Shahram Majidi, MD

Shahram Majidi, MD, is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Radiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship at Mount Sinai Health System. A pioneer in the field of neuroendovascular surgery, Dr. Majidi performed the first endovascular brain-computer interface (BCI) implantation in the United States in July 2022.

At Mount Sinai's Cerebrovascular Center, Dr. Majidi specializes in the endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disorders including ischemic stroke, subdural hemorrhage, intracranial atherosclerosis, carotid stenosis, brain aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spine, minimally invasive spine interventions, and pulsatile tinnitus.

Dr. Majidi earned his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He subsequently completed a cerebrovascular research fewllowship at University of Minnesota, followed by a Neurology residency at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where served as Chief Resident at George Washington University Hospital. Dr. Majidi completed a clinical fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Afterwards, he moved to New York City where he completed a neuroendovascular surgery fellowship in the Department of Neurosurgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

An active member of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN), and the American Heart Association (AHA), Dr. Majidi has received multiple research grants and awards from these organizations. His research focuses on endovascular BCI and neuromodulation, stroke thrombectomy techniques, and advanced imaging for brain aneurysms and intracerebral hemorrhage. His work has been widely published in leading peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.

 

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