
Rizwan Tahir
@riztahirmd
Father. Husband. Dual-trained Open/ Endovascular Neurosurgeon @MedstarWHC. Hopeless Detroit @Lions Fan.
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23-12-2020 00:47:50
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“Nothing I can write in this letter could possibly prepare you for everything that is about to happen.” Tarik Cohen pens a letter to his younger self. theplayerstribune.com/posts/tarik-co…

A great start to my career MedStar Washington. Great colleagues, amazing residents Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery Ehsan Dowlati, MD. Cannot thank my mentors enough for 9 years of training! Henry Ford Neuroscience Steven N. Kalkanis MD Pascal Jabbour MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA Stavropoula Tjoumakaris MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS, FAHA Reid Gooch Dr. Fady Charbel. #neurosurgery #medicine



Endoscopic Colloid Cyst resection with a great view into the third ventricle after cyst contents evacuation with the Lotta endoscope MedStar Washington with Ehsan Dowlati, MD Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery. Thanks for the advise Karam Paul Asmaro, M.D. #Neurosurgery #neurotwitter #endoscope #MedTwitter #surgery

Careful dissection on the optic nerves to preserve vision and see recovery post-op. Thank you to Col. Rocco Armonda for the pre-op embo. Just two Jefferson Neurosurgery Vascular fellows putting in work MedStar Washington. Tianzan "Taz" Zhou Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery

Heavy Metal Week MedStar Washington. 3-level thoracic corpectomy, Lumbar TLIF, Posterior Cervical with @NuVasiveInc. Superior Hypophyseal Aneurysm Fred X with @MV_Terumo. With Tianzan "Taz" Zhou Jeffrey Breton, MD Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery. #neurosurgery #spine #aneurysm #medicine #Ramadan




Eyebrow, Supraorbital Craniotomy. Never did one in residency or 2 fellowships but learned by studying and from colleagues. Possibly my new favorite approach. MedStar Washington Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery #neuroscience #selfdevelopment #MedEd


6 mo. F/U on my first bypass as an attending for Moyamoya. Nice to see STA caliber increased in just 6 mo. Hopefully a radiographic indicator of demand? Proud to have been trained by 2 of the best Dr. Fady Charbel and Dr. Sepideh Amin-Hanjani! MedStar Washington Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery




STA-MCA bypass for #moyamoya, 2 in 2 weeks MedStar Washington Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery with #longevity implant and ZEISS Camera Lenses Kinevo IR Flow 800. CNS #neurosurgery #bypass #MedEd



2024 DETROIT LIONS HYPE VIDEO HAS DROPPED 🔥 🎥: Matt Slaughter | #OnePride

A Pascal Jabbour MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA special. Mid Basilar occlusion, Transradial thrombectomy. TICI 3 with 1 pass Zoom 71 Imperative_Care. Puncture to recanalization = 3 min. MedStar Washington Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery. #stroke #neurosurgery #LVO


55 y/o female with refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia and 30lb weight loss/2 months. One of the most impressive cases of nerve compression I’ve seen. MVD of CNV, eating dinner on POD#0, pain free. MedStar Washington Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery #neurosurgery #skullbase #facialpain


Same day, same disease, 2 very different patients, 2 different but equal procedures. Carotid Endarterectomy vs. Angioplasty stent. Do what’s best for the patient! MedStar Washington Georgetown/WHC Neurosurgery #carotidstenosis #CREST #dualtrained #cerebrovascular #endovascular
