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Mais N Al-Kawaz, MD

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University of Kentucky Department of Neurology

Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology

College Unit(s)

Biography and Education

Biography

Dr. Al-Kawaz is an interventional neurologist with assistant faculty rank in the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology. Her practice focuses on treating acute ischemic strokes, carotid stenosis, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, retinoblastomas, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and other cerebrovascular diseases.

Dr. Al-Kawaz earned her medical degree at Weill Cornell medical college in Qatar. She then went on to complete her residency training in neurology at New York Presbyterian hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine. She also completed fellowship training in neurocritical care at Johns Hopkins hospital followed by Neuroendovascular Surgery fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in NY. Her academic research focuses on a multitude of cerebrovascular pathologies, including acute ischemic stroke interventions and cerebral aneurysms.

Education

Degree

MD, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar

Residency

Neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

Fellowship

  • Neurocritical Care, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
  • Neuroendovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N.Y.

Certifications and Special Training

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Selected Publications

Publications and Abstracts

Peer-Reviewed Original Research in Professional, Scientific or Educational Journals

1. Al-Kawaz MN, Epstein K, Mocco J. Novel Approach to Venous Stenting: Tigertriever Temporary Stenting for the Evaluation of Pulsatile Tinnitus. Stroke-Vasc Interv N. 2024;4.

2. Al-Kawaz MN, Giovanni B, ElMalem VI, Fayad M, Fifi JT. Surgical Exposure and Direct Puncture of a Thrombosed Superior Ophthalmic Vein in an Optic Nerve Sheath Dural Arteriovenous Fistula. Stroke-Vasc Interv N. 2023;3.

3. Moldovan K, Yaeger KA, Al-Kawaz M, Scaggiante J, Kellner CP, De Leacy R, Fifi JT, Mocco J, Majidi S. Transradial Carotid Artery Stenting Using Walrus Balloon Guide Catheter: Technical Aspects and Clinical Outcome. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023;25:28-32.

4. Devarajan A, Al-Kawaz M, Giovanni B, Tabani H, Shigematsu T, Fifi JT. Placement of an intrasaccular flow diverter in an intracranial sidewall aneurysm using the Bendit articulating microcatheter. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023.

5. Devarajan A, Rossitto CP, Al-Kawaz M, Giovanni B, Vasan V, Shigematsu T, Berenstein A, Fifi JT. Transvenous balloon-assisted approach to anterior fossa dural arteriovenous fistula using retrograde pressure cooker technique. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023.

6. Balucani C, Canner JK, Tonna JE, Dalton H, Bianchi R, Al-Kawaz MNG, Choi CW, Etchill E, Kim BS, Whitman GJ, Cho SM. Sex-Related Differences in Utilization and Outcomes of Extracorporeal Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation for Refractory Cardiac Arrest. ASAIO J. 2024.

7. Heit JJ, Chaudhary N, Mascitelli JR, Al-Kawaz M, Baker A, Bulsara KR, Burkhardt JK, Marden FA, Raper D, Tjoumakaris SI, Schirmer CM, Hetts SW, Standards S, Guidelines C, Directors SBo. Focused update to guidelines for endovascular therapy for emergent large vessel occlusion: basilar artery occlusion patients. J Neurointerv Surg. 2024;16:752-755.
 

8. Al-Mufti F, Marden FA, Burkhardt JK, Raper D, Schirmer CM, Baker A, Chen PR, Bulsara KR, Narsinh KH, Amans MR, Cooper J, Yaghi S, Al-Kawaz M, Hetts SW, Standards S, Guidelines C, Directors SBo. Endovascular therapy for anterior circulation emergent large vessel occlusion stroke in patients with large ischemic cores: a report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee. J Neurointerv Surg. 2024.