Faculty - Dr. Syed Fazal Zaidi

SPECIAL INTERESTS
Stroke and Interventional Neurology
EDUCATION
Vascular Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA, 2007-2008
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
CERTIFICATIONS
LICENSURE
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
HONORS AND AWARDS
selected PUBLICATIONS
Kaesmacher J, Meinel TR, Kurmann C, Zaidat OO, Castonguay AC, Zaidi SF, Mueller-Kronast N, Kappelhof M, Dippel DWJ, Soudant M, Bracard S, Hill MD, Goyal M, Strbian D, Heiferman DM, Ashley W, Anadani M, Spiotta AM, Dobrocky T, Piechowiak EI, Arnold M, Goeldlin M, Seiffge D, Mosimann PJ, Mordasini P, Gralla J, Fischer U. Safety and efficacy of intra-arterial fibrinolytics as adjunct to mechanical thrombectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational data. J Neurointerv Surg. 2021 Jan:neurintsurg-2020-016680. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016680. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33514609.
Ravindra VM, Alexander M, Taussky P, Bollo RJ, Hassan AE, Scoville JP, Griauzde J, Awad AW, Jumaa M, Zaidi S, Lee JJ. Endovascular Thrombectomy for Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multi-Institutional Experience of Technical and Clinical Outcomes. Neurosurgery. 2020 Dec 15;88(1):46-54. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa312. PMID: 32761237.
Salahuddin, H., Afreen, E., Sheikh, I. S., Lateef, S., Dawod, G., Daboul, J., Karim, N., Gharaibeh, K., Al-Chalabi, M., Park, S. and Castonguay, A.C., Ragheb Assaly, Fadi Safi, Marla Matal, Ajaz A. Sheikh, Gretchen Tietjen, D. Malaiyandi, James, E. G, Imran Ali, Syed F Zadi, A. Abdelwahed, Vieh Kung, R. Burgess, Mouhammad A Jumaa. Neurological Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Front Neurol. 2020 Oct 30;11:585944. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.585944. PMID: 33193048; PMCID: PMC7662675.
Slawski DE, Salahuddin H, Shawver J, Korsnack A, Tietjen G, Papadimos TJ, Castonguay AC, Zaidi SF, Jumaa MA. Monitored anesthesia care by sedation-trained providers in acute stroke thrombectomy, published in “Frontiers in Neurology-Endovascular and Interventional Neurology”. 2019 Mar 28;10:296. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00296. eCollection 2019.
Jumaa MA, Castonguay AC, Salahuddin H, Zaidi SF. Long-term Results of an EMS-driven Rapid Arterial oCclusion Evaluation (RACE) Protocol for Triage of Acute Strokes. JNIS. Jun 2019 [Epub ahead of print]
Castonguay AC, Jumaa MA, Zaidi SF. Response by Castonguay et al to Letter Regarding Article Intra-arterial Thrombolysis as Rescue Therapy for Large Vessel Occlusions. Stroke. 2019 Jul;50(7):e218. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.025820. Epub 2019 Jun 12.
Zaidi SF, Castonguay AC, Jumaa MA, Malisch TW, Linfante I, Marden FA, Abraham MG, Chebl AB, Novakovic R, Taqi MA, Nogueira RG, Martin CO, Holloway WE, Mueller-Kronast N, English JD, Dabus G, Bozorgchami H, Xavier A, Rai AT, Froehler MT, Badruddin A, Nguyen TN, Yoo AJ, Shaltoni H, Janardhan V, Chen PR, Britz GW, Kaushal R, Nanda A, Gupta R, Zaidat OO. Intraarterial Thrombolysis as Rescue Therapy for Large Vessel Occlusions. Stroke. 2019 Apr;50(4):1003-1006. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.02444
Salahuddin H, Siddiqui NS, Castonguay AC, Johnson M, Zaidi SF, Jumaa MA. Recent Trends in Electively Treated Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019 Jul;28(7):2011-2017. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.03.010. Epub 2019 Apr 12.