Shervin Rahimpour,
MD
Languages Spoken: English, Persian
Dr. Shervin Rahimpour is a stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia), pain (trigeminal neuralgia, brachial plexus avulsion pain, cancer-related pain), psychiatric disorders (depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome) as well as epilepsy. He has extensive experience in treating these orders with a variety of cutting-edge techniques including: focused ultrasound, asleep deep brain stimulation surgery, robotic surgery, laser ablation, stereo-encephalography, dorsal root entry zone lesioning (DREZ) and minimally invasive treatments for pain including trigeminal rhizotomy, radiosurgery and percutaneous ablations.
Dr. Rahimpour’s research interests are in improving outcomes for deep brain stimulation in patients with speech and gait impairments. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Colorado. He obtained his residency and fellowship training in stereotactic, functional and epilepsy neurosurgery from Duke University. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, enjoying the outdoors and photography.
Specialties:
Epilepsy surgery
Movement disorders
Deep brain stimulation
Parkinson’s disease
Essential tremor
Dystonia
Trigeminal neuralgia
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Hemifacial spasm
Functional neurosurgery
Brachial plexus avulsion pain
Cancer-related pain
Clinical Locations
801-585-6065
Fax: (801) 585-6087
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurosurgery
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Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Adult Neurosurgery |
Dr. Shervin Rahimpour is a stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia), pain (trigeminal neuralgia, brachial plexus avulsion pain, cancer-related pain), psychiatric disorders (depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome) as well as epilepsy. He has extensive experience in treating these orders with a variety of cutting-edge techniques including: focused ultrasound, asleep deep brain stimulation surgery, robotic surgery, laser ablation, stereo-encephalography, dorsal root entry zone lesioning (DREZ) and minimally invasive treatments for pain including trigeminal rhizotomy, radiosurgery and percutaneous ablations.
Dr. Rahimpour’s research interests are in improving outcomes for deep brain stimulation in patients with speech and gait impairments. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Colorado. He obtained his residency and fellowship training in stereotactic, functional and epilepsy neurosurgery from Duke University. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, enjoying the outdoors and photography.
Specialties:
Epilepsy surgery
Movement disorders
Deep brain stimulation
Parkinson’s disease
Essential tremor
Dystonia
Trigeminal neuralgia
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Hemifacial spasm
Functional neurosurgery
Brachial plexus avulsion pain
Cancer-related pain
Academic Locations
Clinical Neurosciences Center
801-581-6908
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurosurgery
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Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Adult Neurosurgery |
Education History
| Fellowship | Duke University Stereotactic and Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Fellow, 2021 |
| Residency | Duke University Neurosurgery Resident, 2021 |
| Professional Medical | University of Colorado School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2014 |
| Undergraduate | University of Colorado Boulder Biochemistry B.A., 2009 |
| Undergraduate | University of Colorado Boulder Mathematics B.A., 2009 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Caston RM, Davis TS, Smith EH, Rahimpour S, Rolston JD (2022). A novel thermoelectric device integrated with a psychophysical paradigm to study pain processing in human subjects. J Neurosci Methods, 386, 109780.
- Sun J, Barth K, Qiao S, Chiang CH, Wang C, Rahimpour S, Trumpis M, Duraivel S, Dubey A, Wingel KE, Rachinskiy I, Voinas AE, Ferrentino B, Southwell DG, Haglund MM, Friedman AH, Lad SP, Doyle WK, Solzbacher F, Cogan G, Sinha SR, Devore S, Devinsky O, Friedman D, Pesaran B, Viventi J (2022). Intraoperative microseizure detection using a high-density micro-electrocorticography electrode array. Brain Commun, 4(3), fcac122.
- Adil SM, Charalambous LT, Rajkumar S, Seas A, Warman PI, Murphy KR, Rahimpour S, Parente B, Dharmapurikar R, Dunn TW, Lad SP (2022). Machine Learning to Predict Successful Opioid Dose Reduction or Stabilization After Spinal Cord Stimulation. Neurosurgery, 91, 272-279.
- Mitchell KT, Schmidt SL, Cooney JW, Grill WM, Peters J, Rahimpour S, Lee HJ, Jung SH, Mantri S, Scott B, Lad SP, Turner DA (2022). Initial Clinical Outcome With Bilateral, Dual-Target Deep Brain Stimulation Trial in Parkinson Disease Using Summit RC + S. Neurosurgery, 91(1), 132-138.
- Rahimpour S, Rajkumar S, Hallett M (2021). The Supplementary Motor Complex in Parkinson's Disease. J Mov Disord, 15(1), 21-32.
- Adil SM, Calabrese E, Charalambous LT, Cook JJ, Rahimpour S, Atik AF, Cofer GP, Parente BA, Johnson GA, Lad SP, White LE (2021). A high-resolution interactive atlas of the human brainstem using magnetic resonance imaging. Neuroimage, 237, 118135.
- Rahimpour S, Gaztanaga W, Yadav AP, Chang SJ, Krucoff MO, Cajigas I, Turner DA, Wang DD (2020). Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: Invasive and Noninvasive Neuromodulation. Neuromodulation, 24(5), 829-842.
- Chiang CH, Wang C, Barth K, Rahimpour S, Trumpis M, Duraivel S, Rachinskiy I, Dubey A, Wingel KE, Wong M, Witham NS, Odell T, Woods V, Bent B, Doyle W, Friedman D, Bihler E, Reiche CF, Southwell DG, Haglund MM, Friedman AH, Lad SP, Devore S, Devinsky O, Solzbacher F, Pesaran B, Cogan G, Viventi J (2021). Flexible, high-resolution thin-film electrodes for human and animal neural research. J Neural Eng, 18(4).
- Adil SM, Charalambous LT, Spears CA, Kiyani M, Hodges SE, Yang Z, Lee HJ, Rahimpour S, Parente B, Greene KA, McClellan M, Lad SP (2019). Impact of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Opioid Dose Reduction: A Nationwide Analysis. Neurosurgery, 88(1), 193-201.
- Cho J, Rahimpour S, Cutler A, Goodwin CR, Lad SP, Codd P (2020). Enhancing Reality: A Systematic Review of Augmented Reality in Neuronavigation and Education. World Neurosurg, 139, 186-195.
- Muh CR, Chou ND, Rahimpour S, Komisarow JM, Spears TG, Fuchs HE, Serafini S, Grant GA (2019). Cortical stimulation mapping for localization of visual and auditory language in pediatric epilepsy patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-10.
- Rahimpour S, Haglund MM, Friedman AH, Duffau H (2019). History of awake mapping and speech and language localization: from modules to networks. Neurosurg Focus, 47(3), E4.
- Atik AF, Calabrese E, Gramer R, Adil SM, Rahimpour S, Pagadala P, Johnson GA, Lad SP (2019). Structural mapping with fiber tractography of the human cuneate fasciculus at microscopic resolution in cervical region. Neuroimage, 196, 200-206.
- Elsamadicy AA, Ren X, Kemeny H, Charalambous L, Sergesketter AR, Rahimpour S, Williamson T, Goodwin CR, Abd-El-Barr MM, Gottfried ON, Xie J, Lad SP (2017). Independent Associations With 30- and 90-Day Unplanned Readmissions After Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: A National Trend Analysis of 144 123 Patients. Neurosurgery, 84(3), 758-767.
- Krucoff MO, Miller JP, Saxena T, Bellamkonda R, Rahimpour S, Harward SC, Lad SP, Turner DA (2018). Toward Functional Restoration of the Central Nervous System: A Review of Translational Neuroscience Principles. Neurosurgery, 84(1), 30-40.
- Elsamadicy AA, Sergesketter A, Ren X, Mohammed Qasim Hussaini S, Laarakker A, Rahimpour S, Ejikeme T, Yang S, Pagadala P, Parente B, Xie J, Lad SP (2017). Drivers and Risk Factors of Unplanned 30-Day Readmission Following Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation. Neuromodulation, 21(1), 87-92.
- Krucoff MO, Chan AY, Harward SC, Rahimpour S, Rolston JD, Muh C, Englot DJ (2017). Rates and predictors of success and failure in repeat epilepsy surgery: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Epilepsia, 58(12), 2133-2142.
- Krucoff MO, Rahimpour S, Slutzky MW, Edgerton VR, Turner DA (2016). Enhancing Nervous System Recovery through Neurobiologics, Neural Interface Training, and Neurorehabilitation. Front Neurosci, 10, 584.
- Rahimpour S, Friedman AH, Fukushima T, Zomorodi AR (2016). Microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannomas: complication avoidance. J Neurooncol, 130(2), 367-375.
- Rahimpour S, Lad SP (2016). Surgical Options for Atypical Facial Pain Syndromes. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 27(3), 365-70.
- Babu R, Komisarow JM, Agarwal VJ, Rahimpour S, Iyer A, Britt D, Karikari IO, Grossi PM, Thomas S, Friedman AH, Adamson C (2015). Glioblastoma in the elderly: the effect of aggressive and modern therapies on survival. J Neurosurg, 124(4), 998-1007.
- Han JL, Loriaux DB, Tybout C, Kinon MD, Rahimpour S, Runyon SL, Hopkins TJ, Boortz-Marx RL, Lad SP (2016). Thoracic Nerve Root Entrapment by Intrathecal Catheter Coiling: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Pain Physician, 19(3), E499-504.
- Xu H, Rahimpour S, Nesvick CL, Zhang X, Ma J, Zhang M, Zhang G, Wang L, Yang C, Hong CS, Germanwala AV, Elder JB, Ray-Chaudhury A, Yao Y, Gilbert MR, Lonser RR, Heiss JD, Brady RO, Mao Y, Qin J, Zhuang Z (2015). Activation of hypoxia signaling induces phenotypic transformation of glioma cells: implications for bevacizumab antiangiogenic therapy. Oncotarget, 6(14), 11882-93.
- Yang C, Rahimpour S, Yu AC, Lonser RR, Zhuang Z (2013). Regulation and dysregulation of astrocyte activation and implications in tumor formation. Cell Mol Life Sci, 70(22), 4201-11.
- Yang C, Sun MG, Matro J, Huynh TT, Rahimpour S, Prchal JT, Lechan R, Lonser R, Pacak K, Zhuang Z (2013). Novel HIF2A mutations disrupt oxygen sensing, leading to polycythemia, paragangliomas, and somatostatinomas. Blood, 121(13), 2563-6.
- Yang C, Rahimpour S, Lu J, Pacak K, Ikejiri B, Brady RO, Zhuang Z (2012). Histone deacetylase inhibitors increase glucocerebrosidase activity in Gaucher disease by modulation of molecular chaperones. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(3), 966-71.
Review
- Hunsaker JC, Baker CM, Schmidt RH, Rahimpour S (2022). Hemifacial spasm secondary to Chiari malformation type I: Systematic review with case illustration. [Review]. J Clin Neurosci, 101, 21-25.
- Rahimpour S, Zhang SC, Vitek JL, Mitchell KT, Turner DA (2022). Comparative efficacy of surgical approaches to disease modification in Parkinson disease. [Review]. NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 8(1), 33.
- Wang TY, Park C, Zhang H, Rahimpour S, Murphy KR, Goodwin CR, Karikari IO, Than KD, Shaffrey CI, Foster N, Abd-El-Barr MM (2021). Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of the Literature. [Review]. Front Surg, 8, 698736.
- Rahimpour S, Kiyani M, Hodges SE, Turner DA (2021). Deep brain stimulation and electromagnetic interference. [Review]. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 203, 106577.
Case Report
- Rahimpour S, Calakos N, Turner DA, Mitchell KT (2021). Treatment of diaphragmatic dystonia with pallidal deep brain stimulation. BMJ Case Rep, 14(3).
- Williamson TL, Cutler A, Cobb MI, Rahimpour S, Butler ER, Harward SC, Cummings TJ, Friedman AH (2020). Autograft-derived spinal cord mass in the cervical spine following transplantation with olfactory mucosa cells for traumatic spinal cord injury: case report. J Neurosurg Spine, 1-5.
Letter
- Rahimpour S, Cho J, Goodwin CR, Codd P (2020). In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Enhancing Reality: A Systematic Review of Augmented Reality in Neuronavigation and Education". [Letter to the editor]. World Neurosurg, 140, 432.
- Pratt D, Mente K, Rahimpour S, Edwards NA, Tinaz S, Berman BD, Hallett M, Ray-Chaudhury A (2016). Diminishing evidence for torsinA-positive neuronal inclusions in DYT1 dystonia. [Letter to the editor]. Acta Neuropathol Commun, 4(1), 85.
- Rahimpour S, Turner DA, Lad SP (2015). Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease in elderly individuals—reply. [Letter to the editor]. JAMA Neurol, 72(3), 368.