Aria Fallah, M.D., F.R.C.S. – UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI)

Aria Fallah

HS Associate Clinical Professor, Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles

HS Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles

Email: afallah@mednet.ucla.edu

Phone: 1.310.794.4085

Edie & Lew Wasserman Building
300 Stein Plaza, Ste 525
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

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Biography

Dr. Aria Fallah’s expertise and research interests are in Evidence Based Surgery, Clinical Trials, Observational Studies and Meta-Analyses as it relates to clinical and operative Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery. His current research projects include large international studies to generate and validate a prognostic tools, comparative effectiveness and data-synthesis in pediatric epilepsy surgery. He is also involved in randomized clinical trials in epilepsy surgery.

Publications

Chen JS, Harris WB, Wu KJ, Phillips HW, Tseng CH, Weil AG, Fallah A. Comparison of Hemispheric Surgery Techniques for Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis.. Neurology, 2023.
Magaki S, Haeri M, Szymanski LJ, Chen Z, Diaz R, Williams CK, Chang JW, Ao Y, Newell KL, Khanlou N, Yong WH, Fallah A, Salamon N, Daniel T, Cotter J, Hawes D, Sofroniew M, Vinters HV. Hyaline protoplasmic astrocytopathy in epilepsy.. Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology, 2023.
Wei Z, Fallah A, Wang Y, Kuang S, Weil AG, Wang J, Liang S. Influence of resective extent of epileptogenic tuber on seizure outcome in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex-related epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Seizure, 2023.
Mozaffari K, Krishnakumar A, Chen JS, Goel K, Wang A, Shlobin NA, Weil AG, Fallah A. Seizure outcomes in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome undergoing epilepsy surgery: An individual participant data meta-analysis.. Seizure, 2023.
Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth MD, Bollo RJ, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy M, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Kennedy BC, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Eastwood D, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez D, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy: a retrospective multiinstitutional study.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2023.
Chen JS, Lamoureux AA, Shlobin NA, Elkaim LM, Wang A, Ibrahim GM, Obaid S, Harroud A, Guadagno E, Dimentberg E, Bouthillier A, Bernhardt BC, Nguyen DK, Fallah A, Weil AG. Magnetic Resonance-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.. Epilepsia, 2023.
Topalovic U, Barclay S, Ling C, Alzuhair A, Yu W, Hokhikyan V, Chandrakumar H, Rozgic D, Jiang W, Basir-Kazeruni S, Maoz SL, Inman CS, Stangl M, Gill J, Bari A, Fallah A, Eliashiv D, Pouratian N, Fried I, Suthana N, Markovic D. A wearable platform for closed-loop stimulation and recording of single-neuron and local field potential activity in freely moving humans.. Nature neuroscience, 2023.
Arfaie S, Amin P, Kwan ATH, Solgi A, Sarabi A, Hakak-Zargar B, Brunette-Clément T, Pushenko D, Mir-Moghtadaei K, Mashayekhi MS, Mofatteh M, Honarvar F, Ren LY, Noiseux-Lush C, Azizi Z, Pearl PL, Baldeweg T, Weil AG, Fallah A. Long-term full-scale intelligent quotient outcomes following pediatric and childhood epilepsy surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Seizure, 2023.
Goel K, Pek V, Shlobin NA, Chen JS, Wang A, Ibrahim GM, Hadjinicolaou A, Roessler K, Dudley RW, Nguyen DK, El-Tahry R, Fallah A, Weil AG. Clinical utility of intraoperative electrocorticography for epilepsy surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Epilepsia, 2022.
Zhang Y, Chung H, Ngo JP, Monsoor T, Hussain SA, Matsumoto JH, Walshaw PD, Fallah A, Sim MS, Asano E, Sankar R, Staba RJ, Engel J, Speier W, Roychowdhury V, Nariai H. Characterizing physiological high-frequency oscillations using deep learning.. Journal of neural engineering, 2022.
Castro MP, Khanlou N, Fallah A, Pampana A, Alam A, Lala DA, Roy KGG, Amara ARR, Prakash A, Singh D, Behura L, Kumar A, Kapoor S. Targeting chromosome 12q amplification in relapsed glioblastoma: the use of computational biological modeling to identify effective therapy-a case report.. Annals of translational medicine, 2022.
Yossofzai O, Stone S, Madsen J, Moineddin R, Wang S, Ragheb J, Mohamed I, Bollo R, Clarke D, Perry MS, Weil AG, Raskin J, Pindrik J, Ahmed R, Lam S, Fallah A, Maniquis C, Andrade A, Ibrahim GM, Drake J, Rutka J, Tailor J, Mitsakakis N, Puka K, Widjaja E. Seizure outcome of pediatric magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy versus open surgery: A matched noninferiority cohort study.. Epilepsia, 2022.
Phillips HW, Chen JS, Tucker AM, Ding K, Kashanian A, Nagahama Y, Mathern GW, Weil AG, Fallah A. Preliminary Experience Suggests the Addition of Choroid Plexus Cauterization to Functional Hemispherectomy May Reduce Posthemispherectomy Hydrocephalus.. Neurosurgery, 2022.
Obaid S, Chen JS, Ibrahim GM, Bouthillier A, Dimentberg E, Surbeck W, Guadagno E, Brunette-Clément T, Shlobin NA, Shulkin A, Hale AT, Tomycz LD, Von Lehe M, Perry MS, Chassoux F, Bouilleret V, Taussig D, Fohlen M, Dorfmuller G, Hagiwara K, Isnard J, Oluigbo CO, Ikegaya N, Nguyen DK, Fallah A, Weil AG. Predictors of outcomes after surgery for medically intractable insular epilepsy: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.. Epilepsia open, 2022.
Elkaim LM, Niazi F, Levett JJ, Bokhari R, Gorodetsky C, Breitbart S, Alotaibi F, Alluhaybi AA, Weil AG, Fallah A, Alotaibi NM, Ibrahim GM. Deep brain stimulation in children and youth: perspectives of patients and caregivers gleaned through Twitter.. Neurosurgical focus, 2022.
Harris WB, Brunette-Clement T, Wang A, Phillips HW, von Der Brelie C, Weil AG, Fallah A. Long-term outcomes of pediatric epilepsy surgery: Individual participant data and study level meta-analyses.. Seizure, 2022.
Hatoum R, Nathoo-Khedri N, Shlobin NA, Wang A, Weil AG, Fallah A. Barriers to epilepsy surgery in pediatric patients: A scoping review.. Seizure, 2022.
Shlobin NA, Wang A, Phillips HW, Yan H, Ibrahim GM, Elkaim LM, Wang S, Liu X, Cai L, Nguyen DK, Fallah A, Weil AG. Sensorimotor outcomes after resection for perirolandic drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2022.
Hatoum R, Chen JS, Lavergne P, Shlobin NA, Wang A, Elkaim LM, Dodin P, Couturier CP, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Venne D, Perreault S, Wang AC, Jabado N, Dudley RWR, Weil AG. Extent of Tumor Resection and Survival in Pediatric Patients With High-Grade Gliomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.. JAMA network open, 2022.
Yossofzai O, Fallah A, Maniquis C, Wang S, Ragheb J, Weil AG, Brunette-Clement T, Andrade A, Ibrahim GM, Mitsakakis N, Widjaja E. Development and validation of machine learning models for prediction of seizure outcome after pediatric epilepsy surgery.. Epilepsia, 2022.
Nijman M, Yang E, Jaimes C, Prohl AK, Sahin M, Krueger DA, Wu JY, Northrup H, Stone SSD, Madsen JR, Fallah A, Blount JP, Weiner HL, Grayson L, Bebin EM, Porter BE, Warfield SK, Prabhu SP, Peters JM, TACERN Study Group. Limited utility of structural MRI to identify the epileptogenic zone in young children with tuberous sclerosis.. Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 2022.
Joris V, Weil AG, Fallah A. Brain Surgery for Medically Intractable Epilepsy.. Advances in pediatrics, 2022.
Phillips HW, Maniquis CAB, Chen JS, Duby SL, Nagahama Y, Bergeron D, Ibrahim GM, Weil AG, Fallah A. Midline Brain Shift After Hemispheric Surgery: Natural History, Clinical Significance, and Association With Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion.. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 2022.
Siegel L, Yan H, Warsi N, Wong S, Suresh H, Weil AG, Ragheb J, Wang S, Rozzelle C, Albert GW, Raskin J, Abel T, Hauptman J, Schrader DV, Bollo R, Smyth MD, Lew SM, Lopresti M, Kizek DJ, Weiner HL, Fallah A, Widjaja E, Ibrahim GM. Connectomic profiling and Vagus nerve stimulation Outcomes Study (CONNECTiVOS): a prospective observational protocol to identify biomarkers of seizure response in children and youth.. BMJ open, 2022.
Jones M, Harris WB, Perry MS, Behrmann M, Christodoulou J, Fallah A, Kolb B, Musiek F, Paul LK, Puka K, Salorio C, Sankar R, Smith ML, Naduvil Valappil AM, Walshaw P, Weiner HL, Woo R, Zeitler P, Abel TJ. Knowledge gaps for functional outcomes after multilobar resective and disconnective pediatric epilepsy surgery: Conference Proceedings of the Patient-Centered Stakeholder Meeting 2019.. Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, 2022.
Krawczyk MC, Haney JR, Pan L, Caneda C, Khankan RR, Reyes SD, Chang JW, Morselli M, Vinters HV, Wang AC, Cobos I, Gandal MJ, Bergsneider M, Kim W, Liau LM, Yong W, Jalali A, Deneen B, Grant GA, Mathern GW, Fallah A, Zhang Y. Human Astrocytes Exhibit Tumor Microenvironment-, Age-, and Sex-Related Transcriptomic Signatures.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2022.
Emin D, Fallah A, Salamon N, Mathern G, Akhtari M. Distinctive ionic transport of freshly excised human epileptogenic brain tissue.. Applied physics letters, 2021.
Nagahama Y, Zervos TM, Murata KK, Holman L, Karsonovich T, Parker JJ, Chen JS, Phillips HW, Fajardo M, Nariai H, Hussain SA, Porter BE, Grant GA, Ragheb J, Wang S, O'Neill BR, Alexander AL, Bollo RJ, Fallah A. Real-World Preliminary Experience With Responsive Neurostimulation in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study.. Neurosurgery, 2021.
Zhang Y, Lu Q, Monsoor T, Hussain SA, Qiao JX, Salamon N, Fallah A, Sim MS, Asano E, Sankar R, Staba RJ, Engel J, Speier W, Roychowdhury V, Nariai H. Refining epileptogenic high-frequency oscillations using deep learning: a reverse engineering approach.. Brain communications, 2021.
Wang S, Sun MZ, Abecassis IJ, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Ene C, Leary SES, Cole BL, Lockwood CM, Olson JM, Geyer JR, Ellenbogen RG, Ojemann JG, Wang AC. Predictors of mortality and tumor recurrence in desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma and astrocytoma-and individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA).. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2021.
Fallah A, Lewis E, Ibrahim GM, Kola O, Tseng CH, Harris WB, Chen JS, Lin KM, Cai LX, Liu QZ, Lin JL, Zhou WJ, Mathern GW, Smyth MD, O'Neill BR, Dudley RWR, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Delev D, Ramantani G, Zentner J, Wang AC, Dorfer C, Feucht M, Czech T, Bollo RJ, Issabekov G, Zhu H, Connolly M, Steinbok P, Zhang JG, Zhang K, Hidalgo ET, Weiner HL, Wong-Kisiel L, Lapalme-Remis S, Tripathi M, Sarat Chandra P, Hader W, Wang FP, Yao Y, Champagne PO, Brunette-Clément T, Guo Q, Li SC, Budke M, Pérez-Jiménez MA, Raftopoulos C, Finet P, Michel P, Schaller K, Stienen MN, Baro V, Cantillano Malone C, Pociecha J, Chamorro N, Muro VL, von Lehe M, Vieker S, Oluigbo C, Gaillard WD, Al-Khateeb M, Al Otaibi F, Krayenbühl N, Bolton J, Pearl PL, Weil AG. Comparison of the real-world effectiveness of vertical versus lateral functional hemispherotomy techniques for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: A post hoc analysis of the HOPS study.. Epilepsia, 2021.
Roth J, Constantini S, Ekstein M, Weiner HL, Tripathi M, Chandra PS, Cossu M, Rizzi M, Bollo RJ, Machado HR, Santos MV, Keating RF, Oluigbo CO, Rutka JT, Drake JM, Jallo GI, Shimony N, Treiber JM, Consales A, Mangano FT, Wisoff JH, Teresa Hidalgo E, Bingaman WE, Gupta A, Erdemir G, Sundar SJ, Benifla M, Shapira V, Lam SK, Fallah A, Maniquis CAB, Tisdall M, Chari A, Cinalli G, Blount JP, Dorfmüller G, Uliel-Sibony S. Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: Safety, feasibility, and outcomes: A multicenter, multinational study.. Epilepsia, 2021.
Kakodkar P, Fallah A, Tu A. Systematic review on use and efficacy of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) for the management of spasticity in non-pediatric patients.. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021.
Emin D, Fallah A, Salamon N, Yong W, Frew A, Mathern G, Akhtari M. Understanding the sodium cation conductivity of human epileptic brain tissue.. AIP advances, 2021.
Fallah A, Tu A. Commentary: Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Palliative Rhizotomy: A Novel Technical Application.. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 2021.
Chang JW, Reyes SD, Faure-Kumar E, Lam SK, Lawlor MW, Leventer RJ, Lew SM, Lockhart PJ, Pope K, Weiner HL, Salamon N, Vinters HV, Mathern GW, Fallah A, Owens GC. Clonally Focused Public and Private T Cells in Resected Brain Tissue From Surgeries to Treat Children With Intractable Seizures.. Frontiers in immunology, 2021.
Weil AG, Lewis EC, Ibrahim GM, Kola O, Tseng CH, Zhou X, Lin KM, Cai LX, Liu QZ, Lin JL, Zhou WJ, Mathern GW, Smyth MD, O'Neill BR, Dudley R, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Delev D, Ramantani G, Zentner J, Ojemann J, Wang AC, Dorfer C, Feucht M, Czech T, Bollo RJ, Issabekov G, Zhu H, Connelly M, Steinbok P, Zhang JG, Zhang K, Hidalgo ET, Weiner HL, Wong-Kisiel L, Lapalme-Remis S, Tripathi M, Sarat Chandra P, Hader W, Wang FP, Yao Y, Olivier Champagne P, Guo Q, Li SC, Budke M, Pérez-Jiménez MA, Raftapoulos C, Finet P, Michel P, Schaller K, Stienen MN, Baro V, Cantillano Malone C, Pociecha J, Chamorro N, Muro VL, von Lehe M, Vieker S, Oluigbo C, Gaillard WD, Al Khateeb M, Al Otaibi F, Krayenbühl N, Bolton J, Pearl PL, Fallah A. Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale: Development and validation of a seizure freedom prediction tool.. Epilepsia, 2021.
Fallah A, Subramaniam T, Phillips HW, Michalet X, Vinters HV, Yong WH, Wu JY, Salamon N, Ellingson BM, Wang AC, Reyes SD, Ibrahim GM, Weil AG, Chang JW, Babayan D, Nguyen JC, Behnke E, Tseng CH, Mathern GW. Novel tonometer device distinguishes brain stiffness in epilepsy surgery.. Scientific reports, 2020.
Crevier-Sorbo G, Brunette-Clément T, Medawar E, Mathieu F, Morgan BR, Hachem LD, Dewan MC, Fallah A, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM. A needs assessment of pediatric epilepsy surgery in Haiti.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2020.
Yan H, Siegel L, Breitbart S, Gorodetsky C, Gonorazky HD, Yau I, Go C, Donner E, Kalia SK, Fasano A, Weil AG, Fallah A, Ibrahim GM. The Child & Youth CompreHensIve Longitudinal Database for Deep Brain Stimulation (CHILD-DBS).. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020.
Chivukula S, Modiri O, Kashanian A, Babayan D, Ibrahim GM, Weil AG, Tu A, Wu JY, Mathern GW, Fallah A. Effect of Gene Mutation on Seizures in Surgery for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2020.
Bellamkonda N, Phillips HW, Chen JS, Tucker AM, Maniquis C, Mathern GW, Fallah A. Epilepsy surgery for Rasmussen encephalitis: the UCLA experience.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2020.
Okubo Y, Fallah A, Hayakawa I, Handa A, Nariai H. Trends in hospitalization and readmission for pediatric epilepsy and underutilization of epilepsy surgery in the United States.. Seizure, 2020.
Grayson LE, Peters JM, McPherson T, Krueger DA, Sahin M, Wu JY, Northrup HA, Porter B, Cutter GR, O'Kelley SE, Krefting J, Stone SS, Madsen JR, Fallah A, Blount JP, Weiner HL, Bebin EM, TACERN Study Group. Pilot Study of Neurodevelopmental Impact of Early Epilepsy Surgery in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.. Pediatric neurology, 2020.
Arocho-Quinones EV, Lew SM, Handler MH, Tovar-Spinoza Z, Smyth M, Bollo R, Donahue D, Perry MS, Levy ML, Gonda D, Mangano FT, Storm PB, Price AV, Couture DE, Oluigbo C, Duhaime AC, Barnett GH, Muh CR, Sather MD, Fallah A, Wang AC, Bhatia S, Patel K, Tarima S, Graber S, Huckins S, Hafez DM, Rumalla K, Bailey L, Shandley S, Roach A, Alexander E, Jenkins W, Tsering D, Price G, Meola A, Evanoff W, Thompson EM, Brandmeir N, Pediatric Stereotactic Laser Ablation Workgroup. Magnetic resonance-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: a multiinstitutional retrospective study.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2020.
Crevier-Sorbo G, Brunette-Clément T, Medawar E, Mathieu F, Morgan BR, Hachem L, Fallah A, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM. Assessment and treatment of childhood epilepsy in Haiti.. Epilepsia open, 2020.
Westwick HJ, Elkaim LM, Obaid S, Fallah A, Tu A, Ibrahim GM, Weil AG. Interest and participation in global neurosurgery: a survey of Canadian neurosurgery residents.. Neurosurgical focus, 2020.
Weil AG, Fallah A, Wang S, Ibrahim GM, Elkaim LM, Jayakar P, Miller I, Bhatia S, Niazi TN, Ragheb J. Functional hemispherectomy: can preoperative imaging predict outcome?. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2020.
Wang S, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Korman B, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Duchowny M. Surgical management of pediatric patients with encephalopathy due to electrical status epilepticus during sleep (ESES).. Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, 2020.
Harris WB, Phillips HW, Chen JS, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A. Seizure outcomes in children with Rasmussen's encephalitis undergoing resective or hemispheric epilepsy surgery: an individual participant data meta-analysis.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2019.
Faltermeier C, Chai T, Syed S, Lau N, Elkaim L, Ibrahim G, Wang A, Weil A, Bendel A, Fallah A, Tu A. Correction: Survival of infants ≤24 months of age with brain tumors: A population-based study using the SEER database.. PloS one, 2019.
Cepeda C, Levinson S, Nariai H, Yazon VW, Tran C, Barry J, Oikonomou KD, Vinters HV, Fallah A, Mathern GW, Wu JY. Pathological high frequency oscillations associate with increased GABA synaptic activity in pediatric epilepsy surgery patients.. Neurobiology of disease, 2019.
Wheelwright M, Selvey PJ, Steinbok P, Singhal A, Ibrahim G, Fallah A, Weil AG, Halvorson K, Tu A. Systematic review of spinal deformities following multi-level selective dorsal rhizotomy.. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2019.
Faltermeier C, Chai T, Syed S, Lau N, Elkaim L, Ibrahim G, Wang A, Weil A, Bendel A, Fallah A, Tu A. Survival of infants ≤24 months of age with brain tumors: A population-based study using the SEER database.. PloS one, 2019.
Nariai H, Hussain SA, Bernardo D, Fallah A, Murata KK, Nguyen JC, Rajaraman RR, Rao LM, Matsumoto JH, Lerner JT, Salamon N, Elashoff D, Sankar R, Wu JY. Prospective observational study: Fast ripple localization delineates the epileptogenic zone.. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019.
Owens GC, Garcia AJ, Mochizuki AY, Chang JW, Reyes SD, Salamon N, Prins RM, Mathern GW, Fallah A. Evidence for Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses in a Cohort of Intractable Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Patients.. Frontiers in immunology, 2019.
Nariai H, Wu JY, Bernardo D, Fallah A, Sankar R, Hussain SA. Interrater reliability in visual identification of interictal high-frequency oscillations on electrocorticography and scalp EEG.. Epilepsia open, 2018.
Mansouri A, Taslimi S, Abbasian A, Badhiwala JH, Akbar MA, Alotaibi NM, Almenawer SA, Weil AG, Fallah A, Carmant L, Ibrahim GM. Surgical outcomes for medically intractable epilepsy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of neurosurgery, 2018.
Coulombe MA, Elkaim LM, Alotaibi NM, Gorman DA, Weil AG, Fallah A, Kalia SK, Lipsman N, Lozano AM, Ibrahim GM. Deep brain stimulation for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in children and youth: a meta-analysis with individual participant data.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2018.
Cepeda C, Levinson S, Yazon VW, Barry J, Mathern GW, Fallah A, Vinters HV, Levine MS, Wu JY. Cellular antiseizure mechanisms of everolimus in pediatric tuberous sclerosis complex, cortical dysplasia, and non-mTOR-mediated etiologies.. Epilepsia open, 2018.
Ibrahim GM, Weil AG, Sedighim S, Schoen NB, Mikhail M, Sharma P, Guillen MR, Morgan BR, Wong S, Cajigas I, Jermakowicz WJ, Sandoval-Garcia C, Lewis EC, Fallah A, Altman N, Medina S, Pacheco-Jacome E, Jayakar P, Hyslop A, Miller I, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Bernal B. Presurgical hyperconnectivity of the ablation volume is associated with seizure-freedom after magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy.. Seizure, 2018.
Wang AC, Jones DTW, Abecassis IJ, Cole BL, Leary SES, Lockwood CM, Chavez L, Capper D, Korshunov A, Fallah A, Wang S, Ene C, Olson JM, Geyer JR, Holland EC, Lee A, Ellenbogen RG, Ojemann JG. Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma/Astrocytoma (DIG/DIA) Are Distinct Entities with Frequent BRAFV600 Mutations.. Molecular cancer research : MCR, 2018.
Yan H, Abel TJ, Alotaibi NM, Anderson M, Niazi TN, Weil AG, Fallah A, Phillips JH, Forrest CR, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Ibrahim GM. A systematic review and meta-analysis of endoscopic versus open treatment of craniosynostosis. Part 1: the sagittal suture.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2018.
Yan H, Abel TJ, Alotaibi NM, Anderson M, Niazi TN, Weil AG, Fallah A, Phillips JH, Forrest CR, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Ibrahim GM. A systematic review of endoscopic versus open treatment of craniosynostosis. Part 2: the nonsagittal single sutures.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2018.
Modiri O, Guha D, Alotaibi NM, Ibrahim GM, Lipsman N, Fallah A. Readability and quality of wikipedia pages on neurosurgical topics.. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 2018.
Ibrahim GM, Wong S, Morgan BR, Lipsman N, Fallah A, Weil AG, Krishna V, Wennberg RA, Lozano AA. Phase-amplitude coupling within the anterior thalamic nuclei during seizures.. Journal of neurophysiology, 2017.
Cooper YA, Pianka ST, Alotaibi NM, Babayan D, Salavati B, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Wang AC, Fallah A. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of real-world evidence.. Epilepsia open, 2017.
Wang AC, Ibrahim GM, Poliakov AV, Wang PI, Fallah A, Mathern GW, Buckley RT, Collins K, Weil AG, Shurtleff HA, Warner MH, Perez FA, Shaw DW, Wright JN, Saneto RP, Novotny EJ, Lee A, Browd SR, Ojemann JG. Corticospinal tract atrophy and motor fMRI predict motor preservation after functional cerebral hemispherectomy.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2017.
Fallah A, Weil AG, Juraschka K, Ibrahim GM, Wang AC, Crevier L, Tseng CH, Kulkarni AV, Ragheb J, Bhatia S. The importance of extent of choroid plexus cauterization in addition to endoscopic third ventriculostomy for infantile hydrocephalus: a retrospective North American observational study using propensity score-adjusted analysis.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2017.
Ibrahim GM, Sharma P, Hyslop A, Guillen MR, Morgan BR, Wong S, Abel TJ, Elkaim L, Cajigas I, Shah AH, Fallah A, Weil AG, Altman N, Bernal B, Medina S, Widjaja E, Jayakar P, Ragheb J, Bhatia S. Presurgical thalamocortical connectivity is associated with response to vagus nerve stimulation in children with intractable epilepsy.. NeuroImage. Clinical, 2017.
Meng Y, Elkaim L, Wang J, Liu J, Alotaibi NM, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Weil AG, Valiante TA, Lozano AM, Rutka JT. Social media in epilepsy: A quantitative and qualitative analysis.. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2017.
Elkarim GA, Alotaibi NM, Samuel N, Wang S, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Weil AG, Kulkarni AV. Social media networking in pediatric hydrocephalus: a point-prevalence analysis of utilization.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2017.
Wang S, Stone S, Weil AG, Fallah A, Warf BC, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Kulkarni AV. Comparative effectiveness of flexible versus rigid neuroendoscopy for endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization: a propensity score-matched cohort and survival analysis.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2017.
Alotaibi NM, Elkarim GA, Samuel N, Ayling OGS, Guha D, Fallah A, Aldakkan A, Jaja BNR, de Oliveira Manoel AL, Ibrahim GM, Macdonald RL. Effects of decompressive craniectomy on functional outcomes and death in poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of neurosurgery, 2017.
Weil AG, Wang AC, Westwick HJ, Ibrahim GM, Ariani RT, Crevier L, Perreault S, Davidson T, Tseng CH, Fallah A. Survival in pediatric medulloblastoma: a population-based observational study to improve prognostication.. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2016.
Wang J, Alotaibi NM, Samuel N, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Cusimano MD. Acquired Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia Secondary to Space-Occupying Lesions: A Systematic Review.. World neurosurgery, 2016.
Weil AG, Westwick H, Wang S, Alotaibi NM, Elkaim L, Ibrahim GM, Wang AC, Ariani RT, Crevier L, Myers B, Fallah A. Efficacy and safety of endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization for infantile hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2016.
Fallah A, Weil AG, Wang S, Lewis E, Baca CB, Mathern GW. Cost-utility analysis of competing treatment strategies for drug-resistant epilepsy in children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2016.
Weil AG, Fallah A, Lewis EC, Bhatia S. Medically resistant pediatric insular-opercular/perisylvian epilepsy. Part 1: invasive monitoring using the parasagittal transinsular apex depth electrode.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2016.
Weil AG, Le NM, Jayakar P, Resnick T, Miller I, Fallah A, Duchowny M, Bhatia S. Medically resistant pediatric insular-opercular/perisylvian epilepsy. Part 2: outcome following resective surgery.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2016.
Alotaibi NM, Guha D, Fallah A, Aldakkan A, Nassiri F, Badhiwala JH, Ibrahim GM, Shamji MF, Macdonald RL, Lozano AM. Social Media Metrics and Bibliometric Profiles of Neurosurgical Departments and Journals: Is There a Relationship?. World neurosurgery, 2016.
Fallah A, Wang AC, Weil AG, Ibrahim GM, Mansouri A, Bhatia S. Predictors of Outcome Following Cerebral Aqueductoplasty: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.. Neurosurgery, 2016.
Wang S, Fallah A. Evaluating the epilepsy and oncological outcomes of pediatric brain tumors causing seizures.. Translational pediatrics, 2016.
Fallah A. Moving beyond evidence-based medicine: Incorporating patient values and preferences.. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2015.
Weil AG, Fallah A, Chamiraju P, Ragheb J, Bhatia S. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization with a rigid neuroendoscope in infants with hydrocephalus.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2015.
Fallah A, Rodgers SD, Weil AG, Vadera S, Mansouri A, Connolly MB, Major P, Ma T, Devinsky O, Weiner HL, Gonzalez-Martinez JA, Bingaman WE, Najm I, Gupta A, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Steinbok P, Witiw CD, Widjaja E, Snead OC, Rutka JT. Resective Epilepsy Surgery for Tuberous Sclerosis in Children: Determining Predictors of Seizure Outcomes in a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.. Neurosurgery, 2015.
Fallah A, Weil AG, Sur S, Miller I, Jayakar P, Morrison G, Bhatia S, Ragheb J. Epilepsy surgery related to pediatric brain tumors: Miami Children's Hospital experience.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2015.
Weil AG, Fallah A, Bhatia S, Ragheb J. Pediatric Neurosurgery in the Developing World: The Haiti Experience.. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 2015.
Lo Presti A, Weil AG, Fallah A, Peterson EC, Niazi TN, Bhatia S. Treatment of a cerebral pial arteriovenous fistula in a patient with sickle cell disease-related moyamoya syndrome: case report.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2015.
Ibrahim GM, Morgan BR, Fallah A. A partial least squares analysis of seizure outcomes following resective surgery for tuberous sclerosis complex in children with intractable epilepsy.. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2014.
Wang S, Fallah A. Optimal management of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex: current and emerging options.. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2014.
Fallah A. Time to rethink how to measure postoperative seizure outcomes for potentially curative resective.. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2014.
Mansouri A, Fallah A, McAndrews MP, Cohn M, Mayor D, Andrade D, Carlen P, Del Campo JM, Tai P, Wennberg RA, Valiante TA. Neurocognitive and Seizure Outcomes of Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy versus Anterior Temporal Lobectomy for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.. Epilepsy research and treatment, 2014.
Reddy D, Fallah A, Petropoulos JA, Farrokhyar F, Macdonald RL, Jichici D. Prophylactic magnesium sulfate for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Neurocritical care, 2014.
Witiw CD, Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Macdonald RL. Early predictors of prolonged stay in a critical care unit following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.. Neurocritical care, 2013.
Mansouri A, Fallah A, Ibrahim GM, Valiante TA. Predictors of surgical candidacy in 414 epilepsy patients admitted to the EMU.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2013.
Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Macdonald RL. Clinical, laboratory, and radiographic predictors of the occurrence of seizures following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.. Journal of neurosurgery, 2013.
Fallah A, Ibrahim GM, Rutka JT. Hemispherectomy: When half is better than the whole. Tuberous sclerosis complex.. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2013.
Fallah A, Guyatt GH, Snead OC, Ebrahim S, Ibrahim GM, Mansouri A, Reddy D, Walter SD, Kulkarni AV, Bhandari M, Banfield L, Bhatnagar N, Liang S, Teutonico F, Liao J, Rutka JT. Predictors of seizure outcomes in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable epilepsy undergoing resective epilepsy surgery: an individual participant data meta-analysis.. PloS one, 2013.
Fallah A, Raghavan LV, Valiante TA. Wearable video display allowing freedom in head positioning for brain mapping.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2013.
Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Carter Snead O, Rutka JT. Changing global trends in seizure outcomes following resective surgery for tuberous sclerosis in children with medically intractable epilepsy.. Epilepsy research and treatment, 2012.
Razik R, Fallah A, Sandroussi C, Wei AC, McGilvray ID. Dissecting pseudoaneurysm of the proper hepatic artery repaired by primary anastomosis: a case report.. Case reports in surgery, 2012.
Mansouri A, Fallah A, Cusimano MD, Das S. Vasospasm post pituitary surgery: systematic review and 3 case presentations.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2012.
Fallah A, Ebrahim S. Re: McAfee PC, Reah C, Gilder K, et al. A meta-analysis of comparative outcomes following cervical arthroplasty or anterior cervical fusion: results from four prospective multi-center randomized clinical trials and up to 1226 patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2012;37:943–52.. Spine, 2012.
Fallah A, Akl EA, Ebrahim S, Ibrahim GM, Mansouri A, Foote CJ, Zhang Y, Fehlings MG. Anterior cervical discectomy with arthroplasty versus arthrodesis for single-level cervical spondylosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. PloS one, 2012.
Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Snead OC, Drake JM, Rutka JT, Bernstein M. The use of high frequency oscillations to guide neocortical resections in children with medically-intractable epilepsy: how do we ethically apply surgical innovations to patient care?. Seizure, 2012.
Shahideh M, Fallah A, Munoz DG, Loch Macdonald R. Systematic review of primary intracranial glioblastoma multiforme with symptomatic spinal metastases, with two illustrative patients.. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2012.
Ibrahim GM, Barry BW, Fallah A, Snead OC, Drake JM, Rutka JT, Bernstein M. Inequities in access to pediatric epilepsy surgery: a bioethical framework.. Neurosurgical focus, 2012.
Mansouri A, Fallah A, Valiante TA. Determining surgical candidacy in temporal lobe epilepsy.. Epilepsy research and treatment, 2012.
Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Albert GW, Withers T, Otsubo H, Ochi A, Akiyama T, Donner EJ, Weiss S, Snead OC, Drake JM, Rutka JT. Occipital lobe epilepsy in children: characterization, evaluation and surgical outcomes.. Epilepsy research, 2012.
Fallah A, Ibrahim GM, Bernstein M. The "SAAFE" neurosurgical sign-out.. World neurosurgery, 2012.
Fehlings MG, Fallah A. Cervical arthroplasty.. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2011.
Torres CV, Fallah A, Ibrahim GM, Cheshier S, Otsubo H, Ochi A, Chuang S, Snead OC, Holowka S, Rutka JT. The role of magnetoencephalography in children undergoing hemispherectomy.. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 2011.
Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Shahideh M, Tabori U, Rutka JT. Primary Ewing's sarcoma affecting the central nervous system: a review and proposed prognostic considerations.. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2011.
Ibrahim GM, Fallah A, Snead OC, Elliott I, Drake JM, Bernstein M, Rutka JT. Ethical issues in surgical decision making concerning children with medically intractable epilepsy.. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2011.
Witiw CD, Fallah A, Radovanovic I, Wallace MC. Sacral intradural arteriovenous fistula treated indirectly by transection of the filum terminale: technical case report.. Neurosurgery, 2011.
Witiw CD, Fallah A, Muller PJ, Ginsberg HJ. Surgical treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension secondary to degenerative cervical spine pathology: a case report and literature review.. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2011.
Fehlings MG, Fallah A. Perioperative steroids in spine surgery.. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2010.
Fallah A, Ebrahim S, Haji F, Gillis C, Girgis F, Howe K, Ibrahim GM, Radic J, Shahideh M, Wallace MC. Surgical activity of first-year Canadian neurosurgical residents.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2010.
Fallah A, Fehlings MG. Congenital ventral thoracic spinal cord herniation.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2010.
Fallah A, Banglawala S, Ebrahim S, Paulseth JE, Jha NK. Case Series: tumefactive demyelinating lesions: a diagnostic challenge.. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2010.
Fallah A, Massicotte EM, Fehlings MG, Lewis SJ, Rampersaud YR, Ebrahim S, Bernstein M. Admission and acute complication rate for outpatient lumbar microdiscectomy.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2010.
Ebrahim S, Bance S, Fallah A. Issue of hair shaving in Sikh patients undergoing a neurosurgical procedure.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2009.
Patel N, Fallah A, Provias J, Jha NK. Cerebellar liponeurocytoma.. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2009.
Fallah A, Banglawala SM, Provias J, Jha NK. Extra-axial medulloblastoma in the cerebellopontine angle.. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2009.
Jha NK, Ebrahim S, Fallah A, Cenic A, De Villiers RA. Pin-site epidural hematoma in an adult case of chronic hydrocephalus with associated thinning of the cranium.. British journal of neurosurgery, 2009.
Fallah A, Ebrahim S, Englesakis M, Bernstein M. Do subspecialized neurosurgeons experience higher complication rates for nonsubspecialty emergent surgery?. Surgical neurology, 2009.
Fallah A, Raut A, Rebello R, Reddy K. Congenital dermal sinus and cyst in adulthood.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2009.
Sarangapani A, Fallah A, Provias J, Jha NK. Atypical presentation of spinal tuberculosis.. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2008.
Fallah A, RamachandranNair R. Does photoparoxysmal response in children represent provoked seizure? Evidence from simultaneous motor task during EEG.. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 2008.
Crevier L, Fallah A, Jha N, Hollenberg RD. Ventricular catheter tack-down screw.. Pediatric neurosurgery, 2008.
Fallah A, Grochmal J, Lu JQ, DiFrancesco LM, Khalil M, Clark AW, Midha R. Nodular fasciitis presenting in the obturator nerve and gracilis muscle.. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 2008.