Johanna T Fifi, MD

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PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery
PROFESSOR | Neurology
PROFESSOR | Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology
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Specialties
Neurology, Radiology, Neurosurgery
Research Topics
Brain Imaging, Stroke

MD, Boston University School of Medicine

Internship, Internal Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Residency, Neurology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Fellowship, Vascular Neurology, National Institutes of Health, NIH

Fellowship, Angiography and Interventional Radiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Fellowship, Neuroradiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Fellowship, Interventional Neuroradiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Fellowship, Interventional Neuroradiology, Columbia University Neuroradiology Fellowship

Fellowship, Neuroradiology, Columbia University Neuroradiology Fellowship

Fellowship, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai West

Certifications

American Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

2015

Top Doctors

2015

Super Doctors

Publications

Selected Publications

Role of Perfusion Parameters on Outcomes and Safety of Endovascular Therapy in Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke. Norma J. Diel, Davide Strambo, Mohamad Abdalkader, Muhammad M. Qureshi, Vincent Dunet, Bruno Bartolini, Silvia Pistocchi, Daniel Strbian, Silja Räty, Christian Herweh, Markus Möhlenbruch, Marta Olivé-Gadea, Marc Ribo, Marios Psychogios, Urs Fischer, Anh Nguyen, Joji B. Kuramatsu, David Haupenthal, Martin Köhrmann, Cornelius Deuschl, Jordi Kühne Escolà, Jelle Demeestere, Robin Lemmens, Lieselotte Vandewalle, Shadi Yaghi, Liqi Shu, Vivek Yedavalli, S. Farzad Maroufi, Volker Puetz, Daniel P.O. Kaiser, Johannes Kaesmacher, Adnan Mujanovic, Dominique Cornelius Marterstock, Tobias Engelhorn, Manuel Requena, Piers Klein, Brandon Doan, Teresa Jordà-Baleri, Diogo C. Haussen, Mahmoud H. Mohammaden, Hend Abdelhamid, Lorena Souza Viana, Bruno Cunha, Isabel Fragata, Michele Romoli, Maria Ruggiero, Francesco Diana, Wei Hu, Chao Zhang, Pekka Virtanen, Riikka Lauha, Stavros Matsoukas, Johanna T. Fifi, Sunil A. Sheth, Sergio A. Salazar-Marioni, João Pedro Marto, João Nuno Ramos, Milena Miszczuk, Christoph Riegler, Sven Poli, Khouloud Poli, Luca Scarcia, Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Volker Maus, Alexandra Aust, Furkan Yapici, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Andre Monteiro, Vinay Jaikumar, Hesham E. Masoud, Momotaz Begum, Maxim Mokin, Shail Thanki, Kemal Alpay, Pauli Ylikotila, James Ernest Siegler, Italo Linfante, Guilherme Dabus, Negar Asdaghi, Vasu Saini, Christian H. Nolte, Eberhard Siebert, Bettina L. Serrallach, Charlotte S. Weyland, Lukas Meyer, Anne Berberich, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Raul G. Nogueira, Patrik Michel, Simon Nagel, Thanh N. Nguyen. Stroke

Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization With n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate in Patients With Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Christopher P. Kellner, Ansaar T. Rai, Hazem Shoirah, Visish M. Srinivasan, Rishi Gupta, Robert M. Starke, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Charles C. Matouk, Benjamin Yim, Matthew R. Fusco, Jieqing Wan, Elizabeth Liptrap, Parita Bhuva, Ramesh Grandhi, Russell Cerejo, Jesse J. Liu, Jacob Cherian, Qingrong Zhang, Ian Kaminsky, Charles J. Prestigiacomo, Emanuele Orru, Eugene Lin, Jay Howington, Avery Evans, Tapan Mehta, So Hyun Boo, Ira Finch, Tao Liu, Rohan Chitale, Shahram Majidi, Brian T. Jankowitz, Ronald Budzik, Michael F. Stiefel, Richard Williamson, Dimitri Sigounas, Frank Hellinger, Erik Hauck, Bharathidasan Jagadeesan, Ricardo Hanel, Alexander Coon, Lucas Elijovich, Ryan Turner, Phong Vu, Reade De Leacy, Johanna Fifi, Tomoyoshi Shigematsu, Michael Travis Caton, Benjamin Rapoport, Thomas Oxley, Pouria Moshayedi. JAMA Neurology

Factors Affecting Selection of TraineE for Neurointervention (FASTEN). Mohamed Elfil, Rami Z. Morsi, Sherief Ghozy, Ahmed Elmashad, Adnan Siddiqui, Alhamza R. Al-Bayati, Ali Alaraj, Allan Brook, Anthony W. Kam, Arindam Rano Chatterjee, Athos Patsalides, Ben Waldau, Charles J. Prestigiacomo, Charles Matouk, Clemens M. Schirmer, David Altschul, David T. Parrella, Gabor Toth, Gaurav Jindal, Hamza A. Shaikh, Jaydevsinh N. Dolia, Johanna T. Fifi, Justin F. Fraser, Justin Thomas Do, Krishna Amuluru, Louis J. Kim, Mark Harrigan, Matthew R. Amans, Max Kole, Max Mokin, Michael Abraham, Mouhammad Jumaa, Nazli Janjua, Osama Zaidat, Patrick P. Youssef, Priyank Khandelwal, Qingliang Tony Wang, Ramesh Grandhi, Ricardo Hanel, Ryan T. Kellogg, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Sunil Sheth, Thanh N. Nguyen, Viktor Szeder, Yin C. Hu, Albert J. Yoo, Omar Tanweer, Brian Jankowitz, Jeremy J. Heit, Richard Williamson, Tareq Kass-Hout, Richard W. Crowley, Mohammad El-Ghanem, Fawaz Al-Mufti. Interventional Neuroradiology

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Anterior Ethmoidal Fistula: Transvenous Balloon Assisted Approach

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Fifi during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Stryker Corporation
  • Penumbra, Inc.
  • Siemens Medical Solutions
  • Balt USA
  • Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
  • Cerenovus
  • Medtronic, Inc

Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)

  • Sim&Cure
  • Borvo Medical Inc
  • Bendit
  • Precision Recovery
  • Q'Apel Medical
  • ImperativeCare, Inc.
  • Radical
  • Synchron, Inc.

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.