Amra Sakusic, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Neurocritical Care Specialist
  1. Vasconcellos de Oliveira Souza N, Diaz-Rohena A, Sakusic A, Galbert L, Borkar SR, Spaulding AC, Mooney LH, Robinson MT, Freeman WD. Reducing Inequalities in Stroke Events-Hemorrhagic Disparities (RISE-HD): a 10-Year Longitudinal Study in Florida. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Jun 6 Epub 2026 June 06
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  2. Sakusic A, Wieruszewski PM, Ortoleva JP, Elmadhoun O. Beyond Intravenous Vasopressors in the Intensive Care Unit: The Emerging Role of Droxidopa. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2026 Jun; 40 (6):1615-1618 Epub 2026 Feb 13
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  3. Sakusic A, Ghozy S, Verma Y, Elgazzar T, Rabinstein AA, Braksick SA, Wijdicks EFM, Fugate JE, Hawkes MA. Resumption of Warfarin After Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients With Mechanical Heart Valves: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Mar 17; 15 (6):e041301 Epub 2026 Mar 13
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  4. Sheng-Ta T, El-Gohary MM, Hawkes MA, Sakusic A, Hwang S, Kwak Y, Rojas-Cabrera M, Vettleson-Trutza SA. Measuring vancomycin using paired pulse voltammetry with a wireless instantaneous neurotransmitter concentration sensing system for point-of-care patient treatment. Biomedical Engineering Letters. 2026.
  5. Xeros H, Sakusic A, Fugate JE, Hawkes MA, Wijdicks EFM, Rabinstein AA, Braksick SA. Treatment, Diagnostic Approach, and Long-Term Outcomes of Lance-Adams Syndrome. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb; 44 (1):162-175 Epub 2025 June 23
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  6. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA. ICU Delirium. Neurol Clin. 2025 Feb; 43 (1):1-13 Epub 2024 Sept 17
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  7. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA, Anisetti B, Mandrekar J, Wijdicks EFM, Freeman WD, Braksick SA. Timing of Anticoagulation Resumption and Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Complications in Patients With ICH and Mechanical Heart Valves. Neurology. 2024 Aug 27; 103 (4):e209664 Epub 2024 Aug 05
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  8. Sakusic A, Chen B, McPhearson K, Badi M, Freeman WD, Huang JF, Siegel JL, Jentoft ME, Oring JM, Verdecia J, Meschia JF. Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis Presenting as a Symptomatic Focal Hypodensity in an Immunocompromised Patient. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Mar; 10 (3):ofad094 Epub 2023 Feb 21
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  9. Anisetti B, Greco E, Stojadinovic E, Goldstein ED, Sakusic A, Badi MK, Liu MD, Lin MP, Chiang CC, Elahi FM, Worrall BB, Petrosian D, Ross O, Meschia JF. Novel grading system for CADASIL severity: A multicenter cross-sectional study. Cereb Circ Cogn Behav. 2023; 5:100170 Epub 2023 June 11
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  10. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA. Neurological Complications in Patients with Heart Transplantation. Semin Neurol. 2021 Aug; 41 (4):447-452 Epub 2021 Apr 13
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  11. Greenway MRF, Erben Y, Huang JF, Siegel JL, Lamb CJ, Badi MK, Sakusic A, Gopal N, Meschia JF, Lin MP. Yield of Head Imaging in Ambulatory and Hospitalized Patients With SARS-CoV-2: A Multi-Center Study of 8675 Patients. Neurohospitalist. 2021 Jul; 11 (3):221-228 Epub 2020 Dec 16
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  12. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA. Acute Coma. Neurol Clin. 2021 May; 39 (2):257-272
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  13. Trnacevic A, Mujkanovic A, Al-Salloum N, Sakusic A, Trnacevic E, Jusufovic E, Hukic F, Jahic R, Stratton R. COVID-19 in Northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina and patient's length of hospitalization. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 19; 21 (1):367
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  14. Hajeb M, Singh TD, Sakusic A, Graff-Radford J, Gajic O, Rabinstein AA. Functional outcome after critical illness in older patients: a population-based study. Neurol Res. 2021 Feb; 43 (2):103-109 Epub 2020 Oct 04
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  15. Sakusic A, Markotic D, Dong Y, Festic E, Krajinovic V, Todorovic Z, Sustic A, Milivojevic N, Jandric M, Gavrilovic S, Niven A, Kovacevic P, Gajic O. Rapid, multimodal, critical care knowledge-sharing platform for COVID-19 pandemics. Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2021 Feb 1; 21 (1):93-97 Epub 2021 Feb 01
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  16. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA. The authors reply. Crit Care Med 2019 Jun; 47 (6):e532
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  17. Sakusic A, Gajic O, Singh TD, O'Horo JC, Jenkins G, Wilson GA, Petersen R, Fryer JD, Kashyap R, Rabinstein AA. Risk Factors for Persistent Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness, Nested Case-Control Study. Crit Care Med. 2018 Dec; 46 (12):1977-1984
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  18. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA. Cognitive outcomes after critical illness. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2018 Oct; 24 (5):410-414
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  19. Sakusic A, Sabov M, McCambridge AJ, Rabinstein AA, Singh TD, Mukesh K, Kashani KB, Cook D, Gajic O. Features of Adult Hyperammonemia Not Due to Liver Failure in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2018 Sep; 46 (9):e897-e903
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  20. O'Horo JC, Dziadzko M, Sakusic A, Ali R, Sohail MR, Kor DJ, Gajic O. Seeking out SARI: an automated search of electronic health records. Epidemiol Infect. 2018 Jun; 146 (8):1065-1069 Epub 2018 Apr 18
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  21. Singh TD, O'Horo JC, Gajic O, Sakusic A, Day CN, Mandrekar J, Kashyap R, Reddy DRS, Rabinstein AA. Risk factors and outcomes of critically ill patients with acute brain failure: A novel end point. J Crit Care. 2018 Feb; 43:42-47 Epub 2017 Aug 18
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  22. Sakusic A, O'Horo JC, Dziadzko M, Volha D, Ali R, Singh TD, Kashyap R, Farrell AM, Fryer JD, Petersen R, Gajic O, Rabinstein AA. Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Long-Term Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness: A Systematic Review. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Jan; 93 (1):68-82
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  23. O'Horo JC, Harper EP, El Rafei A, Ali R, DeSimone DC, Sakusic A, Abu Saleh OM, Marcelin JR, Tan EM, Rao AK, Sobel J, Tosh PK. Efficacy of Antitoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Foodborne Botulism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cases, 1923-2016. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 27; 66 (suppl_1):S43-S56
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  24. Reddy DR, Singh TD, Guru PK, Sakusic A, Gajic O, O'Horo JC, Rabinstein AA. Identification of acute brain failure using electronic medical records. J Crit Care. 2016 Aug; 34:12-6 Epub 2016 Mar 16
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  25. Sakusic A, Rabinstein AA. Case Studies in Neurocritical Care. Neurol Clin. 2016 Aug; 34: (3)683-97.
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  26. Sakusic A, Gajic O. Chronic critical illness: unintended consequence of intensive care medicine. Lancet Respir Med 2016 Jul; 4 (7):531-532 Epub 2016 May 04
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