Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Concurrent Anterior Cerebral Artery and Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusions Predict Poor Neurological Outcome Despite Successful Thrombectomy in Anterior Circulation Stroke.
Hsu A, El Baba B, Eshraghi S, Giraudo F, Saberian S, Chalhoub R, Alawieh A, Chisango Z, Howard BM, Spiotta AM, Sowlat MM, Tong F, Akbik F, Pabaney A, Jabbour P, Tjoumakaris SI, Maier IL, Wolfe SQ, Rai A, Starke RM, Gory B, Psychogios MN, Shaban A, Goyal N, Kim JT, Yoshimura S, Kan P, De Leacy R, Fragata I, Polifka A, Osbun JW, Williamson R, Crosa RJ, Levitt MR, Moss M, Park MS, Casagrande W, Matouk C, Chowdhry SA, Cawley CM, Grossberg JA,
Neurosurgery. 2025;
PMID: 40742212 - Intravenous Milrinone: Are We There yet?
Sadan O, Akbik F
Neurocritical care. 2025;43(1):1-2.
PMID: 40329066 - Earlier onset of cerebral vasospasm in ruptured infectious intracranial aneurysms.
Zohdy YM, Lamanna J, Bsn LD, Grossberg JA, Barrow DL, Cawley CM, Saad H, Akbik F, Pradilla G, Garzon-Muvdi T, Sadan O, Samuels OB, Alawieh AM, Howard BM
Neurosurgical review. 2025;48(1):352.
PMID: 40183839 - Establishing the feasibility and reliability of broadband absorption spectroscopy for measuring cerebral water content in adults.
Goyal V, Arrington MD, Forti RM, Harris LH, Bai S, Akbik F, Samuels OB, Kandiah PA, Sadan O, Buckley EM
Biomedical optics express. 2025;16(3):1187-1196.
PMID: 40109518 - Intrathecal Nicardipine-Time to Treat the Symptom?
Sadan O, Akbik F
Neurocritical care. 2025;42(2):341-342.
PMID: 39715987 - Jugular Venous Catheterization is Not Associated with Increased Complications in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Akbik F, Shi Y, Philips S, Pimentel-Farias C, Grossberg JA, Howard BM, Tong F, Cawley CM, Samuels OB, Mei Y, Sadan O
Neurocritical care. 2025;42(3):929-936.
PMID: 39592540 - Prolonged intracranial catheter dwell time exacerbates penumbral stress and worsens stroke thrombectomy outcomes.
Alawieh AM, Elawady SS, Zohdy YM, Chalhoub RM, Cunningham C, Howard BM, Cawley CM, Barrow D, Akbik F, Pabaney A, Tong FC, Al Kasab S, Jabbour P, Goyal N, Arthur AS, Siddiqui F, Yoshimura S, Park MS, Brinjikji W, Matouk C, Romano DG, Altschul D, Williamson R, Moss M, De Leacy RA, Ezzeldin M, Kan P, Levitt MR, Grandhi R, Mascitelli JR, Grossberg JA, Spiotta AM,
Journal of neurointerventional surgery. 2025;17(e2):e303-e312.
PMID: 39542713 - Repeat thrombectomy after large vessel re-occlusion: a propensity score matched analysis of technical and clinical outcomes.
Zohdy YM, Saad H, Howard BM, Cawley CM, Pabaney A, Akbik F, Dimisko L, Maier I, Spiotta AM, Jabbour P, Wolfe SQ, Rai A, Kim JT, Mascitelli J, Starke RM, Shaban A, Yoshimura S, De Leacy R, Kan P, Fragata I, Polifka AJ, Arthur AS, Park MS, Matouk C, Levitt MR, Tjoumakaris SI, Liman J, Waiters V, Pradilla G, Fargen KM, Alawieh A, Grossberg JA,
Journal of neurointerventional surgery. 2024;17(e1):e102-e109.
PMID: 38238008 - Comparison of diffuse correlation spectroscopy analytical models for measuring cerebral blood flow in adults.
Zhao H, Sathialingam E, Cowdrick KR, Urner T, Lee SY, Bai S, Akbik F, Samuels OB, Kandiah P, Sadan O, Buckley EM
Journal of biomedical optics. 2023;28(12):126005.
PMID: 38107767 - Microvascular cerebral blood flow response to intrathecal nicardipine is associated with delayed cerebral ischemia.
Sathialingam E, Cowdrick KR, Liew AY, Fang Z, Lee SY, McCracken CE, Akbik F, Samuels OB, Kandiah P, Sadan O, Buckley EM
Frontiers in neurology. 2023;
PMID: 37006474
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