Dr. Zarina Assis
About Dr. Zarina Assis
SUB-SPECIALTY
Neuroradiology
EDUCATION
MBBS, DNB, DM (NIMHANS, India)
FELLOWSHIP
Diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology (UoC), Pediatric neuroradiology (UoC)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Clinical Assistant Professor
ROUNDS GROUPS
Epilepsy rounds
Vascular Birth Mark rounds
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
CSNR, CAR, ISNR
RESEARCH/ARTICLES
· C Pradeep, M Abouassaly, Z Assis, L Lafay-Cousin. NFB-12. Effect of trametinib on leg length discrepancy in a child with NF1 related plexiform neurofibroma. Neuro-Oncology 24(Supplement_1):i130-i130. June 2022.
· Z Assis et al. Idiopathic Neonatal Subpial Hemorrhage with Underlying Cerebral Infarct: Imaging Features and Clinical Outcome. AJNR 42 (1) Dec 2020.
· Christopher D d’esterre, Rani G Sah, Zarina Assis et al. Defining reperfusion post endovascular therapy in ischemic stroke using MR-dynamic contrast enhanced perfusion. The British journal of radiology 93(1116):20190890, September 2020
· Nilkanth Pal , Ambika Juwarkar, Zarina Assis, Sanjaya Viswamitra. Template reporting: An attempt to simplify spinal dysraphism jargon. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 7(2):45-55. February 2021
· Assis Z, Kirton A, Pauranik A, Sherriff M, Wei XC. Idiopathic Neonatal Subpial Hemorrhage with Underlying Cerebral Infarct: Imaging Features and Clinical Outcome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 Jan;42(1):185-193. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6872. Epub 2020 Nov 19.
· Ganesh A, Menon BK, Assis ZA, Demchuk AM, Al-Ajlan FS, Almekhlafi MA, Rempel JL, Shuaib A, Baxter BW, Devlin T, Thornton J, Williams D, Poppe AY, Roy D, Krings T, Casaubon LK, Kashani N, Hill MD, Goyal on behalf of the ESCAPE Trial Investigators. Discrepancy between post-treatment infarct volume and 90-day outcome in the ESCAPE randomized controlled trial. Int J Stroke 2020- ahead of print
· Podlasek A, Al Sultan AA, Assis Z, et al, Outcome of intracranial flow diversion according to the antiplatelet regimen used: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery Published Online First: 04 July 2019. doi:10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-014996
· Aravind Ganesh, Bijoy K. Menon, Zarina Assis, Andrew M.Demchuk, et al, Factors Associated with Discrepancy Between Post-treatment Infarct Volume and 90-day Functional Outcome in the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial (S47.008) Neurology Apr 2019, 92 (15 Supplement) S47.008
· W. Qiu, H. Kuang, J. Nair, Z.Assis et al. Radiomics-based Intracranial Thrombus Features on CT and CTA Predict Recanalization with Intravenous Alteplase in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. American Journal of Neuroradiology. Dec 2018. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5918
· Aravind Ganesh, Zarina A Assis, Daniel Fok, J. Gregory Cairncross, Simerpreet S Bal, and Sarah FurtadoTeaching. Neuroimages: Collet-Sicard Syndrome and Hearing Loss with Glomus Jugulotympanicum. Accepted for publication in Neurology 2019.
· Zarina Assis, Robert J Sevick. Trans-synaptic degeneration of Papez circuit (mammillo-thalamic tract and fornix) in a case of anterior thalamic encephalomalacia- a pictorial depiction. JAMA Neurology- Images in neurology. April 2018
· Zarina Assis, Bijoy K. Menon, Mayank Goyal, Andrew Demchuk et al. Acute ischemic stroke with tandem lesions: technical endovascular management and clinical outcomes in the ESCAPE trial. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery · October 2017 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013316
· Zarina Assis, Bijoy Menon, Mayank Goyal. Imaging department organization in a stroke center and workflow processes in acute stroke. Eur J Radiol 2017 June 20. Pii: S0720- 048X(17)30260-7.
· Ramana Appireddy, Zarina Assis, Mayank Goyal. Endovascular chapter- Mechanical thrombectomy-A new era of stent retriever. (Chapter written for Springer publications 2017) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1424-6_8.
· C Zerna, Zarina Assis, M Almekhlafi, M Goyal. The role of imaging department and its workflow in acute ischemic stroke. DI Europe October 2017.
· S Kumaran, Z Assis, S Viswamitra, N Ghosal. Tree-in-bud appearance in the brain- Fungal granuloma on contrast MRI. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery. Jan 2017 DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_89_14
· Mònica Millán , Sebastià Remollo , Helena Quesada , Arturo Renú , Alejandro Tomasello , Priyanka Minhas , Natalia Pérez de la Ossa , Marta Rubiera , Laura Llull , Pedro Cardona , Fahad Al-Ajlan , María Hernández , Zarina Assis, Andrew M. Demchuk , Tudor Jovin , Antoni Dávalos , on behalf of the REVASCAT Investigators. Vessel patency at 24 hours and its relationship with clinical outcomes and infarct volume in REVASCAT trial- Stroke 2017.
· Ganesh, F. S. Al-Ajlan, F Sabiq, Z Assis et al, for the ESCAPE Trial Investigators. Infarct in a New Territory after Treatment Administration in the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial – Stroke. 2016 Dec;47(12):2993-2998
· Stefan Thomas Lang, Zarina Assis, John H Wong, William Morrish, Alim P Mitha: Rapid delayed growth of ruptured supraclinoid blister aneurysm after successful flow diverting stent treatment. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery 07/2016; DOI:10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012506.
· Amy Y. X. Yu, Charlotte Zerna, Zarina Assis, Jessalyn K. Holodinsky, Privia A. Randhawa, Mohamed Najm, Mayank Goyal, Bijoy K. Menon, Andrew M. Demchuk, Shelagh B. Coutts, Michael D. Hill: Multiphase CT angiography increases detection of anterior circulation intracranial occlusion. Neurology 07/2016; DOI:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002951
· J K. Holodinsky · Amy Yu · Zarina A. Assis · Abdulaziz S. Al Sultan · Bijoy K. Menon · Andrew M. Demchuk · Mayank Goyal· Michael D. Hill. History, Evolution, and Importance of Emergency Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke· Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. May 2016
· Fahad Al-Ajlan, Mayank Goyal Andrew Demchuk… Zarina Assis, et al. Intra- Arterial Therapy and Post-Treatment Infarct Volumes: Insights From the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial. Stroke 2016 Mar;47(3):777-81
· Charlotte Zerna, Zarina A Assis, Christopher D. d’Esterre, Bijoy K. Menon, Mayank Goyal. Imaging, intervention and workflow in acute ischemic stroke: the Calgary approach. Am J of Neurorad (AJNR 2015)- December 10, 2015 as 10.3174/ajnr.A4610
· Kumaran SP, Assis ZA, Viswamitra S, Ghosal N, Narayanam SK. N-acetyl aspartate peak in extra-axial extraosseous chondrosarcoma of the brain on MRI: Unravelling a diagnostic dilemma. Neurol India 2016;64:176-8
· Rao AS, Kiran NA, Assis ZA, Hegde AS. Infraoptic course of the anterior cerebral artery associated with anterior communicating artery and distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. Neurol India 2015;63:797-9
· Zarina A Assis, Jitender Saini, Manish Ranjan, Paramveer Sabhrawal, Arun Kumar Gupta, P R Naidu. DTI evaluation of posterior fossa lesions in children on a 3T MR scanner. Indian journal of radiology imaging ( IJRI)- 2015;25:445-52
· Zarina A Assis, Bhavani Shankar B, Jitender Saini, Shoba Srinath, Rose D Bharat, Arun Kumar Gupta, P R Naidu. Childhood autism in India- a case-control study using TBSS analysis- Indian J Psychiatry 2015;57:272-7
· Vinay Hegde, Zarina A, Sharath GG Kumar, Maya Bhat, Chandrajit Prasad, Arun Kumar Gupta; Netravathi M, Jitender Saini. Dengue encephalitis with predominant cerebellar involvement. Report of eight cases with MR and CT imaging features. European Radiology (EUR RADIOL), 2015 Mar; 25 (3): 719-25.
· Zarina A A, Ravi Dadlani, Sunitha P, Nandita Ghosal. Supratentorial parenchymal CNS melanocytoma- report of a rare case-. Neurol India 2014;62:701-3
· Narayanam A Saikiran, Dilip Mohan, Arun S Rao, Zarina A, A S Hegde. Reversible extrapyramidal symptoms of extrapontine myelinolysis in a child following surgery for craniopharyngioma. Clinical neurol Neurosurg (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.10.016
· Zarina A A, Sunitha P Kumaran, Nandita Ghosal, Saikiran A Narayanam, Sanjaya Viswamitra. Neurothekeoma of petrous apex- an extremely rare entity. Indian J Neurosurg 2013;2:210-2
· Saritha Aryan, Nandita Ghosal, Zarina A A, A S Hegde, Ravi Dadlani. Infantile holocord cellular ependymoma with communicating hydrocephalus: unusual presentation of a rare case. Brain Tumor Pathol 2013, DOI 10.1007/s10014-013- 0145-1
· Zarina Abdul A, D. Jethwani, G. Ananta Ram, G. G. Sharath Kumar, J. Saini. N- Acetyl peak in proton MR spectroscopy of metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma of brain. Clin Neuroradiol 2013 Jun;23(2):153-6
· Zarina Abdul A, Jitender Saini, P S Bindhu, G G Sharath Kumar. DTI demonstrates various Histopathological layers of the dysplastic cortex in agyria- pachygyria complex, Surg radiol anat 2013 Jul;35(3) 427-33:.
· Yameen Majid, Monali Warade, Zarina A, and G. A. Karthik. Double aortic arches, esophageal atresia and tracheal compression, J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2009 Apr-Jun; 14(2): 70–72.
· Raghunath A, Nupur Pruthi, Zarina A, Jitender Saini; Giant and multiple intraparenchymal neurocysticercosis- Report on its surgical and medical management. Neurosurgery quarterly, 2012- accepted for publication.
· Maya D Bhatt, Chandrajit Prasad, P S Bindu, Zarina A, Rita Christopher, Jitender Saini. Unusual Imaging Findings in Brain and Spinal Cord in Two Siblings With Maple Syrup Urine Disease; Journal of Neuroimaging, 2012 Dec, DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00746.x
· Zarina Abdul Aziz, P. Naidu, J Prasad, A Kalyanpur, Role of multidetector computed tomography in evaluating complications following endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm, J Cardiovasc Dis Res. 2010 Jul;1(3):125-9.