Amir Faraji, MD, PhD

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


Publications

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. 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

Outcomes following transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Taghlabi, KM, Liu, JW, Faraji, AH & Saifi, C 2022, , Seminars in Spine Surgery, vol. 34, no. 2, 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semss.2022.100946

Acute aortic occlusion leading to spinal cord ischemia in a 73-year-old: A case report
Taghlabi, KM, Bhenderu, LS, Guerrero, JR, Sulhan, S, Jenson, AV, Cruz-Garza, JG & Faraji, AH 2022, , Surgical Neurology International, vol. 13, A45. https://doi.org/10.25259/SNI_898_2022

Convection-Enhanced Delivery and Principles of Extracellular Transport in the Brain
Faraji, AH, Rajendran, S, Jaquins-Gerstl, AS, Hayes, HJ & Richardson, RM 2021, , World neurosurgery, vol. 151, pp. 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.05.050

Application of electrical stimulation for peripheral nerve regeneration: Stimulation parameters and future horizons
Javeed, S, Faraji, AH, Dy, C, Ray, WZ & MacEwan, MR 2021, , Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management, vol. 24, 101117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2021.101117

Blood supply to the corticospinal tract: A pictorial review with application to cranial surgery and stroke
Nuñez, M, Guillotte, A, Faraji, AH, Deng, H & Goldschmidt, E 2021, , Clinical Anatomy, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 1224-1232. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23782

Contributions of Robotics to the Safety and Efficacy of Invasive Monitoring With Stereoelectroencephalography
Faraji, AH, Remick, M & Abel, TJ 2020, , Frontiers in Neurology, vol. 11, 570010. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.570010

Use of a near-infrared vein finder to define cortical veins and dural sinuses prior to dural opening
Goldschmidt, E, Faraji, AH, Jankowitz, BT, Gardner, P & Friedlander, RM 2020, , Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. 1202-1209. https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.5.JNS19297

Robotic-assisted stereotaxy for deep brain stimulation lead implantation in awake patients
Faraji, AH, Kokkinos, V, Sweat, JC, Crammond, DJ & Richardson, RM 2020, , Operative Neurosurgery, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 444-452. https://doi.org/10.1093/ons/opaa029

Electrokinetic Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Solutes to the Brain
Faraji, AH, Jaquins-Gerstl, AS, Valenta, AC, Ou, Y & Weber, SG 2020, , ACS Chemical Neuroscience, vol. 11, no. 14, pp. 2085-2093. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00037

Republished: Intracranial vessel occlusion preceding the development of mycotic aneurysms in patients with endocarditis
Goldschmidt, E, Faraji, AH, Salvetti, D, Zussman, BM & Jadhav, A 2020, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. e1. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015480.rep

Intracranial vessel occlusion preceding the development of mycotic aneurysms in patients with endocarditis
Goldschmidt, E, Faraji, AH, Salvetti, D, Zussman, BM & Jadhav, A 2019, , BMJ Case Reports, vol. 12, no. 12, e015480. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-015480

Long term results of primary radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas
Johnson, S, Kano, H, Faramand, A, Pease, M, Nakamura, A, Hassib, M, Spencer, D, Sisterson, N, Faraji, AH, Arai, Y, Monaco, E, Niranjan, A, Flickinger, JC & Lunsford, LD 2019, , Journal of Neuro-Oncology, vol. 145, no. 2, pp. 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-019-03290-0

Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for the Treatment of an Expanding Epidural Hematoma
Zussman, BM, Goldschmidt, E, Faraji, AH, Salvetti, DJ & Jankowitz, BT 2019, , World neurosurgery, vol. 128, pp. 284-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.084

Deep brain stimulation in early Parkinson's disease may slow rest tremor progression
Faraji, AH & Richardson, RM 2019, , Clinical neurosurgery, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. E13-E14. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyy505

Electrokinetic infusions into hydrogels and brain tissue: Control of direction and magnitude of solute delivery
Faraji, AH, Jaquins-Gerstl, AS, Valenta, AC & Weber, SG 2019, , Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol. 311, pp. 76-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.10.005

Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome
Peña, CE, Faraji, AH & Richardson, RM 2018, , Clinical neurosurgery, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. E13. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyy172

Isolated Traumatic Diastasis of the Clival Synchondroses without Clival Fracture
Faraji, AH, Ochalski, PG, Ozpinar, A, Blatt, JE & Pollack, IF 2018, , Pediatric Neurosurgery, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 270-274. https://doi.org/10.1159/000488058

New antiepileptic drugs have not improved treatment outcomes
Faraji, AH & Richardson, RM 2018, , Clinical neurosurgery, vol. 82, no. 5, pp. E99.