Elham Rahmani, MD

Education

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine – Roanoke, VA

July 2016 – June 2020
Psychiatry Residency Training

Boston University – Boston, MA

September 2014 – May 2016
Master of Public Health (MPH)

Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) – Tehran, Iran

February 2006 – November 2013
Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Awards and Leadership

Outstanding Clinician of the Year Award

June 2020
Awarded by the residency program for outstanding clinical care.

Chief Psychiatry Resident

July 2019 – June 2020
Selected in a collaborative process by both faculty members and co-residents as Chief Resident.

Medical Knowledge Award

June 2018
Awarded by the residency program for obtaining the highest PRITE score among psychiatry residents and fellows while training at the level of PGY-2.

Class of 2020 Representative

July 2016 – July 2017
Elected as Class Representative in the Residency Program.

Member of the Central Council of Medical Student’s Research Committee

September 2010 – December 2011
Elected member of the Central Council which leads the organization.

Class of 2013 Representative

February 2006 – February 2010
Elected as Class Representative for 4 consecutive terms in Medical School.

Highest Score Award – Eligible for Exceptional Talent Status

September 2008
Awarded by medical school for obtaining one of the top 10 highest scores in the country in the nationwide basic sciences exam. These individuals qualified for applying for Exceptional Talent Status.

Publications

• Pharmacological Treatment of Agitation and/or Aggression in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of Reviews.
  Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2021 Feb 22. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000656. PMID: 33656478.
  Pharmacological Treatment of Agitation and/or Aggression in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of Reviews – PubMed (nih.gov)
• Early childhood investment impacts social decision-making four decades later.
  Nature Communications volume 9, Article number: 4705 (2018).
  Early childhood investment impacts social decision-making four decades later – PubMed (nih.gov)
• Medication Side Effect Profiles in Parkinson’s Disease Patients in a Safety-Net Hospital.
  Advances in Parkinson’s Disease, 2017 Sep 19: 6: 101-112. doi: 10.4236/apd.2017.64011.
  (PDF) Medication Side Effect Profiles in PD Patients in a Safety-Net Hospital (researchgate.net)
• Profile of Hospital Admissions due to Self-Inflicted Harm in Los Angeles County from 2001 to 2010.
  J Forensic Sci. 2017 Jan 25. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13416. PMID: 28120509
  Profile of Hospital Admissions due to Self-Inflicted Harm in Los Angeles County from 2001 to 2010 – PubMed (nih.gov)
• Gender Comparison in Referrals and Treatment Completion to Residential and Outpatient Alcohol Treatment.
  Subst Abuse. 2016 Dec 19;10:109-116. doi: 10.4137/SART.S39943. PMID: 28008266
  Gender Comparison in Referrals and Treatment Completion to Residential and Outpatient Alcohol Treatment – PubMed (nih.gov)
• Effects of energy drinks on blood pressure, heart rate, and electrocardiographic parameters: An experimental study on healthy young adults.
  Anatol J Cardiol. 2016 Feb;16(2):94-9. doi: 10.5152/akd.2015.5930. PMID: 26467367
  Effects of energy drinks on blood pressure, heart rate, and electrocardiographic parameters: An experimental study on healthy young adults – PubMed (nih.gov)
• Evaluating the association between insulin-like growth factor-1 values and short-term survival rates following acute myocardial infarction.
  Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2011 Feb 3;5:7-11. doi: 10.4137/CMC.S6629. PMID: 21344020
  Evaluating the association between insulin-like growth factor-1 values and short-term survival rates following acute myocardial infarction – PubMed (nih.gov)
• High prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae, in a cholera outbreak in Tehran-Iran, during June-September 2008.
  Trop Doct. 2010 Oct;40(4):214-6. doi: 10.1258/td.2010.100015. PMID: 20709810
  High prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae, in a cholera outbreak in Tehran-Iran, during June-September 2008 – PubMed (nih.gov)

Conference Presentations

• Pharmacological Treatment of Agitation and/or Aggression in Patients Suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of Reviews
  Psychiatric Society of Virginia 2018 Fall Meeting. Staunton, VA. September 28-29 2018. Poster Presentation.
• Gender Comparison in Referrals and Treatment Completion to Residential and Outpatient Alcohol Treatment.
  Psychiatric Society of Virginia 2017 Fall Meeting. Virginia Beach, VA. October 27-28, 2017. Poster Presentation.
• Detection of a novel [neural] aftereffect: Angle adaptation.
  European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP). Regensburg, Germany. August 24-28, 2009. Poster Presentation.
• A comparative study of job satisfaction, income satisfaction and educational level of patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls.
  European Students’ Conference (ESC). Berlin, Germany. September 29 – October 3, 2008. Oral Presentation.

Areas of Interest

Student Mental Health, Collaborative Care, Measurement Based Care, Neuropsychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry