Introducing
Dr Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani
I’m Mohammadamin, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Melbourne and Graduate Researcher at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroimmunology Centre Clinical Outcomes Research Unit (CORe).
a little bit about me
I am a medical doctor from Iran and a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. My research background spans clinical neuroscience, epidemiology, and population health, with a particular interest in neurological diseases and clinical outcomes.
My PhD examines heterogeneity in treatment response and disability progression in multiple sclerosis. Under the supervision of Dr. Sifat Sharmin, Prof. Tomas Kalincik, and Dr. Izanne Roos, I am continuing to develop my expertise in real-world evidenced, causal inferenced, and advanced statistical methods, while deepening my understanding of treatment outcomes and personalised care.
Publications
Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Bardia Hajikarimloo, Melika Javani, Shahin Mohammadzadeh, Ali Mortezaei, Amirhossein Zare, Farzad Fayedeh, Sai Sanikommu, Amirreza Khalaji, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Adam A Dmytriw, Farzan Fahim, Seyed Ali Mousavinejad, Ahmet Günkan, Qais Alrashidi, Hamid Borghei-Razavi
Neurosurg Rev. 2026 Sep 14;49(1):566. doi: 10.1007/s10143-026-04486-5.
Population attributable fraction of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke associated with insufficient non-occupational physical activity in Iranian adults: findings from the STEPS 2021 survey
Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Keyvan Karimi, Sepehr Khosravi, Mohammadreza Naderian, Yosra Azizpour, Ali Golestani, Moloud Payab, Maryam Selk-Ghaffari, Hanieh-Sadat Ejtahed, Amirhossein Takian, Afshin Ostovar, Rajabali Daroudi, Elham Ahmadnezhad, Samaneh Akbarpour, Nazila Rezaei
J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2026 Jul 2;25(2):182. doi: 10.1007/s40200-026-01992-7. eCollection 2026 Dec.
Stereotactic radiosurgery for central nervous system lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Salem M Tos, Ali Mortezaei, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Kooshki, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Acta Neurol Belg. 2026 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s13760-026-03034-8. Online ahead of print.
Neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Salem M Tos, Ali Mortezaei, Saleh Behzadi, Parsa Lorestani, Kiarash Soltani, Mohammad Ali Nazari, Azin Ebrahimi, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani
Neurooncol Pract. 2025 Aug 9;13(1):48-59. doi: 10.1093/nop/npaf086. eCollection 2026 Feb.
Hyponatremia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis on management approaches
Mahdi Mehmandoost, Amirmohammed Bahri, Diba Akbarzadeh, Amirmohammed Tohidnia, Hamidreza Hassanzadeh, Muhammad Paras Pashazadeh, Mohammadreza Moshref, Morteza Sheikhi Nooshabadi, Sayeh Oveisi, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Zali, Saeed Oraee-Yazdani, Farzan Fahim
Neurocirugia (Engl Ed). 2026 Jul-Aug;37(4):500775. doi: 10.1016/j.neucie.2026.500775. Epub 2026 Feb 21.
Prediction of remission in cushing's disease using artificial intelligence: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Bardia Hajikarimloo, Sai Sanikommu, Ali Mortezaei, Pooya Eini, Shahin Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Seyed Ali Mousavinejad, Vratko Himic, Antonio Di Ieva, Ricardo J Komotar
Neurosurg Rev. 2026 Feb 5;49(1):197. doi: 10.1007/s10143-025-04133-5.
Efficacy and Safety of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Dorsa Najari, Azin Ebrahimi, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Kooshki, Fatemeh Ghorbanpouryami, Ehsan Bahrami Hezaveh, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Neurochirurgie. 2026 Jan;72(1):101763. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2025.101763. Epub 2025 Dec 13.
Efficacy and safety of stereotactic radiosurgery for hypothalamic hamartomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Kooshki, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Amir Hesam Zare, Amir Hosein Zare, Ali Mortezaei, Ehsan Bahrami Hezaveh, Azin Ebrahimi, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Radiat Oncol. 2025 Nov 26;20(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s13014-025-02754-0.
Stereotactic radiosurgery for optic nerve sheath meningiomas: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Kimiya Shahabi, Mohammadreza Amjadzadeh, Zahra Golkar, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammad Amin Habibi
J Clin Neurosci. 2025 Sep;139:111432. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2025.111432. Epub 2025 Jun 27.
Efficacy and safety of stereotactic radiosurgery for large meningiomas: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Sara Hemmati, Alaleh Savedkoohi, Maryam Diyanati, Diba Akbarzadeh, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Ehsan Bahrami Hezaveh, Rana Hashemi, Mohammad Amin Habibi
J Clin Neurosci. 2025 Aug;138:111384. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2025.111384. Epub 2025 Jun 11.
Stereotactic radiosurgery in pituitary metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Kooshki, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Dorsa Najari, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Radiat Oncol. 2025 May 21;20(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s13014-025-02640-9.
Stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas in neurofibromatosis type 2: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Kooshki, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad Amin Habibi
BMC Cancer. 2025 Apr 15;25(1):698. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-13959-7.
Machine learning radiomics for H3K27M mutation prediction in gliomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Alireza Kooshki, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammad Shahir Eftekhar, Arman Hasanzade, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Rana Hashemi, Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh-Esfahani, Ibrahim Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Neuroradiology. 2025 Jul;67(7):1813-1826. doi: 10.1007/s00234-025-03597-y. Epub 2025 Mar 31.
Efficacy and safety of dabrafenib plus trametinib in pediatric versus adult gliomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Alireza Kooshki, Arman Hasanzade, Amir Hossein Zare, Amir Hessam Zare, Dorsa Najari, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Childs Nerv Syst. 2025 Feb 4;41(1):104. doi: 10.1007/s00381-025-06760-1.
The efficacy and safety of Bevacizumab-based treatments in Optic Pathway Glioma among pediatric population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Alireza Kooshki, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Arman Hasanzade, Amir Hossein Zare, Amir Hessam Zare, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Dorsa Najari, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Jan 23;48(1):77. doi: 10.1007/s10143-025-03227-4.
Dabrafenib plus trametinib in low-grade versus high-grade gliomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Alireza Kooshki, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Amir Hossein Zare, Arman Hasanzade, Amir Hessam Zare, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Salem M Tos
BMC Cancer. 2024 Nov 29;24(1):1473. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-13229-y.
Machine learning-based models for prediction of survival in medulloblastoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Sima Osouli Meinagh, Alireza Kooshki, Omid Afkhami-Ardakani, Fatemeh Rasouli, Salem M Tos, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Rana Hashemi, Arman Hasanzade
Neurol Sci. 2025 Feb;46(2):689-696. doi: 10.1007/s10072-024-07879-w. Epub 2024 Nov 12.
Repeat stereotactic radiosurgery in vestibular schwannoma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Amir Hessam Zare, Salem M Tos, Jason P Sheehan
J Clin Neurosci. 2024 Dec;130:110905. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2024.110905. Epub 2024 Nov 5.
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Prediction of Ki-67 Index in Meningiomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Salem M Tos, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammad Ali Rafiei, Diba Akbarzadeh, Mohammad ShahirEftekhar, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Mohammad Amin Habibi
World Neurosurg. 2025 Jan;193:226-235. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.10.089. Epub 2024 Nov 18.
Application of bevacizumab in the management of meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Arman Hasanzade, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammad Amin Habibi
Neurosurg Rev. 2024 Sep 27;47(1):692. doi: 10.1007/s10143-024-02889-w.
Clinical Application of Artificial Intelligence in Prediction of Intraoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage in Pituitary Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Amirhossein Koohfar, Ehsan Goudarzi, Mandana Dehghan, Seyed Hesam Hojjat, Rana Hashemi, Salem M Tos, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Mohammad Amin Habibi
World Neurosurg. 2024 Nov;191:303-313.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.09.015. Epub 2024 Sep 10.
Global Trends in Childhood Sexual Abuse and Bullying Victimization in 204 Countries: A Comprehensive Analysis From 1990 to 2019
Nasrin Borumandnia, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Payam Fattahi, Mahmood Reza Gohari, Yashar Kheirolahkhani, Hamid Alavimajd
J Prev Med Public Health. 2024 Nov;57(6):530-539. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.24.007. Epub 2024 Aug 15.
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects of elderberry diet in the rat model of seizure: a behavioral and histological investigation on the hippocampus
Amir-Hossein Bayat, Neda Eskandari, Mojtaba Sani, Farid Fotouhi, Zahra Shenasandeh, Sara Saeidikhoo, Razieh Rohani, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammadreza Mafi Balani, Mahdi Eskandarian Boroujeni, Mohammad-Amin Abdollahifar, Faezeh Tajari, Abbas Aliaghaei, Meysam Hassani Moghaddam
Toxicol Res (Camb). 2023 Aug 18;12(5):783-795. doi: 10.1093/toxres/tfad070. eCollection 2023 Oct.
Longitudinal trend of urolithiasis incidence rates among world countries during past decades
Nasrin Borumandnia, Payam Fattahi, Atefeh Talebi, Maryam Taheri, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammadreza Mafi Balani, Sadra Ashrafi, Hamid Alavimajd
BMC Urol. 2023 Oct 16;23(1):166. doi: 10.1186/s12894-023-01336-0.
Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pandemic: A Review of the Literature
Bardia Hajikarimloo, Farzan Fahim, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Sayeh Oveisi, Alireza Zali, Hamid Anvari, Saeed Oraee-Yazdani
World Neurosurg. 2023 Oct;178:87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.05.094. Epub 2023 Jul 8.
An elderberry-supplemented diet improves spermatogenesis in mice with busulfan-induced azoospermia
Mohammadreza Mafi Balani, Mahsa Ghafari Novin, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Pourya Raee, Azar Afshar, Fakhroddin Aghajanpour, Reza Soltani, Meysam Hassani Moghaddam, Mobina Fathi, Kimia Vakili, Maryam Salimi, Ahad Hasan Seyed Hasani, Shabnam Abdi, Mohammad-Amin Abdollahifar, Abbas Aliaghaei
Reprod Fertil Dev. 2022 Oct;34(17):1078-1088. doi: 10.1071/RD22178.
Therapeutic Effects of Edaravone on Azoospermia: Free Radical Scavenging and Autophagy Modulation in Testicular Tissue of Mice
Mahsa Ghaffari Novin, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammadreza Mafi Balani, Abbas Aliaghaei, Azar Afshar, Fakhroddin Aghajanpour, Reza Soltani, Hamid Nazarian, Maryam Salimi, Ahad Hasan Seyed Hasani, Shabnam Abdi, Mohammad-Amin Abdollahifar, Pourya Raee
J Reprod Infertil. 2022 Apr-Jun;23(2):73-83. doi: 10.18502/jri.v23i2.8990.
