M. Mohsin Shah, MD, FAANS, FCNS, FACS

Education

Nov 87 – Jan 94:
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B, B.S)
Khyber Medical College, University of Peshawar
Peshawar, N.W.F.P. PAKISTAN

Qualifications

May 2024: Fellow, Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Sep 2023: Board Certification in Neuroendovascular Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery
Formally credentialled by CESAC Committee of ABNS on 09/01/23

May 2018: Board Certified in Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery
Board Certification Expires 12/31/2028. Certificate No. 1805074

Apr 2008: Board Eligible in Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Board certification in Neurology expired 12/2021. Certificate No. 56687

Jun 2020: Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Jul 2018: Fellow, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Apr 2012: Flouroscopy X-Ray Supervisor and Operator Permit
California Department of Health, Permit No. RHC00170611. Expires 04/30/2026.

May 2011: Florida Board of Medicine
License No. ME110039; Date issued 5/25/2011; Expires 01/31/2025

Mar 2010: Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure
License No. 43336; Date Issued 3/18/2010; Expired 2/29/2012

Apr 2008: Washington State Department of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission
Medical License No. MD60010649 (Active); Date issued 4/19/2008; Expired 01/2016

Nov 2007: Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
Medical License No. 50450(Active) Date issued 1/8/2008; Expired 1/2012
May 1998: Medical Board of California
Medical License No. A066315; Date issued: 8/14/1998; Expires 01/2026
DEA No. BS6821056; Expires 2/28/2027

Oct 1995: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG No. 0-493-919-5 Valid Permanently

Training

Aug 09 – Aug 11: Chief Resident, Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY. Graduated 8/3/ 2011.

Jul 08 – Jul 09: Fellowship in Cerebrovascular and Skull-base Surgery
Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA Fellowship Supervisors: David W Newell, MD and Marc R Mayberg, MD

Apr 06 – Jun 08: Resident in Neurological Surgery
University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine
Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, MO

Jul 04 – Mar 06: Fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology
Portland Neurovascular Center
Legacy Health Centers, Legacy Emanual Hospital, Portland, OR

Jul 03 – Jun 04: Pre-Resident Fellow in Neurological Surgery
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Division of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda, CA. Chairman: Austin R.T. Colohan, MD

Jul 00 – Jun 03: Fellowship in Neurocritical Care
David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine
Department of Neurosurgery; Directors: Paul Vespa, MD; Neil Martin, MD, Chairman
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Jul 97 – Jul 00: Residency in Neurology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Department of Neurology, UCI Medical Center, VAMC Long Beach

Jun 96 – Jun 97: Transitional Year Internship, Anesthesiology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Rotations in Gen Medicine, Gen Surgery, MICU, SICU, PICU, ER, Burn and Trauma.
University Hospital, VAMC Albuquerque, NM

Aug 94 – Feb 95: Internship in General Surgery
Khyber Teaching Hospital, Khyber Medical College
Department of Surgery, Peshawar, PAKISTAN

Feb 94 – Aug 94: Internship in Internal Medicine
Khyber Teaching Hospital, Khyber Medical College
Department of Medicine, Peshawar, PAKISTAN

Work Experience

Sep 2023: Best in California Magazine
Excellence in Neurological Surgery

Aug 2022: Vanguard Leadership Award
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Jun 2022: Physician Advisory Council
Forme Financial, Inc
Start up comprehensive financial planning and wealth management platform designed uniquely for physicians

Jan 2021: Orange County Physician of Excellence
Selected by Orange County Medical Association to Top Doctors of Orange County published in Orange Coast Magazine.

Sep 20 – Present: Executive Director, California Neurological and Orthopedic Institute

Practice in General Neurosurgery with emphasis on Neurovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Neuro-oncology, Neurotrauma, Stroke, Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery. Practice based in Downey, CA covering PIH Health

Whittier Hospital, St Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Long Beach, CA and Orange County Medical Center, Santa Ana, CA

Aug 11 – Sep 20: Neurosurgery Private Practice, Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery
Pacific Coast Neurosurgical Institute, Santa Ana, CA

Sept 14 – Mar 22: Director of Neurosurgery
Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA
Assisted development of Neurosurgical and Trauma Services, achieving Level-II Trauma designation by American College of Surgeons and California Department of Health

Apr 18 – Present: Chairman and Co-Founder, Maximon Ventures, LLC
Healthcare Venture Fund creating healthcare start-ups in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including physicians, healthcare managers and executives, and tech innovators. Current projects include innovative mental health, behavioral, and addiction services, and healthcare apps to transform healthcare accessibility and affordability.

Mar 18 – Present: Chairman and Co-Founder, Cerenetex, Inc.
Start-up Medical Device and technology company focusing on AI-based neuroacoustic technologies for neurovascular and cardiac applications. Newport Beach, CA.

Mar 15 – Jun 20: Board of Advisors
Minnetronix, Inc.
Strategic advisor for emerging technologies in Biotechnologies and Life Sciences, primarily related to neurosciences

Oct 11 – Oct 12: Co-Director, Trauma Neurosurgery, HCA/USF Trauma Program
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, Hudson, FL
Assist development of new trauma program for coastal West Florida

Sept 11 – Present: President & CEO
NeuroRescue, A Professional Corp.
Independent consultant offering strategic planning with advisory services for neurosciences, stroke and neurotrauma service lines to hospital programs. Represents and contracts independent neurosurgery clinical services to hospital Neurosurgery ER/Trauma programs.

Aug 11 – Jun 19: Development Consultant
Innerspace Medical, Inc., Tustin, CA

Sept 11 – Aug 18: Technical and Medical Consultant
Canon (Previously Toshiba) Medical Systems, Neurointerventional, Tustin, CA

Mar 11 – Dec 16: Independent Peer Reviewer
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA

Jul 09 – May 18: Product Development Consultant for Intracerebral and Neuroendovascular Ultrasonic Catheter
Ekos Corp, Bothell, WA.

Aug 07 – Jun 10: Reading Physician for Surgical Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
Northwest IOM, Olympia, WA. Read over 300 cases/year.

Jul 04 – Mar 06: Director of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Portland Neurovascular Center
Assisted establishment of stroke and neuro-intensive care services at Legacy Emanuel Hospital and its accreditation as Primary Stroke Center by JHACO.

Mar 03 – Mar 06: Program Consultant, Stroke and Neurosciences Program
Centinela Freeman Health Systems
Marina Del Ray, CA. Assisted in development of hospital stroke program and neurointensive care unit

Research/Publications

Nov 13: Book Chapter: Textbook of Pediatric Care, 6th Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics.
Chapter 290: Increased intracranial pressure. M. Mohsin Shah, Mathew D. Smyth
Edited Chapter in 6th Edition May 2014.

Aug 09 – Aug 11: Use of Spinal Cord Stimulator in Spinal Cord Injury – Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

University of Louisville School of Medicine. Worked under Co-Investigator in NIH – funded prospective multi-center human device trial studying potential of implanted spinal cord stimulator implants in improving recovery of patients with spinal cord injury. Assisted with first implant of device in human trial in December 2009.

Aug 09 – Aug 11: Use of Riluzole in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Worked under Co-Investigator in drug trial studying potential of Riluzole in neuroprotection and recovery in acute spinal cord injury. Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine.

Sept 2011: Minimally Invasive Evacuation of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage using Sonothrombolysis
David Newell MD, Mohsin Shah MD, Dan Hanley MD, Robert Wilcox MS, Douglas Hansman PhD
Journal of Neurosurgery 115:592 – 601, 2011.

Feb 2011: Case Report: Oncocytic Variant Choroid Plexus Papilloma.
Shah MM, Eboli PE, Edgar MA, Jost SC. Submitted for publication

July 08 – Sept 11: SLEUTH (Safety of Lysis with EKOS Ultrasound in the Treatment of Intracerebral and Intraventricular Hemorrhage)
Co-Investigator in multi-center pilot study. Establishment of safety of device to lead to participation in CLEAR and MISTIE trials. PI: David Newell, MD, Dan Hanley, MD.

Jul 06 – Jul 08: Applications of colloidal and multifunctional gold nanoparticles in targeted diagnostic imaging and treatment of gliomas in rats
Accumulated and submitted pilot data for grant submission to NIH. Mentors: Dale Vaslow, MD, Kattesh Katti, PhD, Fred Hawthorne, PhD.

Sept 06 – Aug 08: Perfusion MRI and Microdialysis to measure CNS effects of Black Cohosh after hormone withdrawal in overiectomized mice.
Approved $18,000 Grant by Department of Surgery to obtain pilot data for eventual NIH funding exploring therapeutic effects of BCE on post-menopausal symptoms. Mentors: N. Scott Litofsky, MD, Edward Sauter, MD, PhD

May 09: Book Chapter: Congenital Spinal Dysraphism. M. Mohsin Shah, Jeffrey Leonard, Bruce Kaufman.
The Textbook of Spinal Surgery (3rd Ed.) Edit: Keith Bridwell, MD and Ronald DeWald, MD. In publication

May 08: Improving Referral Practices for Patients with Non-traumatic Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage: Optimizing Neurosurgical Resources in Hemorrhagic Stroke. N. Scott Litofsky, M. Mohsin Shah, Joshua Mathews, Michael Wolak, Itay Melamed. Pending publication in peer-reviewed journal. Poster presentation at the 2007 AANS Annual Meeting, Washington DC. Published in Missouri Medicine Journal 2010; 107:3, Pg210.

Mar 08: Adverse facial edema associated with off-label use of rh-BMP2 in cranial reconstruction for craniosynostosis: Case report. M. Mohsin Shah, MD, Mathew Smyth, MD, Albert Woo, MD.
JNS Pediatr 2008; 1(3):255

Apr 07 – Present: SANS Life-long learning: Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Contributing editor of Questions for General SANS Examination

May 04: Effect of continuous external ventricular drainage and serum sodium levels on intracranial pressure in primary intracerebral hemorrhages. Shah, MM; Vespa, PM; McArthur, DA. Poster Presentation presented at the 2004AANS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Jul 03: Nonconvulsive and convulsive seizures in the intensive care unit after non–traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage: A potential factor in progressive midline shift and neurological outcome
Paul M. Vespa, MD; Mohsin Shah, MD; Kristine O’Phelan, MD; Jorge Mirabelli, MD; Sidney Starkman, MD; Chelsea Kidwell, MD; Jeffrey Saver, MD; Marc R. Nuwer, MD; John G. Frazee, MD; David A. McArthur, PhD; Neil A Martin, MD. Neurology. 2003 May 13;60(9):1441-6.

Jul 00 – Jun 03: Fellowship research project in intracerebral hemorrhages. Compilation and analysis of retrospective and prospective data of cases of ICH and their outcomes based on delivery of critical care modalities delivered (external ventricular drainage, hypertonic saline, continuous EEG monitoring for seizures and its control).

Jul 00 – Jun 03: Neurotrauma research, Brain Injury Research Consortium (BIRC). Responsible for assisting, enrolling, and managing patients admitted to UCLA Medical Center with traumatic brain injury. Assist with data collection and administration for PET, MRI, perform Xenon cerebral blood flows studies, and Transcranial Doppler ultrasound.

Presentations:

Oct 20: Update on Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhages – Minimally Invasive Techniques
PIH Health Stroke Symosium

Sep 14: Neurotrauma Update – Review of updated Guidelines of Management of Traumatic Brain Injury by
CNS/AANS. Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA

Aug 14: The Critical Time Window in Neurointerventional Treatment of Stroke
Orange County EMS Consortium/Orange County Stroke Society Annual Conference for Health Professionals CME Accredited

Jun 13: Advances in Neurointerventional Techniques for the management of Neurovascular Disorders
CME Sponsored Grand Rounds – Western Medical Center Santa Ana

Mar 10: Sonothrombolysis is effective for minimally invasive evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

3rd International Conference on Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Palm Springs, CA

Nov 09: Managing Hemorrhagic Contusions in Traumatic Brain Injury
Trauma and Critical Care Symposium, University of Louisville

Jun 09: Novel therapies in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. The Minimally Invasive Way
Innovation and Technology in Cerebrovascular Disease Conference
Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA

Apr 09: Applications of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound in Brain Injury and Brain Death Determination

Merril P. Spencer Symposium, Neurovascular Ultrasound and Stroke Care Management
Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA

Mar 05: Neurocritical Care Management of Ischemic Stroke

Legacy Health Neuroscience Symposium, Portland, OR

Jan 05: Blood Pressure Management in Neurologic Emergencies
Neurosciences Grand Rounds, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

Sept 04: Neurologic Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury. Effects on Treatment Paradigms.
Trauma Grand Rounds, Legacy Health Systems, Portland, OR

Apr 04: Intracranial Hemorrhage. Novel Treatment Strategies and updates
Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Mar 03: Electrodiagnostic Monitoring in the Neurocritically Ill. Can it guide therapeutic strategies?
UCLA Clinical Neurosurgical Symposia

Sep 02: Intracranial Hemorrhage. Critical Care and Minimally Invasive Strategies
UCLA Brain Attack Symposium, Beverly Hills Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA

Nov 00: “Emerging strategies in acute stroke care in the community. Role of the stroke team as the primary referral source”– Best oral presentation by resident/fellow at AAN Annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Courses/Mini-Fellowships

Apr 09: Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA. Course Director: Jehuda P. Sepkuty, MD PhD

Jul 08: Neuroendoscopy
Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, WA. Course Directors: Peter Nakaji, MD, Ronald Young, MD

Mar 08: Introduction to Stereotactic Radiosurgery. UCLA Shaped Beam Radiosurgery Tutorial Course
UCLA Department of Neurological Surgery, Los Angeles, CA

Oct 07: AANS Fundamentals in Spinal Surgery for Residents
MEMRI, Memphis, TN

Oct 06: RUNN (Research Update in Neurosciences for Neurosurgeons)
Woods Hole, MA

Feb 05: Mini-Fellowship in Kyphoplasty
Sponsored by Kyphon®, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

May 04: Workshop in Neuroendovascular Therapeutics, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Dec 01: Mini-Fellowship in EEG and Electrodiagnostic Neurophysiologic Monitoring
UCLA Department of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA
Course Directors: Marc Nuwer, MD; Paul Vespa, MD

Apr 01: Mini-Fellowship in Transcranial Doppler and Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring
UCLA Division of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, CA

Associations

Sept 20 – Present: Top Physicians of Orange County, Orange County Medical Association

Sept 12 – Present: Fellow, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Feb 2014: Physician of the year 2013 at Western Medical Center Santa Ana
May 13 – Present: California Association of Neurological Surgeons

Apr 12 – Present: AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Neurocritical Care

Mar 11 – Present: Neurocritical Care Society

May 06 – Present: Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Aug 04 – Present: American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology

Sep 01 – Present: National Neurotrauma Association

Nov 00 – Present: Society of Critical Care Medicine

Jan 98 – Present: Associate member, American Academy of Neurology

Jul 97 – Jun 03: Orange County Neurological Society

Jul 96 – Present: American Medical Association

Aug 87 – Present: Rotary Club International, Dist. 397

Hobbies:

Entrepreneurship, Healthcare Business development, Adventure Travel, Hiking/Trekking/Climbing, Digital Imaging and Photography, Political Economics and Human Development, Architecture and Design, Visual Arts