Satvir Saggi, MD

M.D. University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

B.S. University of California, Los Angeles, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, Summa Cum Laude

Neurosurgery Resident Intern, UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC – 2025

Email: YYV6YU@uvahealth.org

2025 Steinhart Award For Incoming Surgical Residents, UNC
2025 Ling Ming Chan Endowed Scholarship
2024 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Medtronic Abstract Award
2021 and 2022 San Francisco Neurological Society Young Investigator John Hanberry Award for Best Paper in Clinical Neurosurgery
2021 National Association of Spine Surgeons Value Abstract Award, Boston, MA
2018 UCSF National Science Foundation Scholar
2018 UCLA Dean’s Prize Award for Research
2018 Los Angeles Neurological Society Research Star Award
2017 UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Endowment
2017 9th Annual David Geffen School of Medicine Neurology Science Day Winner, 1st Prize, Los Angeles, CA
2017 UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, Gottlieb Foundation Endowment

1. Ambati VS, Saggi S, Dada A, Alan N. Has artificial intelligence in spine surgery lived up to the hype? A narrative review of
recent approaches, current challenges, and the path forward. Art Int Surg. 2025 Jan 18.
2. Dejuk M, Lekoubou A, Saggi S, Agrawal A, Bonilha L, Chinchilli VM, Ovbiagele B. Qualitative and quantitative
relationships between comorbid seizures and dementia among hospitalized stroke patients. J Neurol Sci. 2025 Jan 15. PMID:
39708696.
3. Young JS, Semonche A, Morshed RA, Al-Adli NN, Haddad AF, Gerritsen JKW, Saggi S, Narsinh K, de Groot J, Aghi MK.
Focused ultrasound therapy as a strategy for improving glioma treatment. J Neurosurg. 2025 Jan 24. PMID: 39854698.
4. Dada A, Saggi S, Ambati VS, Patel A, Mummaneni PV. Evolution of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Transforaminal
Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Where Are We Now? Neurosurgery. 2025 Mar 1. PMID: 39950782.
5. Patel A, Dada A, Saggi S, Yamada H, Ambati V, Goldstein E, Hsiao E, Mummaneni PV. Personalized Approaches to Spine
Surgery. International Journal of Spine surgery. In Press
6. Saggi S, Garcia J, Behzadi F, Garcia P, Chang E, Knowlton R. Surgical Outcomes Following Resection in Patients with
Language Predominant Posterior Cortex Epilepsy and Malformations of Cortical Development. Epilepsy and Behavior
Reports. In Press
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7. Scherschinski L, Eberle A, Saggi S, Jensen K, Morshed R, Winkler E, Catapano J, Graffeo C, VanBrant D, Lawrence P,
Lawton M. A taxonomy for cerebellar cavernous malformations: subtypes of cerebellar lesions. Journal of Neurosurgery. In
Press
8. Oeding JF, Siu J, O’Donnell J, Wu HH, Allahabadi S, Saggi S, Flores M, Brown K, Baldwin A, Diab M. Combined Anterior
Thoracic Vertebral Body Tethering and Posterior Lumbar Tethering Results in Quicker Return to Sport and Activity
Compared to Posterior Spinal Instrumented Fusion in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Global Spine J. 2023
Dec 14. PMID: 38097271.
9. Uggerly A, Cummins D, Nguyen M, Saggi S, Aghi M, Morshed R. Correlation of Brain Metastases Genomic Alterations
with Preoperative Imaging Features. World Neurosurgery. 2023 Oct. In press.
10. Morshed RA, Saggi S, Cummins DD, Molinaro AM, Young JS, Viner JA, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Goldschmidt E, Boreta L,
Braunstein SE, Chang EF, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Theodosopoulos PV, Hervey-Jumper SL, Aghi MK, Daras
M. Identification of risk factors associated with leptomeningeal disease after resection of brain metastases. J
Neurosurg. 2023 Jan 13;:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36640095
11. Basting J, Wong J, Berger D, Caldwell C, Saggi S, Mann J. Prevalence of Social Needs & Social Risks Among EMS
Providers. J Emerg Med. 2023 Aug. In press
12. Uggerly ASV, Cummins DD, Nguyen MP, Saggi S, Goldschmidt E, Chang EF, McDermott MW, Berger MS,
Theodosopoulos PV, Hervey-Jumper SL, Daras M, Aghi MK, Morshed RA. Genomic alterations associated with rapid
progression of brain metastases. Neurosurg Focus. 2023 Aug. PMID: 37527682.
13. Cummins DD, Garcia JH, Nguyen MP, Saggi S, Chung JE, Goldschmidt E, Berger MS, Theodosopoulos PV, Chang EF,
Daras M, Hervey-Jumper SL, Aghi MK, Morshed RA. Association of CDKN2A alterations with increased postoperative
seizure risk after resection of brain metastases. Neurosurg Focus. 2023 Aug. PMID: 37527678.
14. Morshed RA, Cummins DD, Nguyen MP, Saggi S, Vasudevan HN, Braunstein SE, Goldschmidt E, Chang EF, McDermott
MW, Berger MS, Theodosopoulos PV, Daras M, Hervey-Jumper SL, Aghi MK. Genomic alterations associated with
postoperative nodular leptomeningeal disease after resection of brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2023 Jul 28:1-10. PMID:
37548547.
15. Siu JW, Wu HH, Saggi S, Allahabadi S, Katyal T, Diab M. Radiographic and perioperative outcomes following anterior
thoracic vertebral body tethering and posterior lumbar spine tethering: a pilot series. Spine Deform. 2023 Jun 25. PMID:
37355490.
16. Morshed RA, Nguyen MP, Cummins DD, Saggi S, Young JS, Haddad AF, Goldschmidt E, Chang EF, McDermott MW,
Berger MS, Theodosopoulos PV, Hervey-Jumper SL, Daras M, Aghi MK. CDKN2A/B co-deletion is associated with
increased risk of local and distant intracranial recurrence after surgical resection of brain metastases. Neurooncol Adv.
2023. Jan 28;5(1):vdad007. PMID: 36915611
17. Siu JW, Wu HH, Saggi S, Allahabadi S, Katyal T, Diab M. Perioperative Outcomes of Open Anterior Vertebral Body
Tethering and Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion for Skeletally Immature Patients With Idiopathic Scoliosis. J Pediatr
Orthop. 2023 Mar 1;43(3):143-150. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 36746139
18. Nguyen MP, Morshed RA, Dalle Ore CL, Cummins DD, Saggi S, Chen WC, Choudhury A, Ravi A, Raleigh DR, Magill ST,
McDermott MW, Theodosopoulos PV. Supervised machine learning algorithms demonstrate proliferation index correlates
with long-term recurrence after complete resection of WHO grade I meningioma. J Neurosurg. 2023 Jan 1;138(1):86-
94. Print 2023 Jan 1. PubMed PMID: 36303473.
19. Garcia JH, Morshed RA, Chung J, Millares Chavez MA, Sudhakar V, Saggi S, Avalos LN, Gallagher A, Young JS, Daras M,
McDermott MW, Garcia PA, Chang EF, Aghi MK. Factors associated with preoperative and postoperative seizures in
patients undergoing resection of brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2023 Jan 1;138(1):19-26. Print 2023 Jan 1. PubMed PMID:
35535842.
20. Saggi S, Winkler EA, Ammanuel SG, Morshed RA, Garcia JH, Young JS, Semonche A, Fullerton HJ, Kim H, Cooke DL,
Hetts SW, Abla A, Lawton MT, Gupta N. Machine learning for predicting hemorrhage in pediatric patients with brain
arteriovenous malformation. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Aug 1;30(2):203-209. Print 2022 Aug 1. PubMed PMID: 35916099.
21. Wu TJ, Saggi S, Badran KW, Han AY, Sand JP, Blackwell KE. Radial Forearm Free Flap Reconstruction of Glossectomy
Defects Without Tracheostomy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2022 Jun;131(6):655-661. Epub 2021 Aug 8. PubMed PMID:
34369181.
22. Georgiou S, Saggi S, Wu HH, Metz L. Comparison of 90-day complications and two-year reoperation rates between
anterior and posterior interbody fusion for single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis. N Am Spine Soc J. 2022
Jun;10:100127. eCollection 2022 Jun. PubMed PMID: 35637646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9144004.
23. Garcia JH, Rutledge C, Winkler EA, Carrete L, Morshed RA, Lu AY, Saggi S, Fox CK, Fullerton HJ, Kim H, Cooke DL,
Hetts SW, Lawton MT, Gupta N, Abla AA. Validation of the Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation Grading Scale in a
pediatric cohort. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Feb 25;:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35213838.
24. Saggi S, Lekoubou A, Ovbiagele B. Prevalence and Predictors of Stroke in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: A Nationwide
Study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Feb;31(2):106258. Epub 2021 Dec 16. PubMed PMID: 34923435.
25. Cummins DD, Morshed RA, Chavez MM, Avalos LN, Sudhakar V, Chung JE, Gallagher A, Saggi S, Daras M, Braunstein S,
Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Aghi MK. Salvage Surgery for Local Control of Brain Metastases After Previous
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Single-Center Series. World Neurosurg. 2022 Feb;158:e323-e333. Epub 2021 Nov 2. PubMed
PMID: 34740830.
26. Garcia JH, Winkler EA, Morshed RA, Lu A, Ammanuel SG, Saggi S, Wang EJ, Braunstein S, Fox CK, Fullerton HJ, Kim H,
Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Lawton MT, Abla AA, Gupta N. Factors associated with seizures at initial presentation in pediatric
patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Sep 24;:1-6. PubMed PMID: 34560640.
27. Zeiger WA, Marosi M, Saggi S, Noble N, Samad I, Portera-Cailliau C. Barrel cortex plasticity after photothrombotic stroke
involves potentiating responses of pre-existing circuits but not functional remapping to new circuits. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun
25;12(1):3972. PubMed PMID: 34172735; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8233353.
28. Seth R, Badran KW, Cedars E, Plonowska K, Benjamin T, Saggi S, Knott PD, Heaton CM, Blackwell KE. Vasodilation by
Verapamil-Nitroglycerin Solution in Microvascular Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Jan;164(1):104-109. Epub
2020 Jul 7. PubMed PMID: 32633618.
29. Aby ES, Lee E, Saggi S, Viramontes MR, Grotts JF, Agopian VG, Busuttil RW, Saab S. Pretransplant Sarcopenia in
Patients With NASH Cirrhosis Does Not Impact Rehospitalization or Mortality. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 Oct;53(9):680-
685. PubMed PMID: 30180152.
30. Saab S, Challita YP, Najarian LM, Guo R, Saggi S, Choi G. Hepatitis C Screening: Barriers to Linkage to Care. J Clin
Transl Hepatol. 2019 Sep 28;7(3):226-231. Epub 2019 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 31608214; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC6783681.
31. Saab S, Saggi S, Akbar M, Choi G. Presumed Consent: A Potential Tool for Countries Experiencing an Organ Donation
Crisis. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 May;64(5):1346-1355. Epub 2018 Dec 5. PubMed PMID: 30519849.
32. Saab S, Kardashian A, Saggi S, Choi G, Agopian V, Tong MJ. Use of hepatitis C-positive grafts in hepatitis C-negative liver
transplant recipients is cost effective. Clin Transplant. 2018 Oct;32(10):e13383. Epub 2018 Sep 15. PubMed PMID:
30129981.
33. Saggi S, Badran KW, Han AY, Kuan EC, St John MA. Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Survival Outcomes in Floor of
Mouth Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Population-Based Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Jul;159(1):51-58. doi:
10.1177/0194599818756815. Epub 2018 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 29436280.
34. Saab S, Le L, Saggi S, Sundaram V, Tong MJ. Toward the elimination of hepatitis C in the United States. Hepatology. 2018
Jun;67(6):2449-2459. PubMed PMID: 29181853.