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Neurointensivist 🧠 @nyphospital Queens | Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology @WCMCneurology | Bx 🙅🏾‍♂️ 🗽| 🇬🇾 |#GirlDadx2

North Bellmore, NY
Joined April 2013
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THE PLAY THAT PUT THE KNICKS UP 3-1.
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I’m proud to share that I’ve been selected as a Stony Brook University 40 Under Forty honoree for 2026! I am honored and grateful! Once a Seawolf, always a Seawolf! #SBU40Under40 See who's joining me as a 40 Under Forty honoree: stonybrook.edu/advancement/a…
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Congratulations to @stonybrooku's 2026 40 Under Forty honorees! These exceptional alumni are leading with purpose, driving innovation and making an impact in their professions and communities. #SBU40Under40 Meet the 40 alumni who are shaping the future: bit.ly/4dZBUlh
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Thrombectomy for Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: A Nationwide Analysis of Outcomes ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/… @svinsociety
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Congratulations to my brother on receiving this prestigious award! I am very proud! @Mp_Chemist @ParasramLab
Replying to @dreyfusfndn
Congratulations to Dr. Marvin Parasram (@Mp_Chemist), @nyuniversity, for being named a 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar! @ParasramLab @nyuchemistry #DreyfusAwards
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Optimised medical therapy alone versus optimised medical therapy plus revascularisation for asymptomatic or low-to-intermediate risk symptomatic carotid stenosis (ECST-2): 2-year interim results of a multicentre randomised trial - The Lancet Neurology thelancet.com/journals/laneu…
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope other institutions follow suit.
“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond347t
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Overall Match rates for IMGs are lower (68% for US citizen and 58% for non-US citizen IMGs). Among IMGs, US citizens seem to be preferred in EM and FM, while non-US citizens made up relatively larger portions of matched pathology and neurology applicants.
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Although graduating MD and DO students matched at nearly identical rates (93.5% vs. 92.6% in the 2025 NRMP Match), they matched into a different distribution of specialties.
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She is an American doctor. This is out of control.
Sir respectfully, I’m a born and raised American citizen. Everyday I have and will continue to dedicate my life to the health and well being of our people and communities.
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
đź§µIn a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke beyond 4.5 hours of time last known well, administration of thrombolysis (compared with placebo) led to a higher odds of a good functional outcome despite a higher odds of sICH.
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
For those of you matching into neurology this week: Congratulations and welcome to the family! (Shhh. Don’t let the rest of them know we have a secret handshake!) @NMatch2025
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Great mri brain anatomy by @teachplaygrub
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Top 5 advances in medicine in February (🧵) 1. The first large trial to show that oxygen can improve outcomes in stroke Patients in this trial had acute ischaemic stroke (caused by a large vessel blockage in the front part of the brain) They received either 100% oxygen at 10 litres/minute (via a non-rebreather mask), or a sham treatment (roughly equivalent to breathing oxygen from air), for 4 hours All patients were treated with thrombectomy (mechanical clot removal), and that's the key: it's thought that oxygen 'freezes' the penumbra (the salvageable brain tissue) before blood flow is restored by thrombectomy That also explains why this hasn't been found before: previous trials were done before thrombectomy was widely used This trial was done in only one country, in a select group of patients, so we'll need broader trials: these are underway thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Melvin Parasram, DO, MS retweeted
Practical recommendations on selection of patients with large infarct for thrombectomy from @svinsociety @SVINJournal Keeping it simple approach minimizes delays to treatment ⌛️= 🧠 ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/…
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