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Board Certification
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American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)
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Patient Rating
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Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Neurosurgery
-Assistant Professor |
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| Board Certification |
American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)
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Education history
| Undergraduate | Mathematics - University of Colorado Boulder | B.A. |
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| Undergraduate | Biochemistry - University of Colorado Boulder | B.A. |
| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Colorado School of Medicine | M.D. |
| Residency | Neurosurgery - Duke University | Resident |
| Fellowship | Stereotactic and Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery - Duke University | Fellow |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- 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.
- Rahimpour S, Lad SP (2016). Surgical Options for Atypical Facial Pain Syndromes. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 27(3), 365-70.
- 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.
- Rahimpour S, Friedman AH, Fukushima T, Zomorodi AR (2016). Microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannomas: complication avoidance. J Neurooncol, 130(2), 367-375.
- Babu R, Komisarow JM, Agarwal VJ, Rahimpour S, Iyer A, Britt D, Karikari IO, Grossi PM, Thomas S, Friedman AH, Adamson C (2016). Glioblastoma in the elderly: the effect of aggressive and modern therapies on survival. J Neurosurg, 124(4), 998-1007.
- Adil SM, Charalambous LT, Spears CA, Kiyani M, Hodges SE, Yang Z, Lee HJ, Rahimpour S, Parente B, Greene KA, McClellan M, Lad SP (2020). Impact of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Opioid Dose Reduction: A Nationwide Analysis. Neurosurgery, 88(1), 193-201.
- 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 (2019). 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 (2019). Toward Functional Restoration of the Central Nervous System: A Review of Translational Neuroscience Principles. Neurosurgery, 84(1), 30-40.
- Yang C, Rahimpour S, Lu J, Pacak K, Ikejiri B, Brady RO, Zhuang Z (2013). 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.(Epub ahead of print) J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-10.
- 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, Gaztanaga W, Yadav AP, Chang SJ, Krucoff MO, Cajigas I, Turner DA, Wang DD (2021). Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: Invasive and Noninvasive Neuromodulation. Neuromodulation, 24(5), 829-842.
- 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 (2018). Drivers and Risk Factors of Unplanned 30-Day Readmission Following Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation. Neuromodulation, 21(1), 87-92.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rahimpour S, Rajkumar S, Hallett (2022). The Supplementary Motor Complex in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of movement disorders, 15(1), 21-32.
- Mitchell KT, Schmidt SL, Cooney JW, Grill WM, Peters J, Rahimpour S, Lee HJ, Jung SH, Mantri S, Scott B, Lad SP, Turner D (2022). Initial Clinical Outcome With Bilateral, Dual-Target Deep Brain Stimulation Trial in Parkinson Disease Using Summit RC + S. Neurosurgery, 91(1), 132-138.
- Adil SM, Charalambous LT, Rajkumar S, Seas A, Warman PI, Murphy KR, Rahimpour S, Parente B, Dharmapurikar R, Dunn TW, Lad S (2022). Machine Learning to Predict Successful Opioid Dose Reduction or Stabilization After Spinal Cord Stimulation. Neurosurgery, 91, 272-279.
- 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 (2022). Intraoperative microseizure detection using a high-density micro-electrocorticography electrode array. Brain communications, 4(3), fcac122.
- Caston RM, Davis TS, Smith EH, Rahimpour S, Rolston J (2022). A novel thermoelectric device integrated with a psychophysical paradigm to study pain processing in human subjects. Journal of neuroscience methods, 386, 109780.
- Vehar JV, Duff K, Rahimpour S, Dunn D, Ballard DJ, Zorn MS, Moretti P, Rolston (2023). The cognitive profile of essential tremor on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 38(1), 150-163.
- Barth KJ, Sun J, Chiang CH, Qiao S, Wang C, Rahimpour S, Trumpis M, Duraivel S, Dubey A, Wingel KE, Voinas AE, Ferrentino B, Doyle W, Southwell DG, Haglund MM, Vestal M, Harward SC, Solzbacher F, Devore S, Devinsky O, Friedman D, Pesaran B, Sinha SR, Cogan GB, Blanco J, Viventi (2023). Flexible, high-resolution cortical arrays with large coverage capture microscale high-frequency oscillations in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 64(7), 1910-1924.
- Gabay S, Sapir Y, Korn A, Hochberg U, Tellem R, Zegerman A, Brogan SE, Rahimpour S, Shoty B, Strauss (2023). Optimization of Radiofrequency Needle Placement in Percutaneous Cordotomy Using Electromyography in the Deeply Sedated Patient. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 26(1), 22-27.
- Vehar JV, Rahimpour S, Moretti P, Kassavetis P, Alshaikh J, Rolston J, Duff (2023). Recognition subtests of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status: evidence for a cortical vs. subcortical distinction. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 45(8), 786-797.
- Caston RM, Campbell JM, Rahimpour S, Moretti P, Alexander MD, Rolston J (2023). Hemorrhagic Safety of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Tremor without Interruption of Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Therapy. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, 101(5), 314-318.
- Duraivel S, Rahimpour S, Chiang CH, Trumpis M, Wang C, Barth K, Harward SC, Lad SP, Friedman AH, Southwell DG, Sinha SR, Viventi J, Cogan G (2023). High-resolution neural recordings improve the accuracy of speech decoding. Nature communications, 14(1), 6938.
- Caston RM, Smith EH, Davis TS, Singh H, Rahimpour S, Rolston J (2023). Characterization of spatiotemporal dynamics of binary and graded tonic pain in humans using intracranial recordings. PloS one, 18(10), e0292808.
- Venkatraman V, Futch BG, Bartlett A, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Shofty B, Parente BA, Lad SP, Williamson TL, Rahimpour (2024). Disparities in Access to Deep Brain Stimulation and Responsive Neurostimulation Approaches to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Neuromodulation, 27(4), 792-799.
- Odéen H, Shah LM, Rieke V, Parker DL, Rahimpour (2024). MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in the Setting of Aneurysm Clip. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 45(3), 302-304.
- Venkatraman V, Futch BG, Bode Padron KJ, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Seas A, Parente B, Shofty B, Lad SP, Williamson TL, Rahimpour (2024). Disparities in the treatment of movement disorders using deep brain stimulation. Journal of neurosurgery, 141(1), 241-251.
- Campbell JM, Yost S, Gautam D, Herich A, Botros D, Slaughter M, Chodakiewitz M, Arain A, Peters A, Richards S, Newman B, Johnson B, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2024). Delays in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: A cohort study. Epilepsia, 65(5), 1314-1321.
- Gautam D, Venkatraman V, Horns J, Yang LZ, Lee HJ, Kassavetis P, Alshaikh J, Moretti P, Shofty B, Rahimpour (2024). Demographics of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor and trends in deep brain stimulation surgery after its introduction in the USA. BMJ neurology open, 6(1), e000582.
- Cowan RL, Davis T, Kundu B, Rahimpour S, Rolston JD, Smith E More widespread and rigid neuronal representation of reward expectation underlies impulsive choices. bioRxiv,
- Eom S, Kim S, Jackson J, Sykes D, Rahimpour S, Gorlatova (2025). Augmented Reality-based Contextual Guidance through Surgical Tool Tracking in Neurosurgery. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 31(7), 3913-3928.
- Findlay MC, Tenhoeve SA, Campbell JM, Yost S, Gautam D, Rahimpour S, Botros D, Liang AS, Alshaikh JT, Kassavetis P, Moretti P, Embree LM, Shofty (2024). Radiographic abnormalities and their clinical significance in patients with Parkinson disease who receive deep brain stimulation implants. Journal of neurosurgery, 141(6), 1-8.
- Hamrick F, Colby S, Couldwell WT, Rahimpour (2024). Middle fossa approach for a petrous apex bony spur causing trigeminal neuralgia: illustrative case. Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons, 8(21),
- Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Wahlstrom KL, Hollearn MK, Jensen D, Davis T, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Arain A, Rolston JD, Hamann S, Wang S, Eisenman LN, Swift J, Xie T, Brunner P, Manns JR, Inman CS, Smith EH, Willie J Human single-neuron activity is modulated by intracranial theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala. bioRxiv,
- Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Wahlstrom KL, Hollearn MK, Jensen D, Davis T, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Arain A, Rolston JD, Hamann S, Wang S, Eisenman LN, Swift J, Xie T, Brunner P, Manns JR, Inman CS, Smith EH, Willie J (2024). Human single-neuron activity is modulated by intracranial theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala. bioRxiv,
- Findlay MC, Campbell JM, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2024). Incidental Brain Lesions in Parkinson’s Disease: High Prevalence, Minimal Impact on DBS Outcomes. World neurosurgery, 191, 320.
- Chua MMJ, Jha R, Campbell JM, Warren AEL, Rahimpour S, Rolston J (2025). A Posterior Approach for Combined Targeting of the Centromedian Nucleus and Pulvinar for Responsive Neurostimulation. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 29(5), 615-623.
- Cowan RL, Davis T, Kundu B, Rahimpour S, Rolston JD, Smith E (2024). More widespread and rigid neuronal representation of reward expectation underlies impulsive choices. bioRxiv,
- Caston RM, Smith EH, Davis TS, Singh H, Rahimpour S, Rolston J (2023). Psychophysical pain encoding in the cingulate cortex predicts responsiveness of electrical stimulation.
- Caston RM, Smith EH, Davis TS, Singh H, Rahimpour S, Rolston J (2023). Characterization of spatiotemporal dynamics of binary and graded tonic pain in humans using intracranial recordings. bioRxiv,
- Norby JH, Hummel D, Ricks N, Rolston J, Rahimpour S, Cowan R, Voipio J, Trevelyan AJ, Smith EH, Parrish R (2025). Rodent and human seizures demonstrate a dynamic interplay with spreading depolarizations. Neurobiology of disease, 211, 106937.
- Cowan RL, Davis TS, Merricks EM, Kundu B, Shofty B, Rahimpour S, Schevon CA, Rolston JD, Smith E (2025). Cell-type-specific responses to single-pulse electrical stimulation of the human brain. Brain stimulation, 18(4), 1266-1278.
- Shoraka O, Botros D, Taussky P, Jensen RL, Couldwell WT, Rolston JD, Rahimpour (2025). A double burden: depression and early pain recurrence following surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia. Neurosurgical focus, 59(3), E11.
- Omelyusik V, Davis TS, Nair SS, Noudoost B, Hackett PD, Smith EH, Rahimpour S, Rolston JD, Kundu (2025). Frontotemporal bursting supports human working memory. bioRxiv,
- Shoraka O, Nadel JL, Bounajem M, Butler E, Taussky P, Lad S, Rahimpour (2025). Percutaneous Trigeminal Rhizotomy Using a Custom Electromagnetic Neuronavigation-Compatible Cannula: Technical Note and Comparative Study. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.),
- Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Wahlstrom KL, Hollearn MK, Jensen D, Davis T, Rahimpour S, Shofty B, Arain A, Rolston JD, Hamann S, Wang S, Eisenman LN, Swift J, Xie T, Brunner P, Manns J, Inman C, Smith EH, Willie J (2025). Human single-neuron activity is modulated by intracranial theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala. eLife, 14,
- Spalding Z, Duraivel S, Rahimpour S, Wang C, Barth K, Schmitz C, Lad SP, Friedman AH, Southwell DG, Viventi J, Cogan G (2025). Shared latent representations of speech production for cross-patient speech decoding. bioRxiv,
- Jhandi S, Shah L, Odéen H, Robinson L, Rieke V, Mao Q, Wisner H, Avecillas-Chasin J, Rahimpour (2025). Postmortem Analysis 35 Months after Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor. Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.), 15, 41.
- Miller JP, Sweet J, Kinfe T, Rahimpour S, Konrad P, Pouratian (2026). Introduction. Restorative neurosurgery and machine interface. Neurosurgical focus, 60(2), E2.
- Omelyusik V, Davis TS, Nair SS, Noudoost B, Hackett PD, Smith EH, Rahimpour S, Rolston JD, Kundu (2026). Frontotemporal bursting supports human working memory. NeuroImage, 327, 121718.
- Barth KJ, Rachinskiy I, Duraivel S, Sun J, Chiang CH, Wang C, Rahimpour S, Haglund MM, Vestal M, Harward SC, Devore S, Friedman D, Pesaran B, Sinha SR, Southwell DG, Frauscher B, Cogan GB, Blanco J, Viventi (2026). Mapping intraoperative interictal epileptiform discharges using high-resolution, thin-film cortical arrays. Epilepsia,
- Libowitz MR, Sun W, Rabinovich R, Du J, Campbell JM, Cowan RL, Shahdoust N, Price TA, Davis TS, Buckner RL, Rahimpour S, Mickey BJ, Smith EH, Shofty (2026). Increased Aperiodic Exponents Track Depression Symptom Severity. bioRxiv,
Review
- Rahimpour S, Zhang SC, Vitek JL, Mitchell KT, Turner D (2022). Comparative efficacy of surgical approaches to disease modification in Parkinson disease. NPJ Parkinson's disease, 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 M (2021). Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of the Literature. Frontiers in surgery, 8, 698736.
- Rahimpour S, Kiyani M, Hodges SE, Turner D (2021). Deep brain stimulation and electromagnetic interference. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 203, 106577.
- Hunsaker JC, Baker CM, Schmidt RH, Rahimpour (2022). Hemifacial spasm secondary to Chiari malformation type I: Systematic review with case illustration. Journal of clinical neuroscience, 101, 21-25.
- Kim LJY, Kundu B, Moretti P, Lozano AM, Rahimpour (2024). Advancements in surgical treatments for Huntington disease: From pallidotomy to experimental therapies. Neurotherapeutics, 21(6), e00452.
- Campbell JM, Kious BM, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2025). Contemporary Ethical Considerations in Psychiatric Neurosurgery. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, 1-10.
Case Report
- 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.
- Rahimpour S, Calakos N, Turner DA, Mitchell K (2021). Treatment of diaphragmatic dystonia with pallidal deep brain stimulation. BMJ case reports, 14(3),
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Findlay MC, Campbell JM, Rahimpour S, Shofty (2024). Incidental Brain Lesions in Parkinson Disease: High Prevalence, Minimal Impact on DBS Outcomes. World neurosurgery,