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Hafeez, Muhammad Ubaid, MD
Hafeez, Muhammad Ubaid, MD

Assistant Professor

Department: Neurology

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Bio - Hafeez, Muhammad Ubaid, MD

  • Dr. Hafeez is dual board certified in Neurology and Neurocritical Care from American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) of Neurology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he brings his expertise in neurocritical care, critical care EEG, and treatment-refractory epilepsy.

    Dr. Hafeez completed his medical education from King Edward Medical University, Pakistan, followed by an Internship at the Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan, Postdoctoral research at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Neurology Residency and Neurocritical Care Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Epilepsy Fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.

    Dr. Hafeez is a Clinician-Educator-Scholar with over 40 peer-reviewed publications and over 25 presentations in his areas of expertise at national and internal clinical and scientific conferences. At the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Dr. Hafeez he attends on the Neurocritical Care service, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, EEG and outpatient clinics.
  • Medical/Professional School:

    MD, King Edward Medical University, 2012

    Internships:

    Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan - Lahore (Punjab), PA, 2013

    Residencies:

    Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX, 2020

    Fellowships:

    Neurocritical Care, Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX, 2022

    Epilepsy, UT Health Science Center at Houston - Houston, TX, 2023
  • CLINICAL INTERESTS
    • Neurocritical Care
    • Epilepsy
    • Stroke
    RESEARCH INTERESTS
    • Neurocritical Care
    • Acute Ischemic Stroke
    • Neuromodulation
    • Mohamed G, Nogueira R, Essibayi M et. al. Tissue Clock Beyond Time Clock: Endovascular Thrombectomy for Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Beyond 24 Hours. JOS 2023 May; DOI: 10.5853/JOS.2023.00017.
    • Vakilna Y, Ganne C, Hafeez MU, Pati et. al.: Pulvinar neuromodulation for seizure monitoring and network modulation in temporal plus epilepsy. ACTN 2023 May; DOI: 10.1002/ACN3.51815.
    • El Naamani K, Mastorakos P, Adeeb N, et.al. Long-term follow-up of cerebral aneurysms completely occluded at 6 months after intervention with the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device: A retrospective multicenter observational study. Transl. Stroke Res. 2023 May; Pub Status: Published.
    • Hafeez MU, Bliss N, Pati S, et.al. Robust and sustained control of bilateral tonic-clonic seizures with long bursts of responsive neurostimulation of the centromedian thalami. Clin. Neuirophys. 2023 April; DOI: 10.1016/J.CLINPH.2023.01.016.
    • Hafeez MU, Essibayi A, Raper D. et al. Predictors and Outcomes of First Pass Efficacy in Posterior Circulation Acute Ischemic Stroke | Insights from STAR Registry. INR 2022 Dec; DOI: 10.1177/15910199221149080.
    • Mohammaden M, Haussen D, Bayati A et al: General anesthesia vs procedural sedation for failed NeuroThrombectomy undergoing rescue stenting: intention to treat analysis: JNIS 2022 Dec; DOI: 10.1136/JNIS-2022-019376.
    • Grossberg J, Chalhoub, R, Al Kasab S. et al. Multicenter Investigation of Technical and Clinical Outcomes after Thrombectomy for Proximal Medium Vessel Occlusion (pMeVO) by Frontline Technique. INR 2022 Nov; DOI: 10.1177/15910199221138139.
    • Qadir MS and Hafeez MU et. al.: Central and extra pontine myelinolysis in the setting of hyperglycemia. PCCCNS. 2022 Sept; DOI: 10.4088/PCC.21CR03133.
    • Dmytriw A, Dibas M, Ghozy S et al.: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: Ten Years of Lessons Learned and Adjustments in Practice from the WorldWideWEB Consortium. Translational Stroke Research. 2022 Sept; ; DOI: 10.1007/S12975-022-01086-5.
    • Savage C, Hall A, Parr M et al.: Outcomes of endovascular embolization for Vein of Galen malformations: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Frontier in Pediatrics Sept 2022; DOI: 10.3389/FPED.2022.976060.
    • Distinguished Scientific Poster at Neurocritical Care Meeting 2022.
    • Top 10% Most Published Clinician in 2022 – as recognized by ‘Doximity’.
    • Top 10% Most Cited Clinician in the year 2022 – as recognized by ‘Doximity’.
    • Member, American Academy of Neurology
    • Member, American Epilepsy Society
    • Member, Neurocritical Society
    • Member, European Stroke Organization
    • Member, World Stroke Organization
    • Member, American Society of Neuroimaging
    • Member, Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology
    • Member, Society of Neurointerventional Surgeons.