Ibrahim Migdady

Patient-focused physician and emerging healthcare leader with a deep background in critical patient care management. As an academic with extensive research experience, I bring a comprehensive skill set to healthcare innovation and leadership. Proficient in driving growth through leading interdisciplinary teams and pioneering advanced clinical programs, I focus on enhancing service delivery through efficiency, quality, and data-driven decision-making. Adept at navigating complex healthcare systems, I am well-prepared to contribute my leadership, organizational skills, and specialized knowledge to a growing healthcare organization.

• 2015 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate
• 2016-2022 Ohio Medical License
• 2020-2022 Massachusetts Medical License
• 2020-Present DEA Controlled Substance Certification
• 2022-Present New York Medical License
• 2020-Present American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification in Neurology
• 2022-present American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification in Neurocritical Care

• 2009-2015 Co-founder, BookClub96- Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
• 2012 Trainee, Young Leaders Program, Jordan.
• 2012 Trainee, EU Youth in Action Program, Wroclaw, Poland.
• 2012 Program Manager, Ta7weeleh (Detour) Educational Initiative- Social Leaders Program, Injaz NGO, , Jordan
• 2010-2015 Research Committee Member of International Federation of Medical Students Association
• 2019-2020 Neurology Resident Education Co-Chair, Cleveland Clinic
• 2019-2020 Founder and Moderator of the Neurology EBM Series, Cleveland Clinic
• 2023-present Moderator of the Neurocritical Care Weekly Conference, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
• 2023-present Associate Director of Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center, NY

National

• The Science and Practice of Brain Death Determination. University of California Neurocritical Care conference, Irvine, CA. 2024
• How to Say Goodbye; The science and Practice of Brain Death Determination. Jacobi Medical Center Medicine Grand Rounds, New York, NY. 2023
• The Science of Brain Death. Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, session presenter, Phoenix, Arizona, 2023.
• Ancillary Studies in Brain Death Determination: looking back and moving forward. University of Maryland Critical Care Grand Rounds. Oct 1, 2021.
• The Use of Apnea Test and Brain Death Determination in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Society of Critical Care Medicine 49th Annual Congress, Orlando, FL; 2020.
• Neurological Outcomes of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR); a systematic review and meta-analysis. Platform presentation; American Academy of Neurology 71st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; 2019.

Local

• Brain Death. Palliative Care Medicine Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, 2023
• Outcomes, Time-Trends, and Factors Associated with Ancillary Study Use for the Determination of Brain Death. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Neurocritical Care, Boston, 2021
• How to Say Goodbye; A Critical Look at Brain Death Criteria. Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute Grand Rounds, Cleveland, 2020.
• Neurological Outcomes of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR); a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute Trainee Research Day, Cleveland, OH; 2019.

• Migdady I, Rice CJ, Hassett C, Zhang LQ, Wisco D, Uchino K, Cho SM. MRI Presentation of Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms in Infective Endocarditis. Neurocrit Care. 2019 Jun;30(3):658-665.
• Migdady I, Mays M, Levin KH. A 69-year-old woman with double vision and lower-extremity weakness. Cleve Clin J Med. 2019 Jun;86(6):374-379.
• Mullaguri N, Battineni A, Krishnaiah B, Migdady I, Newey CR. Developmental Venous Anomaly Presenting with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Acute Ischemic Stroke, and Seizure. Cureus. 2019 Aug 17;11(8):e5412
• Hassett CE, Cho SM, Rice CJ, Migdady I, Starling RC, Uchino K, Katzan IL. Cerebral Microembolization in Left Ventricular Assist Device Associated Ischemic Events. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Feb 7:104660
• Hassett, C. E., Cho, S. M., Hasan, S., Rice, C. J., Migdady, I., Starling, R. C., Soltesz, E., & Uchino, K. (2020). Ischemic Stroke and Intracranial Hemorrhages During Impella Cardiac Support. ASAIO journal, 66(8), e105–e109.
• Migdady I, Stephens RS, Price C, Geocadin RG, Whitman G, Cho SM. The use of apnea test and brain death determination in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A systematic review [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 21]. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020; S0022-5223(20)30640-1.
• Migdady I., Rice C., Deshpande A., Hernandez A. V., Price C., Whitman G. J., Geocadin R. G., & Cho S. M. Brain Injury and Neurologic Outcome in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Critical care medicine, 48(7), e611–e619.
• Fan TH, Hassett CE, Migdady I, Price C, Choi CW, Katzan I, Cho SM. How Are We Monitoring Brain Injuries in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device? A Systematic Review of Literature. ASAIO J. 2021 Feb 1;67(2):149-156
• Migdady I, Rae-Grant A. Asymmetric Cerebral Edema Presenting with Severe Neurologic Impairment and Seizures after Cardiac and Thoracic Interventions. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Aug 29 (11): 105003.
• Shoskes A, Migdady I, Fernandez I, Ruggieri P, Rae-Grant A. Cerebral Microhemorrhage and Purpuric Rash in COVID-19: The Case for a Secondary Microangiopathy. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Oct 1; 29; (10); 105111
• Migdady I, Rae-Grant A, Greer DM. Brain death evaluation during the pandemic. Neurology. 2020 Oct 13;95(15):693-694.
• Hassett CE, Gedansky A, Migdady I, Bhimraj A, Uchino K, Cho SM. Neurologic complications of COVID-19. Cleve Clin J Med. 2020;10.3949
• Mulpur B, Migdady I, Mays M. Clinical and radiographic resolution of multifocal brain abscesses secondary to Fusobacterium. Neurology. 2020 Oct 20;95(16):749-750
• Shoskes A, Migdady I* (Co-first authorship), Rice C, Hassett C, Deshpande A, Price C, Hernandez AV, Cho SM. Brain Injury Is More Common in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Than Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;48(12):1799-1808
• Migdady, I., Shoskes, A., Hasan, L. Z., Hassett, C., George, P., Newey, C., Cho, S.-M., Rae-Grant, A., & Uchino, K. Timing of Acute Stroke in COVID-19—A Health System Registry Study. The Neurohospitalist. 2021 Oct;11(4):285-294
• Migdady I, Amin M, Shoskes A, Hassett C, Cho SM, George P, Rae-Grant A. The effect of incorporating an arterial pH target during apnea test for brain death determination. J Intensive Care. 2021 Jan 20;9(1):13.
• Shoskes A, Migdady I, Rice C, Hassett C, Deshpande A, Price C, Hernandez AV, Cho SM. The authors reply. Brain injury is more common in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation than venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care Med. 2021 Mar 1;49(3):e344-e345.
• Migdady I, Russman A, Buletko AB. Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke: A Clinical Review. Semin Neurol. 2021 Aug;41(4):348-364.
• Migdady I, Amin M, Shoskes A, Hassett C, Rae-Grant A, Snider SB, Greer DM, Cho SM, George P. Outcomes, Time-Trends, and Factors Associated With Ancillary Study Use for the Determination of Brain Death. Crit Care Med. 2021 Sep 1;49(9):e840-e848.
• Swetlik C, Migdady I, Hasan LZ, Buletko AB, Price C, Cho SM. Cannabis Use and Stroke: Does a Risk Exist? J Addict Med. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;16(2):208-215.
• Huang M, Shoskes A, Migdady I, Amin M, Hasan L, Price C, Uchino K, Choi CW, Hernandez AV, Cho SM. Does Targeted Temperature Management Improve Neurological Outcome in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)? J Intensive Care Med. 2022 Feb;37(2):157-167.
• Migdady I, Shoskes A, Amin M, Cho SM, Rae-Grant A, George P. Determination of Brain Death in Patients Undergoing Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices. Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Jun 28:S1443-9506(21)00580-1
• Migdady I, Chen P, Loza AM, Cashman CR, Izzy S, Cerebral Hyperperfusion and Delayed Coma Recovery after Subdural Hematoma Evacuation, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021; 30(12).
• Snider SB, Migdady I, LaRose SL, Mckeown ME, Regenhardt RW, Lai PMR, Vaitkevicius H, Du R. Transcranial-Doppler-Measured Vasospasm Severity is Associated with Delayed Cerebral Infarction After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Nov 9. Epub ahead of print.
• Migdady I, Rosenthal ES, Cock HR. Management of status epilepticus: a narrative review. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77 Suppl 1:78-91.
• Migdady I, Roy A, Duskin JA, McKeown ME, Fischer D, Barra ME, Schontz M, Wongboonsin J, Bevers MB, Arnaout O, Izzy S, Snider SB. Volume replacement is associated with a diminished osmolar effect of mannitol in patients with acute brain injury. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Nov 2;31(12):106867.
• Crowe, J, Bender, AC, Migdady, I, Izzy, S. HSV encephalitis relapse in the setting of chemotherapy. Neurol Clin Neurosci. 2023; 00:1-3.
• Migdady I, Johnson-Black P.H.,Leslie-Mazwi T., Malhotra R. Current and Emerging Endovascular and Neurocritical Care Management Strategies in Large-Core Ischemic Stroke. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 6641.
• Regenhardt RW, Nolan NM, Das AS, Mahajan R, Monk AD, LaRose SL, Migdady I, Chen Y, Sheriff F, Bai X, Dmytriw AA, Patel AB, Snider SB, Vaitkevicius H. Transcranial Doppler cerebrovascular reactivity: Thresholds for clinical significance in cerebrovascular disease. J Neuroimaging. 202: 1–8..

• Migdady I, Gusdon A, Everett A, Cho SM. Blood and CSF biomarkers in DoC. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. 2025(in production)
• Migdady I, Greer D. Brain Death. In: Izzy S, Carlson J. The NeuroICU Board Review. McGraw Hill (in production)
• Migdady I., Tsai J.PC., Gomes J.A. Case Scenario for Fluid Management After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit. In: Farag E., Kurz A., Troianos C. (eds) Perioperative Fluid Management. Springer (2020), Cham.

• 2009-2015 Medical School Annual Dean’s list of Honors
• 2015- Medical School Graduation with Distinction
• 2019- Resident Clinical Research Award- Cleveland Clinic

• 2010-2015 International Federation of Medical Students Association
• 2016-present American Academy of Neurology
• 2018-present Neurocritical Care Society
• 2019-present Society of Critical Care Medicine