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Email

rahul.damani@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Neurology and Neurosurgery
Vascular Neurology & Neuro-Critical Care
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Faculty

Space Medicine
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine

Program Director

Neurocritical Care Fellowship
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Associate Program Director

Neurology Residency
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Baylor Neurology (Hospital)

ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine Medical Center
McNair Campus
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2273
/healthcare/care-centers/neurology

Education

Fellowship at ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine

06/2015 - Houston, Texas, United States

Neuro Critical Care

Residency at Wayne State University

06/2013 - Detroit, Michigan, United States

Adult Neurology

Internship at Detroit Medical Center

06/2010 - Detroit,, Michigan, United States

MPH from University of Texas

04/2009 - Houston, Texas, United States

Health Promotion & Prevention

MBBS from C.U. Shah Medical College

04/2006 - Surendranagar, India

Certifications

Neurocritical Care

United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties

Neurology

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Honors & Awards

Cristanne Wijman Young Investigator Award

Neuro Critical Care Society (NCS)

Minority Faculty Association Research Award

University of Texas

Faculty Teaching Award

ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine

Top Reviewer for Neurocritical Care

Neurocritical Care Journal

Michigan Neurological Association Research Award

Michigan Neurological Association

Professional Interests

• Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Websites

Selected Publications

• Damani RH, Anand S, Asgarisabet P, Bissell C, Savitz S, Suarez JI. " " Stroke. 2018 Jul 10;
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• Damani R. " " Aging. 2018 Aug 29; 10 (8) : 1797-1798.
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• Damani RH, Suarez JI. " " Southern Medical Journal. 2016 Nov ; 11 : 721-29.
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• Damani R, Suarez JI. " " Management of the Neurosurgical Patient. M Kumar, . 2017 Apr 1; 1
• Jafari M, Damani R. " " J Neurol Sci .. 2020 Jun ; 15 : 413.
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• Marshall-Goebel K, Damani R, Bershad EM.. " " Neurosurgery. 2019 Jun 19;
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• Kansara A, Miller D, Damani R, Fuerst D, Silver B, Chaturvedi S. " " Stroke. 2012 ; 43 (11) : 3105-7.
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• Kazmi O, Damani R. " " Austin Neurosurgery: Open Access. 2016 ; 3 (2) : 1051.
• Jafari M, Di Napoli M, Lattanzi S, Mayer SA, Bachour S, Bershad EM, Damani R, Datta YH, Divani AA. " " J Neurol Sci.. 2019 Jan 16; 398 : 39-44.
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• Venkatasubba Rao CP, Bershad EM, Calvillo E, Maldonado N, Damani R, Mandayam S, Suarez JI. " " Neurocrit Care. 2018 Feb 28; 28 (1) : 117-126.
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• Bershad EM, Anand A, DeSantis SM, Yang M, Tang RA, Calvillo E, Malkin-Gosdin L, Foroozan R, Damani R, Maldonado N, Gupta P, Tan B, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Suarez JI, Clark JB, Sutton JP, Donoviel D.. " " World Neurosurgery. 2015 Dec ; 725-728.
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• Kazmi O, Achi O, Damani R. " " Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2018 Sep 5; 21 : 223-224.
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• Damani R; Mayer S; Dhar R; Martin RH; Nyquist P; Olson DM; Mejia-Mantilla JH; Muehlschlegel S; Jauch EC; Mocco J; Mutoh T; Suarez JI. " " Neurocritical Care. 2019 May 14;
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• Desai A, Damani R. " " Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Jul ; 206
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• Jafari M, Desai A, Damani R. " " J Neurol Sci. 2020 Nov ; 15
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• Escamilla-Ocañas CE, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Bershad E, Damani R.. " " J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis.. 2020 Jun ;
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• Jafari M, Katlowitz K, De la Garza C, Sellers A, Moore S, Hall H, Desai A, Singh V, Damani R.. " " J Neurol Sci.. 2021 Nov ; 15
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• Desai A, Escamilla-Ocanas C, Dilip D, Saber H, Damani R. " " J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis.. 2021 Apr ;
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Memberships

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Neurocritical Care Society (NCS)

American Stroke Association (ASA)

American Heart Association (AHA)

Association of Indian Neurologists in America (AINA)

Funding

Symptomatic Carotid Outcomes Registry (SCORE) Registry.

Grant funding from University of Maryland

Atrial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs in Prevention after Cryptogenic Stroke (ARCADIA).

Grant funding from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS

Utilization of Systematic Safety Checklists to Improve Neurointensive Care Unit

Grant funding from ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine Accelerating Clinical Excellence (ACE)

Multimodal Evaluation of Spaceflight Participants Health (MESH) and Commercial Astronaut Data Repository (CADRE).

Grant funding from Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)