Adeel Zubair, MD
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Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Dr. Zubair completed his undergraduate education in NY at St. John's University prior to attending Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota. Following this he completed his medicine intern year at Yale New Haven Hospital followed by a residency in Neurology. He graduated in 2020 completing a year as a chief resident in the residency program. Dr. Zubair followed his neurology training with further specialization in neuromuscular disorders. He continues to remain involved in medical education and research in a variety of neurologic disorders.
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
Appointments
Neurology
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- de Havenon Lab
- Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Neuromuscular Fellow
- Yale University, School of Medicine (2021)
- Resident
- Yale (2020)
- Chief Resident
- Yale (2020)
- Intern
- Yale New Haven Hospital (2017)
- MD
- Mayo Medical School (2016)
- BS
- St John's University, Biology (2012)
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Myasthenia Gravis; Myositis; Neuromuscular Diseases; Polyneuropathies; Stroke
ORCID
0000-0002-9809-7888
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A big-picture view of Adeel Zubair's research output by year.
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Lindsay McAlpine, MD, BSc
Adam de Havenon, MD, MSCI
Bhaskar Roy, MBBS, MHS
Serena Susan Spudich, MD, MA
Richard Nowak, MD, MS
Benison Keung, MD
54Publications
1,289Citations
Stroke
Polyneuropathies
Myasthenia Gravis
Neuromuscular Diseases
Publications
2025
Antithrombotic Trends Before and After Publication of Randomized Clinical Trials in Cervical Artery Dissection: A Secondary Analysis of the STOP‐CAD Study
Penckofer M, Shu L, Strelecky L, Yaghi S, Henninger N, Muppa J, Bakradze E, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Salehi Omran S, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Zedde M, Zubair A, Marto J, Ghannam M, Engelter S, Traenka C, Mac Grory B, Kam W, Elnazeir M, Romoli M, Saleh Velez F, Siegler J. Antithrombotic Trends Before and After Publication of Randomized Clinical Trials in Cervical Artery Dissection: A Secondary Analysis of the STOP‐CAD Study. Stroke Vascular And Interventional Neurology 2025, 5 DOI: 10.1161/svin.125.001728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsAcute cervical artery dissectionCervical artery dissectionBaseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scoreNational Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scoreAnticoagulant useVertebral artery involvementArtery dissectionRandomized clinical trialsStroke Scale scoreOral anticoagulantsArtery involvementClinical trialsDuration of oral anticoagulationMultinational observational cohort studyRate of anticoagulationTreated with anticoagulationOral anticoagulant useScale scorePublications of randomized clinical trialsObservational cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionClinical practice dataPresence of infarctionSecondary analysisPartially occlusive thrombiFactors Associated With Stroke Recurrence After Initial Diagnosis of Cervical Artery Dissection
Mandel D, Shu L, Chang C, Jack N, Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufman J, Engelter S, Traenka C, de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Field T, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Sanchez S, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Rivas R, Aziz Y, Bakradze E, Tran T, Gisbert M, Requena M, Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Ferreira V, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado-Bolanos A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Vassilopoulou S, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Marino M, Wall V, Indraswari F, Jamal S, Liu S, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Factors Associated With Stroke Recurrence After Initial Diagnosis of Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke 2025, 56: 1413-1421. PMID: 40143807, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.048215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCervical artery dissectionCox regressionOcclusive dissectionIschemic strokeArtery dissectionAssociated with subsequent stroke riskDiagnosis of cervical artery dissectionFactors associated with increased riskAssociated with increased risk of ischemic strokeStroke riskTreated with anticoagulationAssociated with increased riskOptimal treatment strategyHistory of ischemic strokeRetrospective observational studyRisk of ischemic strokeBenefits of anticoagulationIschemic stroke riskFactors associated with stroke recurrenceHigh-risk individualsIdentified risk factorsPost hoc analysisCAD subgroupAntiplatelet therapyInitial diagnosisEmergent Carotid Stenting During Thrombectomy in Tandem Occlusions Secondary to Dissection: A STOP-CAD Secondary Study
Sousa J, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Shu L, Luo A, Xiao H, Mahmoud N, Shah A, Santos A, Moore M, Mandel D, Heldner M, Barata V, Bernardo-Castro S, Henninger N, Muppa J, Arnold M, Nehme A, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Metanis I, Leker R, Nolte C, Ghannam M, Samaniego E, Almajali M, Poppe A, Romoli M, Frontera J, Zedde M, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Velez F, Ranasinghe T, Siegler J, Zubair A, Marto J, Klein P, Nguyen T, Abdalkader M, Mantovani G, Simpkins A, Sen S, Elnazeir M, Yaghi S, Sargento-Freitas J, Requena M. Emergent Carotid Stenting During Thrombectomy in Tandem Occlusions Secondary to Dissection: A STOP-CAD Secondary Study. Stroke 2025, 56: 808-817. PMID: 39882629, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.048295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageCarotid artery dissectionEmergent carotid stentingIntracranial recanalizationAcute ischemic strokeCervical carotid artery dissectionEndovascular treatmentIntracranial hemorrhageTandem occlusionEmergency stentingArtery dissectionCarotid stentingIschemic strokeAnterior circulation acute ischemic strokePatients treated with endovascular treatmentIncreased symptomatic intracranial hemorrhageAlberta Stroke Program Early CT ScoreCervical carotid dissectionInverse probability of treatment weightingFunctional independenceProbability of treatment weightingNational Institutes of Health Stroke ScaleSecondary to dissectionHealth Stroke ScaleMixed-effects logistic regression
2024
Outcomes and Recurrence Rates Among Patients With Provoked and Cryptogenic Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Al Kasab S, Almallouhi E, Shu L, Kicielinski K, Salehi Omran S, Liebeskind D, Zubair A, Vedovati M, Paciaroni M, Antonenko K, Heldner M, de Havenon A, Henninger N, Yaghi S. Outcomes and Recurrence Rates Among Patients With Provoked and Cryptogenic Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. Neurology Clinical Practice 2024, 15: e200381. PMID: 39399562, PMCID: PMC11464219, DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000200381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsRisk of recurrent venous thromboembolismRecurrent venous thromboembolismCerebral venous thrombosisVenous thromboembolismFemale patientsVenous thrombosisBaseline characteristicsOutcome of cerebral venous thrombosisRate of recurrent venous thromboembolismProvoking factorsRare cause of strokeTransient provoking factorsKaplan-Meier survival analysisDuration of anticoagulationOutcomes of patientsMann-Whitney <i>Cause of strokeConsecutive patientsRare causeRecurrence rateMale patientsMulticenter studyRetrospective databaseStandard treatmentCox regressionIntravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection
Shu L, Akpokiere F, Mandel D, Field T, Leon Guerrero C, Henninger N, Muppa J, Affan M, Haq Lodhi O, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, López-Mena D, Arauz A, Nehme A, Boulanger M, Touzé E, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Kaufmann J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Rosa S, Zhou L, Gandhi P, Mancini S, Metanis I, Leker R, Pan K, Dantu V, Baumgartner K, Burton T, Von Rennenberg R, Nolte C, Choi R, MacDonald J, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Rioux B, Zine-Eddine F, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Baptista M, Cruz D, Romoli M, De Marco G, Longoni M, Keser Z, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Liebeskind D, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Kam W, Mac Grory B, Al Kasab S, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Chulluncuy Rivas R, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Bakradze E, Tran T, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez F, Garcia J, Muddasani V, de Havenon A, Sanchez S, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Penckofer M, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Zubair A, Cheng Y, Sharma R, Marto J, Krupka D, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Lingam S, Qureshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Tountopoulou A, Tentolouris-Piperas V, Martinez-Marino M, Carrasco Wall V, Indraswari F, El Jamal S, Liu S, Zhou M, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Mongare N, Simpkins A, Gomez R, Sen S, Ghani M, Elnazeir M, Wangqin R, Xiao H, Kala N, Khan F, Stretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K, Yaghi S. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Cervical Artery Dissection. Neurology 2024, 103: e209843. PMID: 39298709, PMCID: PMC11415265, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAcute ischemic stroke symptomsCervical artery dissectionFunctional independenceIntravenous thrombolysisIschemic stroke symptomsStroke symptomsArtery dissectionIncidence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhageIschemic strokeSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageSuspected ischemic strokeClass III evidenceMedian ageSymptomatic ICHIntracranial hemorrhageSecondary analysisGuideline recommendationsICH riskIII evidenceFunctional outcomesPatientsThrombolysisCeADYoung adultsDissectionCerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with cancer: analysis of the ACTION-CVT study
Vedovati M, Shu L, Henninger N, Zubair A, Heldner M, Al Kasab S, Siegler J, Liebeskind D, Antonenko K, Yaghi S, Paciaroni M. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with cancer: analysis of the ACTION-CVT study. Journal Of Thrombosis And Thrombolysis 2024, 57: 1008-1017. PMID: 38824485, PMCID: PMC11315801, DOI: 10.1007/s11239-024-02997-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCases of cerebral vein thrombosisVenous thromboembolismRisk of recurrent venous thromboembolismRadiological characteristics of patientsCerebral vein thrombosisRecurrent venous thromboembolismKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testAbsence of headacheAll-cause-deathLogistic regression analysisCharacteristics of patientsCancer statusCohort studyPropensity score matchingConsecutive patientsAssociated with cancerRadiological characteristicsVein thrombosisStudy outcomesRecanalization rateOlder ageRisk factorsMultivariate analysisPatient managementEvaluation of Neuromuscular Provider Perceptions and Office Setup for Evaluating Patients With Disabilities
Zubair A, Mikhaiel J, Keller S. Evaluation of Neuromuscular Provider Perceptions and Office Setup for Evaluating Patients With Disabilities. Journal Of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2024, 25: 201-202. PMID: 38771232, DOI: 10.1097/cnd.0000000000000483.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsPrevalence and Associations of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Analysis of ACTION-CVT
Shoskes A, Shu L, Nguyen T, Abdalkader M, Giles J, Amar J, Siegler J, Henninger N, ElNazeir M, Al Kasab S, Klein P, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Psychogios M, Liebeskind D, Field T, Liberman A, Esenwa C, Simpkins A, Li G, Frontera J, Kuohn L, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Aziz Y, Mistry E, Khatri P, Omran S, Zubair A, Sharma R, Starke R, Morcos J, Romano J, Yaghi S, Asdaghi N. Prevalence and Associations of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Analysis of ACTION-CVT. Journal Of Stroke 2024, 26: 325-329. PMID: 38836280, PMCID: PMC11164588, DOI: 10.5853/jos.2023.02264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase-Control Study of Individuals With Small Fiber Neuropathy After COVID-19
McAlpine L, Zubair A, Joseph P, Spudich S. Case-Control Study of Individuals With Small Fiber Neuropathy After COVID-19. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2024, 11: e200244. PMID: 38630952, PMCID: PMC11087026, DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000200244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInvasive cardiopulmonary exercise testingSmall fiber neuropathyCase-control studyFiber neuropathySkin biopsiesClinical response to treatmentNeurovascular dysregulationTreated with IVIGRetrospective chart reviewCase-control study of individualsRetrospective cohort studyResponse to treatmentCardiopulmonary exercise testingClass III evidenceMyalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndromeIVIG groupClinical responseNeuropathic symptomsChart reviewIVIGStudy of individualsCohort studyIII evidenceClinical trialsCOVID-19 illnessComparative analysis of energy expenditure and costs in neuroimaging
Signorile W, Mahajan A, Fulbright R, Zubair A. Comparative analysis of energy expenditure and costs in neuroimaging. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 2024, 460: 123001. PMID: 38616465, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2024.123001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords
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Comparison of Anti-coagulation and Anti-Platelet Therapies for Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis (CAPTIVA)
HIC ID2000031893RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date03/07/2028Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge30 years - 80 years
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honor Gilbert Glaser Award
06/12/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale University, School of Medicine, Department of NeurologyDetailsUnited States
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Adeel Zubair, MD, is a neurologist with a specialization in neuromuscular medicine. He cares for patients with memory disorders, migraines, muscle disorders, and those who have had abnormal neuroimaging. “I enjoy interacting with my patients and crafting a plan that works to help diagnose and treat their concerns,” he says.
Dr. Zubair decided to work in neurology because he wanted to be part of field that involved constant learning, and where he could help people. “The neurologic examination can help localize problems and is an integral part of the neurologist's toolbox. Talking and getting to know patients allows me to understand them as a whole, allowing us to work together to make an appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic plan," he says.
An assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), Dr. Zubair is involved in medical education at YSM and has clinical research interests in a variety of neurologic disorders. He also participated in a neurology rotation at Makerere University in Uganda through the Yale/Stanford J& Global Health Scholars Program.
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