for unruptured intracranial aneurysms." Neurosurgery 72, no. 6 (2013): 1000-1011.  Full Text
    • Nonaka, Y, Fukushima, T, Watanabe, K, Friedman, AH, Jr, JTM, III, CDC, and Zomorodi, AR. "Less invasive transjugular approach with Fallopian bridge technique for facial nerve protection and hearing preservation in surgery of glomus jugulare tumors." Neurosurgical Review 36, no. 4 (2013): 579-586.  Full Text
    • Nonaka, Y, Fukushima, T, Watanabe, K, Friedman, AH, Sampson, JH, McElveen, JT, Cunningham, CD, and Zomorodi, AR. "Contemporary surgical management of vestibular schwannomas: Analysis of complications and lessons learned over the past decade." Neurosurgery 72 (2013): ons103-ons115.  Full Text
    • Zomorodi, A, Herndon, JE, and Sampson, JH. "Subarachnoid hemorrhage trials." Journal of Neurosurgery 118, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 1-2.  Full Text
    • Ferrell, AS, Lessne, ML, Alexander, MJ, Shah, P, Golshani, K, Zomorodi, A, Smith, TP, and Britz, GW. "Visual complications after stent-assisted endovascular embolization of paraophthalmic and suprasellar variant superior hypophyseal aneurysms: the Duke Cerebrovascular Center experience in 57 patients." World Neurosurgery 78, no. 3-4 (September 2012): 289-294.  Full Text
    • Ferrell, AS, Golshani, K, Zomorodi, A, Smith, TP, and Britz, GW. "Improved delivery of the Neuroform 3 stent: technical note." J Neurointerv Surg 4, no. 4 (July 2012): 287-290.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Golshani, K, Ferrel, A, Lessne, M, Shah, P, Chowdhary, A, Choulakian, A, Alexander, MJ, Smith, TP, Enterline, DS, Zomorodi, AR, and Britz, GW. "Stent-assisted coil emboilization of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: A retrospective multicenter review." Surgical Neurology International 3 (January 2012): 84-null.  Full Text
    • Amato, A, Britz, GW, James, ML, Graffagnino, C, Zomorodi, AR, Zomorodi, ME, and Olson, DM. "An observational pilot study of CSF diversion in subarachnoid haemorrhage." Nurs Crit Care 16, no. 5 (September 2011): 252-260.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Hughes, BD, Powers, CJ, and Zomorodi, AR. "Clipping of a cerebral aneurysm in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: case report." Neurosurgery 69, no. 3 (September 2011): E746-E755.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Hughes, BD, Powers, CJ, and Zomorodi, AR. "Clipping of a cerebral aneurysm in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: Case report." Neurosurgery 69, no. 3 (September 1, 2011).  Full Text
    • Lessne, ML, Shah, P, Alexander, MJ, Barnhart, HX, Powers, CJ, Golshani, K, Ferrell, A, Enterline, D, Zomorodi, A, Smith, T, and Britz, GW. "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): 369-375.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Haglund, MM, Kiryabwire, J, Parker, S, Zomorodi, A, MacLeod, D, Schroeder, R, Muhumuza, M, and Merson, M. "Surgical capacity building in Uganda through twinning, technology, and training camps." World Journal of Surgery 35, no. 6 (June 2011): 1175-1182.  Full Text
    • Harreld, JH, and Zomorodi, AR. "Embolization of an unruptured distal lenticulostriate aneurysm associated with moyamoya disease." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 32, no. 3 (March 2011): E42-E43.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Nimjee, SM, Powers, CJ, Kolls, BJ, Smith, T, Britz, GW, and Zomorodi, AR. "Endovascular treatment of venous sinus thrombosis: a case report and review of the literature." Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery 3, no. 1 (March 2011): 30-33. (Review)  Full Text
    • Kim, GS, Amato, A, James, ML, Britz, GW, Zomorodi, A, Graffagnino, C, Zomorodi, M, and Olson, DM. "Continuous and intermittent CSF diversion after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a pilot study." Neurocrit Care 14, no. 1 (February 2011): 68-72.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Guinn, NR, McDonagh, DL, Borel, CO, Wright, DR, Zomorodi, AR, Powers, CJ, Warner, DS, Lam, AM, and Britz, GW. "Adenosine-induced transient asystole for intracranial aneurysm surgery: a retrospective review." Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 23, no. 1 (January 2011): 35-40.  Full Text
    • Powers, CJ, Zomorodi, AR, Britz, GW, Enterline, DS, Miller, MJ, and Smith, TP. "Endovascular management of inadvertent brachiocephalic arterial catheterization." J Neurosurg 114, no. 1 (January 2011): 146-152.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Powers, CJ, Wright, DR, McDonagh, DL, Borel, CO, Zomorodi, AR, and Britz, GW. "Transient adenosine-induced asystole during the surgical treatment of anterior circulation cerebral aneurysms: technical note." Neurosurgery 67, no. 2 Suppl Operative (December 2010): 461-470.  Full Text
    • Zomorodi, A, Bulsara, KR, Friedman, AH, and Alexander, MJ. "Combined microsurgical and endovascular treatment of a giant left middle cerebral artery aneurysm." J Neurointerv Surg 2, no. 3 (September 2010): 213-216.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Chong, GT, Mukundan, S, Kirkpatrick, JP, Zomorodi, A, Sampson, JH, and Bhatti, MT. "Stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of a dural carotid-cavernous fistula." J Neuroophthalmol 30, no. 2 (June 2010): 138-144.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bulsara, KR, Zomorodi, A, and Provenzale, JM. "Anatomic variant of the posterior cerebral artery." AJR Am J Roentgenol 188, no. 4 (April 2007): W395-. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Little, KM, Zomorodi, AR, Selznick, LA, and Friedman, AH. "An eclectic history of peripheral nerve surgery." Neurosurg Clin N Am 15, no. 2 (April 2004): 109-123.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bulsara, KR, Zomorodi, AR, Enterline, DS, and George, TM. "The value of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of fatty filum terminale." Neurosurgery 54, no. 2 (February 2004): 375-379.  Link to Item
    • Wellons, JC, Zomorodi, AR, Villaviciencio, AT, Woods, CW, Lawson, WT, and Eastwood, JD. "Sacral tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature." Surg Neurol 61, no. 2 (February 2004): 136-139. (Review)  Link to Item
    • Bulsara, KR, Zomorodi, AR, Villavicencio, AT, Fuchs, H, and George, TM. "Clinical outcome differences for lipomyelomeningoceles, intraspinal lipomas, and lipomas of the filum terminale." Neurosurg Rev 24, no. 4 (December 2001): 192-194.  Link to Item
    • Madison, RD, Zomorodi, A, and Robinson, GA. "Netrin-1 and peripheral nerve regeneration in the adult rat." Experimental Neurology 161, no. 2 (February 2000): 563-570.  Full Text

  • Book Sections

    • Cobb, MIH, Brown, PA, Smith, TP, Zomorodi, AR, and Gonzalez, LF. "Vascular interventional neuro-angiography." In Pediatric Vascular Neurosurgery: Principles and Practice of Neurovascular Disorders (Part 1), 111-123. May 6, 2017.  Full Text
    • Fukushima, T, Inoue, G, Zomorodi, A, König, A, Biegler, M, Spetzger, U, Hopf, NJ, Reisch, R, and Kurucz, P. "Vascular lesions of the skull base." In Surgery of the Skull Base: Practical Diagnosis and Therapy, 243-300. January 1, 2017.  Full Text
    • Zomorodi, A, and Madison, RD. "Advances in treatment of spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury." In Modern Neurosurgery: Clinical Translation of Neuroscience Advances, 37-58. January 1, 2004.

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