MuhammadOmarChohanMDFAANS

Neurosurgery • Jackson, MS

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Epilepsy Surgery, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery

Associate Professor Neurosurgery, Neurology & Radiation Oncology

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Office
2500 N State St
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone+1 601-984-1000

Fax+1 505-272-8060

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian HospitalFellowship, Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, 2015 - 2015
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Neurosurgical Oncology, 2014 - 2015
University of New Mexico School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2009 - 2014
University of New Mexico School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2008 - 2009
Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

MS State Medical License 2020 - 2025
NM State Medical License 2015 - 2024
LA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2015
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Clinical Trials

5-Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) to Enhance Visualization of Malignant Tumor Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

"Non-Eloquent" brain regions predict neuropsychological outcome in tumor patients undergoing awake craniotomy.
Muhammad Omar Chohan, Ranee Ann Flores, Christopher Wertz, Rex Eugene Jung
Plos One. 2024-01-01
Unsupervised machine learning models reveal predictive clinical markers of glioblastoma patient survival using white blood cell counts prior to initiating chemoradiation.
Wesley Wang, Zeynep Temerit Kumm, Cindy Ho, Ideli Zanesco-Fontes, Gustavo Texiera
Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2023-11-11
Dissecting Intra-tumor Heterogeneity in the Glioblastoma Microenvironment Using Fluorescence-Guided Multiple Sampling.
Leopoldo A García-Montaño, Yamhilette Licón-Muñoz, Frank J Martinez, Yasine R Keddari, Michael K Ziemke
Molecular Cancer Research. 2023-08-01

Journal Articles

Emerging Pharmacologic Targets in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation and Potential Strategies to Alter the Natural History of a Difficult Disease
Richard L Sidman, Leslie A Morrison, Howard Yonas, Wadih Arap, Muhammad O Chohan, JAMA

Press Mentions

Dream ChaserApril 16th, 2019
Neurosurgeon Brings New Procedure to UNMJune 26th, 2017
Half-LifeOctober 26th, 2018

Professional Memberships

External Links

Faculty profilehttps://neurosurgery.unm.edu/faculty/muhammad-omar-chohan.html