Cathra Halabi, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
vCardDownload vCard
    Other Positions
    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


    Collapse Biography 
    Collapse Education and Training
    University of California, Los AngelesB.S.2003Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
    University of California, San FranciscoM.D.2012 Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoResidency2016Neurology
    University of California, San FranciscoFellowship2017Vascular Neurology
    University of California, San FranciscoFellowship2018NIH StrokeNet Research Fellow
    University of California, San Francisco08/2022Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    Collapse Awards and Honors
    UCSF2021Robert B. Layzer Golden Toe Award for Excellence in Neurology Resident Teaching
    UCSF2018Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (T.E.A.C.H.)
    UCSF2018Honorable Mention, Exceptional Physician Award
    UCSF2007Nominee, Chancellor Award for Public Service
    UCSF2007Memory and Aging Center Above and Beyond Award

    Collapse Overview 
    Collapse Overview
    Dr. Halabi is board certified in Neurology and in Vascular Neurology. She is the Neurorecovery Program Chief in the Department of Neurology's Neurovascular Division and the founding director of the UCSF Neurorecovery Clinic. She treats patients hospitalized with neurovascular emergencies such as ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage. She also treats patients recovering from acquired neurologic injuries including stroke, concussion, and traumatic brain injury. Her research interests include identifying patient and injury features that predict recovery or may be treatment targets for recovery. She has also received teaching awards from medical students and residents, including the Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff and the Robert B. Layzer Golden Toe Award for Excellence in Neurology Resident Teaching.

    Collapse Research 
    Collapse Research Activities and Funding
    ScenicMR: Personalized, Privacy-Preserving, Mixed Reality Platform for Home-based Patient Rehabilitation
    UC Noyce Initiative Oct 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator, UCSF site Principal Investigator
    Motor Recovery After Acute Stroke: A Personalized Prognosis
    The Weill Neurohub Next Great Ideas Program Feb 1, 2021 - Feb 1, 2023
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    A Biomarker for Concussion and Concussion Recovery in Student Athletes
    Pac-12 Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being Initiative Grant Program Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Traumatic Brain Injury BRIDGE data visualization dashboard for the UCSF Neurorecovery Clinic
    UCSF Resource Allocation Program Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    The Last Mile: Mobility and Transportation Barriers for Individuals with Neurological Impairments from Stroke
    Hyundai America Technical Center Nov 1, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator

    Collapse Bibliographic 
    Collapse Publications
    Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Researchers can login to make corrections and additions, or contact us for help. to make corrections and additions.
    Newest   |   Oldest   |   Most Cited   |   Most Discussed   |   Timeline   |   Field Summary   |   Plain Text
    Altmetrics Details PMC Citations indicate the number of times the publication was cited by articles in PubMed Central, and the Altmetric score represents citations in news articles and social media. (Note that publications are often cited in additional ways that are not shown here.) Fields are based on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classifies the publication's journal and might not represent the specific topic of the publication. Translation tags are based on the publication type and the MeSH terms NLM assigns to the publication. Some publications (especially newer ones and publications not in PubMed) might not yet be assigned Field or Translation tags.) Click a Field or Translation tag to filter the publications.
    1. Prior traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for in-hospital mortality in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a TRACK-TBI cohort study. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024; 9(1):e001501. Yue JK, Etemad LL, Elguindy MM, van Essen TA, Belton PJ, Nelson LD, McCrea MA, Vreeburg RJG, Gotthardt CJ, Tracey JX, Coskun BC, Krishnan N, Halabi C, Eagle SR, Korley FK, Robertson CS, Duhaime AC, Satris GG, Tarapore PE, Huang MC, Madhok DY, Giacino JT, Mukherjee P, Yuh EL, Valadka AB, Puccio AM, Okonkwo DO, Sun X, Jain S, Manley GT, DiGiorgio AM, TRACK-TBI Investigators, Badjatia N, Barber J, Bodien YG, Fabian B, Ferguson AR, Foreman B, Gardner RC, Gopinath S, Grandhi R, Russell Huie J, Dirk Keene C, Lingsma HF, MacDonald CL, Markowitz AJ, Merchant R, Ngwenya LB, Rodgers RB, Schneider ALC, Schnyer DM, Taylor SR, Temkin NR, Torres-Espin A, Vassar MJ, Wang KKW, Wong JC, Zafonte RD. PMID: 39081460; PMCID: PMC11287071.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    2. Medicaid Insurance is a Predictor of Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Stratified National Trauma Data Bank Cohort Analysis of 552 949 Patients. Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 02. Yue JK, Ramesh R, Krishnan N, Chyall L, Halabi C, Huang MC, Manley GT, Tarapore PE, DiGiorgio AM. PMID: 38305406.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    
    3. Headpulse Biometric Measures Following Concussion in Young Adult Athletes. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 08 01; 6(8):e2328633. Halabi C, Norton L, Norton K, Smith WS. PMID: 37566413; PMCID: PMC10422194.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Inpatient Management of Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack. Neurol Clin. 2022 02; 40(1):33-43. Patrick L, Halabi C. PMID: 34798973.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Endovascular Biopsy of Vertebrobasilar Aneurysm in Patient With Polyarteritis Nodosa. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:697105. Narsinh KH, Narsinh K, McCoy DB, Sun Z, Halabi C, Meisel K, Tihan T, Chaganti K, Amans MR, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, Hetts SW, Dowd CF, Winkler EA, Abla AA, Nowakowski TJ, Cooke DL. PMID: 34887823; PMCID: PMC8650719.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5  
    6. How to iGuide: flat panel detector, CT-assisted, minimally invasive evacuation of intracranial hematomas. J Neurointerv Surg. 2022 May; 14(5). Dornbos Iii D, Halabi C, DiNitto J, Mueller K, Fiorella D, Cooke DL, Arthur AS. PMID: 34635580; PMCID: PMC9016242.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Neurological manifestations of polyarteritis nodosa: a tour of the neuroaxis by case series. BMC Neurol. 2021 May 21; 21(1):205. Halabi C, Williams EK, Morshed RA, Caffarelli M, Anastasiou C, Tihan T, Cooke D, Abla AA, Dowd CF, Shah V, Chung S, Richie MB. PMID: 34020612; PMCID: PMC8138997.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. In: Aminoff's Neurology and General Medicine (edited by Josephson SA & Aminoff MJ). Concussion. 2021. Halabi C.
    9. Catastrophic stroke burden in a patient with uncontrolled psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a case report. BMC Neurol. 2020 Mar 21; 20(1):106. Fan JM, Solomon DA, López GY, Hofmann JW, Colorado RA, Kim AS, Meisel K, Halabi C. PMID: 32199449; PMCID: PMC7085172.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. In: Warlow’s Stroke: Practical Management (edited by Hankey GJ, Macleod M, Gorelick PB, Chen C, Caprio FZ, & Mattle H). Preventing recurrent stroke and other serious vascular events. 2019. Halabi C, Colorado R, & Meisel K.
    11. NEJM Journal Watch, 2017 April, reviewing Kongbunkiat K et al. Neurology 2017 Feb 14. Should Leukoaraiosis Affect the Decision for Acute Stroke Thrombolysis?. 2017. Halabi C, Kim AS. View Publication.
    12. Baylisascaris procyonis-Associated Meningoencephalitis in a Previously Healthy Adult, California, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 08; 22(8):1480-4. Langelier C, Reid MJ, Halabi C, Witek N, LaRiviere A, Shah M, Wilson MR, Chin-Hong P, Douglas V, Kazacos KR, Babik JM. PMID: 27434260; PMCID: PMC4982180.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    13. Seizure types and frequency in patients who "fail" temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy. Neurosurgery. 2013 Nov; 73(5):838-44; quiz 844. Englot DJ, Lee AT, Tsai C, Halabi C, Barbaro NM, Auguste KI, Garcia PA, Chang EF. PMID: 23892416.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Patterns of striatal degeneration in frontotemporal dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2013 Jan-Mar; 27(1):74-83. Halabi C, Halabi A, Dean DL, Wang PN, Boxer AL, Trojanowski JQ, Dearmond SJ, Miller BL, Kramer JH, Seeley WW. PMID: 22367382; PMCID: PMC3389579.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 33     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Longitudinal rates of lobar atrophy in frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2010 Jan-Mar; 24(1):43-8. Krueger CE, Dean DL, Rosen HJ, Halabi C, Weiner M, Miller BL, Kramer JH. PMID: 19571735; PMCID: PMC2837112.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 36     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Distinct MRI atrophy patterns in autopsy-proven Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2007 Dec-2008 Jan; 22(6):474-88. Rabinovici GD, Seeley WW, Kim EJ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rascovsky K, Pagliaro TA, Allison SC, Halabi C, Kramer JH, Johnson JK, Weiner MW, Forman MS, Trojanowski JQ, Dearmond SJ, Miller BL, Rosen HJ. PMID: 18166607; PMCID: PMC2443731.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 119     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Discriminant validity and neuroanatomical correlates of rule monitoring in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia. 2008 Mar 07; 46(4):1081-7. Carey CL, Woods SP, Damon J, Halabi C, Dean D, Delis DC, Miller BL, Kramer JH. PMID: 18093623.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Patterns of MRI atrophy in tau positive and ubiquitin positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Dec; 78(12):1375-8. Kim EJ, Rabinovici GD, Seeley WW, Halabi C, Shu H, Weiner MW, DeArmond SJ, Trojanowski JQ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Rosen HJ. PMID: 17615169; PMCID: PMC2095621.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 28     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Magnetic resonance imaging correlates of set shifting. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2007 May; 13(3):386-92. Kramer JH, Quitania L, Dean D, Neuhaus J, Rosen HJ, Halabi C, Weiner MW, Magnotta VA, Delis DC, Miller BL. PMID: 17445286; PMCID: PMC2443737.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    Cathra's Networks
    Concepts (87)
    Derived automatically from this person's publications.
    _
    Co-Authors (55)
    People in Profiles who have published with this person.
    _
    Similar People (60)
    People who share similar concepts with this person.
    _
    Same Department
    Search Department
    _