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FARHAD Pirouzmand

ResearcherNeurosurgeryUniversity of Toronto

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FARHAD Pirouzmand

Researcher

Neurosurgery

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Randomized Controlled Trial Venous Thromboembolism Anticoagulation Therapy Chronic Sdh Management Stroke Prevention High-Grade Gliomas Pilot Study Surgery

Latest papers

Optimization and External Validation of a Deep Learning Model for Segmentation and Quantification of Traumatic Brain Injury Lesions on Head Computed Tomography.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026
Correlation of Facial Nerve Function and Electrical Stimulation During Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
The 3D-Robotic Exoscope Compared With the Microscope in Cochlear Implant and Translabyrinthine Surgery.
The Laryngoscope · 2025

All 40 publications

Latest funding

Anticoagulation Therapy Timing in Atrial Fibrillation after Chronic Subdural Hematoma External Drainage(the ATTACHED RCT)
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$520,788
Pilot RCT study to assess feasibility of "supra-marginal" surgical resection of malignant glioma (G-SUMIT: Glioma Supra Marginal Incision Trial)
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$378,673
PROphylaxis for venous ThromboEmbolism in Severe Traumatic brain injury (PROTEST): a Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$2,314,126

All 4 grants and awards

40 publications.

Optimization and External Validation of a Deep Learning Model for Segmentation and Quantification of Traumatic Brain Injury Lesions on Head Computed Tomography.

Mathieu F, Piçarra C, Malhotra A, Srbely J, Monteiro M, Winzeck S, Smith C, Newcombe V, Menon D, Witiw C, Scales D, Pirouzmand F, Glocker B

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151251408798 PMID: 41705651

Correlation of Facial Nerve Function and Electrical Stimulation During Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery.

Dahm V, Lui JT, Spiegel JL, Lai C, Philteos J, Lin VY, Kaider A, Anthonipillai G, Pirouzmand F, Chen JM

Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2025

DOI: 10.1002/ohn.1349 PMID: 40671414

The 3D-Robotic Exoscope Compared With the Microscope in Cochlear Implant and Translabyrinthine Surgery.

Crimi N, Spiegel JL, Ungar OJ, Le TN, Lin VYW, Bajin MD, Pirouzmand F, Chen JM

The Laryngoscope2025

DOI: 10.1002/lary.32104 PMID: 40346840

Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of traumatic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Kapitanski L, Thiyagarajah K, Makedonov I, Berger F, Abdulrehman J, Chapman M, da Costa L, Geerts W, Hawkes C, Pirouzmand F

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery20253 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004774

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Pirouzmand F, Mathieu F, Mansouri A, Kavikondala K, Alkins R, Boyd JG, Christie S, Couillard P, Cusimano MD, Engels PT

BMJ Open2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114158

Anticoagulation Therapy Timing in patients with Atrial Fibrillation after Acute and Chronic Subdural Haematoma (ATTAACH): a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Mansouri A, Nassiri F, Scales D, Pirouzmand F

BMJ open2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090224 PMID: 39438108

MEK Inhibition in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma With a Rare KRAS Q61R Mutation in a Young Adult Patient: A Case Report.

Roberto K, Keith J, Levine A, Pirouzmand F, Soliman H, Lim-Fat MJ

JCO precision oncology2024

DOI: 10.1200/po.24.00174 PMID: 38905571

Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy Is Associated With Improved Outcomes for High-Grade Meningioma.

Zeng KL, Soliman H, Myrehaug S, Tseng CL, Detsky J, Chen H, Lim-Fat MJ, Ruschin M, Atenafu EG, Keith J, Lipsman N, Heyn C, Maralani P, Das S, Pirouzmand F, Sahgal A

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.09.026 PMID: 37793575

Virtual Reality Simulation for the Middle Cranial Fossa Approach: A Validation Study.

Lai C, Lui JT, de Lotbiniere-Bassett M, Chen JM, Lin VY, Agrawal SK, Blevins NH, Ladak HM, Pirouzmand F

Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000915 PMID: 37747333

Delayed neurological improvement in a patient with Duret hemorrhage secondary to an acute subdural hematoma: illustrative case.

Jung Y, Ellenbogen Y, Pirouzmand F

Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3171/case23554 PMID: 38109732

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FARHAD Pirouzmand

Research

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Latest funding

Optimization and External Validation of a Deep Learning Model for Segmentation and Quantification of Traumatic Brain Injury Lesions on Head Computed Tomography.

Correlation of Facial Nerve Function and Electrical Stimulation During Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery.

The 3D-Robotic Exoscope Compared With the Microscope in Cochlear Implant and Translabyrinthine Surgery.

Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of traumatic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Anticoagulation Therapy Timing in patients with Atrial Fibrillation after Acute and Chronic Subdural Haematoma (ATTAACH): a pilot randomised controlled trial.

MEK Inhibition in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma With a Rare KRAS Q61R Mutation in a Young Adult Patient: A Case Report.

Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy Is Associated With Improved Outcomes for High-Grade Meningioma.

Virtual Reality Simulation for the Middle Cranial Fossa Approach: A Validation Study.

Delayed neurological improvement in a patient with Duret hemorrhage secondary to an acute subdural hematoma: illustrative case.

Anticoagulation Therapy Timing in Atrial Fibrillation after Chronic Subdural Hematoma External Drainage(the ATTACHED RCT)

Pilot RCT study to assess feasibility of "supra-marginal" surgical resection of malignant glioma (G-SUMIT: Glioma Supra Marginal Incision Trial)

PROphylaxis for venous ThromboEmbolism in Severe Traumatic brain injury (PROTEST): a Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Thromboprophylaxis After Significant Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Frequent collaborators

Alireza Mansouri

Farshad Nassiri

Damon Scales

Gelareh Zadeh

Nir Lipsman

Robert Fowler

Mypinder Sekhon

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Arjun Sahgal

Kim Edelstein

Christopher Witiw

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Ryan Alkins

David Gladstone

Jetan Badhiwala

Benjamin Davidson

Eve Tsai

Sean Christie

Francois Mathieu

Rajiv Midha

Nazeem Muhajarine

Victor Yang

François Lauzier

Donald Griesdale

Sunit Das

Sunjay Sharma

Shane English

Paul Engels

Kartiga Thiyagarajah