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Hooman Kamel is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a focus on cardiology, neurology, and epidemiology. Their work spans various subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Neurology, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Internal Medicine.

The primary research topics addressed by Kamel include:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Kamel has published papers in several frequent venues, reflecting a strong presence in stroke and neurological research:

  • Stroke
  • JAMA Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • 2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (2021, Stroke)
  • Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vs Patients With Influenza (2020, JAMA Neurology)
  • Effects of COVID-19 on the Nervous System (2020, Cell)
  • Effect of Long-term Continuous Cardiac Monitoring vs Usual Care on Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Stroke Attributed to Large- or Small-Vessel Disease (2021, JAMA)
  • Apixaban to Prevent Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Cardiopathy (2024, JAMA)

Frequent collaborators in Kamel's research include Babak B. Navi, Cenai Zhang, Alexander E. Merkler, Neal S. Parikh, and Santosh B. Murthy. These partnerships highlight interdisciplinary work integrating various aspects of stroke, neurology, and cardiovascular medicine.

Best Publications

  • 2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Dawn O. Kleindorfer;Amytis Towfighi;Seemant Chaturvedi;Kevin M. Cockroft

  • Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vs Patients With Influenza.

    Alexander E. Merkler;Neal S. Parikh;Saad Mir;Ajay Gupta

  • Impact of Hypertension on Cognitive Function: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Costantino Iadecola;Kristine Yaffe;José Biller;Lisa C. Bratzke

  • Effects of COVID-19 on the Nervous System.

    Costantino Iadecola;Josef Anrather;Hooman Kamel

  • Atrial Fibrillation and Mechanisms of Stroke: Time for a New Model.

    Hooman Kamel;Peter M. Okin;Mitchell S.V. Elkind;Costantino Iadecola

  • Carotid Plaque MRI and Stroke Risk A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Ajay Gupta;Hediyeh Baradaran;Andrew D. Schweitzer;Hooman Kamel

  • Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

    Ben Freedman;John Camm;Hugh Calkins;Jeffrey S Healey

  • Risk of a Thrombotic Event after the 6-Week Postpartum Period

    Hooman Kamel;Babak B. Navi;Nandita Sriram;Dominic A. Hovsepian

  • Hypertonic saline versus mannitol for the treatment of elevated intracranial pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

    Hooman Kamel;Babak B. Navi;Kazuma Nakagawa;J. Claude Hemphill

  • Cerebrovascular reserve and stroke risk in patients with carotid stenosis or occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ajay Gupta;J. Levi Chazen;Maya Hartman;Diana Delgado

  • Perioperative atrial fibrillation and the long-term risk of ischemic stroke.

    Gino Gialdini;Katherine Nearing;Prashant D. Bhave;Ubaldo Bonuccelli

  • The AtRial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs In prevention After cryptogenic stroke randomized trial: Rationale and methods.

    Hooman Kamel;W. T. Longstreth;David L. Tirschwell;Richard A. Kronmal

  • Perioperative/Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of Subsequent Stroke and/or Mortality.

    Meng-Hsin Lin;Hooman Kamel;Daniel E. Singer;Yi-Ling Wu

  • Differential cognitive effects of colloid cysts in the third ventricle that spare or compromise the fornix.

    John Patrick Aggleton;D. McMackin;K. Carpenter;J. Hornak

  • Association between incident cancer and subsequent stroke

    Babak B. Navi;Anne S. Reiner;Hooman Kamel;Costantino Iadecola

  • Silent Brain Infarction and Risk of Future Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Ajay Gupta;Ashley E. Giambrone;Gino Gialdini;Caitlin Finn

  • Plaque Echolucency and Stroke Risk in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Ajay Gupta;Kartik Kesavabhotla;Hediyeh Baradaran;Hooman Kamel

  • Brain-Immune Interactions and Ischemic Stroke: Clinical Implications

    Hooman Kamel;Costantino Iadecola

  • Left Atrial Enlargement and Stroke Recurrence The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study

    Shadi Yaghi;Yeseon P. Moon;Consuelo Mora-McLaughlin;Joshua Z. Willey

  • Searching for Atrial Fibrillation Poststroke: A White Paper of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

    Renate B. Schnabel;Karl Georg Haeusler;Jeffrey S. Healey;Ben Freedman

  • Statin Use During Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization Is Strongly Associated With Improved Poststroke Survival

    Alexander C. Flint;Hooman Kamel;Babak B. Navi;Vivek A. Rao

Frequent Co-Authors

Costantino Iadecola
Costantino Iadecola Cornell University
Lisa M. DeAngelis
Lisa M. DeAngelis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mary Cushman
Mary Cushman University of Vermont
Katherine S. Panageas
Katherine S. Panageas Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Susan R. Heckbert
Susan R. Heckbert University of Washington
Pagona Lagiou
Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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