Medical School

M.D., Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran Iran 2012

Internship

Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 2018-2019

Residency

Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 2019-2022

Fellowship

Pain Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 2023-2024

Fellowship

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston TX 2022-2023

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Scholarship Award, 2023,

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Scholarship Award, 2022,

National Multiple Sclerosis Society MS Clinical Care Physician Fellowship, 2021,

Mousavi SH, Lindsey JW, Westlund KN, Alles SRA. Trigeminal neuralgia as a primary demyelinating disease: Potential multimodal evidence and remaining controversies. J Pain. 2024 Feb;25(2):302-311. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.08.012. Epub 2023 Aug 27.

Mousavi SH, Lindsey JW, Gupta RJ, Wolinsky JS, Lincoln JA. Trigeminal neuralgia in multiple sclerosis: Association with demyelination and progression. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2023 Jun;74:104727. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104727.

Savastano L, Mousavi H, Liu Y, Khalsa SSS, Zheng Y, Davis E, Reddy A, Brinjikji W, Bhambri A, Cockrum J, Pandey AS, Thompson BG, Gordon D, Seibel EJ, Yonas H. Unifying theory of carotid plaque disruption based on structural phenotypes and forces expressed at the lumen/wall interface. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2021-001451. doi: 10.1136/svn-2021-001451, 2022.

Mousavi SH, Gehling P, Burchiel KJ. The Long-Term Outcome of Radiofrequency Ablation in Multiple Sclerosis-Related Symptomatic Trigeminal Neuralgia. Neurosurgery. 11. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001817, 2022.

Mousavi SH, Niranjan A, Akpinar B, Cohen J, Kano H, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. A Proposed Plan for Personalized Radiosurgery in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia. J Neurosurg.128(2):452-459. doi: 10.3171/2016.10. JNS16747, 2018.

Mousavi SH, Akpinar B, Niranjan A, AgarwalV, Cohen J, Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD. The Clinical Significance of Persistent Trigeminal Nerve Contrast Enhancement in Patients Who Undergo Repeat Radiosurgery. J Neurosurg.;127(1):219-225. doi: 10.3171/2016.5.JNS16111, 2017. 

Akpinar B, *Mousavi SH, McDowell MM, Niranjan A, Faraji AH, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. Early Radiosurgery Improves Hearing Preservation in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients With Normal Hearing at the Time of Diagnosis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1;95(2):729-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.019, 2016.

Mousavi SH, Sekula RF, Gildengers A, Gardner PA, Lunsford LD. Concomitant Depression and Anxiety Negatively Affect Pain Outcomes in Surgically Managed Young Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia: Long-term Clinical Outcome. Surg Neurol Int. 15;7:98. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.194145, 2016.

Mousavi SH, Niranjan A, Akpinar B, Huang M, Kano H, Tonetti D, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. Hearing subclassification may predict long-term auditory outcomes after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma patients with good hearing. J Neurosurg. 125(4):845-852. doi: 10.3171/2015.8.JNS151624, 2016.

Mousavi SH, Niranjan A, Huang MJ, Laghari FJ, Shin SS, Mindlin JL, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. Early radiosurgery provides superior pain relief for trigeminal neuralgia patients. Neurology. 15;85(24):2159-65. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002216, 2015.