Shaista Alam, MD
Disclosures: Nothing to disclose - 02/19/2025

Curriculum Vitae

Shaista Alam, MD

September 2024

Home address:

2542 Graduate Square

Philadelphia, PA 19146

 

Office Address:

901 Walnut Street, 4th Floor

Philadelphia. PA 19107

215-955-1234

Shaista.alam@jefferson.edu

 

Education

2003 – 06               BS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Physiology/Neurobiology)

2006 – 08               Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD

2008 – 12              MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

 

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments

2012 – 13               Intern in Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

2013 – 16               Resident in Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2016 – 17              Fellowship, Vascular Neurology, University of Texas, Health Science, Houston, TX

 

Faculty Appointments

2017 –               Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

                            Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Hospital Appointments:

2018 -                             Jefferson Northeast Hospital, PA, Medical Staff

2018 -                             Chestnut Hill, Hospital, Chestnut Hill, PA, Medical Staff

2018 -                            Beebe Hospital, Lewes, DE, Medical Staff

 

Specialty Certification:

2016                             American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2018                            American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Vascular Neurology

 

Licensure:

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

 

Awards, Honors, and Membership in Honorary Societies

2005                            Francesco Barone Memorial Scholarship, University of Maryland

Award for academic excellence                           

2005                            Outstanding Life Science Student Award, University of Maryland

2005                            Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of Maryland

Awarded by the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education for international students who demonstrate good academic standing and exceptional leadership skills.

2009                            Edward Douds Scholarship, University of Maryland

                            Awarded for excellent academic performance

2012                            The David Dunn, MD Award, Drexel University College of Medicine

                            Excellence in Neurology

2013                            Resident of the Month, Hahnemann University Hospital

2014                            Head of the Class, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

 

Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies:

American Academy of Neurology (Member, 2013 - )

Philadelphia Neurological Society (Member, 2013 - )             

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (Member, 2016 - )             

American Neurological Association (Member, 2020 - )             

Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (Member, 2023 - )             

 

Professional and Scientific Committees

2023 -               Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Subcommittee, Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)             

 

Editorial Positions

2022 -                             Journal of SARS – CoV-2 and coronavirus disease, Reviewer

2023                            SVIN abstract review for female authors, Reviewer

2024 -                             Neurology: Clinical Practice, Reviewer

 

Academic Committees at the Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Medical College and Affiliated Hospitals

2019 -                             Stroke QI Committee, Faculty Advisor

2019 -                             Neuroscience Mortality Committee, Member

2021 -                             Women in Neurology, Founder/Chair

2022 -                             ACGME Safety Leads GME Neurology, Faculty Advisor

2023 -                             Faculty Development Support Committee, Member

2024 -                             Clinical Competence Committee, Member

 

Hospital Committees at the Thomas Jefferson University and Affiliated Hospitals

2022 -                            Women’s Health Advisory Board, Member

2024 -                            Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Member

2024 -                             Clinical Privileges Committee, Member

 

Major Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities at the Thomas Jefferson University and Affiliated Hospitals:

  1. Inpatient Acute Stroke Unit, Attending Rounds
  2. Vascular Neurology Consult Service, Attending Rounds
  3. Fellows Stroke Clinic, Preceptor
  4. Stroke Fellow Journal Club, Preceptor
  5. Medical Student Stroke Clinic, Preceptor
  6. Neurology Resident Stroke Clinic, Preceptor
  7. Women’s Health Elective, Preceptor
  8. Acute Stroke Simulation Sessions for Neurology Residents, Preceptor
  9. Didactic series: Stroke and Neurocritical Care fellow
  10. Didactic series: Neurology residents
  11. Didactic series: Acute stroke unit nursing
  12. Acute Stroke Diagnosis, Management, Treatment,” quarterly medical student (3rd year) lecture
  13. Acute stroke telemedicine for Jefferson Neuroscience Network
  14. Resident stroke quality improvement committee, Advisor

 

Lectures by Invitation

2017              Hyperosmolar therapy is not associated with improved outcomes in   patients with large intracerebral Hemorrhage” Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, The University of Texas at Austin, TX

2017              “Hemorrhagic stroke” Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Trillium Health Partners, Toronto, Canada.

2024              Updates in stroke management,” Department of Medicine, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Chestnut Hill, PA

2024              Acute care in Stroke,” Department of Medicine, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR.

2024              Stroke update,” Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

2024              Stroke Updates,” Department of Medicine, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Chester, PA

2024                          Ischemic stroke management,” Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Kaiser

                            Permanente, Sacramento, CA

2024                              What’s New in ICH,” American Heart Association/American Stroke Association  

                           Stroke Summit 2024. Delaware.

 

Organizing Roles in Scientific Meetings

2024 -                             American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Delaware

                            Stroke Summit Steering Committee - Planning Committee Member

2025-               Women in Neurology American Neurological Association sessionCo chair

 

Publications, peer-reviewed

  1. Barr TL, Latour LL, Lee KY, Schaewe TJ, Luby M, Chang GS, El-Zammar Z, Alam S, Hallenbeck JM, Kidwell CS, Warach S. Blood-brain barrier disruption in humans is independently associated with increased matrix metalloproteinase-9. Stroke. 2010;41:e123–e128.
  2. Pincus SM, Alam S, Rubinow DR, Bhuvaneswar CG, Schmidt PJ. Predicting response to leuprolide of women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder by daily mood rating dynamics. J Psychiatr Res. 2011 Mar; 45(3):386-94.
  3. Coronavirus Positive Patients Presenting with Stroke-Like Symptoms: Alam S, Dharia RN, Miller ES, et al. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: J Stroke Cerebrovascular Dis. 2021 Apr; 30(4): 105588
  4. Systemic thrombolysis for acute central retinal artery occlusion in sickle cell disease:

Case report: Isaac E, Saherwal A, Alam S.  J Natl Med Assoc. 2022 Dec;114(6):589-592

  1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Low value of inherited thrombophilia testing among patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack: A three-year retrospective study Majmundar, S., Thapa, S., Miller, ES, Bell, R., Dharia, R., Tzeng, D., Alam, S., Rhoades., R. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: J Stroke Cerebrovascular Dis. 2023, Oct;32(10): 107308
  2. Reimagining Cryptogenic Stroke Care: Collaborative Care and Inpatient Insertable Cardiac Monitors for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: Herial, N., Miller, ES, Patel, P., Munoz, M., Warren, M., Khalife, J., Majmundar, S., Farkas, N., Alam, S., Dharia, R., Tzeng, D., Frisch, D., Parvi, B., Ho, R., Greenspon, A., Bell, R., Jabbour, P., Rosenwasser, R. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology. Sep 2024. In print

 

Publications, non-peer-reviewed

Pain: Mittal, S., Alam, S., Sheehan, L., MedLink Neurology. San Diego: MedLink, LLC.  inprint

 

Abstracts:

  1. Management of Refractory ICP with Hypothermia in a Case of Malignant Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome:  A case report. Alam S, Mahdi, N, Rincon F.  American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2015.
  2. White Matter Hyperintensity in the Corpus Callosum in an Acute HIV Infection: A Case Report. Alam S, Mintzer S, Sheehan L.  American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2016
  3. Hyperosmolar therapy is not associated with improved outcomes in patients with large Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Alam, S., Moser, H., Gonzales, NR.  American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2017
  4. Factors associated with atrial fibrillation detection on long-term cardiac monitoring in Stroke: Khalife, J., Majmundar, S., Tzeng, D., Dharia, R., Alam, S., Rincon, F., Jabbour, P., Frisch, D., Ho, R., Greenspon, A., Bell, R., Herial, N. American Academy Neurology Annual Meeting 2019  
  5. Collaborative Care in Stroke Centers: Role of Neurologists in Implanting Loop Recorders for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: Herial, N., Warren, M., Dharia, R., Tzeng, D., Alam, S., Rincon, F., Jabbour, P., Bell, R., Rosenwasser, R.  American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2019 
  6. Comparison of Etiology of Central Retinal Artery Occlusions versus Branch Retinal Artery Occlusions. Miller, ES., Natekar, A., Khalife, J., Kumar, P., Pancholy, M., Alam, S., Dharia, R., Rincon, F., Bell, R., Tzeng, D., International Stroke Conference 2019.
  7. Early Follow-Up Phone Calls to Reduce 30-day Readmissions for Stroke Patients Discharged to Home. Patel, P., Porreca, L., Patel, S., Alam, S., Bell, R., Dharia, R., Miller, ES., Tzeng, D., Rincon, F., Annual House Staff Quality and Patient Safety Poster Session 2020, Thomas Jefferson University.

 

Institutional Lectures:

2012              Antiphospholipid Antibody syndrome: Medicine Grand Rounds, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2014              Introduction to Clinical Neuroradiology: Emergency Lecture series. Thomas Jefferson Department of Neurology, Philadelphia, PA

2016              Autoimmune Encephalitis: Neurology Grand Rounds. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

2018              Introduction to Stroke: Cerebrovascular Center at Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience at Jefferson. Nursing lecture series, Philadelphia, PA.

2018               Hyperosmolar therapy in ICH patients: Cerebrovascular Center at Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience at Jefferson. Neurocritical Care Conference, Philadelphia, PA

2019              ICH management. Faber Medicine lecture. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2019              Medical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Annual Cerebrovascular Update: Pushing the Limits in Stroke Care, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2020              Stroke updates. Faber Medicine lecture. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

2020              Neurology JeffMD Grand Rounds, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

2021              Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Annual Cerebrovascular Update, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2022              Updated ICH guidelines: Annual Cerebrovascular Update, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2022              Ischemic Stroke Management: General Surgery lecture series, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2022              FVIIa for Acute hemorrhagic Stroke Administered at Earliest Time (FASTEST) Trial: Stroke Awareness Month

2023              ICH Updates. Annual Jefferson Neurocritical Care Symposium What is new in the field of ICH: Annual Cerebrovascular Update, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2023              What is new in the field of ICH: Annual Cerebrovascular Update, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, including participation in committee reports:

Tzeng, D.L, Dharia, R., Alam, S., Bell, R., “Clopidogrel in the Management of Neurovascular Disease.” Clopidogrel And the Newer P2y12 Antiplatelet Agents: Pharmacology, Clinical Uses, and Adverse Effects, Nova Science Pub Inc, 2019.

 

Other Peer-Reviewed Scholarships Not Listed Above: Platform Presentation

Outcome Effect of Dedicated Neuro-Critical Care after Brain Injury: Results of a Multi-Center Cohort Study. Alam S, Thavapalan V, Rincon F. Oral Abstract Presentation. Society of Critical Care Medicine 2016.

 

Mentorship:

2017 -                             Neurology resident stroke research, quality research, Mentor 

2020 – 22              American Neurological Association, Mentor

2022 -                             Jefferson Health Stroke Support Group

2024 -                             Stroke Community Outreach Programs, Philadelphia, PA

 

Clinical Trials:

2016 – 17              iDEF- NIH StrokeNet. The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston, TX, Sub-Investigator

2016 – 17               SELECT - The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston, TX, Sub-Investigator

2016 – 17              DEFUSE 3 – NIH StrokeNet. The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston, TX, Sub-Investigator

2016 – 17              MISTIE III – NIH StrokeNet. The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston, TX, Sub-Investigator

2018 –               SynCardia – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Sub-Investigator

2020 – 22               Arcadia – NIH StrokeNet. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Sub-Investigator, Concluded 2022,

2020 –               SATURN – NIH StrokeNet. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (PI) Principal Investigator

2020 –              EAISE – Abbvie. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

              Sub-Investigator

2021 –               ASPIRE: NIH StrokeNet. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Sub-Investigator

2022 – 23               MASTERS-2. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

              Sub-Investigator

2022 –               FASTEST – NIH StrokeNet. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Principal Investigator

2023 –               CAPTIVA- NIH StrokeNet. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Principal Investigator

2023 –                            OCEANIC. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

                            Sub-Investigator

 

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