AmieHsiaMD

Neurology • Washington, DC

Vascular Neurology

Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

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Office
110 Irving St NW
EB-6126
Washington, DC 20010
Phone+1 202-877-3154
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Vascular Neurology, 2002 - 2004
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityChief Residency, Neurology, 2001 - 2002
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1999 - 2002
California Pacific Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1998
Harvard UniversityAB, Biology, 1990 - 1994

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1999 - Present
VA State Medical License 2020 - 2024
DC State Medical License 2004 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2004 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Vascular Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:Washington DC Area Castle Connolly, 2012

Clinical Trials

AtRial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs In Prevention After Cryptogenic Stroke Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 19
Terminated
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Post-ischemic hyperemia following endovascular therapy for acute stroke is associated with lesion growth.
Marie Luby, Amie W Hsia, Carolyn A Lomahan, Rachel Davis, Shannon Burton, Yongwoo Kim, Veronica Craft, Victoria Uche, Rainier Cabatbat, Malik M Adil, Leila C Thomas, J...> ;Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2023 Jun 1
3 citations
Good outcome associated with blood-brain barrier disruption and lower blood pressure after endovascular therapy.
Parth Upadhyaya, Amit Mehta, Marie Luby, Saeed Ansari, John K Lynch, Amie W Hsia, Lawrence L Latour, Yongwoo Kim> ;Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2023 Jan 1
1 citations
Advanced Imaging for Mild Stroke Patients: Selection for Acute Interventions.
Amie W Hsia, Marie Luby, Lawrence L Latour> ;Annals of Neurology. 2022 Nov 1
4 citations
Estimating Perfusion Deficits in Acute Stroke Patients Without Perfusion Imaging.
Dennys Reyes, Alexis N Simpkins, Emi Hitomi, John K Lynch, Amie W Hsia, Zurab Nadareishvili, Marie Luby, Lawrence L Latour, Richard Leigh> ;Stroke. 2022 Nov 1
7 citations
Association of Multiple Passes during Mechanical Thrombectomy with Incomplete Reperfusion and Lesion Growth.
Marie Luby, José G Merino, Rachel Davis, Saeed Ansari, Marc Fisher, Amie W Hsia, Yongwoo Kim, Lawrence L Latour, Evan S McCreedy, Rena Sukhdeo Singh, Clinton B Wright,...> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2022 Jan 1
4 citations
Prevalence of Imaging Targets in Patients With Minor Stroke Selected for IV tPA Treatment Using MRI: The Treatment of Minor Stroke With MRI Evaluation Study (TIMES)
Amie W. Hsia, Marie Luby, Richard Leigh, John K. Lynch, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, Chandni Kalaria, Shannon Burton, L. L. Latour> ;Neurology. 2021 Mar 2
50 citations
Temporally distinct myeloid cell responses mediate damage and repair after cerebrovascular injury.
Panagiotis Mastorakos, Nicole Mihelson, Marie Luby, Scott R. Burks, Kory R. Johnson, Amie W. Hsia, Jaclyn A. Witko, Joseph A. Frank, Lawrence L. Latour, Dorian B. McGa...> ;Nature Neuroscience. 2021 Jan 18
4 citations
Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Hyperintense Ischemic Stroke Predicts Less Favorable 90-Day Outcome after Intravenous Thrombolysis.
Yongwoo Kim, Marie Luby, Nina Serena Burkett, Gina Norato, Richard Leigh, Clinton B. Wright, Kyle C. Kern, Amie W. Hsia, John K. Lynch, Malik M. Adil, Lawrence L. Latour> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2021 Jan 1
71 citations
Intravenous alteplase for stroke with unknown time of onset guided by advanced imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data
Götz Thomalla, Florent Boutitie, Henry Ma, Masatoshi Koga, Peter A. Ringleb, Lee H. Schwamm, Ona Wu, Martin Bendszus, Christopher F. Bladin, Bruce C.V. Campbell, Basti...> ;Lancet. 2020 Nov 14
2 citations
Routine use of FLAIR-negative MRI in the treatment of unknown onset stroke.
Malik M. Adil, Marie Luby, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Chandni P. Kalaria, Zurab Nadareishvili, Lawrence L. Latour, Richard Leigh> ;Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2020 Sep 1
17 citations
MRI-based thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting with a low NIHSS
Shahram Majidi, Marie Luby, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Richard T. Benson, Chandni Kalaria, Zurab Nadareishvili, Lawrence L. Latour, Richard Leigh> ;Neurology. 2019 Oct 15
Response by Luby et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Frequency of Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Postendovascular Therapy and Multiple Thrombectomy Passes in Acute Isc...
Marie Luby, Amie W. Hsia, Lawrence L. Latour> ;Stroke. 2019 Sep 12
27 citations
Frequency of Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Post-Endovascular Therapy and Multiple Thrombectomy Passes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients.
Marie Luby, Amie W. Hsia, Zurab Nadareishvili, Kaylie Cullison, Noorie Pednekar, Malik M. Adil, Lawrence L. Latour> ;Stroke. 2019 Jun 26
13 citations
Rapid Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Evolution After Early Revascularization.
Amie W. Hsia, Marie Luby, Kaylie Cullison, Shannon Burton, Rocco Armonda, Ai Hsi Liu, Richard Leigh, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, John K. Lynch, Lawrence L....> ;Stroke. 2019 Jun 26
4 citations
Molecular signature of penumbra in acute ischemic stroke: a pilot transcriptomics study.
Zurab Nadareishvili, Devon Kelley, Marie Luby, Alexis N Simpkins, Richard Leigh, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Richard T. Benson, Kory R. Johnson, John M. Hallenbeck, L...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2019 Mar 13
4 citations
Neuroimaging evolution of ischemia in men and women: an observational study
Adrienne N. Dula, Marie Luby, Ben T King, Sunil A Sheth, Alejandro Magadan, Lisa Davis, Gretchel A Gealogo, José G. Merino, Amie W. Hsia, Lawrence L. Latour, Steven Wa...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2019 Feb 21
86 citations
Intravenous Thrombolysis in Unwitnessed Stroke Onset: MR WITNESS Trial Results
Lee H. Schwamm, Ona Wu, Shlee S. Song, Lawrence L. Latour, Andria L. Ford, Amie W. Hsia, Alona Muzikansky, Rebecca A. Betensky, Albert J Yoo, Michael H. Lev, Gregoire ...> ;Annals of Neurology. 2018 May 1
Author response: Effects of increasing IV tPA-treated stroke mimic rates at CT-based centers on clinical outcomes.
Amie W. Hsia, Tina Burton> ;Neurology. 2018 Jan 23
18 citations
An MRI Hyperintense Acute Reperfusion Marker Is Related to Elevated Peripheral Monocyte Count in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Zurab Nadareishvili, Marie Luby, Richard Leigh, Jignesh Shah, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Richard T. Benson, Lawrence L. Latour> ;Journal of Neuroimaging. 2018 Jan 1
29 citations
Effects of increasing IV tPA-treated stroke mimic rates at CT-based centers on clinical outcomes
Tina Burton, Marie Luby, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, John K. Lynch, Lawrence L. Latour, Amie W. Hsia> ;Neurology. 2017 Jul 25
6 citations
Perfusion Deficits and Association with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Anterior Choroidal Artery Stroke
Saeed A. Alqahtani, Marie Luby, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, Amie W. Hsia, Richard Leigh, John K. Lynch> ;Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2017 Apr 27
Building Better Systems for Stroke: The Time Is Now.
Amie W. Hsia> ;JAMA Neurology. 2016 Nov 1
53 citations
Screening with MRI for Accurate and Rapid Stroke Treatment: SMART.
Shreyansh Shah, Marie Luby, Karen Poole, Teresa Morella, Elizabeth Keller, Richard T. Benson, John K. Lynch, Zurab Nadareishvili, Amie W. Hsia> ;Neurology. 2015 Jun 16
9 citations
Association Between Neurologic Improvement With Decline in Blood Pressure and Recanalization in Stroke
Nandakumar Nagaraja, Steven Warach, Amie W. Hsia, Harold P. Adams, Sungyoung Auh, Lawrence L. Latour, José G. Merino> ;JAMA Neurology. 2014 Dec 1
20 citations
Methodology for a Community-Based Stroke Preparedness Intervention The Acute Stroke Program of Interventions Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Study
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dorothy F. Edwards, Shauna St. Clair, Jeffrey J. Wing, Stephen Fernandez, M. Chris Gibbons, Amie W. Hsia, Lewis B. Morgenstern, Chelsea S. Kid...> ;Stroke. 2014 Jul 1
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Press Mentions

Act FAST to Prevent, Treat a StrokeOctober 29th, 2021
MedStar Washington Hospital Center Earns Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Gold plus Quality Achievement AwardAugust 10th, 2020
Imaging May Allow Safe tPA Treatment of Patients with Unwitnessed StrokesApril 24th, 2018
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