
Farzad Maroufi
@farzadmaroufii
MD, MPH, MPHE/ Neurosurgery Post-Doc Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
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Don’t miss our most recent paper on treatment of craniosynostosis. The largest comparative study in the literature, based on 11 years of experience at a single center. Thanks to Amin Ohadi for his phenomenal work.

While waiting for results of ongoing trials on timing of SRS, our study found preoperative SRS may improve composite outcome, leptomeningeal disease, and adverse events. OncoDaily UVA Neurosurgery NS Tumor Section Intl Radiosurgery Research Foundation

New Neurosurgery Publications #NeuPrac: we analyzed ~30k articles since the journal’s inception in 1977. 1977 / 2023 📈 # authors (2.4/8.4) 📉small authorship groups (90%/37%) 📈female 1st authors (8%/16%) 📈med student 1st authors (1%/13%) 📊4.6x database usage 🥇cerebrovascular topics


Read our paper on risk of IA in ADPKD! Who needs screening? Thanks to Bernard Bendok, MD for his support and guidance throughout this work and Brandon Nguyen for his great lead on this. thejns.org/view/journals/…


🚨 Check out our latest article on the multi-disciplinary management of brain metastases published in NatureRevClinOncol 🚨 Huge team effort, laying out the latest developments while also highlighting how much gap still exists in the literature. go.nature.com/41GQt5W


The Smoking Gun: Tobacco Use and Aneurysm Rupture Risk In this #BloggingStroke post, Neeharika Krothapalli discusses #Stroke article by Maria José Pachón-Londoño M.D et al. #AHAJournals maged ghoche Farzad Maroufi ahajrnls.org/4hMVpMG


Just published in Neurosurgery Publications! Our retrospective matched cohort study explores the impact of ERAS protocols on outcomes after MVD for Trigeminal Neuralgia. Encouraging findings toward better recovery! 🔗journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/a… Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD, FACS Dr. Badih Adada Cleveland Clinic Florida


Excited to share our latest chapter publication about the present rationale and future directions for intracranial aneurysm screening. Abhi Bathini, MD Bernard Bendok, MD Farzad Maroufi Ataollah Shahbandi, MD Bernard Bendok, MD link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Announcement: This just in! Chetan Bettegowda, the Jennison & Novak Families Professor of Neurosurgery, will lead the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery, as of 5/15. Henry Brem, MD, is stepping down after 25 years at the helm & we look forward to honoring him.



Check out our recent work on cryoablation for spinal mets. Thanks to Alireza Mansouri for the supervision and mentorship.




Check out our latest study on frailty in shunt surgery for non-NPH hydrocephalus. RAI measured frailty emerged as a strong predictor of outcomes! Big thanks to Christian Bowers and Dr. Menacho for their guidance and mentorship. Great work by the whole team!



Your curiosity, dedication, and enthusiasm have been a true asset to our team. We’re thrilled to see you pursue your passion for medicine and know you’ll make a remarkable impact. Stay in touch, John, and best of luck in med school! Emory School of Medicine


Check out our recent paper on added value of adjunctive MMAE. Many thanks to Dr Mark Luciano for his mentorship and Dr L Fernando Gonzalez, Risheng Xu, MD/PhD, and Dr Justin Caplan for their support. Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Neurosurgery Publications