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Matthew Tenser, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Neurology
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressGNH 3300
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089-9197
Phone+1 323 442 7538
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    Title(s)Director, Community Clinical Neurosciences

    Title(s)Director, Neuro-Interventional Surgery at Arcadia Methodist Hospital


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    Pennsylvania State University, State College, PABS05/1995Biology
    Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MDScM05/2000Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
    Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PAMD05/2004Medicine
    Georgetown University, Washington, DC06/2008Residency - Neurology
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA06/2009Fellowship - Vascular Neurology
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA06/2011Fellowship - Endovascular Neurosurgery

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    1. Clinical outcomes and independently adjudicated results of M2 aspiration thrombectomy: a subgroup analysis from the Imperative Trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Sep 04. Mascitelli JR, De Leacy RA, Mack W, Nogueira R, Majidi S, Tomalty RD, Mokin M, Vargas J, Cucchiara BL, Snyder KV, Parada V, Shakir HJ, Rosenbaum-Halevi D, Aghaebrahim A, Hoit D, Yim B, Tenser MS, Al-Bayati AR, Milburn JM, Nimjee SM, Haranhalli N, Nahhas M, Shaff D, Layton KF, Beaty N, Starke RM, Hawk H, Haussen DC, Pabaney A, Kellner CP, Grossberg JA. PMID: 40908129.
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    2. Stroke thrombectomy with a novel reperfusion system including a 0.088'' aspiration catheter: the Imperative Trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jul 22. Mack W, De Leacy RA, Grossberg JA, Majidi S, Tomalty RD, Mokin M, Vargas J, Cucchiara BL, Snyder KV, Mascitelli J, Parada V, Shakir HJ, Rosenbaum-Halevi D, Aghaebrahim A, Hoit D, Yim B, Tenser MS, Al-Bayati AR, Milburn JM, Nimjee SM, Haranhalli N, Nahhas M, Shaff D, Layton KF, Beaty N, Starke RM, Hawk H, Haussen DC, Pabaney A, Kellner CP, Nogueira RG. PMID: 40695608.
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    3. Semi-automated tortuosity measurements confirm generalizability of IMPERATIVE trial results to real-world patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing thrombectomy. Interv Neuroradiol. 2025 Jul 21; 15910199251359089. Mokin M, Mack WJ, Nogueira RG, Grossberg JA, Majidi S, Tomalty D, Vargas J, Cucchiara BL, Snyder KV, Mascitelli JR, Parada V, Shakir HJ, Rosenbaum-Halevi D, Aghaebrahim N, Hoit D, Yim B, Tenser MS, Al-Bayati AR, Milburn JM, Nimjee SM, Haranhalli N, Nahhas M, Shaff DI, Layton KF, Beaty NB, Starke RM, Hawk H, Haussen DC, Pabaney A, Kellner CP, De Leacy RA. PMID: 40686305; PMCID: PMC12279764.
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    4. Combined open revascularization and endovascular treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms: case series. Front Neurol. 2023; 14:1102496. Rennert RC, Nguyen VN, Abedi A, Atai NA, Carey JN, Tenser M, Amar A, Mack WJ, Russin JJ. PMID: 37153667; PMCID: PMC10160605.
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    5. Endovascular Therapy vs Medical Management for Patients With Acute Stroke With Medium Vessel Occlusion in the Anterior Circulation. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 10 03; 5(10):e2238154. Saber H, Desai SM, Haussen D, Al-Bayati A, Majidi S, Mocco J, Hassan AE, Rajah G, Waqas M, Davies JM, Dornbos D, Nickele C, Arthur AS, Mowla A, Tenser MS, Mokin M, Pressman E, Aghaebrahim A, Hanel RA, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Jovin T, Duckwiler GR, Liebeskind DS, Nogueira RG, Gornbein J, Saver JL, Jadhav AP. PMID: 36279137; PMCID: PMC9593229.
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    6. Middle Cerebral Artery Thrombectomy: Clinical Findings and Technical Pearls: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 07 15; 21(2):E107-E108. Rangwala SD, Selvan P, Tenser M, Mack W, Endovascular Neurosurgery Research Group (ENRG). PMID: 33861327.
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    7. COVID-19 Impact on Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment at 9 Comprehensive Stroke Centers across Los Angeles. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021; 50(6):707-714. Padrick MM, Sangha N, Paletz L, Mirocha J, Figueroa S, Manoukian V, Schlick K, Lyden PD, Liebeskind DS, Chatfield FK, Tarpley JW, Burgos A, Tenser M, Gaffney D, Pech MA, Nazareth E, Jackson R, Kauffman H, Arnold L, Cox J, Joyce T, Nakamura C, Fitzgerald D, Ogami K, Steiner N, Wolber N, Robertson B, Izzo R, Gorski S, Manuel H, Valdez K, Reyes L, Sharma LK, Song SS. PMID: 34175851; PMCID: PMC8339042.
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    8. SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke Characteristics: A Report From the Multinational COVID-19 Stroke Study Group. Stroke. 2021 05; 52(5):e117-e130. Shahjouei S, Tsivgoulis G, Farahmand G, Koza E, Mowla A, Vafaei Sadr A, Kia A, Vaghefi Far A, Mondello S, Cernigliaro A, Ranta A, Punter M, Khodadadi F, Naderi S, Sabra M, Ramezani M, Amini Harandi A, Olulana O, Chaudhary D, Lyoubi A, Campbell BCV, Arenillas JF, Bock D, Montaner J, Aghayari Sheikh Neshin S, Aguiar de Sousa D, Tenser MS, Aires A, Alfonso ML, Alizada O, Azevedo E, Goyal N, Babaeepour Z, Banihashemi G, Bonati LH, Cereda CW, Chang JJ, Crnjakovic M, De Marchis GM, Del Sette M, Ebrahimzadeh SA, Farhoudi M, Gandoglia I, Gonçalves B, Griessenauer CJ, Murat Hanci M, Katsanos AH, Krogias C, Leker RR, Lotman L, Mai J, Male S, Malhotra K, Malojcic B, Mesquita T, Mir Ghasemi A, Mohamed Aref H, Mohseni Afshar Z, Moon J, Niemelä M, Rezai Jahromi B, Nolan L, Pandhi A, Park JH, Marto JP, Purroy F, Ranji-Burachaloo S, Carreira NR, Requena M, Rubiera M, Sajedi SA, Sargento-Freitas J, Sharma VK, Steiner T, Tempro K, Turc G, Ahmadzadeh Y, Almasi-Dooghaee M, Assarzadegan F, Babazadeh A, Baharvahdat H, Cardoso FB, Dev A, Ghorbani M, Hamidi A, Hasheminejad ZS, Hojjat-Anasri Komachali S, Khorvash F, Kobeissy F, Mirkarimi H, Mohammadi-Vosough E, Misra D, Noorian AR, Nowrouzi-Sohrabi P, Paybast S, Poorsaadat L, Roozbeh M, Sabayan B, Salehizadeh S, Saberi A, Sepehrnia M, Vahabizad F, Yasuda TA, Ghabaee M, Rahimian N, Harirchian MH, Borhani-Haghighi A, Azarpazhooh MR, Arora R, Ansari S, Avula V, Li J, Abedi V, Zand R. PMID: 33878892; PMCID: PMC8078130.
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    9. Global impact of COVID-19 on stroke care. Int J Stroke. 2021 07; 16(5):573-584. Nogueira RG, Abdalkader M, Qureshi MM, Frankel MR, Mansour OY, Yamagami H, Qiu Z, Farhoudi M, Siegler JE, Yaghi S, Raz E, Sakai N, Ohara N, Piotin M, Mechtouff L, Eker O, Chalumeau V, Kleinig TJ, Pop R, Liu J, Winters HS, Shang X, Vasquez AR, Blasco J, Arenillas JF, Martinez-Galdamez M, Brehm A, Psychogios MN, Lylyk P, Haussen DC, Al-Bayati AR, Mohammaden MH, Fonseca L, Luís Silva M, Montalverne F, Renieri L, Mangiafico S, Fischer U, Gralla J, Frei D, Chugh C, Mehta BP, Nagel S, Mohlenbruch M, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Farooqui M, Hassan AE, Taylor A, Lapergue B, Consoli A, Campbell BC, Sharma M, Walker M, Van Horn N, Fiehler J, Nguyen HT, Nguyen QT, Watanabe D, Zhang H, Le HV, Nguyen VQ, Shah R, Devlin T, Khandelwal P, Linfante I, Izzath W, Lavados PM, Olavarría VV, Sampaio Silva G, de Carvalho Sousa AV, Kirmani J, Bendszus M, Amano T, Yamamoto R, Doijiri R, Tokuda N, Yamada T, Terasaki T, Yazawa Y, Morris JG, Griffin E, Thornton J, Lavoie P, Matouk C, Hill MD, Demchuk AM, Killer-Oberpfalzer M, Nahab F, Altschul D, Ramos-Pachón A, Pérez de la Ossa N, Kikano R, Boisseau W, Walker G, Cordina SM, Puri A, Luisa Kuhn A, Gandhi D, Ramakrishnan P, Novakovic-White R, Chebl A, Kargiotis O, Czap A, Zha A, Masoud HE, Lopez C, Ozretic D, Al-Mufti F, Zie W, Duan Z, Yuan Z, Huang W, Hao Y, Luo J, Kalousek V, Bourcier R, Guile R, Hetts S, Al-Jehani HM, AlHazzani A, Sadeghi-Hokmabadi E, Teleb M, Payne J, Lee JS, Hong JM, Sohn SI, Hwang YH, Shin DH, Roh HG, Edgell R, Khatri R, Smith A, Malik A, Liebeskind D, Herial N, Jabbour P, Magalhaes P, Ozdemir AO, Aykac O, Uwatoko T, Dembo T, Shimizu H, Sugiura Y, Miyashita F, Fukuda H, Miyake K, Shimbo J, Sugimura Y, Beer-Furlan A, Joshi K, Catanese L, Abud DG, Neto OG, Mehrpour M, Al Hashmi A, Saqqur M, Mostafa A, Fifi JT, Hussain S, John S, Gupta R, Sivan-Hoffmann R, Reznik A, Sani AF, Geyik S, Akil E, Churojana A, Ghoreishi A, Saadatnia M, Sharifipour E, Ma A, Faulder K, Wu T, Leung L, Malek A, Voetsch B, Wakhloo A, Rivera R, Barrientos Iman DM, Pikula A, Lioutas VA, Thomalla G, Birnbaum L, Machi P, Bernava G, McDermott M, Kleindorfer D, Wong K, Patterson MS, Fiorot JA, Huded V, Mack W, Tenser M, Eskey C, Multani S, Kelly M, Janardhan V, Cornett O, Singh V, Murayama Y, Mokin M, Yang P, Zhang X, Yin C, Han H, Peng Y, Chen W, Crosa R, Frudit ME, Pandian JD, Kulkarni A, Yagita Y, Takenobu Y, Matsumaru Y, Yamada S, Kono R, Kanamaru T, Yamazaki H, Sakaguchi M, Todo K, Yamamoto N, Sonoda K, Yoshida T, Hashimoto H, Nakahara I, Cora E, Volders D, Ducroux C, Shoamanesh A, Ospel J, Kaliaev A, Ahmed S, Rashid U, Rebello LC, Pereira VM, Fahed R, Chen M, Sheth SA, Palaiodimou L, Tsivgoulis G, Chandra R, Koyfman F, Leung T, Khosravani H, Dharmadhikari S, Frisullo G, Calabresi P, Tsiskaridze A, Lobjanidze N, Grigoryan M, Czlonkowska A, de Sousa DA, Demeestere J, Liang C, Sangha N, Lutsep HL, Ayo-Martín Ó, Cruz-Culebras A, Tran AD, Young CY, Cordonnier C, Caparros F, De Lecinana MA, Fuentes B, Yavagal D, Jovin T, Spelle L, Moret J, Khatri P, Zaidat O, Raymond J, Martins S, Nguyen T. PMID: 33459583; PMCID: PMC8010375.
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    10. Decline in subarachnoid haemorrhage volumes associated with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2021 12; 6(4):542-552. Nguyen TN, Haussen DC, Qureshi MM, Yamagami H, Fujinaka T, Mansour OY, Abdalkader M, Frankel M, Qiu Z, Taylor A, Lylyk P, Eker OF, Mechtouff L, Piotin M, Lima FO, Mont'Alverne F, Izzath W, Sakai N, Mohammaden M, Al-Bayati AR, Renieri L, Mangiafico S, Ozretic D, Chalumeau V, Ahmad S, Rashid U, Hussain SI, John S, Griffin E, Thornton J, Fiorot JA, Rivera R, Hammami N, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Dasenbrock HH, Vu HL, Nguyen VQ, Hetts S, Bourcier R, Guile R, Walker M, Sharma M, Frei D, Jabbour P, Herial N, Al-Mufti F, Ozdemir AO, Aykac O, Gandhi D, Chugh C, Matouk C, Lavoie P, Edgell R, Beer-Furlan A, Chen M, Killer-Oberpfalzer M, Pereira VM, Nicholson P, Huded V, Ohara N, Watanabe D, Shin DH, Magalhaes PS, Kikano R, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Farooqui M, Abou-Hamden A, Amano T, Yamamoto R, Weeks A, Cora EA, Sivan-Hoffmann R, Crosa R, Möhlenbruch M, Nagel S, Al-Jehani H, Sheth SA, Lopez Rivera VS, Siegler JE, Sani AF, Puri AS, Kuhn AL, Bernava G, Machi P, Abud DG, Pontes-Neto OM, Wakhloo AK, Voetsch B, Raz E, Yaghi S, Mehta BP, Kimura N, Murakami M, Lee JS, Hong JM, Fahed R, Walker G, Hagashi E, Cordina SM, Roh HG, Wong K, Arenillas JF, Martinez-Galdamez M, Blasco J, Rodriguez Vasquez A, Fonseca L, Silva ML, Wu TY, John S, Brehm A, Psychogios M, Mack WJ, Tenser M, Todaka T, Fujimura M, Novakovic R, Deguchi J, Sugiura Y, Tokimura H, Khatri R, Kelly M, Peeling L, Murayama Y, Winters HS, Wong J, Teleb M, Payne J, Fukuda H, Miyake K, Shimbo J, Sugimura Y, Uno M, Takenobu Y, Matsumaru Y, Yamada S, Kono R, Kanamaru T, Morimoto M, Iida J, Saini V, Yavagal D, Bushnaq S, Huang W, Linfante I, Kirmani J, Liebeskind DS, Szeder V, Shah R, Devlin TG, Birnbaum L, Luo J, Churojana A, Masoud HE, Lopez CY, Steinfort B, Ma A, Hassan AE, Al Hashmi A, McDermott M, Mokin M, Chebl A, Kargiotis O, Tsivgoulis G, Morris JG, Eskey CJ, Thon J, Rebello L, Altschul D, Cornett O, Singh V, Pandian J, Kulkarni A, Lavados PM, Olavarria VV, Todo K, Yamamoto Y, Silva GS, Geyik S, Johann J, Multani S, Kaliaev A, Sonoda K, Hashimoto H, Alhazzani A, Chung DY, Mayer SA, Fifi JT, Hill MD, Zhang H, Yuan Z, Shang X, Castonguay AC, Gupta R, Jovin TG, Raymond J, Zaidat OO, Nogueira RG, SVIN COVID-19 Registry, the Middle East North Africa Stroke and Interventional Neurotherapies Organi, Japanese Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Society (JVIN). PMID: 33771936; PMCID: PMC8006491.
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    11. Unusual Pattern of Arterial Macrothrombosis Causing Stroke in a Young Adult Recovered from COVID-19. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Dec; 29(12):105353. Mowla A, Sizdahkhani S, Sharifian-Dorche M, Selvan P, Emanuel BA, Tenser MS, Amar AP, Mack WJ. PMID: 33039770; PMCID: PMC7518116.
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    12. CT perfusion core and ASPECT score prediction of outcomes in DEFUSE 3. Int J Stroke. 2021 04; 16(3):288-294. Kim-Tenser M, Mlynash M, Lansberg MG, Tenser M, Bulic S, Jagadeesan B, Christensen S, Simpkins A, Albers GW, Marks MP, Heit JJ. PMID: 32233746.
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    13. Efficacy and Outcomes of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Bypass for Proximal PICA and Vertebral Artery-PICA Aneurysms: A Case Series. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2018 10 01; 15(4):395-403. Rennert RC, Strickland BA, Ravina K, Bakhsheshian J, Fredrickson V, Tenser M, Amar A, Mack W, Carey J, Russin JJ. PMID: 29444270.
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    14. Neuroprotective delivery platforms as an adjunct to mechanical thrombectomy. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Apr; 42(4):E4. Babadjouni RM, Walcott BP, Liu Q, Tenser MS, Amar AP, Mack WJ. PMID: 28366053.
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    15. Evaluation of time to aneurysm treatment following subarachnoid hemorrhage: comparison of patients treated with clipping versus coiling. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Apr; 8(4):373-7. Attenello FJ, Reid P, Wen T, Cen S, Kim-Tenser M, Sanossian N, Russin J, Amar A, Giannotta S, Mack WJ, Tenser M. PMID: 25765950.
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    16. Transarterial embolization of an anterior fossa cranial base dural arteriovenous fistula. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Jul; 37(1 Suppl):1. Lee B, Mehta VA, Amar AP, Tenser MS, Mack WJ. PMID: 24983725.
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    17. Balloon-assisted transarterial embolization of type 1 spinal dural arteriovenous fistula. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Jul; 37(1 Suppl):1. Lee B, Mehta VA, Mack WJ, Tenser MS, Amar AP. PMID: 24983724.
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    18. Plaque morphology and embolic protection strategies in carotid artery stenting. World Neurosurg. 2014 Jul-Aug; 82(1-2):e179-81. Tenser MS, Mack WJ. PMID: 24549014.
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    19. Thrombus branching and vessel curvature are important determinants of middle cerebral artery trunk recanalization with Merci thrombectomy devices. Stroke. 2012 Mar; 43(3):787-92. Zhu L, Liebeskind DS, Jahan R, Starkman S, Salamon N, Duckwiler G, Vinuela F, Tateshima S, Gonzalez N, Villablanca P, Ali LK, Kim D, Ovbiagele B, Froehler M, Tenser M, Saver JL. PMID: 22282888; PMCID: PMC3288443.
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    20. Association of laterality and size of perfusion lesions on neurological deficit in acute supratentorial stroke. Int J Stroke. 2012 Jun; 7(4):293-7. Lee M, Saver JL, Alger JR, Hao Q, Salamon N, Starkman S, Ali LK, Ovbiagele B, Kim D, Villablanca JP, Froehler MT, Tenser MS, Liebeskind DS. PMID: 22151911; PMCID: PMC3310323.
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    21. Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke using the MERCI retriever and penumbra aspiration systems. World Neurosurg. 2011 Dec; 76(6 Suppl):S16-23. Tenser MS, Amar AP, Mack WJ. PMID: 22182267.
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    22. Blood-brain barrier permeability derangements in posterior circulation ischemic stroke: frequency and relation to hemorrhagic transformation. J Neurol Sci. 2012 Feb 15; 313(1-2):142-6. Lee M, Saver JL, Alger JR, Hao Q, Starkman S, Ali LK, Kim D, Ovbiagele B, Vespa PM, Froehler MT, Tenser MS, Salamon N, Villablanca JP, Jahan R, Duckwiler GR, Tateshima S, Gonzalez N, Vinuela F, Liebeskind DS. PMID: 21945462; PMCID: PMC3254818.
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    23. Safety of intravenous fibrinolysis in imaging-confirmed single penetrator artery infarcts. Stroke. 2010 Nov; 41(11):2587-91. Lee SJ, Saver JL, Liebeskind DS, Ali L, Ovbiagele B, Kim D, Vespa P, Froehler M, Tenser M, Gadhia J, Starkman S. PMID: 20947857; PMCID: PMC3034158.
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    24. Development of diabetes mellitus in aging transgenic mice following suppression of pancreatic homeoprotein IDX-1. J Clin Invest. 2001 Jul; 108(2):319-29. Thomas MK, Devon ON, Lee JH, Peter A, Schlosser DA, Tenser MS, Habener JF. PMID: 11457885; PMCID: PMC203024.
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    25. Bridge-1, a novel PDZ-domain coactivator of E2A-mediated regulation of insulin gene transcription. Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Dec; 19(12):8492-504. Thomas MK, Yao KM, Tenser MS, Wong GG, Habener JF. PMID: 10567574; PMCID: PMC84960.
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