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.
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Neurology
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- de Havenon Lab
- Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
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)
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Myasthenia Gravis; Myositis; Neuromuscular Diseases; Polyneuropathies; Stroke
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0000-0002-9809-7888
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Lindsay McAlpine, MD, BSc
Adam de Havenon, MD, MS
Bhaskar Roy, MBBS, MD, MHS
Serena Susan Spudich, MD, MA
James A. Giles, MD, PhD
Richa Sharma, MD, MPH
67Publications
1,523Citations
Stroke
Polyneuropathies
Myasthenia Gravis
Neuromuscular Diseases
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2026
Dissecting Aneurysm in Cervical Artery Dissection: Insights From the STOP-CAD Study
Khan M, Keser Z, Shu L, Lee E, Ho M, Klein P, Mallick D, Griffin K, Mandel D, Leker R, Metanis I, Krishnaiah B, Omran S, Shahripour R, Bakradze E, Henninger N, Engelter S, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Siegler J, Marto J, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Nolte C, Crandall R, Lester E, Nehme A, Mac Grory B, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Elnazeir M, Al Kasab S, Asad D, Balabhadra A, Fonseca A, Cruz D, Romoli M, Velez F, Simpkins A, Sen S, Zedde M, Samaniego E, Zubair A, Stretz C, Kam W, Abdalkader M, Yaghi S, Nguyen T. Dissecting Aneurysm in Cervical Artery Dissection: Insights From the STOP-CAD Study. Stroke 2026, 57: 865-875. PMID: 41608793, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.054847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCervical artery dissectionDissecting aneurysmDA formationIntracranial hemorrhageArtery dissectionFibromuscular dysplasiaHistory of connective tissue disordersIschemic strokeLower oddsConnective tissue disordersCox proportional hazards modelsIschemic stroke presentingSecondary analysisProportional hazards modelAssociation of DAHemorrhagic outcomesAssociated with ischemic strokeRetrospective cohortTissue disordersUnivariate analysisFollow-upMultivariate regression modelRisk factorsVessel dissectionPatientsCervical Artery Dissection Diagnosed Following Chiropractic Cervical Manipulation
Aleyadeh R, Zedde M, Marto J, Henninger N, Said J, Frontera J, Sharma R, Leker R, Secchi T, Indraswari F, Quereshi A, Zhou L, Poppe A, Nzwalo H, Wall V, Fonseca A, Klein P, Liebeskind D, Martins S, Ghannam M, Dantu V, Gracia J, De Marco G, Bakradze E, Penckofer M, Balabhadra A, Omran S, Chang C, Guerrero C, Muddasani V, von Rennenberg R, Guo X, Elangovan C, AlMajali M, Velez F, Shahripour R, Mandel D, Zubair A, Elnazeir M, Krishnaiah B, Stretz C, Yaghi S, Maalouf N. Cervical Artery Dissection Diagnosed Following Chiropractic Cervical Manipulation. The Neurologist 2026, 31: 46-48. PMID: 41557514, DOI: 10.1097/nrl.0000000000000656.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsChiropractic cervical manipulationCervical manipulationCeAD casesAbsolute riskLogistic regressionMultivariate binary logistic regressionMultivariate logistic regressionBinary logistic regressionNeck painClinical featuresArtery dissectionRecurrent ischemic stroke rateHigher oddsIschemic stroke rateCervical artery dissectionVertebral artery dissectionYoung adultsCeADYoung womenRegistryIschemic strokeStroke rateVertebral dissectionUnited StatesPatientsRecurrent Cervical Artery Dissection Prevalence and Predictors: A Secondary Analysis of the STOP-CAD Study
Marto J, Shu L, Wu E, Mendel D, Heldner M, Kaufmann J, Leker R, Zedde M, Nehme A, Muppa J, de Sousa D, Sousa J, Fonseca A, Nzwalo H, Romoli M, Omran S, Keser Z, Shahripour R, Kam W, Zubair A, Velez F, Elangovan C, Krishnaiah B, Metanis I, Pascarella R, Siegler J, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Antonenko K, Simpkins A, Lester E, Crandall R, Rosa S, Soares M, Bakradze E, Willey J, Ghannam M, Samaniego E, Elnazeir M, Klein P, Traenka C, Henninger N, Nguyen T, Engelter S, Yaghi S. Recurrent Cervical Artery Dissection Prevalence and Predictors: A Secondary Analysis of the STOP-CAD Study. Stroke 2026, 57: 876-882. PMID: 41521918, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.053299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRecurrent CeADRecurrent dissectionClinical impactFibromuscular dysplasiaIschemic eventsAbsolute riskIndex eventKaplan-Meier survival estimatesIschemic strokeYounger ageCervical artery dissectionHigh-risk patientsCox regression analysisRetrospective observational studyLikelihood of recurrenceCox regression modelsEstimated riskRetrospective studyArtery dissectionFollow-upMultivariate analysisRecurrenceAbsence of ischemic strokeDay 7PatientsEffects of Intradural Extension of Extracranial Cervical Artery Dissection on Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis From the STOP‐CAD Study
Metanis I, Shu L, Akpokiere F, Jubran H, Mandel D, Nolte C, Siegler J, Engelter S, Mac Grory B, Frontera J, Khan M, Rothstein A, Schwartzmann Y, Marto J, Zedde M, Poppe A, Jubeh T, Keser Z, AlMajali M, Shalabi F, Henninger N, Antonenko K, Heldner M, Rosa S, Khazaal O, Kaufman J, Traenka C, Bakradze E, Zubair A, Ranasinghe T, Sousa J, Mantovani G, Simpkins A, Omran S, Sargento‐Freitas J, Elnazeir M, de Sousa D, Yaghi S, Leker R. Effects of Intradural Extension of Extracranial Cervical Artery Dissection on Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis From the STOP‐CAD Study. Annals Of Neurology 2026 PMID: 41503730, DOI: 10.1002/ana.78151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsHigh-risk typesCervical artery dissectionModified Rankin ScaleIntradural extensionTransient ischemic attackArtery dissectionFavorable outcomeMultivariate analysisSecondary analysisAssociated with high mortalityComparison to patientsSevere clinical presentationAssociated with more severe clinical presentationMulti-center studyClinically overt strokeRisk of strokeHigher mortality rateCarotid involvementClinical presentationClinical outcomesSubarachnoid hemorrhageExtradural dissectionComplete occlusionVertebral arteryIntradural spaceCharacteristics of patients with extracranial cervical artery dissections involving more than a single vessels: A subgroup analysis of STOP-CAD
Metanis I, Akpokiere F, Shu L, Schwartzmann Y, Jubran H, Antonenko K, Heldner M, Rosa S, Soares M, Engelter S, Kaufmann J, Traenka C, Marto J, Romoli M, Zubair A, Omran S, Jubeh T, Shalabi F, Keser Z, Khan M, DeSousa D, Yaghi S, Leker R. Characteristics of patients with extracranial cervical artery dissections involving more than a single vessels: A subgroup analysis of STOP-CAD. European Stroke Journal 2026, 11: 23969873251383313. PMID: 41614464, PMCID: PMC12866210, DOI: 10.1093/esj/23969873251383313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCervical artery dissectionArtery dissectionOutcome parametersSubgroup analysisAssociated with clinical outcomesMulticenter registry studyVertebral artery involvementConnective tissue diseaseUpper respiratory infectionCharacteristics of patientsBaseline risk factorsAssociated with outcomeAssociated with ageSevere arterial stenosisIntracranial extensionArtery involvementMultiple arteriesClinical outcomesTissue diseaseDissecting aneurysmRespiratory infectionsRegistry studyFemale sexArtery stenosisSCeAD
2025
Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection
Nehme A, Shu L, Boulanger M, Ma J, Arms S, Mandel D, Leon Guerrero C, Kim E, Henninger N, Muppa J, Heldner M, Antonenko K, Steinsiepe V, Arnold M, Salehi Omran S, Crandall R, Lester E, Rothstein A, Khazaal O, Ghannam M, Almajali M, Samaniego E, Rioux B, Poppe A, Fonseca A, Romoli M, Zedde M, Liebeskind D, Mac Grory B, Kam W, Al Kasab S, Penckofer M, Zubair A, Sharma R, Marto J, Krishnaiah B, Elangovan C, Elnazeir M, Khan F, Yaghi S, Touzé E, Affan M, Lodhi O, Seiffge D, Arnold M, Lopez Mena D, Arauz A, Sousa J, Sargento-Freitas J, Barata V, Castro-Chaves P, Brito M, Khan M, Mallick D, Kaufmann J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Aguiar 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, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Guo X, Sanchez S, Zine-Eddine F, Fortuna Baptista M, Cruz D, De Marco G, Longoni M, Griffin K, Kuohn L, Frontera J, Amar J, Giles J, Pascarella R, Grisendi I, Nzwalo H, Molaie A, Cavalier A, Anadani M, Kicielinski K, Eltatawy A, Chervak L, Chulluncuy-Rivas R, Aziz Y, Bakradze E, Tran T, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Saleh Velez F, Ortiz Garcia J, Mudassani V, de Havenon A, Vishnu V, Yaddanapudi S, Adams L, Browngoehl A, Ranasinghe T, Dunston R, Lynch Z, Siegler J, Mayer S, Willey J, Cheng Y, Mendes Ferreira V, Klein P, Nguyen T, Asad S, Sarwat Z, Balabhadra A, Patel S, Secchi T, Martins S, Mantovani G, Kim Y, Lingam S, Quereshi A, Fridman S, Alvarado A, Khasiyev F, Linares G, Mannino M, Terruso V, Vassilopoulou S, Tentolouris V, Martinez-Marino M, Carrasci Wall V, Indraswari F, El Jamal S, Liu S, Alvi M, Ali F, Sarvath M, Morsi R, Kass-Hout T, Shi F, Zhang J, Sokhi D, Said J, Simpkins A, Gomes R, Sen S, Ghani M, Xiao H, Kala N, Fretz C, Mohammadzadeh N, Goldstein E, Furie K. Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2540800. PMID: 41196598, PMCID: PMC12593120, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.40800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSpontaneous cervical artery dissectionCervical artery dissectionFibromuscular dysplasiaCohort studyArtery dissectionPresence of fibromuscular dysplasiaMonths of follow-upCohort study of patientsAcute care hospitalsUpper respiratory tract infectionConsecutive adult patientsRespiratory tract infectionsHistory of migraineRetrospective cohort studyCox proportional hazards modelsStudy of patientsVertebral artery dissectionHistory of dissectionLogistic regression modelsRenal artery imagingProportional hazards modelRadiological correlationTract infectionsMain OutcomesHigher RatesClinical outcomes in patients with muscle disorders and acute ischemic stroke
Zubair A, Littig L, DiCapua D, de Havenon A. Clinical outcomes in patients with muscle disorders and acute ischemic stroke. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0329631. PMID: 40794699, PMCID: PMC12342303, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAcute ischemic strokeIschemic strokeClinical outcomesMuscle disordersLikelihood of dischargeNational Inpatient SampleAssociated risk factorsStroke prevalenceRisk of strokeIn-Hospital MortalityPEG tube placementVulnerable populationsInpatient SampleRate of intubationRisk factorsStrokeMuscleTube placementOutcomesRetrospective analysisSample sizeTreatment protocolsPatientsUnited StatesDisordersUtilization of Skin Punch Biopsy for the Diagnosis of α‐Synucleinopathy in Clinical Practice
Gummerson C, Tinaz S, Santini V, Zubair A. Utilization of Skin Punch Biopsy for the Diagnosis of α‐Synucleinopathy in Clinical Practice. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 2025, 13: 191-197. PMID: 40762364, PMCID: PMC12839503, DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.70272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSkin punch biopsiesPunch biopsyIdiopathic Parkinson's diseasePrimary care notesMovement disorder specialistsClinical practiceOutpatient neurologyCharts of patientsCare notesDiagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's diseaseClinical guidelinesMinimally invasive toolBiopsy resultsMultiple system atrophyMedical systemBiopsyStatistically significant relationshipSex distributionDemographic dataClinical concernPrimary parkinsonismNovel biomarkersInvasive toolSystem atrophyDiagnosisOutcomes of Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Treated With Antiplatelet Agents or Anticoagulation
Siegler J, Goicoechea E, Penckofer M, Eklund K, Yaghi S, Stretz C, Lineback C, Stamm B, Peter S, D'Souza M, Conyers F, Khasiyev F, Kerrigan D, Lewis S, Ali H, Aboul-Nour H, Sharma R, Nahab F, Glover P, Thompson S, Alshaer Q, Thottempudi N, de Havenon A, Culbertson C, Melkumova E, Chionatos R, Jillella D, Daniel J, Ro J, Frankel M, Dumitrascu O, Brown S, Parikh P, Doolittle C, Yahnke I, Sathya A, Kang J, Kirchhoffer K, Bowman A, Smith M, Brorson J, Asabere A, Shahrivari M, Elangovan C, Sheibani N, Krishnaiah B, Gaudio E, Sloane K, Rothstein A, Alvi M, Annam S, Amankwah C, Kam W, Abburi N, Farooqui M, Rojas-Soto D, Molaie A, Khezri N, Zubair A, Abbasi M, Van Coevering R, Chen L, Nedelcu S, Herpich F, Chahien D, Sehgal S, Liebeskind D, Linares G, Zha A, Sarkar M, Xi R, Nelson A, Abu Qdais A, Al Kasab S, Singh E, Patel V, Aziz Y, Mehndiratta P, DeMarco A, Sharrief A, Cucchiara B, Salehi Omran S, Nguyen T, Dubinski M, Ackerman J, Thon J. Outcomes of Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Treated With Antiplatelet Agents or Anticoagulation. Neurology 2025, 105: e213876. PMID: 40609061, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213876.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInverse probability of treatment weightingPotential embolic sourcesBenefits of anticoagulationLeft ventricular injuryEmbolic sourceEmbolic strokeMajor bleedingAntiplatelet therapyVentricular injuryComposite outcomeMedian NIH Stroke Scale scoreCohort studyRecurrent strokePrimary outcomePatients treated with anticoagulantsRetrospective observational cohort studyIschemic strokeTreated with anticoagulationConsecutive adult patientsRisk of recurrenceOutcomes of patientsCox proportional hazards regressionInverse probabilityNIH Stroke Scale scoreProbability of treatment weightingStatin Use in Cervical Artery Dissection and Subsequent Ischemic Stroke
Lodhi O, Yaghi S, Shu L, Chung N, Guerrero C, Kaufman J, Engelter S, Traenka C, Kam W, Zubair A, Almajali M, Marto J, Affan M. Statin Use in Cervical Artery Dissection and Subsequent Ischemic Stroke. Current Health Sciences Journal 2025, 51: 249-258. PMID: 41263002, PMCID: PMC12625784, DOI: 10.12865/chsj.51.02.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical artery dissectionArtery dissectionFunctional outcomesIschemic strokeStatin therapyHospital dischargeStatin useImpact of statin therapyMulticenter retrospective observational studySecondary analysisIndividualized treatment strategiesRetrospective observational studyCAD-related strokeCox regression modelsRecurrent ischemic strokeNo-statinStatin groupAntithrombotic treatmentNo significant differenceModerate-intensityUnivariate analysisTreatment strategiesPrimary outcomeHazard ratioSecondary outcomes
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Comparison of Anti-coagulation and Anti-Platelet Therapies for Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis (CAPTIVA)
IRB ID2000031893RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date03/07/2028Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge30 years - 80 years
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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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