Specialty Division

Anatomic Pathology, Neuropathology

Research Expertise

Translational research on CNS tumors

Clinical Expertise

Neuropathology

Education

MD Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2002

Specialty Certification

ECFMG certification (USMLE 1,2,3), 2013
Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2019
Neuropathology, American Board of Pathology, 2019
Cytopathology, American Board of Pathology, 2021

Postgraduate Training

Pathology Resident, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2006-10
Postgraduate Training, Ophthalmic Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Wilmer Eye Institution, 2014-15
Fellow, Cytopathology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 2015-17
Fellow, Neuropathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2017-19

Awards and Honors

Memberships and Professional Organizations

College of American Pathologists, 2015-present
American Association of Neuropathologists, 2017-present
American Society of Cytopathology, 2019-present

Web Links

Selected Publications

Surgical outcomes in patients with endoscopic versus transcranial approach for skull base malignancies: a 10-year institutional experience 
Rutland JW, Gill CM, Ladner T, Goldrich D, Villavisanis DF, Devarajan A, Pai A, Banihashemi A, Miles BA, Sharma S, Balchandani P, Bederson JB, Iloreta AM, Shrivastava RK. Br J Neurosurg 26(1): 79-85, Feb 2022. PMID:32538686.

Pelvic inflammatory mass associated with sodium polystyrene sulfonate crystals diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology  
Banihashemi A, Oza T, DiMaio C, Szporn A. Diagn Cytopathol 48(12): 1307-1308, Dec 2020. PMID:32520437.

The Role of Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Diverse Skull Base Malignancies: Technological Analysis during an 8-Year Single Institutional Experience 
Rutland JW, Goldrich D, Loewenstern J, Banihashemi A, Shuman W, Sharma S, Balchandani P, Bederson JB, Iloreta AM, Shrivastava RK.  J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 82(4):417-424, Aug 2020. PMID: 35573925. 

Pituitary adenoma consistency: Direct correlation of ultrahigh field 7T MRI with histopathological analysis 
Yao A, Rutland JW, Verma G, Banihashemi A, Padormo F, Tsankova NM, Delman BN, Shrivastava RK, Balchandani P. Eur J Radiol 126:108931, May 2020. PMID:32146344.

A Rare Cause of Cecal Fistula 
Ilyas G, Laskar D, Banihashemi A. Gastroenterology 154(1): E12-E13, Jan 2018. PMID:29178975.

Electronic expert consultation using digital still images for evaluation of atypical small acinar proliferations of the prostate: a comparison with immunohistochemistry  
Banihashemi A, Asgari M, Shooshtarizade T, Abolhasani M, Mireskandari M. Ann Diagn Pathol 18(3):163-70, Jun 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2014.03.001. Epub 2014 Apr 1.