Amir Faraji VIEW CLINICAL PROFILE

Amir Faraji, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Academic Institute
Assistant Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


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Phone:
713.441.3800


ahfaraji@houstonmethodist.org
Education & Training

MD, University of Pittsburgh
BS, University of Florida
Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Clinical Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Fellow, Washington University St. Louis
Publications

Mapping lumbar efferent and afferent spinal circuitries via paddle array in a porcine model
Steele, AG, Taccola, G, Frazier, AM, Manzella, M, Hogan, M, Horner, PJ, Faraji, AH & Sayenko, DG 2024, , Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol. 405, 110104, pp. 110104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2024.110104

Treatment of Intrathecal Drug Pump Flipping Using Fascial Flaps: A Technical Description and Case Series
Taghlabi, KM, Bhenderu, LS, Guerrero, JR, De la Fuente Hagopian, A, Farhat, S, Rajendran, S, Cruz-Garza, JG, Dinh, TA & Faraji, AH 2024, , Operative Neurosurgery, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 309-313. https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000971

Clinical outcomes of peripheral nerve interfaces for rehabilitation in paralysis and amputation: a literature review
Taghlabi, KM, Cruz-Garza, JG, Hassan, T, Potnis, O, Bhenderu, LS, Guerrero, JR, Whitehead, RE, Wu, Y, Luan, L, Xie, C, Robinson, JT & Faraji, AH 2024, , Journal of neural engineering, vol. 21, no. 1, 011001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad200f

Impact of Upper Limb Motor Recovery on Functional Independence After Traumatic Low Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
the Nerve Transfers in Spinal Cord Injury (NT-SCI) Consortium 2024, , Journal of Neurotrauma, vol. 41, no. 9-10, pp. 1211-1222. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2023.0140

Transabdominal motor evoked potential neuromonitoring of lumbosacral spine surgery
Allison, DW, Verma, A, Holman, PJ, Huang, M, Trask, TW, Barber, S, Cockrell, AR, Weber, MR, Brooks, DW, Delgado, L, Steele, WJ, Sellin, JN, Gressot, LV, Lambert, B, Ma, BB, Faraji, AH & Saifi, C 2024, , Spine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2024.04.029

Modified 5-Item Frailty Index: A Useful Tool for Assessing the Impact of Frailty on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Following Surgical Fixation of Thoracolumbar Fractures
Taghlabi, KM, Quaddoura, AA, Nisar, A, Gupta, P, Bhenderu, LS, Guerrero, JR, Tahanis, A, Somawardana, IA, Nanda, R & Faraji, AH 2024, , World neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.05.045

Racial Disparities in Outcomes Following Surgical Fixation of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Fractures: A National Database Analysis
Nanda, R, Taghlabi, KM, Somawardana, I, Bhenderu, LS, Guerrero, JR, Tahanis, A, Cruz-Garza, JG & Faraji, AH 2024, , World neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.04.173

Electrospinography for non-invasively recording spinal sensorimotor networks in humans
Steele, AG, Faraji, AH & Contreras-Vidal, JL 2023, , Journal of neural engineering, vol. 20, no. 6, 066043. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad1782

Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain treatment following sacral chordoma resection: illustrative case
Taghlabi, KM, Hassan, T, Somawardana, IA, Rajendran, S, Doomi, A, Bhenderu, LS, Cruz-Garza, JG & Faraji, AH 2023, , Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, vol. 6, no. 26, CASE23540. https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE23540

Internal iliac artery aneurysm masquerading as a sciatic nerve schwannoma: illustrative case
Bhenderu, LS, Taghlabi, KM, Hassan, T, Guerrero, JR, Cruz-Garza, JG, Goldstein, RL, Sharma, S, Le, LV, Dinh, TA & Faraji, AH 2023, , Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons, vol. 5, no. 26, CASE23175. https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE23175

Operative Technique and Nuances for the Stereoelectroencephalographic (SEEG) Methodology Utilizing a Robotic Stereotactic Guidance System
Faraji, AH, Gersey, ZC, Corson, DM, Sweat, JC & Gonzalez-Martinez, JA 2023, , Journal of Visualized Experiments, vol. 2023, no. 196, e59456. https://doi.org/10.3791/59456

Incorporating Intraoperative Mechanomyography to Peripheral Nerve Decompression Surgery
Guerrero, JR, Taghlabi, KM, Bhenderu, LS, Cruz-Garza, JG, Javeed, S, Dibble, CF, Ray, WZ & Faraji, AH 2023, , Operative Neurosurgery, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 445-450. https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000554

Magnetic Resonance-Guided Stereotaxy for Infusions to the Pig Brain
Cruz-Garza, JG, Taghlabi, KM, Bhenderu, LS, Gupta, S, Pandey, A, Frazier, AM, Brisbay, S, Patterson, JD, Salegio, EA, Kantorak, CJ, Karmonik, C, Horner, PJ, Rostomily, RC & Faraji, AH 2023, , Journal of Visualized Experiments, vol. 2023, no. 193, e64079. https://doi.org/10.3791/64079

Preoperative Serum Albumin Level Predicts Length of Stay and Perioperative Adverse Events Following Vertebral Corpectomy and Posterior Stabilization for Metastatic Spine Disease
Hirase, T, Taghlabi, KM, Cruz-Garza, JG, Faraji, AH, Marco, RAW & Saifi, C 2023, , Global Spine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/21925682231163814

Response to Letter Regarding “Predictive Value of Preoperative Serum Albumin in Patients With Metastatic Spine Diseases: A Statistical Comment”
Cruz-Garza, JG, Hirase, T, Bhenderu, LS, Taghlabi, KM, Faraji, AH, Marco, RAW & Saifi, C 2024, , Global Spine Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1098-1099. https://doi.org/10.1177/21925682231172165

Mapping lumbar efferent and afferent spinal circuitries via paddle array in a porcine model
Steele, A, Taccola, G, Dietz, V, Frazier, A, Horner, PJ, Faraji, A & Sayenko, D 2023, , Society for Neuroscience, 11/11/23 - 11/15/23.

Demographic and economic trends in vertebral fracture surgeries throughout the United States
Beschloss, AM, Taghlabi, KM, Rodriguez, DA, Lee, N, Gupta, S, Bondar, K, Lombardi, JM, Varthi, A, Faraji, A & Saifi, C 2022, , North American Spine Society Journal, vol. 12, 100175, pp. 100175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2022.100175

Upper Limb Nerve Transfer Surgery in Patients with Tetraplegia
Javeed, S, Dibble, CF, Greenberg, JK, Zhang, JK, Khalifeh, JM, Park, Y, Wilson, TJ, Zager, EL, Faraji, AH, Mahan, MA, Yang, LJ, Midha, R, Juknis, N & Ray, WZ 2022, , JAMA Network Open, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. E2243890. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.43890

Melanoma metastasis to the femoral nerve: a novel case of melanoma masquerading as mononeuropathy. Illustrative case
Guerrero, JR, Taghlabi, KM, Meyer, SA, Bhenderu, LS, Sadrameli, SS, Shkedy, CI, Faraji, AH & Rostomily, RC 2022, , Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, vol. 4, no. 22, CASE22414. https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE22414

Improvement in sagittal alignment and mechanical low-back pain following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: illustrative case
Guerrero, JR, Bhenderu, LS, Taghlabi, KM, Cruz-Garza, JG, Saifi, C & Faraji, AH 2022, , Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, vol. 4, no. 17, CASE22357. https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE22357

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