Research Summary

Kazim Narsinh, MD is a neurointerventional radiologist at UCSF.

Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Narsinh obtained a medical degree at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, where he was a Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow. He then completed a surgical internship at Stanford, a radiology residency at UC San Diego, an interventional radiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, a neuroradiology fellowship at UCSF, and a neurointerventional fellowship at UCSF.

As a clinician and scientist, Dr. Narsinh has authored more than 60 articles on topics including single cell transcriptomics, cellular and molecular imaging, carcinogenesis, and vascular disease.

Education

2022 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
2021 - Neurointerventional Radiology Fellowship, UCSF
2019 - Neuroradiology Fellowship, UCSF
2018 - Interventional Radiology Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
2017 - Radiology Residency, UC San Diego
2012 - Surgery Internship, Stanford
MD, 2011 - Medicine, UC San Diego
BA, 2006 - Molecular Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

Honors & Awards

  • Career Enhancement Award, National Institute of Heatlh (NIH NINDS) / Brain Vascular Malformation Consortium (BVMC), 2020-2021
  • Robert F. Mattrey Clinician-Scientist Award, UC San Diego Department of Radiology, 2017
  • Summit Scholarship Award, American College of Radiology - Radiology Leadership Institute (ACR-RLI), 2016
  • Chief Resident, UC San Diego Department of Radiology, 2015-2017
  • Research Scholar Award, Association of University Radiologists (AUR), 2015
  • Training Grant Award, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), 2014
  • Resident Research Grant, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2014
  • Resident-in-Training Scholarship Award, Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR), 2014
  • Resident Award for Best Poster, Western Angiographic & Interventional Society (WAIS), 2013
  • Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award Finalist, American Heart Association (AHA), 2011
  • Medical Student Research Award, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2011
  • First Prize, Samuel P. Hamberger Memorial Thesis Award, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 2011
  • Thomas E. Carew Award for Cardiovascular Research, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 2011
  • Research Fellowship Award for Medical Students, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), 2009

Selected Publications

  1. Mattay RR, Kim K, Shah L, Shah B, Sugrue L, Safoora F, Ozhinsky E, Narsinh KH. MR Thermometry during Transcranial MR Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Procedures: A Review. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2023 Dec 14.  View on PubMed
  2. Baker A, Hemphill K, Smith ER, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Amans MR, Higashida RT, Narsinh KH. Transvenous coil embolization of a Cognard V transverse-sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistula. Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Aug 08; 15910199231188257.  View on PubMed
  3. Beaman C, Gautam A, Peterson C, Kaneko N, Ponce L, Saber H, Khatibi K, Morales J, Kimball D, Lipovac JR, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Caton MT, Smith ER, Nour M, Szeder V, Jahan R, Colby GP, Cord BJ, Cooke DL, Tateshima S, Duckwiler G, Waldau B, Robotics Working Group, Robotic Working Group. Robotic Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography: A Multicenter Experience of 113 Patients. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Jul 19.  View on PubMed
  4. Cummins DD, Caton MT, Hemphill K, Lamboy A, Tu-Chan A, Meisel K, Narsinh KH, Amans MR. Clinical evaluation of pulsatile tinnitus: history and physical examination techniques to predict vascular etiology. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Jun 13.  View on PubMed
  5. Amans M, Mattay R, Hills NK, Smith E, McCoy D, Narsinh K, Meisel K. More than just noise: Association of pulsatile tinnitus with anxiety, depression, and reduction of quality of life. Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Apr 17; 15910199231168751.  View on PubMed
  6. Baker A, Caton MT, Smith ER, Narsinh KH, Amans MR, Higashida RT, Cooke DL, Dowd CF, Hetts SW. Evolving indications for pediatric neurointerventional radiology: A single institutional 25-year experience in infants less than one year of age and a brief historical review. Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Feb 09; 15910199231154689.  View on PubMed
  7. Kim K, Diederich C, Narsinh K, Ozhinsky E. Motion-robust, multi-slice, real-time MR thermometry for MR-guided thermal therapy in abdominal organs. Int J Hyperthermia. 2023; 40(1):2151649.  View on PubMed
  8. Caton MT, Duvvuri M, Baker A, Smith ER, Narsinh KH, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Higashida RT, Cooke DL, Dowd CF. Percutaneous sclerotherapy for head and neck lymphatic malformations in neonates and infants ≤12 months of age. J Neurointerv Surg. 2022 Nov 22.  View on PubMed
  9. Isikbay M, Narsinh K, Caton M, Amans M. Transitional vascular anomaly of a persistent medial procephalic vein causing obstructive hydrocephalus and intracranial haemorrhage. BJR Case Rep. 2022 Nov 01; 8(6):20220064.  View on PubMed
  10. Kilbride BF, Narsinh KH, Jordan CD, Mueller K, Moore T, Martin AJ, Wilson MW, Hetts SW. MRI-guided endovascular intervention: current methods and future potential. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2022 Oct; 19(10):763-778.  View on PubMed
  11. Chou D, Narsinh K. Editorial. The relevance of the artery of Adamkiewicz in the 21st century. J Neurosurg Spine. 2022 09 23; 38(2):230-231.  View on PubMed
  12. Mark IT, Amans MR, Shah VN, Narsinh KH, Caton MT, Teixeira S, Dillon WP. Resisted Inspiration: A New Technique to Aid in the Detection of CSF-Venous Fistulas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 10; 43(10):1544-1547.  View on PubMed
  13. Cummins DD, Caton MT, Hemphill K, Lamboy A, Tu-Chan A, Meisel K, Narsinh KH, Amans MR. Cerebrovascular pulsatile tinnitus: causes, treatments, and outcomes in 164 patients with neuroangiographic correlation. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Oct; 15(10):1014-1020.  View on PubMed
  14. Budohoski KP, Raygor K, Tonetti DA, Narsinh KH, Winkler EA, Dowd C, Abla AA. Intraoperative Angiogram Using C-Arm Fluoroscopy and Direct Common Carotid Artery Puncture During Surgical Treatment of Paraclinoid Aneurysms. World Neurosurg. 2022 09; 165:95-99.  View on PubMed
  15. Baker A, Raygor K, Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Smith E, Dowd CF, Cooke DL, Higashida RT, Amans MR, Abla AA, Hetts SW. Pharyngo-tympano-stapedial middle meningeal artery variant supply to a falcotentorial dural arteriovenous fistula. J Neurointerv Surg. 2022 May 11.  View on PubMed
  16. Caton MT, Mark IT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Dowd CF, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, Ko NU, Chung SA, Amans MR. Endovascular Therapy for Intracranial Giant Cell Arteritis : Systematic Review, Technical Considerations and the Effect of Intra-arterial Calcium Channel Blockers. Clin Neuroradiol. 2022 May 03.  View on PubMed
  17. Narsinh KH, Hui F, Saloner D, Tu-Chan A, Sharon J, Rauschecker AM, Safoora F, Shah V, Meisel K, Amans MR. Diagnostic Approach to Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Narrative Review. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 05 01; 148(5):476-483.  View on PubMed
  18. Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Rapp JH, Ianuzzi JC, Tseng E, Gasper WJ, Cooke DL. Eptifibatide bridging therapy for staged carotid artery stenting and cardiac surgery: Safety and feasibility. Vascular. 2022 Mar 26; 17085381221084813.  View on PubMed
  19. Winkler EA, Kim CN, Ross JM, Garcia JH, Gil E, Oh I, Chen LQ, Wu D, Catapano JS, Raygor K, Narsinh K, Kim H, Weinsheimer S, Cooke DL, Walcott BP, Lawton MT, Gupta N, Zlokovic BV, Chang EF, Abla AA, Lim DA, Nowakowski TJ. A single-cell atlas of the normal and malformed human brain vasculature. Science. 2022 03 04; 375(6584):eabi7377.  View on PubMed
  20. Winkler E, Wu D, Gil E, McCoy D, Narsinh K, Sun Z, Mueller K, Ross J, Kim H, Weinsheimer S, Berger M, Nowakowski T, Lim D, Abla A, Cooke D. Endoluminal Biopsy for Molecular Profiling of Human Brain Vascular Malformations. Neurology. 2022 04 19; 98(16):e1637-e1647.  View on PubMed

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