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Izad Rasheed, MD, MS

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University of Kentucky Department of Neurology

Positions

  • Assistant Professor

College Unit(s)

Biography and Education

Biography

I am a neurologist specializing in the total care of brain-injured patients who are hospitalized or critically ill. I have more than a decade of experience caring for patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, traumatic brain injury, traumatic spinal cord injury, meningitis and encephalitis, refractory epilepsy, recurrent seizures, status epilepticus, and neuromuscular diseases, as well as assisting neurosurgeons with the medical issues that arise in patients requiring neurosurgery.

My clinical research interests are focused on improving the outcome of survivors of severe traumatic brain injury and cardiac arrest. My basic science research interests are in the fields of cerebral autoregulation and quantitative EEG. I also greatly enjoy working with trainees and have been involved in medical education at all levels, from medical students still in the classroom to board-certified neurologists working on mastering a subspecialty.

Education

Degree

  • Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in Research, University of Rochester
  • Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester

 

Residency

  • Neurology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

 

Fellowships

  • Neurocritical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Epilepsy, New York University
     

Certifications and Special Training

  • Board Certified in Neurology, Neurocritical Care, and Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
  • Board Certified in Neurocritical Care by the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties
  • Diplomate in Critical Care Echocardiography, National Board of Echocardiography
  • Diplomate in Advanced Central Clinical Neurophysiology, with added competency in Critical Care EEG and Epilepsy Monitoring, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Certified in Neurosonology (Transcranial Doppler and Carotid Duplex), American Society of Neuroimaging

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  • Rasheed ID & Levine JM. Chapter 42: Malignant Middle Cerebral Infarction. In Cucchiara and Price’s Decision-Making in Adult Neurology. ISBN 978-0323635837.
  • Tadevosyan A, Cruz-Navarro J, Rasheed ID, Kumar MA. Chapter 16: Hematological Management of Neurocritical Care Patients. In Prabhakar and Ali’s Textbook of Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care, Volume 2, 217-239. ISBN 978-981-13-3386-6.

Publications and Abstracts

  • Valsamis H, Baki SA, Leung J, Ghosn S, Lapin B, Chari G, Rasheed I-Y, Park J, Punia V, Masri G, Nair D, Kaniecki AM, Edhi M, Saab CY. SARS-CoV-2 alters neural synchronies in the brain with more severe effects in younger individuals. Scientific Reports. Volume 13, 2942 (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29856-7. PMID: 36807586
  • Favilla CG, Mullen MT, Kahn F, Rasheed I-Y, Messe SR, Parthasarathy AB, Yodh AG. Dynamic cerebral autoregulation measured by diffuse correlation spectroscopy. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2023 Aug;43(8):1317-1327. doi:10.1177/0271678X231153728. PMID:36703572
  • Wei HS, Kang H, Rasheed IY, Zhou S, Lou N, Gershteyn A, McConnell ED, Wang Y, Richardson KE, Palmer AF, Xu C, Wan J, Nedergaard M. Erythrocytes Are Oxygen-Sensing Regulators of the Cerebral Microcirculation. Neuron. 2016 Aug 17; 91(4):851-62. PMID: 27499087
  • Silva JN, Polesskaya O, Wei HS, Rasheed IY, Chamberlain JM, Nishimura C, Feng C, Dewhurst S. 2014. Chronic central nervous system expression of HIV-1 Tat leads to accelerated rarefaction of neocortical capillaries and loss of red blood cell velocity heterogeneity. Microcirculation 21(7):664-76. PMID: 24813724
  • Huynh M, Rasheed ID, Cruz-Navarro J, Rajagopalan S, Abella B, Kofke WA, Balu R. 2019. Cerebral Glucopenia Is Associated with Cerebral Physiologic Distress after Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury. Neurocritical Care 31(S1):S108.
  • Zhou X, Yar-Rasheed I, Bergonzi K, He L, Baker W, Abella B, Kofke WA, Balu R. 2019. Differential Impact of Fever and Hypothermia on Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity. Neurocritical Care 31(S1):S73.
  • Rasheed ID, Abella BS, Kofke WA, Balu R. 2019. Identifying the Optimal Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Following Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury. Circulation 140(S2):A274.
  • Wei HS, Rasheed IY, Takano T, Kang H, Reitz KM, Gershteyn A, Vates GE, Nedergaard M. 2015. Capillary-Level Control of Cerebrovascular Tone. Neurosurgery 62 (Supplement 1): 216-217.
  • Wei HS, Takano T, Rasheed ID, Kang H, Reitz KM, Gershteyn A, Pillai P, Pillai P, Vates GE, Nedergaard M. 2015. Activity-Dependent Capillary Hyperemia in The Brain Is Not Regulated by Pericytes. Stroke 46(Supplement 1):A219.