Publications

  1. Dorfer C, Enslin JMN, Muh CR, Wang X, de Olivera TVHF, Wiebe S, McKhann GM, Damisah E, Al-Otaibi F, Singh G, Blumcke I, Rydenhag B, Ali RP, Englot DJ, Vanegas MA, Cross JH, Cukiert A, Epilepsy Surgery Education Taskforce and the Educational Council of the International League Against Epilepsy. A curriculum for epilepsy surgery: A report from the Surgical Commission's Epilepsy Surgery Educational Task Force and the Educational Council of the ILAE. Epileptic Disord. 2025 Oct; 27 (5):718-728 Epub 2025 June 26
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  2. Khan I, Shakir M, Vijayanarasimhan V, Lodhi BA, Parker JJ, Miller KJ, Khan M, Grewal SS, Ali R. Implantable Vagus Nerve Stimulator-Paired Neurorehabilitation for Upper Limb Function After Ischemic Stroke: Evidence From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Best Practice Recommendations. Neurosurgery. 2025 Jun 3 Epub 2025 June 03
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  3. Schwarz A, Feldman M, Le V, Dawson J, Liu CY, Francisco GE, Wolf SL, Dixit A, Alexander J, Ali R, Brown BL, Feng W, DeMark L, Hochberg LR, Kautz SA, Majid A, O'Dell MW, Redgrave J, Turner DL, Kimberley TJ, Cramer SC. Association that Neuroimaging and Clinical Measures Have with Change in Arm Impairment in a Phase 3 Stroke Recovery Trial. Ann Neurol. 2025 Apr; 97 (4):709-719 Epub 2024 Dec 16
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  4. Jensen MA, Neimat JS, Kerezoudis P, Ali R, Richardson RM, Halpern CH, Ojemann S, Ponce FA, Lee KH, Haugen LM, Klassen BT, Kondziolka D, Miller KJ. A General Framework for Characterizing Inaccuracy in Stereotactic Systems. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 Mar 1; 28 (3):322-336 Epub 2024 Dec 02
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  5. Jensen MA, Neimat JS, Kerezoudis P, Ali R, Richardson RM, Halpern CH, Ojemann SG, Ponce FA, Lee KH, Haugen LM, Permezel FE, Klassen BT, Kondziolka D, Miller KJ. Principles of Stereotactic Surgery. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 Mar 1; 28 (3):303-321 Epub 2024 Dec 02
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  6. Nico Enslin JM, Muh CR, Wang X, von Hertwig Fernandes de Olivera T, McKhann GM, Damisah E, Al-Otaibi F, Rydenhag B, Ali RP, Dorfer C, Englot DJ, Cukiert A, Epilepsy Surgery Education Taskforce of the International League Against Epilepsy. Epilepsy surgery education and practice around the globe: An ILAE taskforce report. Epilepsia. 2025 Feb; 66 (2):319-327 Epub 2024 Dec 05
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  7. Hoffmann C, Wang J, Ali RP, D'Souza RS. Neuromodulation guide for the non-neuromodulator clinician: What it is and how it can benefit patients? Biomol Biomed. 2025 Jan 14; 25 (2):304-313
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  8. El-Hajj VG, Nguyen R, Ghaith AK, Staartjes VE, Mohrlen C, Elmi-Terander A, Ali R. Short-term 30-day adverse events following awake versus asleep deep brain stimulation for movement disorders: a nationwide registry-based study. Brain Spine. 2025; 5:104393 Epub 2025 Aug 13
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  9. Stern JI, Ali R, Chiang CC, Robertson CE. Pathophysiology and Management of Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2024 Dec 12; 25 (1):10
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  10. Malik M, Ali R, Keser Z, Esterov D, Khan M. Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Neurologic Recovery Contemporary Neurosurgery. 2024; 46(11):1-8.
  11. Bauman MMJ, Alam Y, Ali RP, Clarke MJ, Peris Celda M. What does a neurosurgeon look like? The social intersection of appearance and gender within neurosurgery. J Neurosurg. 2024 May 3; 141 (2):581-584 Epub 2024 May 03
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  12. Madira A, Khan M, Ali R. Intracranial Neuromodulation for Neurologic Recovery Contemporary Neurosurgery. 2024; 46(9):1.
  13. Deshpande N, Hadi M, Ali R. Healthcare disparities in deep brain stimulation access and utilization: a systematic review. J Neurosurg. 2024 Apr 1; 140 (4):1137-1147 Epub 2023 Oct 06
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  14. Ali R, Schwalb JM. History and Future of Spinal Cord Stimulation. Neurosurgery. 2024 Jan 1; 94 (1):20-28 Epub 2023 Sept 08
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  15. Bauman MMJ, Meyer JH, Ali RP, Clarke MJ, Peris Celda M. The critical need to address gender inequities in resident feedback and ensure equitable education for all trainees in neurosurgical training. J Neurosurg. 2023 Dec 1; 140 (5):1507-1510 Epub 2023 Dec 01
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  16. Liu CY, Russin J, Adelson DP, Jenkins A, Hilmi O, Brown B, Lega B, Whitworth T, Bhattacharyya D, Schwartz TH, Krishna V, Williams Z, Uff C, Willie J, Hoffman C, Vandergrift WA, Achrol AS, Ali R, Konrad P, Edmonds J, Kim D, Bhatt P, Tarver BW, Pierce D, Jain R, Burress C, Casavant R, Prudente CN, Engineer ND. Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for stroke: Implantation experience from the VNS-REHAB trial. J Clin Neurosci. 2022 Nov; 105:122-128 Epub 2022 Sept 28
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  17. Dawson J, Engineer ND, Cramer SC, Wolf SL, Ali R, O'Dell MW, Pierce D, Prudente CN, Redgrave J, Feng W, Liu CY, Francisco GE, Brown BL, Dixit A, Alexander J, DeMark L, Krishna V, Kautz SA, Majid A, Tarver B, Turner DL, Kimberley TJ.. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Rehabilitation for Upper Limb Motor Impairment and Function After Chronic Ischemic Stroke: Subgroup Analysis of the Randomized, Blinded, Pivotal, VNS-REHAB Device Trial. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2022 Oct 13:15459683221129274. doi: 10.1177/15459683221129274. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36226541.. 2022.
  18. Deshpande N, Ali R.. A Review of Healthcare Disparities in Deep Brain Stimulation Access and Utilization Accepted Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface.. 2022.
  19. Montenegro T, Ali R, Arle J. Closed-loop systems in neuromodulation: Electrophysiology and Wearables Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;33(3):297-303. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2022.02.008. Epub 2022 May 26.. 2022.
  20. Deshpande N, Gibbs R, Ali R. Evaluation of DBS Timeline in Movement Disorders: A Comparison Between Genders. World Neurosurg. 2022 Apr 28:S1878-8750(22)00541-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.04.092.. 2022.
  21. Abouelleil M, Deshpande N, Ali R.. Emerging Trends in Neuromodulation for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2022 Mar 21;3:839463. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.839463.. 2022.
  22. D'Souza RS, Pilitsis JG, Langford BJ, Orhurhu V, Hussain N, Hoffmann CM, Anitescu M, Vanterpool S, Ali R, Patel K, Moeschler SM. Speaker Gender Representation at the North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting (2017-2021): Have We Made Progress in Closing the Gender Gap? J Pain Res. 2022; 15:3423-3432 Epub 2022 Oct 26
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  23. Rameez F, Walsh M, Wees N, Ali R, Min J, Tank E, Khan M. Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) Encephalitis Mimicking Acute Stroke in Michigan: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Jan; 12 (1):137-142 Epub 2021 June 24
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  24. Ali R, Englot DJ, Yu H, Naftel R, Haas KF, Konrad PE.. Experience From 211 Transcortical Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy Procedures: Relevant Surgical Anatomy and Review of the Literature. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Sep 15;21(4):181-188.. 2021.
  25. Dawson J, Liu CY, Francisco GE, Cramer SC, Wolf SL, Dixit A, Alexander J, Ali R, Brown BL, Feng W, DeMark L, Hochberg LR, Kautz SA, Majid A, O'Dell MW, Pierce D, Prudente CN, Redgrave J, Turner DL, Engineer ND, Kimberley TJ.. Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for upper limb motor function after ischaemic stroke (VNS-REHAB): a randomised, blinded, pivotal, device trial. Lancet. 2021 Apr 24;397(10284):1545-1553. Lancet. 2021.
  26. Rammo R, Ali R, Pabaney A, Seidman M, Schwalb JS. Surgical Neuromodulation of Tinnitus: A Review of Current Therapies and Future Applications. Neuromodulation. 2019 Jun;22(4):380-387. doi: 10.1111/ner.12793. Epub 2018 Jul 17. PMID: 30015361.. 2019.
  27. Ali R, Massie L, Slavin K, Schwalb J.. Concurrent Placement of Bilateral Suboccipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulators using On-Q* Tunneler: Technical Note. Operative Neurosurgery 2018 Dec 1;15(6):720-724. 2018.
  28. Ali R, Chon J, Mathews L, Yu H, Konrad P. Novel technique for insertion of cervical spinal cord stimulator percutaneous leads: Technical Note and Institutional experience. World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug 1. pii: S1878-8750(18)31698-X.. 2018.
  29. Ali R, Elsayed M, Mahmood N, Constantinou J, Air E, Schwalb J.. Effectiveness of Vagal Nerve Stimulator for Dravet syndrome using social media. J Neurol Sci. 2017 Apr 15;375:146-149.. 2017.
  30. Ali R, Pabaney A, Kole M, Malik GM.. Arteriovenous malformations of the corpus callosum: Pooled analysis and systematic review of literature. Surg Neurol Int 2016 Apr 1;7(Suppl 9): S228-36.. 2017.
  31. Ali R, Schwalb J, Antoine H, Rubinfeld I.. Use of the modified frailty index to predict 30-day morbidity and mortality from spine surgery. J Neurosurg Spine 2016 Oct;25(4):537-541.. 2016.
  32. Ali R.. Ictal Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities. The open cardiovascular medicine journal 2016; 10:55-59. 2016.
  33. Montalvo M, Ali R, Silver B, Khan M. Long-term Arrhythmia Monitoring in Cryptogenic Stroke: Who, How, and for How Long? Open Cardiovasc Med J. 2016; 10:89-93 Epub 2016 May 27
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  34. Ali R, Khan M, Chang V, Narang J, Jain R, Marin H, Rock J, Kole M. MRI Pre- and Post-Embolization Enhancement Patterns Predict Surgical Outcomes in Intracranial Meningiomas. J Neuroimaging. 2016 Jan-Feb; 26 (1):130-5 Epub 2015 May 21
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  35. Pabaney A, Ali R, Lewitt PA, Sidiropoulos C, Schwalb JM.. Successful management of hemiballism from delayed peri subthalamic nucleus hemorrhage with pallidal DBS- case report. World Neurosurgery. 2015 Oct;84(4):1176 e1-3.. 2015.
  36. Ali R, Pabaney A, Robin A, Marin H, Rosenblum M. Glioblastoma and Intracranial Aneurysms: Case Report and Review of Literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2015 Apr 23;6:66. 2015.
  37. Montalvo M, Ali R, Khan M. Bilateral Medial Medullary Infarction Presenting as Guillain Barré Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge J Neurol Sci. 2015 Apr 10. pii: S0022-510X(15)00195-1.. 2015.
  38. Gross R, Ali R, Kole M, Dorbeistein C, Jayaraman MV, Khan M. Tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting as myelopathy: Case series and review of literature. World J Clin Cases. 2014 Dec 16; 2 (12):907-11
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  39. Rehman T, Rehman A, Ali R, Bashir H, Rehman A, Bhimani S, Khan S. A radiographic analysis of ventricular trajectories. World Neurosurg. 2013;80(1-2):173-8.. 2013.
  40. Ali R, Yang LS, Henning T.. Posterior Interosseus Nerve Pasly resulting from Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Pseudotumor: case report and review of literature. PM R. 2014. pii: S1934-1482(14)00014-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.12.016.. 2013.
  41. Rehman T, Rehman A, Bashir H, Ali R, Rehman A, Bhimani S, Khan S. A U.S. based survey on ventriculostomy practices. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2012;114(6):651-54.. 2012.
  42. Ali R, Enam A. B-Cell Lymphoma of the Brainstem with Central Neurogenic Hyperventilation JPMA 2011;61(9):925-7.. 2011.
  43. Rehman T, Ali R, Taylor C, Yonas H.. Bilateral Giant Cavernous Carotid Artery Aneurysms in a child with Juvenile Paget's Disease. World Neurosurgery 2010;73(6):691-3.. 2010.
  44. Shamim MS, Enam A, Ali R, Anwar S. Craniocerebral Aspergillosis: A Review of Advances in Diagnosis and Management. JPMA 2010; 60(7):573-9.. 2010.
  45. Rehman T, Ali R, Yonas H.. Cerebellar haemangioblastoma: temporising treatment in a high-risk pregnancy. BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009:bcr01.2009.1413.. 2009.
  46. Tahir MZ, Enam A, Ali R, Bhatti A, Haq T.. Cost effectiveness of clipping versus coiling of intracranial aneurysms after sub arachnoid hemorrhage in a developing country - a prospective study. Surgical Neurology 2009; 72(4): 356-62.. 2009.
  47. Rehman A, Rehman T, Ali R. Multi-antibiotic resistant Brain Abscess sensitive only to Chloramphenicol: a case report. Cases Journal 2009, 2:6352.. 2009.
  48. Shamim MS, Enam A, Ali R, Ali FS, Wasay M.. Overview of surgical management of infectious non-suppurative brain lesions (Part I). Pak Pak J Neurol Sci 2009; 4(2):77-82.. 2009.
  49. Rehman T, Ali R, Tawil I, Yonas H. Rapid progression of traumatic bifrontal contusions to transtentorial herniation: A case report. BMC Cases J. 2008; 1: 203.. 2008.
  50. Arif OM, Fatmi Z, Pardeep B, Ali T, Iqbal H, Bangash HK, Ali R, Altaf H, Baba JA. Attitudes and perceptions about prenatal diagnosis and induced abortion among adults of Pakistani population. Prenatal Diagnosis 2008; 28(12):1149-1155.. 2008.
  51. Haque AS, Zubairi ABS, Shiraz A, Zuberi F, Karim SI, Ali R, Awan S.. Asthma knowledge and approach among Pakistani family physicians and the impact of an educational programme Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007; 11(11):1260–1265.. 2007.
  52. Sheikh BT, Ali RP, Qureshi N, Azam SI.. Approach, Attitude and Attributes of a Physician: What do patients look for. Medicine Today 2007;5(3): 74-77. 2007.
  53. Raza S, Sadaf A, Fecto F, Ali RP, Bari A, Enam A.. Patterns of tuberculosis in the central nervous system Infect Dis J 2004;13(4): 99-104.. 2004.