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. Kabir A, Shah S, Haddad AF, Amans MR, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Narsinh KH, Savastano L, Winkler EA, Raper DMS. Iatrogenic dural arteriovenous fistula formation as a rare complication of external ventricular drain placement: institutional review of 16 cases. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 May 22.  View on PubMed
  2. Amans MR, Levitt M, Hirsch JA, Mocco J, Fiorella D, Altschul D, Altschul D, Chen M, De Leacy RA, Arthur AS, Narsinh KH, Brinjikji W, Milburn JM, Abraham MG, Telischak NA, Hui F. Commentary on the River Stent Trial: Venous Sinus Stenting is Safe and Effective and can be Fully Evaluated Using Noninvasive Methods. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Apr 29.  View on PubMed
  3. Duckwiler GR, Beaman CB, Kilpatrick M, Cooke DL, Narsinh KH, Colby GP, Bell DJ, Waldau B. Remote Robotic Neurointervention: Overcoming Procedural and Connectivity Challenges. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Apr 25.  View on PubMed
  4. Narsinh KH, Grant PE, Barajas RF, Ivanidze J, Shah BR, Pukenas B, Tanabe J, Hess C, Lindan CE. Introducing the Gene & Cell Therapy Study Group of the ASNR, ASFNR, and ASPNR. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Apr 02; 46(4):646-647.  View on PubMed
  5. Isikbay M, Caton MT, Mattay R, Han W, Cooke DL, Raper D, Winkler EA, Savastano L, Narsinh KH, Hetts SW, Amans MR. Arteriovenous shunts of the cervical spine: patient demographics, presentation, patterns of high-risk venous drainage, and updated classification. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Mar 17; 17(4):427-433.  View on PubMed
  6. Narsinh KH, Young C, Chen SR, Ansari SA, Kan P, Hetts SW. Neurointerventional oncology: the new frontier. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jan 29.  View on PubMed
  7. Young JS, Semonche A, Morshed RA, Al-Adli NN, Haddad AF, Gerritsen JKW, Saggi S, Narsinh K, de Groot J, Aghi MK. Focused ultrasound therapy as a strategy for improving glioma treatment. J Neurosurg. 2025 Jan 24; 1-10.  View on PubMed
  8. Shah BR, Tanabe J, Jordan JE, Kern D, Harward SC, Feltrin FS, O'Suilliebhain P, Sharma VD, Maldjian JA, Boutet A, Mattay R, Sugrue LP, Narsinh K, Hetts S, Shah LM, Druzgal J, Lehman VT, Lee K, Khanpara S, Lad S, Kaufmann TJ. State of Practice on Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Report from the ASNR Standards and Guidelines Committee and ACR Commission on Neuroradiology Workgroup. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jan 08; 46(1):2-10.  View on PubMed
  9. Narsinh KH, Kumar K, Bankiewicz K, Martin AJ, Berger M, Clarke J, Taylor J, Bush NAO, Molinaro AM, Aghi M, Butowski N. A phase I study of convection-enhanced delivery (CED) of liposomal-irinotecan using real-time magnetic resonance imaging in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2025 Mar; 172(1):219-227.  View on PubMed
  10. Kim K, Gallus M, Xiao T, Parchure AS, Shah BR, Okada H, Diederich C, Ozhinsky E, Narsinh K. Monitoring Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Rats with a Preclinical Focused Ultrasound System. J Vis Exp. 2024 Sep 13; (211).  View on PubMed
  11. Remer J, Narsinh K, Caton T, Lamboy A, Tu-Chan A, Raj A, Amans MR. Beyond the Buzz: Cortical and subcortical brain changes in patients with pulsatile tinnitus. Neuroimage Clin. 2024; 43:103653.  View on PubMed
  12. 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. 2024 Jun 17; 16(7):726-730.  View on PubMed
  13. Kim K, Gupta P, Narsinh K, Diederich CJ, Ozhinsky E. Volumetric hyperthermia delivery using the ExAblate Body MR-guided focused ultrasound system. Int J Hyperthermia. 2024; 41(1):2349080.  View on PubMed
  14. 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. 2024 Apr 23; 16(5):516-521.  View on PubMed
  15. Narsinh KH, Perez E, Haddad AF, Young JS, Savastano L, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Winkler E, de Groot J. Strategies to Improve Drug Delivery Across the Blood-Brain Barrier for Glioblastoma. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2024 05; 24(5):123-139.  View on PubMed
  16. Kim K, Narsinh K, Ozhinsky E. Technical advances in motion-robust MR thermometry. Magn Reson Med. 2024 Jul; 92(1):15-27.  View on PubMed
  17. Al-Mufti F, Marden FA, Burkhardt JK, Raper D, Schirmer CM, Baker A, Chen PR, Bulsara KR, Narsinh KH, Amans MR, Cooper J, Yaghi S, Al-Kawaz M, Hetts SW, SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee, SNIS Board of Directors. Endovascular therapy for anterior circulation emergent large vessel occlusion stroke in patients with large ischemic cores: a report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee. J Neurointerv Surg. 2024 Feb 23.  View on PubMed
  18. 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 12 29; 45(1):1-8.  View on PubMed
  19. 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
  20. 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

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