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Office
130 East 77th Street
8 Black Hall
New York, NY 10075Phone+1 212-434-6400Fax+1 212-434-2279
Education & Training
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health/National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Vascular Neurology, 1997 - 1999
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalChief Residency, Neurology, 1996 - 1997- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1995 - 1997
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1994 - 1995- Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1994
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1993
Johns Hopkins UniversityB.A., 1983 - 1988
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1997 - 2026- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Vascular Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2005-2017
- Best doctor 2016
- Best Doctor New York Magazine, 2016
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Clinical Trials
- AtRial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs In Prevention After Cryptogenic Stroke Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 19
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- MicroRNA regulation of adrenal glucocorticoid and androgen biosynthesis.Salman Azhar, Wen-Jun Shen, Zhigang Hu, Fredric B Kraemer
Vitamins and Hormones. 2024-01-01 - Mature Type T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma Presenting With Isolated Central Nervous System Symptomatology in a Patient With Giant Cell Arteritis on Long-Term Steroi...John Kolton Smith, Xinmin Zhang, Stephen C Machnicki, Salman Azhar, Morana Vojnic
Journal of Hematology. 2023-02-01 - 8 citationsEpigenetic BET reader inhibitor apabetalone (RVX-208) counters proinflammatory aortic gene expression in a diet induced obesity mouse model and in human endothelial ce...Sylwia Wasiak, Laura M Tsujikawa, Emily Daze, Dean Gilham, Stephanie C Stotz
Atherosclerosis. 2023-01-01
Journal Articles
- Mechanism of equilibrium binding of MAP-2 microtubules: Binding is a multi-phasic process and exhibits positive cooperativityK.T. Wallis, S. Azhar, and D.B. Murphy, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1/1/1993
- Structural plugs at microtubule ends may regulate polymer dynamicsS. Azhar and the D.B. Murphy, Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 1/1/1990
Press Mentions
Walking After a Stroke Can Boost SurvivalAugust 16th, 2021
Sleeping Too Long Might Raise Stroke RiskDecember 13th, 2019
Experimental Blood Thinner May Help Prevent Stroke, Without the Bleeding RiskApril 18th, 2019- Join now to see all
Committees
- Member, New York DOH Stroke Advisory Group 2013 - Present
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Urdu, Hindi
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