CONTACT INFORMATIONBIOGRAPHYCREDENTIALSPUBLICATIONSBogachan Sahin, M.D., Ph.D.Contact InformationPhone NumbersAppointment: (585) 275-2530A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty GroupgroupAn Accountable Health PartnerassignmentAccepting New PatientsLocationsClinton Crossings Neurology2400 S Clinton Ave, Floor 1 Bldg FRochester, NY 14618-5647Neurology: (585) 275-2530Faculty AppointmentsAssociate Professor - Department of Neurology , Stroke Division (SMD) Patient Care SettingNeurologyBiographyBogachan Sahin majored in molecular biology as an undergraduate at Princeton University. He completed his M.D. and Ph.D. training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where he studied motor learning, synaptic plasticity, and post-synaptic signal transduction in the striatum as a graduate student. After completing his neurology residency and stroke fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, he joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2013. He is currently serving as Chief of Neurology and Stroke Center Director at Highland Hospital and Director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program in the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His clinical interests include stroke in the young, cerebral vasculopathies, and hereditary stroke disorders. His research is currently focused on mechanisms of visual recovery in stroke survivors, occult atrial fibrillation as a cause of cryptogenic stroke, and carotid revascularization in asymptomatic carotid disease.Professional BackgroundBogachan Sahin majored in molecular biology as an undergraduate at Princeton University. He completed his M.D. and Ph.D. training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where he studied motor learning, synaptic plasticity, and post-synaptic signal transduction in the striatum as a graduate student. After completing his neurology residency and stroke fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, he joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2013. He is currently serving as Chief of Neurology and Stroke Center Director at Highland Hospital and Director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program in the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His clinical interests include stroke in the young, cerebral vasculopathies, and hereditary stroke disorders. His research is currently focused on mechanisms of visual recovery in stroke survivors, occult atrial fibrillation as a cause of cryptogenic stroke, and carotid revascularization in asymptomatic carotid disease.CredentialsSpecialtiesNeurology - American Board of Psychiatry & NeurologyVascular Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry & NeurologyEducation2008MD | UT Southwestern Medical Center (Allied Health)Post-doctoral Training & Residency07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013Fellowship in Vascular Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital07/01/2009 - 06/30/2012Residency in Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009Internship in Internal Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterVIEW ALL expand_morePublicationsJournal Articles8/28/2021Murray KD, Uddin MN, Tivarus ME, Sahin B, Wang HZ, Singh MV, Qiu X, Wang L, Spincemaille P, Wang Y, Maggirwar SB, Zhong J, Schifitto G. "Increased risk for cerebral small vessel disease is associated with quantitative susceptibility mapping in HIV infected and uninfected individuals." NeuroImage. Clinical.. 2021 Aug 28; 32:102786. Epub 2021 Aug 28. 7/21/2020Riordan M, Opaskar A, Yoruk A, Younis A, Ali A, McNitt S, Sahin B, Rosero S, Goldenberg I, Aktas MK. "Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation During Long-Term Implantable Cardiac Monitoring Following Cryptogenic Stroke." Journal of the American Heart Association.. 2020 Jul 21; :e016040. Epub 2020 Jul 21. 2020Murray KD, Singh MV, Zhuang Y, Uddin MN, Qiu X, Weber MT, Tivarus ME, Wang HZ, Sahin B, Zhong J, Maggirwar SB, Schifitto G. "Pathomechanisms of HIV-Associated Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Comprehensive Clinical and Neuroimaging Protocol and Analysis Pipeline." Frontiers in neurology. 2020 11:595463. Epub 2020 Dec 15. 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