Masoom Desai, MD

Neurology, Neurocritical Care

Biography

Dr. Desai is a board-certified neurologist, neuro-intensivist, neurophysiologist & ICU-Electroencephalographer. She joined University of New Mexico in 2021. She holds a background in Data Science.

She pursued her training in Neurocritical Care at University of Maryland & R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD. She also gained expertise in Critical Care EEG & Clinical Neurophysiology at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Dr. Desai is committed to clinical and academic excellence and has served as a role model and a mentor for trainees and students. Her clinical interests lie in utilizing precision medicine and personalized medicine for her patients with an emphasis on a shared decision making process. Her philosophy in clinical care is to be able to support the patients and their families in one of the most difficult & life-changing moments of their life, in addition to providing superlative care for her patients.

Her research & academic interests pertain to applications of multimodal monitoring tools to utilize bio-markers of SBI to predict neuro-worsening, clinical response, and clinical outcomes. Her research interest pertains to utilizing informatics tools to analyze complex data sets. Her additional research and clinical interest topics involve status epilepticus, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, application of EEG tools in neuro-emergencies, severe TBI, tracheostomy in neuro-emergencies, and acute liver failure. She has led several multi-center clinical trials and collaborations for the institution and is interested in developing into a prolific & high-impact clinical researcher.