Mohammadali M ShojaDr. Shoja's extensive research has produced numerous cutting edge findings including the discovery of the laterality of central respiratory control, the introduction of a new surgical approach for reinnervation of the paralyzed phrenic nerve in patiets with high cervical spinal cord injury, the introduction of a new classification for the branching pattern of the renal artery, introduction of a novel laboratory model for neurosurgical training that simulates intraventricular endoscopic surgery, and the discovery of a new syndrome composed of hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis and retinitis pigmentosa and named "Ardalan-Shoja-Kiuru syndrome" after him and his research team. Dr. Shoja has published more than 500 research articles in internationally renowned biomedical journals. Currently, his h-index is 50. His research findings have been cited more than 14,000 times by independent scientists in the scientific community worldwide. Read More Read Less