Faizan Ali, MD/MPH, MS.

Neurocritical Care @YaleNeuroICU | Neurons @NYmedCollege @WestchesterMed | Neurovascular Focus | Formerly @LoyolaMaryland @JohnsHopkinsSPH @StGeorgesU @TowsonU

[Esmaeil Baqaei @IRIMFA_SPOX]

To every decent human being—regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, or any other distinction,

To Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, and all others of faith,

And to those who follow no formal religion but hold deeply to the universal values of peace, justice, and human dignity:

The U.S. - Israel launched this war of aggression on 28 February 2026, for a second time in less than a year, while Iran-U.S. were engaged in diplomatic negotiations.

This is not merely a war over land, resources, or geopolitics. This is a war that will determine the very meaning of 'good' and 'evil' in our time and for future.

What has been unleashed upon our peace-loving nation is not just another conflict. On one side stand those who delight in violating every law of war and basic human decency—those who murder for sport, who slaughter children to torment their families, who fire newest missiles at women’s sports halls simply to test their destructive power.

This is a war between those who boast of torpedoing unarmed vessels “for more fun,” and those who go to extraordinary lengths to protect innocent lives.

This is a war between professional liars who fabricate justifications for atrocity, and a proud people who defend their homeland and human dignity relying solely on their own strength and resolve.

This is a war between those whose decisions are shadowed by moral compromise, and those who act with a clear conscience.

This is a defining struggle for the future of humankind. It will decide whether civilization’s hard-won achievements—human rights, the rule of law, and basic morality—will survive or be swept away.

We must choose:

Do we accept a world ruled by modern slave masters—arrogant, domineering, and unaccountable—who govern through coercion, lies, and extortion?
Or do we stand for a world grounded in respect, justice, peace, and human dignity?

Humanity’s conscience is not yet dead. But in times like these, silence is complicity with evil.

If you reject the path of barbarism and domination, then find the moral courage to speak, to act, and to stand on the right side of history—before the world descends into an abyss of lawlessness and subjugation.

The choice is yours.
And history will remember.

[Stroke AHA/ASA @StrokeAHA_ASA]

#Stroke July Cover Figure: Global consensus finds that hemoglobin is a root trigger of multiple pathways to brain injury after SAH, which could be targeted with haptoglobin, and the field is ready for a Phase I trial. (1/2)

[Neurology Today @NeurologyToday]

A newly discovered lymphatic-like membrane in the subarachnoid space is close to the brain, offering a potential new therapeutic target against traumatic brain injury and #Alzheimers: https://t.co/Ma8vnwFrgR
#neurotwitter #TBI @AANMember

[Srihari S. Naidu, MD @SrihariNaiduMD]

A few yrs ago we launched a cardio neuro program @WestchesterMed @seiiwaiEPmd @almuftifawaz
Stroke Rx & critical care together. It’s paying off. Nice story of one of our successes: acute trans catheter stroke intervention 👉 #PFO closure @Tracey1milligan https://t.co/e8frPwAlrD

[Wondwossen Gebreamanuel Tekle @wondeasa]

#Ethiopia’s 1st #neurointerventional/ #Stroke program & 1st biplane cath lab suite is now operational!😊🙏🏽. Our recent patient,42 F w/ “thunderclap” headaches. CT w/ bleeding in the brain. DSA>diffuse cerebral vasospasm,likely RCVS,we started her on nimodipine. She’s doing great.

[Faizan Ali, MD/MPH, MS. @Help_Astroglia]

Endovascular Therapy for Acute Stroke with a Large Ischemic Region https://t.co/RlJxlmkJ9b

Yes, it had higher ICH but rate of symptomatic hemorrhage (9% vs 5%) was similar! Impressive outcomes w/ mRS < 3 of 31% vs 13% in EVT vs medical management alone! #Wow #LVO #EVT

[Nirmal Pandey MD DM Neurologist @nirmalregency]

"Apple AirPods sign"
56M.T2DM.
P/W vertigo/vomit/ataxia 24 hrs.
MR Day2. ? artefactual.
Coronal DWI helped.
Over 48 hours became quadriparetic.
Repeat MR Day4.
What is the anatomical site infarcted? 
Which artery could have been the culprit?

[Faizan Ali, MD/MPH, MS. @Help_Astroglia]

❤️ this excellent figure depicting the variants of GBS:

[Nicholas Morris @namorrismd]

If you are not following @caseyalbin for #neurocrit #MedEd , are you even on #Twitter?

[AshuJadhav @AshuPJadhav]

Pharmacological brain cytoprotection in acute ischaemic stroke — renewed hope in the reperfusion era https://t.co/wjJCkKthpQ @UTHealthStroke

[Stephan A Mayer @stephanamayer]

Today the endothelin receptor antagonist clazosentan (Pilvaz) was approved in Japan based on 2 positive RCTs which showed reduced death or DCI from vasospasm.
The first new approved medical therapy for #SAH in over 25 years! Well done @Idorsia!

[CHEST Critical Care Network @CHESTCritCare]

What does a TEG do? A 🧵

[Thomas Oxley @tomoxl]

The natural highways of the brain

[Eytan Raz @eytanraz]

“Once upon a time there was a superior division always supplying frontal lobe, inferior division going to temporal lobe, with either division achieving dominance by annexing parietal lobe” This classic #MCA story is a #FairyTale https://t.co/6yA7n4MEtT @neuroangio1

[Brain @Brain1878]

Horsager et al. present evidence for the existence of two subtypes of Parkinson's disease: 'brain-first', which starts in the brain and propagates downwards, and 'body-first', which originates in the ANS of the gut and spreads to the brain. https://t.co/5VegotX3my

[Faizan Ali, MD/MPH, MS. @Help_Astroglia]

https://t.co/zaRDy3UdYz

[Faizan Ali, MD/MPH, MS. @Help_Astroglia]

The number of patients who underwent imaging for the evaluation of stroke decreased from a prepandemic epoch to an early pandemic epoch, according to new research. A significant drop of 39%. #COVID19 #LiteratureWatch