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@article{Khani2026UserCenteredXAI,
  title = {User-Centered Explainable AI in Healthcare: A Literature Review},
  author = {Khani, Masoud and Friedland, David R. and Adams, Jazzmyne and Harris, Michael S. and Lu, Qiang and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {ACM Computing Surveys},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Under review (submitted Feb 8, 2026)},
}

@article{Khani2026FallGeroScience,
  title = {Explainable AI reveals temporal risk pathways in fall prediction: extracting clinical insights from multi-horizon machine learning models},
  author = {Khani, Masoud and Friedland, David R. and Widlansky, Michael and Harris, Michael S. and Adams, Jazzmyne and Fan, Lei and Oh, Hyunkyoung and Lu, Qiang and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {GeroScience},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/s11357-026-02117-x},
}

@article{Shalmani2026SPT,
  title = {Sequential pattern transformer (SPT): a generative and interpretable framework for predicting disease trajectories},
  author = {Shalmani, Mohammad Assadi and Khani, Masoud and Taleban, Amirsajjad and Yi, Zihao and Fink, Jennifer T. and Weber, Christopher E. and Lu, Qiang and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {Neural Computing and Applications},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/s00521-025-11695-4},
}

@article{Yi2026FoodDeserts,
  title = {From food deserts to nutritional equity: exposing socioeconomic drivers of hypertension},
  author = {Yi, Zihao and Khani, Masoud and Shalmani, Mohammad Assadi and Taleban, Amirsajjad and Fink, Jennifer T. and Frediani, Robert F. and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {Journal of Nutritional Science},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1017/jns.2025.10067},
}

@article{Mumm2026Tinnitus,
  title = {Correlation Between Life Stress and Tinnitus Severity},
  author = {Mumm, Beatrice and Friedland, David and Adams, Jazzmyne and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Osinski, Kristina},
  journal = {Otology \& Neurotology},
  volume = {47},
  number = {2},
  pages = {221--226},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1097/MAO.0000000000004721},
}

@article{Memon2026HeadNeckCancer,
  title = {Tumoral Skin Invasion Is an Independent Predictor of Rapid Recurrence in Head and Neck Cancer},
  author = {Memon, Abdullah A. and Khalil, Mohamed and Espinosa, Oscar Villarreal and Said, Imaad and Yang, Eric and Adams, Jazzmyne A. and Friedland, David R. and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Kuehn, Rachel and Frei, Anne and Foeckler, Jamie and Akakpo, Kenneth and Massey, Becky and Stadler, Michael and Wong, Stuart and Himburg, Heather A. and Awan, Musaddiq J. and Bruening, Jennifer and Zenga, Joseph},
  journal = {Head \& Neck},
  volume = {48},
  number = {2},
  pages = {535--542},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1002/hed.70066},
}

@inproceedings{Luo2025FallICMHI,
  title = {Risk Prediction and Interpretation for Fall Events Using Explainable AI and Large Language Models},
  author = {Luo, Jake and Khani, Masoud and Adams, Jazzmyne and Lu, Qiang and O'Connor, Kristian and Friedland, David R.},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 9th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (ICMHI '25)},
  pages = {270--277},
  year = {2025},
}

@article{Zolnour2025LLMCARE,
  title = {LLMCARE: Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment via Transformer Models Enhanced by LLM-Generated Synthetic Data},
  author = {Zolnour, Ali and Azadmaleki, Hossein and Haghbin, Yasaman and Taherinezhad, Fatemeh and Nezhad, Mohamad Javad Momeni and Rashidi, Sina and Khani, Masoud and Taleban, Amirsajjad and Sani, Samin Mahdizadeh and Dadkhah, Maryam and Noble, James M and Bakken, Suzanne and Yaghoobzadeh, Yadollah and Vahabie, Abdol-Hossein and Rouhizadeh, Masoud and Zolnoori, Maryam},
  journal = {Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {1669896},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.3389/frai.2025.1669896},
}

@article{Brahma2025MCWs,
  title = {MCWs (MiCroWire sorter): A New Framework for Automated and Reliable Spike Sorting in Human Intracerebral Recordings},
  author = {Betancourt, Alexander and Khani, Masoud and Brahma, Tapasi and Chaure, Fernando J. and Hauder, Connor and Mathew, Sunil and Zesati, Ana Sofia Dominguez and Lew, Sean and Gupta, Kunal and Rey, Hernan G.},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  pages = {2025.07.09.663285},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1101/2025.07.09.663285},
}

@article{Bao2025AnestheticOtologic,
  title = {Assessment of Anesthetic Modalities in Otologic Surgery},
  author = {Bao, Phuong H. and Friedland, David R. and Adams, Jazzmyne A. and Freed, Julie K. and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {Otology \& Neurotology Open},
  volume = {5},
  number = {3},
  pages = {e075},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1097/ONO.0000000000000075},
}

@article{Khani2025PancreaticCancer,
  title = {The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Pancreatic Cancer Care Utilization},
  author = {Khani, Masoud and Shalmani, Mohammad Assadi and Taleban, Amirsajjad and Tsai, Susan and Nataliansyah, Mochamad and Aldakkak, Mohammed and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {PLoS ONE},
  volume = {20},
  number = {5},
  pages = {e0320518},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0320518},
}

@article{Khani2024BPPV,
  title = {Advancing Personalized Healthcare: Leveraging Explainable AI for BPPV Risk Assessment},
  author = {Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Shalmani, Mohammad Assadi and Taleban, Amirsajjad and Adams, Jazzmyne and Friedland, David R.},
  journal = {Health Information Science and Systems},
  volume = {13},
  number = {1},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1007/s13755-024-00317-3},
}

@article{Kim2024Tinnitus,
  title = {Increased Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Tinnitus},
  author = {Kim, Mingee and Friedland, David R. and Adams, Jazzmyne A. and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {International Tinnitus Journal},
  volume = {28},
  number = {2},
  pages = {251--255},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.5935/0946-5448.20240036},
}

@article{Zagloul2024dysphagia,
  title = {Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health on Dysphagia Care Pathways at a Tertiary Care Facility},
  author = {Zagloul, Maie M. and Bock, Jonathan M. and Blumin, Joel H. and Friedland, David R. and Adams, Jazzmyne A. and Tong, Ling and Osinksi, Kristen I. and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {The Laryngoscope},
  volume = {134},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1139--1146},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1002/lary.31040},
}

@inproceedings{Khani2024PancreaticAMIA,
  title = {Enhancing Early Intervention: Predicting Pancreatic Cancer Mortality Rates},
  author = {Khani, Masoud and Taleban, Amirsajjad and Luo, Jake},
  booktitle = {AMIA 2024 Clinical Informatics Conference},
  year = {2024},
}

@article{Zolnour2023Antidepressant,
  title = {A Risk Identification Model for Detection of Patients at Risk of Antidepressant Discontinuation},
  author = {Zolnour, Ali and Eldredge, Christina E. and Faiola, Anthony and Yaghoobzadeh, Yadollah and Khani, Masoud and Foy, Doreen and Topaz, Maxim and Kharrazi, Hadi and Fung, Kin Wah and Fontelo, Paul and Davoudi, Anahita and Tabaie, Azade and Breitinger, Scott A. and Oesterle, Tyler S. and Rouhizadeh, Masoud and Zonnor, Zahra and Moen, Hans and Patrick, Timothy B. and Zolnoori, Maryam},
  journal = {Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {1229609},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.3389/frai.2023.1229609},
}

@article{Tong2023COVID,
  title = {Association Between Body-Mass Index, Patient Characteristics, and Obesity-Related Comorbidities Among COVID-19 Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study},
  author = {Tong, Ling and Khani, Masoud and Lu, Qiang and Taylor, Benjamin and Osinski, Kristen I. and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {Obesity Research \& Clinical Practice},
  volume = {17},
  number = {1},
  pages = {47--57},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1016/j.orcp.2022.12.003},
}

@article{Tong2023Fall,
  title = {Socioeconomic Disparities for Healthcare Utilization of Senior Adult Falls in Southeast Wisconsin, 2020-2022},
  author = {Tong, Ling and Khani, Masoud and Taylor, Bradley and Osinski, Kristen and Adams, Jazzmyne A. and Friedland, David R. and Luo, Jake},
  journal = {medRxiv},
  pages = {2023.04.24.23289062},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1101/2023.04.24.23289062},
}

@article{Feller2023impacts,
  title = {Impacts of Socioeconomic Status on Dentoalveolar Trauma},
  author = {Feller, Christina N. and Adams, Jazzmyne A. and Friedland, David R. and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Poetker, David M.},
  journal = {WMJ},
  volume = {122},
  number = {1},
  pages = {32--37},
  year = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{Khani2022DRDiagnosis,
  title = {DR Diagnosis: A Visualization Model for Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy Severity and Discovering Plaque Patterns in Retinal Images},
  author = {Khani, Masoud and Tong, Ling and Luo, Jake},
  booktitle = {International Conference on AI in Aging and Age-related Diseases (AIHC 2022)},
  year = {2022},
}

@mastersthesis{Khani2021Segmentation,
  title = {Medical Image Segmentation Using Machine Learning},
  author = {Khani, Masoud},
  school = {University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee},
  year = {2021},
}