Biography
Dr. Divani received his bachelor's degree from Youngstown State University in Ohio and his master's and doctorate from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. He has completed a research fellowship in sleep disorder at the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division of the Department of Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo. He has also completed a stroke research fellowship at the Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University. Dr. Divani has been a primary or co-investigator on different funded projects by the National Institute of Health, the Department of Defense, the American Heart Association, and private industry. He was the PI of a DOD-funded study looking at the effect of fluid resuscitation for traumatic brain injury with hemorrhagic shock. He was also a Junior PI for an NIH-Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) funded study on the effect of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation 9nVNS) in treating brain injury. He is also the PI for an NIH-funded study looking at the effect of nVNS on reducing inflammation post-TBI (R21NS130423). He is also engaged in studies examining the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and Long COVID symptoms.
Dr. Divani is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and was a member of the Research Committee for the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) from 2014 to 2018. He has contributed to over 100 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has also contributed to over 200 presentations in various national and international meetings and four book chapters. He has mentored over 80 undergraduate and graduate students, medical students, and MDs. Dr. Divani has been an Ad Hoc reviewer and an associate editor for various journals and grant agencies.
Dr. Divani is actively involved in medical education. He collaborates with collaborators in the Americas, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and India on stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury-related projects such as prevention, risk factors, and current treatment options.
Areas of Specialty
Stroke (both ischemic and hemorrhagic)
Traumatic brain injury
Minimally invasive (endovascular surgery) treatment for ischemic stroke
Gender
Male
Languages
- Persian
- English
Research and Scholarship
1) Divani AA, Salazar P, Ikram HA, Taylor E, Wilson CM, Yang Yirong, Mahmoudi J, Seletska A, SantaCruz KS, Torbey MT, Liebler EJ, Bragina OA, Morton RA, Brain DE. Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Brain Lesion Volume and Neurobehavioral Outcomes in a Rate Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma. 2023 Jul;40(13-14):1481-1494. doi: 10.1089/neu.2022.0153
2) Farooqui M, Galecio-Castillo M, Hassan AE, Divani AA, Jumaa M, Ribo M, Petersen NH, Abraham MG, Fifi JT, Guerrero WR, Malik A, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Sheth SA, Yoo AJ, Linares G, Janjua N, Quispe-Orozco D, Tekle WG, Sabbagh SY, Zaidi SF, Olive Gadea M, Prasad A, Qureshi A, De Leacy RA, Abdalkader M, Salazar-Marioni S, Soomro J, Gordon W, Turabova C, Rodriguez-Calienes A, Vivanco-Suarez J, Mokin M, Yavagal DR, Jovin TG, Ortega-Gutierrez S. Anesthetic management for large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke with tandem lesions. J Neurointerv Surg. 2024 Mar 1:jnis-2023-021360. doi: 10.1136/jnis-2023-021360. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38429099
3) Galecio-Castillo M, Abraham M, Farooqui M, Hassan AE, Divani AA, Jumaa MA, Ribo M, Petersen N, Fifi J, Guerrero WR, Malik AM, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Sheth SA, Yoo AJ, Linares G, Janjua N, Quispe-Orozco D, Qureshi A, Tekle WG, Ikram A, Zaidi SF, Zevallos CB, Taborda B, Devarajan A, Zhang L, Abdalkader M, Salazar-Marioni S, Soomro J, Gordon W, Rodriguez-Calienes A, Vivanco-Suarez J, Woolfolk K, Mokin M, Yavagal DR, Ortega-Gutierrez S. Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke patients with tandem lesions: antegrade versus retrograde approach. J Neurosurg. 2023 Dec 29:1-10. doi: 10.3171/2023.10.JNS231702. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38157542
4) Farooqui M, Divani AA, Galecio-Castillo M, Hassan AE, Jumaa MA, Ribo M, Abraham M, Petersen N, Fifi J, Guerrero WR, Malik AM, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Sheth SA, Yoo AJ, Linares G, Janjua N, Quispe-Orozco D, Ikram A, Tekle WG, Zaidi SF, Zevallos CB, Rizzo F, Barkley T, De Leacy R, Khalife J, Abdalkader M, Salazar-Marioni S, Soomro J, Gordon W, Rodriguez-Calienes A, Vivanco-Suarez J, Turabova C, Mokin M, Yavagal DR, Ortega-Gutierrez S. Safety Outcomes of Antiplatelet Therapy During Endovascular Treatment of Tandem Lesions in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. Transl Stroke Res. 2023 Nov 29. doi: 10.1007/s12975-023-01214-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38017258
5) Divani AA, Liu X, Peterson A, Lattanzi S, Anderson CS, Ziai W, Torbey MT, Moullaali TJ, James ML, Jafarli A, Mayer SA, Suarez JI, Hemphill C, Di Napoli M. The Magnitude of blood pressure reduction predicts poor in-hospital Outcome in acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Oct;33(2):389-398. PMID: 32524527. PMID: 38008851