Kazim Narsinh, MD
Assistant Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Narsinh obtained a medical degree at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, where he was a Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow. He then completed a surgical internship at Stanford, a radiology residency at UC San Diego, an interventional radiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, a neuroradiology fellowship at UCSF, and a neurointerventional fellowship at UCSF.

As a clinician and scientist, Dr. Narsinh has authored more than 60 articles on topics including single cell transcriptomics, cellular and molecular imaging, carcinogenesis, and vascular disease.

• Transvenous coil embolization of a Cognard V transverse-sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistula.
  Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences 2023 Baker A, Hemphill K, Smith ER, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Amans MR, Higashida RT, Narsinh KH
• Robotic Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography: A Multicenter Experience of 113 Patients.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2023 Beaman C, Gautam A, Peterson C, Kaneko N, Ponce L, Saber H, Khatibi K, Morales J, Kimball D, Lipovac JR, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Caton MT, Smith ER, Nour M, Szeder V, Jahan R, Colby GP, Cord BJ, Cooke DL…
• Clinical evaluation of pulsatile tinnitus: history and physical examination techniques to predict vascular etiology.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2023 Cummins DD, Caton MT, Hemphill K, Lamboy A, Tu-Chan A, Meisel K, Narsinh KH, Amans MR
• More than just noise: Association of pulsatile tinnitus with anxiety, depression, and reduction of quality of life.
  Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences 2023 Amans M, Mattay R, Hills NK, Smith E, McCoy D, Narsinh K, Meisel K
• Evolving indications for pediatric neurointerventional radiology: A single institutional 25-year experience in infants less than one year of age and a brief historical review.
  Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences 2023 Baker A, Caton MT, Smith ER, Narsinh KH, Amans MR, Higashida RT, Cooke DL, Dowd CF, Hetts SW
• Motion-robust, multi-slice, real-time MR thermometry for MR-guided thermal therapy in abdominal organs.
  International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 2023 Kim K, Diederich C, Narsinh K, Ozhinsky E
• Percutaneous sclerotherapy for head and neck lymphatic malformations in neonates and infants ≤12 months of age.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2022 Caton MT, Duvvuri M, Baker A, Smith ER, Narsinh KH, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Higashida RT, Cooke DL, Dowd CF
• Transitional vascular anomaly of a persistent medial procephalic vein causing obstructive hydrocephalus and intracranial haemorrhage.
  BJR case reports 2022 Isikbay M, Narsinh K, Caton M, Amans M
• MRI-guided endovascular intervention: current methods and future potential.
  Expert review of medical devices 2022 Kilbride BF, Narsinh KH, Jordan CD, Mueller K, Moore T, Martin AJ, Wilson MW, Hetts SW
• Editorial. The relevance of the artery of Adamkiewicz in the 21st century.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Spine 2022 Chou D, Narsinh K
• Resisted Inspiration: A New Technique to Aid in the Detection of CSF-Venous Fistulas.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2022 Mark IT, Amans MR, Shah VN, Narsinh KH, Caton MT, Teixeira S, Dillon WP
• Cerebrovascular pulsatile tinnitus: causes, treatments, and outcomes in 164 patients with neuroangiographic correlation.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2022 Cummins DD, Caton MT, Hemphill K, Lamboy A, Tu-Chan A, Meisel K, Narsinh KH, Amans MR
• Intraoperative Angiogram Using C-Arm Fluoroscopy and Direct Common Carotid Artery Puncture During Surgical Treatment of Paraclinoid Aneurysms.
  World neurosurgery 2022 Budohoski KP, Raygor K, Tonetti DA, Narsinh KH, Winkler EA, Dowd C, Abla AA
• Pharyngo-tympano-stapedial middle meningeal artery variant supply to a falcotentorial dural arteriovenous fistula.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2022 Baker A, Raygor K, Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Smith E, Dowd CF, Cooke DL, Higashida RT, Amans MR, Abla AA, Hetts SW
• Endovascular Therapy for Intracranial Giant Cell Arteritis : Systematic Review, Technical Considerations and the Effect of Intra-arterial Calcium Channel Blockers.
  Clinical neuroradiology 2022 Caton MT, Mark IT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Dowd CF, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, Ko NU, Chung SA, Amans MR
• Diagnostic Approach to Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Narrative Review.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2022 Narsinh KH, Hui F, Saloner D, Tu-Chan A, Sharon J, Rauschecker AM, Safoora F, Shah V, Meisel K, Amans MR
• Eptifibatide bridging therapy for staged carotid artery stenting and cardiac surgery: Safety and feasibility.
  Vascular 2022 Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Rapp JH, Ianuzzi JC, Tseng E, Gasper WJ, Cooke DL
• A single-cell atlas of the normal and malformed human brain vasculature.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2022 Winkler EA, Kim CN, Ross JM, Garcia JH, Gil E, Oh I, Chen LQ, Wu D, Catapano JS, Raygor K, Narsinh K, Kim H, Weinsheimer S, Cooke DL, Walcott BP, Lawton MT, Gupta N, Zlokovic BV, Chang EF, Abla AA, …
• Endoluminal Biopsy for Molecular Profiling of Human Brain Vascular Malformations.
  Neurology 2022 Winkler E, Wu D, Gil E, McCoy D, Narsinh K, Sun Z, Mueller K, Ross J, Kim H, Weinsheimer S, Berger M, Nowakowski T, Lim D, Abla A, Cooke D
• Management of vascular causes of pulsatile tinnitus.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2022 Narsinh KH, Hui F, Duvvuri M, Meisel K, Amans MR
• Endovascular Biopsy of Vertebrobasilar Aneurysm in Patient With Polyarteritis Nodosa.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 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
• Radial artery access anatomy: considerations for neuroendovascular procedures.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2021 Narsinh KH, Mirza MH, Duvvuri M, Caton MT, Baker A, Winkler EA, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Amans MR, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Abla AA, Dowd CF
• Radial artery access for neuroendovascular procedures: safety review and complications.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2021 Narsinh KH, Mirza MH, Caton MT, Baker A, Winkler E, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Amans MR, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Abla AA, Dowd CF
• Balloon-backstop technique: Preserving physiologic venous drainage during transvenous coil embolization of sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistulas.
  The neuroradiology journal 2021 Duvvuri M, Caton MT, Narsinh K, Amans MR
• Robotics for neuroendovascular intervention: Background and primer.
  The neuroradiology journal 2021 Narsinh KH, Paez R, Mueller K, Caton MT, Baker A, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Dowd CF, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Norbash AM, Cooke DL
• Endovascular treatment strategy, technique, and outcomes for dural arteriovenous fistulas of the marginal sinus region.
  Journal of neurointerventional surgery 2021 Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Hetts SW, Cooke DL, Higashida RT, Dowd CF, Halbach VV, Amans MR
• Reply.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2021 Amans MR, Smith E, Narsinh KH, Dowd CF, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Hetts SW, Cooke DL, Nelson J, Mccoy D, Ciano M, Dillon WP, Copelan AZ, Drocton GT, Khangura RS, Murph D, Hartley ZJ, Abla AA
• Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas of the Foramen Magnum Region: Clinical Features and Angioarchitectural Phenotypes.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2021 Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Dowd CF, Higashida RT, Cooke DL, Hetts SW, Halbach VV, Amans MR
• The Geometry of Y-Stent Configurations Used for Wide-Necked Aneurysm Treatment: Analyzing Double-Barrel Stents In Vitro Using Flat-Panel Computed Tomography.
  World neurosurgery 2021 Caton MT, Copelan AZ, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Abla AA, Higashida RT, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Cooke DL
• Combined Use of X-ray Angiography and Intraprocedural MRI Enables Tissue-based Decision Making Regarding Revascularization during Acute Ischemic Stroke Intervention.
  Radiology 2021 Narsinh KH, Kilbride BF, Mueller K, Murph D, Copelan A, Massachi J, Vitt J, Sun CH, Bhat H, Amans MR, Dowd CF, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, Moore T, Wilson MW, Cooke DL, Hetts SW
• Asymptomatic rotational vertebral artery compression in a child due to head positioning for cranial surgery: illustrative case.
  Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons 2021 Caton MT, Narsinh K, Baker A, Abla AA, Roland JL, Halbach VV, Fox CK, Fullerton HJ, Hetts SW
• Intracranial hemorrhage due to central venous occlusion from hemodialysis access: A case report.
  Interdisciplinary neurosurgery : Advanced techniques and case management 2021 Mirza MH, Schwertner A, Kohlbrenner R, Dowd CF, Narsinh KH
• Vascular anomalies: Classification and management.
  Handbook of clinical neurology 2021 Narsinh KH, Gautam A, Baker A, Cooke DL, Dowd CF
• Intrasaccular flow disruption (WEB) of a large wide-necked basilar apex aneurysm using PulseRider-assistance.
  Interdisciplinary neurosurgery : Advanced techniques and case management 2020 Narsinh KH, Caton MT, Mahmood NF, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Hetts SW, Amans MR, Dowd CF, Cooke DL
• The Expanding Cell Diversity of the Brain Vasculature.
  Frontiers in physiology 2020 Ross JM, Kim C, Allen D, Crouch EE, Narsinh K, Cooke DL, Abla AA, Nowakowski TJ, Winkler EA
• Recent Administration of Iodinated Contrast Renders Core Infarct Estimation Inaccurate Using RAPID Software.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2020 Copelan AZ, Smith ER, Drocton GT, Narsinh KH, Murph D, Khangura RS, Hartley ZJ, Abla AA, Dillon WP, Dowd CF, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Hetts SW, Cooke DL, Keenan K, Nelson J, Mccoy D, Ciano M, Amans …
• Interrater Reliability in the Measurement of Flow Characteristics on Color-Coded Quantitative DSA of Brain AVMs.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2020 Narsinh KH, Mueller K, Nelson J, Massachi J, Murph DC, Copelan AZ, Hetts SW, Halbach VV, Higashida RT, Abla AA, Amans MR, Dowd CF, Kim H, Cooke DL
• Computed tomography perfusion abnormalities after carotid endarterectomy help in the diagnosis of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome.
  Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques 2020 Isikbay M, Narsinh KH, Arroyo S, Smith WS, Cooke DL, Higashida RT, Amans MR
• Jugular Venous Reflux Can Mimic Posterior Fossa Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas on MRI-MRA.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2020 Caton MT, Callen AL, Copelan AZ, Narsinh KH, Smith ER, Amans MR
• The Beauty and Bane of Pressure-Directed Embolotherapy: Hemodynamic Principles and Preliminary Clinical Evidence.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2018 Rose SC, Narsinh KH, Isaacson AJ, Fischman AM, Golzarian J
• Fluorous-Soluble Metal Chelate for Sensitive Fluorine-19 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nanoemulsion Probes.
  ACS nano 2018 Jahromi AH, Wang C, Adams SR, Zhu W, Narsinh K, Xu H, Gray DL, Tsien RY, Ahrens ET
• Interventional and Endovascular Tips and Tricks of the Trade
  Air Technique to Determine Appropriate Posterior Calyx for Nephrostomy 2018 Narsinh KH, Kinney TB
• Interventional and Endovascular Tips and Tricks of the Trade
  Use of Prolapsing Guidewire to Secure Portal Venous Access during TIPS 2018 Narsinh KH, Kinney TB
• Interventional and Endovascular Tips and Tricks of the Trade
  Water Seal Technique for Lung Biopsy 2018 Narsinh KH, Kinney TB
• Interventional and Endovascular Tips and Tricks of the Trade
  Portal Vein Tract Embolization after Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Interventions 2018 Narsinh KH, Rose SC, Kinney TB
• Hepatocarcinogenesis and LI-RADS.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2018 Narsinh KH, Cui J, Papadatos D, Sirlin CB, Santillan CS
• Liver-directed therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2018 Narsinh KH, Duncan DP, Newton IG, Minocha J, Rose SC
• Pressure-Directed Embolization of Hepatic Arteries in a Porcine Model Using a Temporary Occlusion Balloon Microcatheter: Proof of Concept.
  Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2017 Rose SC, Halstead GD, Narsinh KH
• Quantification of Blood Pressure Changes in the Vascular Compartment When Using an Anti-Reflux Catheter during Chemoembolization versus Radioembolization: A Retrospective Case Series.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2016 Rose SC, Narsinh KH, Newton IG
• Hepatopulmonary Shunting: A Prognostic Indicator of Survival in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Treated with 90Y Radioembolization.
  Radiology 2016 Narsinh KH, Van Buskirk M, Kennedy AS, Suhail M, Alsaikhan N, Hoh CK, Thurston K, Minocha J, Ball DS, Cohen SJ, Cohn M, Coldwell DM, Drooz A, Ehrenwald E, Kanani S, Nutting CW, Moeslein FM, Savin MA, …
• Intravascular Ultrasound in the Creation of Transhepatic Portosystemic Shunts Reduces Needle Passes, Radiation Dose, and Procedure Time: A Retrospective Study of a Single-Institution Experience.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2016 Kao SD, Morshedi MM, Narsinh KH, Kinney TB, Minocha J, Picel AC, Newton I, Rose SC, Roberts AC, Kuo A, Aryafar H
• Paramagnetic fluorinated nanoemulsions for sensitive cellular fluorine-19 magnetic resonance imaging.
  Nature materials 2016 Kislukhin AA, Xu H, Adams SR, Narsinh KH, Tsien RY, Ahrens ET
• In Vivo Quantification of Inflammation in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Rats Using Fluorine-19 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Immune Cell Recruitment outside the Nervous System.
  PloS one 2015 Zhong J, Narsinh K, Morel PA, Xu H, Ahrens ET
• Safety and Efficacy of Immediate Rotational Atherectomy in Nondilatable Calcified Coronary Lesions Complicated by Coronary Artery Dissection (RAISE).
  Journal of interventional cardiology 2015 Zhang D, Hu J, Man W, Wang T, Zhang M, Lin J, Narsinh K, Zhang L, Li C, Sun D
• Feasibility of Intraprocedural Transluminal Hepatic and Femoral Artery Blood Pressure Measurements as an Alternative Embolization Safety Endpoint When Antireflux Devices Are Used During Lobar Chemoembolization.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2015 Rose SC, Kikolski SG, Morshedi MM, Narsinh KH
• Systemic Air Embolism following Percutaneous Lung Biopsy.
  Seminars in interventional radiology 2014 Ramaswamy R, Narsinh KH, Tuan A, Kinney TB
• Activation of liver X receptor improves viability of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to attenuate myocardial ischemia injury through TLR4/NF-κB and Keap-1/Nrf-2 signaling pathways.
  Antioxidants & redox signaling 2014 Wang Y, Li C, Cheng K, Zhang R, Narsinh K, Li S, Li X, Qin X, Zhang R, Li C, Su T, Chen J, Cao F
• Role of interventional radiology in the management of acute gastrointestinal bleeding.
  World journal of radiology 2014 Ramaswamy RS, Choi HW, Mouser HC, Narsinh KH, McCammack KC, Treesit T, Kinney TB
• Management of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia patients.
  Seminars in interventional radiology 2013 Narsinh KH, Ramaswamy R, Kinney TB
• Rosuvastatin enhances the therapeutic efficacy of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for myocardial infarction via PI3K/Akt and MEK/ERK pathways.
  Basic research in cardiology 2013 Zhang Z, Li S, Cui M, Gao X, Sun D, Qin X, Narsinh K, Li C, Jia H, Li C, Han Y, Wang H, Cao F
• mTORC1 and mTORC2 play different roles in the functional survival of transplanted adipose-derived stromal cells in hind limb ischemic mice via regulating inflammation in vivo.
  Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2013 Fan W, Cheng K, Qin X, Narsinh KH, Wang S, Hu S, Wang Y, Chen Y, Wu JC, Xiong L, Cao F
• Adipose stromal cells amplify angiogenic signaling via the VEGF/mTOR/Akt pathway in a murine hindlimb ischemia model: a 3D multimodality imaging study.
  PloS one 2012 Fan W, Sun D, Liu J, Liang D, Wang Y, Narsinh KH, Li Y, Qin X, Liang J, Tian J, Cao F
• Safe genetic modification of cardiac stem cells using a site-specific integration technique.
  Circulation 2012 Lan F, Liu J, Narsinh KH, Hu S, Han L, Lee AS, Karow M, Nguyen PK, Nag D, Calos MP, Robbins RC, Wu JC
• Multimodality imaging evaluation of functional and clinical benefits of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion lesion.
  Theranostics 2012 Sun D, Wang J, Tian Y, Narsinh K, Wang H, Li C, Ma X, Wang Y, Wang D, Li C, Wu JC, Tian J, Cao F
• Liver X receptor activation attenuates plaque formation and improves vasomotor function of the aortic artery in atherosclerotic ApoE(-/-) mice.
  Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2012 Chen J, Zhao L, Sun D, Narsinh K, Li C, Zhang Z, Qi S, Wei G, Li W, Guo W, Cao F
• Molecular imaging of p53 signal pathway in lung cancer cell cycle arrest induced by cisplatin.
  Molecular carcinogenesis 2012 Wang S, Li W, Xue Z, Lu Y, Narsinh K, Fan W, Li X, Bu Q, Wang F, Liang J, Wu K, Cao F
• Early stem cell engraftment predicts late cardiac functional recovery: preclinical insights from molecular imaging.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2012 Liu J, Narsinh KH, Lan F, Wang L, Nguyen PK, Hu S, Lee A, Han L, Gong Y, Huang M, Nag D, Rosenberg J, Chouldechova A, Robbins RC, Wu JC
• Effect of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells transplantation in diabetic patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
  International journal of cardiology 2012 Sun D, Narsinh K, Wang H, Li C, Li W, Zhang Z, Li J, Cao F
• In vivo functional and transcriptional profiling of bone marrow stem cells after transplantation into ischemic myocardium.
  Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2011 Sheikh AY, Huber BC, Narsinh KH, Spin JM, van der Bogt K, de Almeida PE, Ransohoff KJ, Kraft DL, Fajardo G, Ardigo D, Ransohoff J, Bernstein D, Fischbein MP, Robbins RC, Wu JC
• Preclinical derivation and imaging of autologously transplanted canine induced pluripotent stem cells.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 2011 Lee AS, Xu D, Plews JR, Nguyen PK, Nag D, Lyons JK, Han L, Hu S, Lan F, Liu J, Huang M, Narsinh KH, Long CT, de Almeida PE, Levi B, Kooreman N, Bangs C, Pacharinsak C, Ikeno F, Yeung AC, Gambhir SS, …
• Derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells for cardiovascular disease modeling.
  Circulation research 2011 Narsinh K, Narsinh KH, Wu JC
• Comparison of human induced pluripotent and embryonic stem cells: fraternal or identical twins?
  Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2011 Narsinh KH, Plews J, Wu JC
• Single cell transcriptional profiling reveals heterogeneity of human induced pluripotent stem cells.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2011 Narsinh KH, Sun N, Sanchez-Freire V, Lee AS, Almeida P, Hu S, Jan T, Wilson KD, Leong D, Rosenberg J, Yao M, Robbins RC, Wu JC
• Effects and mechanisms of ghrelin on cardiac microvascular endothelial cells in rats.
  Cell biology international 2011 Wang Y, Narsinh K, Zhao L, Sun D, Wang D, Zhang Z, Sun Z, Zhang R, Wang H, Cao F
• Generation of adult human induced pluripotent stem cells using nonviral minicircle DNA vectors.
  Nature protocols 2010 Narsinh KH, Jia F, Robbins RC, Kay MA, Longaker MT, Wu JC
• Gene correction in human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells: promises and challenges ahead.
  Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2010 Narsinh KH, Wu JC
• Comparison of gene-transfer efficiency in human embryonic stem cells.
  Molecular imaging and biology 2009 Cao F, Xie X, Gollan T, Zhao L, Narsinh K, Lee RJ, Wu JC
• Long-term myocardial functional improvement after autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells transplantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: 4 years follow-up.
  European heart journal 2009 Cao F, Sun D, Li C, Narsinh K, Zhao L, Li X, Feng X, Zhang J, Duan Y, Wang J, Liu D, Wang H
• Molecular imaging of human embryonic stem cells.
  Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2009 Narsinh KH, Cao F, Wu JC
• The poly(A)-dependent transcriptional pause is mediated by CPSF acting on the body of the polymerase.
  Nature structural & molecular biology 2007 Nag A, Narsinh K, Martinson HG
• The conserved AAUAAA hexamer of the poly(A) signal can act alone to trigger a stable decrease in RNA polymerase II transcription velocity.
  RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2006 Nag A, Narsinh K, Kazerouninia A, Martinson HG