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Amir Shaban, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology

Education

  • Faculty of medicine in Medicine, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
  • Chief Resident in Chief Resident, Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Residency in Vascular Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Vascular Neurology Fellowship in Vascular Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Research Interests

  • Basilar Artery Thrombosis Project
  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Project
  • Virologic causes of stroke
  • Stroke in Young Adults Project
  • Cardiac causes of stroke
  • Stroke Research Fellow at Tulane University
  • Cerebral Microbleeds Project

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology), Iowa, United States
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)
  • Permanent Medical, Iowa State, Iowa, United States
  • Resident Medical, Iowa State, Iowa, United States

Selected Publications

  • Shaban, A., Hymel, B., Chavez-Keatts, M., Karlitz, J., Martin-Schild, S. & Martin-Schild, S. (null). Recurrent Posterior Strokes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. A Case Series.
  • Shaban, A. & Leira, E. C. (2019). Neurological Complications of Cardiological Interventions. Current neurology and neuroscience reports 19 (2) 6.
  • Shaban, A. & Leira, E. C. (2019). Best Medical Management for Acute Ischemic Stroke. In Acute Stroke Management in the Era of Thrombectomy. pp. 1--13. Springer, Cham.
  • Abdel-Wahed, L., Shaban, A., Hayakawa, M. & Limaye, K. (2019). Retrieved Arterial Clot Helps Guide Antibiotic Therapy in Infective Endocarditis. The American journal of medicine.
  • Ortega-Gutierrez, S., Holcombe, A., Lopez-Cardenas, G., Hernandez, H., Zheng-Lin, B., Ansari, S., Derdeyn, C., Shaban, A., Al Kasab, S., Asi, K. & others (2019). Abstract WP394: Impact of MRI/A versus CTA/P versus Direct Angiosuite Triage Protocols in Stroke Care Performance and Outcome of Transferred Patients for Endovascular Thrombectomy. Stroke 50 (Suppl\_1) AWP394--AWP394.
  • Shaban, A., Moritani, T., Al Kasab, S., Sheharyar, A., Limaye, K. & Adams, H. (2018). Spinal Cord Hemorrhage.
  • Nagaraja, N., Tasneem, N., Shaban, A., Dandapat, S., Ahmed, U., Policeni, B., Olalde, H., Shim, H., Samaniego, E., Pieper, C., Ortega-Gutierrez, S., Leira, E. & Adams, H. (2018). Cerebral Microbleeds are an Independent Predictor of Hemorrhagic Transformation Following Intravenous Alteplase Administration in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
  • Limaye, K., Wall, M., Uwaydat, S., Ali, S., Shaban, A., Al Kasab, S. & Adams, H. (2018). Is Management of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion the Next Frontier in Cerebrovascular Diseases?.
  • Shaban, A., Samaniego, E., Aksan, N., Dai, B., Ahmed, U., Granchi, J., Zheng-Lin, B., Lazarre, L., Adams, H., Derdeyn, C. & others (2018). Abstract WP59: A Clot Burden Score Predicts Functional Outcome and Neurological Complications After Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis. Stroke 49 (Suppl\_1) AWP59--AWP59.
  • Al Kasab, S., Derdeyn, C., Guerrero, W., Limaye, K., Shaban, A. & Adams, H. (2018). Intracranial Large and Medium Artery Atherosclerotic Disease and Stroke.