Reza J. Karimi, MD

Neurosurgeon

I want my patients to know that if they have a condition that requires surgery, I’m going to get them through it as safely as possible, using the most minimally invasive techniques available.

Overview

Dr. Karimi is one of only a few neurosurgeons in the country with advanced fellowship training in open microvascular neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery. This subspecialized training enables him to successfully perform some of the most highly complex and intricate surgical procedures, including using the latest techniques to treat brain aneurysms, vascular tumors, stroke, and vascular malformations of the brain and spine.

A lifelong New Jersey resident, Dr. Karimi has a single goal when treating patients: Avoid surgery whenever possible, and if surgery is necessary, provide the safest, most effective approach. To ensure he meets that goal, he views patients like family and he treats them like family, never recommending treatment that he would not recommend to his own relatives.

Biographical Highlights

Medical School

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

Residency

Neurological Surgery at New Jersey Medical School-University Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center (served as chief resident), and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (served as chief resident)

Advanced Fellowship Training

Advanced Fellowship Training in Microvascular Neurosurgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, North Shore University Hospital

Dr. Karimi is dedicated to advancing neurosurgical knowledge among his colleagues and physicians in training. An assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridien School of Medicine, he has also authored several peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters in major neurosurgical textbooks. Dr Karimi is an instructor for the American Association of Neurological Surgery (AANS) Goodman Board certification course, and regularly trains neurosurgery residents and fellows in the latest surgical techniques.

He has conducted clinical research in the fields of cerebrovascular neurosurgery, endovascular neurosurgery, neurocritical care, neurosurgical anatomy, flow dynamics of intracranial aneurysms, and biomechanics of the spine.

New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2022, 2023
Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2022
Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2022
Jersey’s Best Magazine Top Doctors: 2022
Bergen County Top Doctor, Bergen Magazine: Perennial Recipient
Patient’s Choice Award and Compassionate Doctor Award, Vitals: Perennial Recipient
Golden Apple Teaching Award Nominee, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School: March 2007-March 2011
Medical Student of the Year, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School: 2005
The Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society: 2004
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society: 2004

Englewood Health
Hackensack University Medical Center
Holy Name Medical Center
Saint Barnabas Medical Center

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons – Joint Cerebrovascular Section
Medical Society of New Jersey
New Jersey Neurosurgical Society
Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

22-year-old Makes Incredible Recovery from Both COVID-19 and Stroke

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in COVID-19: A New York Metropolitan Cohort Study, American Journal of Neuroradiology. April 2021.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with hypercoagulability. We sought to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of cerebral venous thrombosis among patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at 6 tertiary care centers in the New York City metropolitan area.

Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms (ACom Aneurysm)