General Information:

Masoom J Desai, MD

Williams Pavilion, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd,

Department of Neurology Ste., 2530

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center,

Oklahoma City, OK-73104

Phone: 517-***-****

Email: adgqi0@r.postjobfree.com

Current Position:

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Division of Critical Care Neurology & Stroke

Division of Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Education:

2019- Current: Masters Degree in Data Science, focus in Artificial Intelligence, Northwestern University, School of Professional Studies.

2016- 2017: Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, FL

2003- 2010 Medical School (MBBS): Bharati Vidhyapeeth Deemed Medical College, Pune, India

Training:

2012-2013: Transitional Year Medicine: Lincoln Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Bronx, NY

2013-2016: Neurology Residency: University of Louisville, Kentucky

Oct 2014: Neurocritical care elective: Cleveland Clinical Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Feb 2015: Neurocritical care elective: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

2016-2018: Neuro Critical Care Fellowship: University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD

2018-2019 Clinical Neurophysiology: Northwestern Medicine, McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, IL

May-June 2019: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA clinical research rotation (focus on Invasive EEG Monitoring in critical care setting)

Work Experience:

Sept 2008-Sept 2009 Medical Internship: Government Medical College, Surat, India

Oct - Dec 2009 Medical Officer: Wockhardt Hospital, Surat, India

Faculty Instructor:

2018: Critical Care Ultrasound Workshop, Annual Meeting Neurocritical Care Society

2019- Current: Critical Care Ultrasound Workshop, Annual Meeting Neurocritical Care Society

July 2019-Current: Faculty for inter-departmental POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) rotation with Anesthesiology Department at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OKC

September 2019: Invited Member of Expert Panel: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Symposium: Applications of AI & ML in studying Neuromotor Behavior at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OKC

Licensure & Certification:

2016: Current Maryland State Medical Board

2015: Massachusetts State Medical Board

2013-2016: Kentucky State Medical Board

Emergency Neurological Life Support Certification

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support/Basic Life Support Certification

Education of Foreign Medical Graduate Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certification

Professional Society Memberships:

Neurocritical Care Society

American Academy of Neurology

Association of Indian Neurologists in America

American Clinical Neurophysiology Society

American Epilepsy Society

American College of Chest Physicians

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Industry Sponsored Trials:

1.Site Principal Investigator at OUHSC, OKC: REACT STUDY:A Prospective, Multi-center, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Phase 3 Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Clazosentan in Preventing Clinical Deterioration Due to Delayed Cerebral Ischemia (DCI), in Adult Subjects With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH)

2.Site Co-Principal Investigator at OUHSC, OKC: ENRICH Trial: Early Minimally-Invasive Removal of Intra-Cerebral Hemorrhage

3.Site Sub-Investigator at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore: SETPOINT2 trial: Early Tracheostomy in Ventilated Stroke Patients.

Local Investigator initiated Trials:

1.Site Principal Investigator at OUHSC, OKC: Temporal Trends of Coated-Platelets in aneurysmal Subarachnoid hemorrhage

2.Site Principal Investigator at OUHSC, OKC: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Management Trends at OU Medical Center

3.Site Co-Investigator at OUHSC, OKC: MISS: Metabolomic profile in Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke

Lectures /Presentations:

August 2020: Grand rounds on “Unraveling the Ictal-Inter-ictal Continuum Patterns” at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

July 2020: “Cerebral Shock and Brain Code: How to cheat brain death?” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Neurology Lecture Series, OKC, OK

January 2020: “Brain Death Evaluation: From 1920s until now” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Pulmonary Critical Care Lecture Series, OKC, OK

January 2020: “Delirium in Neuro-ICU” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, OKC, OK

December 2019: “Pulmonary critical care considerations in subarachnoid hemorrhage.” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, OKC, OK

November 2019: Medical Students Lecture Series, “Traumatic Brain injury, Concussion and Hydrocephalus” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, OKC, OK

October 2019: Grand Rounds, Department of Neurology, “Continuous EEG in ICU: Bang for the bucks?” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, OKC, OK

September 2019: Grand Rounds, Department of Neurology, “Precision Medicine in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, OKC, OK

July 2019: Residents’ Lecture Series, “Acute Cerebral Herniation Syndromes & Management” at University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, OKC, OK

June 2019: Seizure Focus Conference on, “Acute Liver Failure, Hepatic Encephalopathy and Seizures” at McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

March 2019: Clinical Case Conference on, “Epilepsy, the great teacher” at McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Sept 2018: “Applications of Continuous EEG monitoring in neuro-intensive care unit” at McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

December 2018: “The Ictal-Interictal Continuum in ICU-EEGs” at McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

August 2018: Invited Lecture Presentation on “Novel Therapies in refractory status epilepticus” at University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

June 2018: Invited Lecture Presentation on “UpToDate on Severe Traumatic Brain injury” at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Feb 2018: Lecture on “Outside the Box Applications of Continuous EEG in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit” at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

March 2018: Lecture on “Neuroprotection in Traumatic Brain Injury: Where do we Stand?” at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

May 2016: Grand rounds in Department of Neurology/Surgery on “Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Neuro Intensive Care Unit & EEG at University of Louisville, Kentucky

April 2015: Inter-Disciplinary Department Presentation on “Role of Ketamine in Management of Refractory Status Epilepticus” at University of Louisville, Kentucky

July 2014 & 2015: Emergency Lecture Series Presentation, Neurology Department on “Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage” at University of Louisville, Kentucky

Sept 2014: Resident Lecture Series, Neurology Department on “Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure” at University of Louisville, Kentucky

Nov 2014: Multi-Disciplinary Stroke Conference Presentation on “Role of Pupillometer in predicting elevated ICPs” at University of Louisville, Kentucky

Training programs/courses:

Sept 2019- 2020 Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources Translating Practice into Research (TPIR) Program. Sponsored by NIH

July-Sept 2011: Cleveland Clinic EEG/ Neurophysiology Program

June 2019-2020: Neurocritical Care Society Mentorship Program under Dr. Chitra Venkatasubramanian

October 2018 - Current: Neurology Journal, Peer review Mentor/Mentee Program

Institutional Services:

2013-2016: Department Representative of Quality & Safety Leadership Committee, University of Louisville, Kentucky

2016: Department Representative of Patient quality and Safety Committee, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

Feb 2019-Current: Appointed as Social Media Ambassador of the Neurocritical Journal by Neurocritical Critical Care Society

October 2019- Current: Oklahoma University Medical Center Hospital, Quality Committee

October 2019- Current: Oklahoma University Medical Center, Critical Care Committee

December 2019- Current: Oklahoma University Medical Center, Traumatic Brain Injury Consortium

January 2020- Current: Critical Care Neurology Research Sub-Committee Lead, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, OKC

July 2019-Current: Vascular Neurology Fellowship, Clinical Competency Committee and Program Evaluation Committee Member, OUHSC

July 2019-Current: Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Quality Committee Advisor, OUHSC

July 2019-Current: Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Case Review Committee Advisor, OUHSC

Awards:

2008: Maharashtra State Board Pharmacology Quiz Winner, Pune, India

2015: Northwestern Epilepsy Symposium Grant

2017: Neurocritical Care Society Travel Grant

2019: American Clinical Neurophysiology Program Director’s Travel Award

2020: OU Department of Neurology LeinBach Seed Grant Recipient

Scholarly Activity:

Posters:

2016 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation on “An Uncommon Cause of Multiple Cerebral Infarcts”

2017 Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation on “Ketamine continuous infusion therapy in Super Refractory Status Epilepticus and the incidence of complications while on seizure suppression therapy”

2018 Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation on “Improvement in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score in Patients Treated with Ketamine for Super Refractory Status Epilepticus”

2019 American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Meeting, Poster Presentation on, “Incidence and Risk Factors associated with co-morbid seizures in patients with acute hepatic encephalopathy”

2019 American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Meeting, Poster Presentation on, “Prophylactic usage of immunomodulators in patients with NORSE”

2019 International Stroke Society Meeting, Poster Presentation on, “Stroke risk after Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy”

2020 American Academy of Neurology, Poster Presentation on, “Global cerebral edema in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is associated with in-hospital and long-term morbidity”

2020 SPIE Imaging Conference, “A new interactive visual-aided decision-making supporting tool to predict severity of acute ischemic stroke”

2021Neurocritical Society Meeting, “A Novel Semi-Automated Algorithm for 3-Dimensional Volumetric Analysis of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage” (submitted)

Publications & Case reports:

2016: Neurology, “An Uncommon Cause for Multiple Cerebral Ischemic Infarcts”

2017: Optic Neuropathy as the Initial Presenting Sign of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) Encephalitis, Neuro-ophthalmology. 2017 Jan 11; 41(2):90-93.doi: 10.1080/01658107.2016.1262431

2018: Prolonged Post-Traumatic Vasospasm Resulting in Delayed Cerebral Ischemia after Mild Traumatic Brain Injuryhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29700693, Neurocrit Care. 2018 Apr 26. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0542-8.

2018: Rapidly progressive encephalopathy caused by Coxsackie meningoencephalitis in an elderly male, J Neurovirol. 2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.1007/s13365-018-0676-7.

2019: Baten, A., Desai, M., Melo-Bicchi, M., & Gutierrez, C. (2019). Continuous Electroencephalogram as a Biomarker of Disease Progression and Severity in Herpes Simplex Virus–1 Encephalitis. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience.doi.org/10.1177/1550059419835705

2019: Kavi T, Desai M, Yilmaz F M, et al. Inter-predictability of Neuro-prognostic Modalities After Cardiac Arrest. Cureus 11(4): e4489

2020: “Ictal fear in temporal lobe epilepsy” accepted in American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Newsletter, 2020

2020: PA Vespa, Paul M. MD1; Olson, DaiWai M. RN, PhD; John, Sayona MD; Hobbs, Kyle S. MD; Gururangan, Kapil MD; Nie, Kun PhD; Desai, Masoom J. MD; Markert, Matthew MD, PhD; Parvizi, Josef MD, PhD; Bleck, Thomas P. MD; Hirsch, Lawrence J. MD; Westover, M. Brandon MD, PhD Evaluating the Clinical Impact of Rapid Response Electroencephalography, Critical Care Medicine: June 29, 2020 - Volume Online First - Issue -

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004428

Review articles:

2018: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences Special Issue on Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Review article on Neuroprotection in Severe Traumatic Brain injury, J Neurosurg Sci. 2018 May 22. doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04476-4

2020: Lazaridis, C., Desai, M., Damoulakis, G. et al. Intracranial Pressure Threshold Heuristics in Traumatic Brain Injury: One, None, Many!. Neurocrit Care (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-00940-4

Book Chapters:

2017: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy, “Multimodality monitoring in decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury and stroke” as a first author with Dr. Neeraj Badjatia.

2018: Difficult Decisions in Surgical Critical Care, “Cardio-thoracic surgery and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management” as a first author with Dr. Deborah Stein

2019: Pocket Guide to Neurocritical Care, E-Book Chapter on “Multimodal monitoring in Neuro-ICU” with Drs. Chad Miller & Kara Melmed

2019: Case Based Neurology, Chapter on “Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy” Senior Author with Dr. Roohi Katyal

Volunteer:

Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana: Voluntary services at the youth activity programs and fundraising events.

Peer-Review for Academic Journals:

Neurology Journal (Green Journal), Resident & Fellow Section

Neurology Journal, Ad Hoc Reviewer

Medicine, Section of Neurocritical Care, Ad Hoc Reviewer

Neurocritical Care Annual Meeting Abstract Reviewer 2019- Current

Neurocritical care Journal, Ad Hoc Reviewer

Frontiers in Neurology, Ad Hoc Reviewer

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, Ad Hoc Reviewer

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular disease, Ad Hoc Reviewer

Tobacco Induced Diseases,

Languages:

English, Gujarati, Hindi

Career /Research Interests:

Multi-modal assessment of IIC patterns

Advanced Neuro monitoring techniques in Neuro ICU

Interface of Critical Care EEG and Neuro ICU (applications of ML & AI with QEEG)

Outcomes in Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury management and outcomes

Multi-modal methods for tracking coma recovery

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