Mohammad Obadah Nakawah, MD

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


Areas Of Expertise

Alzheimer’s disease
Publications

West Nile virus encephalomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient
Eid, AM & Nakawah, MO 2023, , Radiology Case Reports, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 4499-4506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.09.050

A phase 1 open-label pilot study of low-dose interleukine-2 immunotherapy in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Faridar, A, Eid, AM, Thome, AD, Zhao, W, Beers, DR, Pascual, MB, Nakawah, MO, Roman, GC, Davis, CS, Grundman, M, Masdeu, JC & Appel, SH 2023, , Translational Neurodegeneration, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-023-00387-5

A phase 1 open-label pilot study of low-dose interleukine-2 immunotherapy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Faridar, A, Eid, AM, Thome, AD, Zhao, W, Beers, DR, Pascual, MB, Nakawah, MO, Roman, GC, Davis, CS, Grundman, M, Masdeu, JC & Appel, SH 2023, , Translational Neurodegeneration, vol. 12, no. 1, 54, pp. 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-023-00387-5

Advances in the neuroimaging of motor disorders
Weil, EL, Nakawah, MO & Masdeu, JC 2023, . in Handbook of Clinical Neurology. vol. 195, Handbook of clinical neurology, Elsevier B.V. pp. 359-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-98818-6.00039-X

Recurrent tumefactive demyelinating lesions in an elderly woman
Weil, EL & Nakawah, MO 2022, , Radiology Case Reports, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 4570-4574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.09.008

Translocator Protein 18 kDa PET Imaging Highlights Asymptomatic Isolated Cerebellar Dysplasia
Pascual, B, Hodics, T, Funk, Q, Cykowski, MD, Nakawah, MO & Masdeu, JC 2022, , Neurology, vol. 98, no. 13, pp. 538-539. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200221

Neuro-Ophthalmic Presentation of Myelomatous Meningitis
Thomson, AC, Nakawah, MO, Raviskanthan, S, Mortensen, PW & Lee, AG 2022, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. E417-E419. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001287

Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Mollaret Meningitis
Park, B, Harish Bindiganavile, S, Nakawah, MO, Bhat, N & Lee, AG 2021, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. E407-E409. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001152

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Anemia: A Matched Case-Control Study: Response
Lin, WV, Berry, SE, Nakawah, MO, Sadaka, A & Lee, AG 2021, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. E273-E274. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001184

Neuroinflammation is highest in areas of disease progression in semantic dementia
Pascual, B, Funk, Q, Zanotti Fregonara, P, Cykowski, MD, Veronese, M, Rockers, E, Bradbury, K, Yu, M, Nakawah, MO, Román, GC, Schulz, PE, Arumanayagam, AS, Beers, D, Faridar, A, Fujita, M, Appel, SH & Masdeu, JC 2021, , Brain, vol. 144, no. 5, pp. 1565-1575. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab057

Neuroinflammation is highest in areas of disease progression in semantic dementia
Pascual, B, Funk, Q, Zanotti-Fregonara, P, Cykowski, MD, Veronese, M, Rockers, E, Bradbury, K, Yu, M, Nakawah, MO, Román, GC, Schulz, PE, Arumanayagam, AS, Beers, D, Faridar, A, Fujita, M, Appel, SH & Masdeu, JC 2021, , Brain, vol. 144, no. 5, pp. 1565-1575. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab057

Longitudinal magnetic resonance findings in delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy
Phan, MN & Nakawah, MO 2020, , Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 679-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2020.1778423

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Anemia: A Matched Case-Control Study
Lin, WV, Berry, S, Nakawah, MO, Sadaka, A & Lee, AG 2020, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000872

Obstructive hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis from developmental venous anomaly draining bilateral medial thalami: a case report
Xian, Z, Fung, SH & Nakawah, MO 2020, , Radiology Case Reports, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 730-732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.02.014

Supraorbital Nerve and Cavernous Sinus Invasion with Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Patel, SN, Nakawah, MO, Sadaka, A, Berry, S, Ortiz Gomez, J, Powell, S & Lee, AG 2018, , Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 312-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/01658107.2017.1401093

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma With Light Chain Deposition Disease (Aggregoma)
Boulter, TD, Sadaka, A, Nakawah, MO, Smith, SV, Alouch, N, Berry, SE, Whyte, AT, Fuller, GN & Lee, AG 2018, , Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 195-197. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000612

Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes with and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis
Mistry, EA, Mistry, AM, Nakawah, MO, Chitale, RV, James, RF, Volpi, JJ & Fusco, MR 2017, , Stroke, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 2450-2456. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017320

Systolic blood pressure within 24 hours after thrombectomy for acute Ischemic stroke correlates with outcome
Mistry, EA, Mistry, AM, Nakawah, MO, Khattar, NK, Fortuny, EM, Cruz, AS, Froehler, MT, Chitale, RV, James, RF, Fusco, MR & Volpi, JJ 2017, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 6, no. 5, e006167. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006167

Post-stroke dyskinesias
Nakawah, MO & Lai, EC 2016, , Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, vol. 12, pp. 2885-2893. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S118347

Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and the overlap syndrome
Nakawah, MO, Hawkins, C & Barbandi, F 2013, , Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 470-477. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120256