Izad Rasheed

Izad Rasheed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Kentucky, specializing in neurocritical care and brain injury management. His clinical expertise spans ischemic/hemorrhagic strokes, traumatic brain/spinal cord injuries, meningitis/encephalitis, refractory epilepsy, and neurosurgical patient support.

• Doctor of Medicine (University of Rochester)
• Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (University of Rochester)
• Neurology Residency (Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
• Neurocritical Care Fellowship (Hospital of UPenn)
• Epilepsy Fellowship (New York University)

Rasheed's research focuses on improving outcomes for traumatic brain injury and cardiac arrest survivors, with basic science work in cerebral autoregulation and quantitative EEG. His recent publications address:

• Neurophysiological impacts of SARS-CoV-2
• Diffuse correlation spectroscopy for autoregulation
• Erythrocyte-mediated microcirculation regulation
• HIV-1 Tat's effects on cerebral vasculature
• Temperature management in hypoxic-ischemic injury

He is affiliated with the Glueck Lab and Stowe Lab, and holds multiple certifications including Neurocritical Care, Epilepsy Monitoring, and Neurosonology.