New Recruit Bolsters Neuroendovascular Clinical and Research Services

Babak S. Jahromi M.D., Ph.D.

Babak S. Jahromi, M.D., Ph.D., joins the Department of Neurosurgery as an assistant professor this August, specializing in the study and treatment of stroke and cerebrovascular disease. Jahromi will play an integral role in furthering the Medical Center’s neuroendovascular service, and will be part of a multidisciplinary team from imaging sciences, neurology and neurosurgery working to launch a city-wide stroke initiative within the next year.

Jahromi has pursued multiple fellowships and doctoral degrees over the past 17 years. He completed two neurointerventional fellowships, at the University at Buffalo and University of Miami, two of the nation’s most prestigious leaders in the field, where he focused on minimally invasive treatment of stroke, aneurysms, and other cerebrovascular diseases. He trained in neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, during which he took a four-year “sabbatical” to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of Chicago. He received his medical degree from the University of Toronto, and currently has more than 80 papers, abstracts and book chapters published. Click here for complete CV.

“Babak is clearly the type of translational physician that will help us make the goals of our Neuromedicine IDP a reality,” said Webster Pilcher, M.D., chair of Neurosurgery and leader of the Neuromedicine IDP. “His strong clinical experience in treating neurovascular conditions through both minimally invasive and open procedures will expand the portfolio of treatment options currently available in our community, while his training in biophysics and biochemistry will advance our understanding of neurological disease.”

Jahromi’s research interests include vascular smooth muscle, cerebral vasospasm, stroke and endovascular therapy. His Ph.D. work examined the molecular pathways underlying cerebral vasospasm, one of the most fatal complications arising in brain aneurysm survivors. He plans to investigate how blood flow imaging in stroke patients may better direct the type and timing of treatments which can be administered. Other projects include combined use of endovascular and pharmaceutical therapies for prevention of hemorrhage and neuroprotection in stroke and cerebral vasospasm.