publications | Masoud Khani

2026

User-Centered Explainable AI in Healthcare: A Literature Review

Masoud Khani, David R. Friedland, Jazzmyne Adams, and 3 more authors

ACM Computing Surveys, 2026

Under review (submitted Feb 8, 2026)

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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)},
}

Explainable AI reveals temporal risk pathways in fall prediction: extracting clinical insights from multi-horizon machine learning models

Masoud Khani, David R. Friedland, Michael Widlansky, and 6 more authors

GeroScience, 2026

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@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},
}

Sequential pattern transformer (SPT): a generative and interpretable framework for predicting disease trajectories

Mohammad Assadi Shalmani, Masoud Khani, Amirsajjad Taleban, and 5 more authors

Neural Computing and Applications, 2026

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@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},
}

From food deserts to nutritional equity: exposing socioeconomic drivers of hypertension

Zihao Yi, Masoud Khani, Mohammad Assadi Shalmani, and 4 more authors

Journal of Nutritional Science, 2026

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@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},
}

Correlation Between Life Stress and Tinnitus Severity

Beatrice Mumm, David Friedland, Jazzmyne Adams, and 3 more authors

Otology & Neurotology, 2026

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@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},
}

Tumoral Skin Invasion Is an Independent Predictor of Rapid Recurrence in Head and Neck Cancer

Abdullah A. Memon, Mohamed Khalil, Oscar Villarreal Espinosa, and 17 more authors

Head & Neck, 2026

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@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},
}

2025

Risk Prediction and Interpretation for Fall Events Using Explainable AI and Large Language Models

Jake Luo, Masoud Khani, Jazzmyne Adams, and 3 more authors

In Proceedings of the 2025 9th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (ICMHI ’25), 2025

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@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},
}

LLMCARE: Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment via Transformer Models Enhanced by LLM-Generated Synthetic Data

Ali Zolnour, Hossein Azadmaleki, Yasaman Haghbin, and 13 more authors

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2025

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@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},
}

MCWs (MiCroWire sorter): A New Framework for Automated and Reliable Spike Sorting in Human Intracerebral Recordings

Alexander Betancourt, Masoud Khani, Tapasi Brahma, and 7 more authors

bioRxiv, 2025

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@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},
}

Assessment of Anesthetic Modalities in Otologic Surgery

Phuong H. Bao, David R. Friedland, Jazzmyne A. Adams, and 3 more authors

Otology & Neurotology Open, 2025

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@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},
}

The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Pancreatic Cancer Care Utilization

Masoud Khani, Mohammad Assadi Shalmani, Amirsajjad Taleban, and 4 more authors

PLoS ONE, 2025

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@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},
}

Cardiovascular Risk Factors Drive Mortality in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease—A Propensity-Matched US National Database Study

Paraj Patel, Omair Iqbal, Divyanshu Mohananey, and 9 more authors

The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2025

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@article{Patel2025CVRiskIBD,
  title = {Cardiovascular Risk Factors Drive Mortality in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease—A Propensity-Matched US National Database Study},
  author = {Patel, Paraj and Iqbal, Omair and Mohananey, Divyanshu and Bajwa, Saffia and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Stein, Daniel J. and Hashash, Jana G. and Mansoor, Emad and Cross, Raymond K. and Kochhar, Gursimran and Sinh, Preetika},
  journal = {The American Journal of Gastroenterology},
  volume = {120},
  number = {10},
  pages = {S355--S356},
  year = {2025},
}

Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Primarily Driven by Presence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Prior Coronary Artery Disease

Paraj Patel, Omair Iqbal, Divyanshu Mohananey, and 9 more authors

Gastroenterology, 2025

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@article{Patel2025IBDCV,
  title = {Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Primarily Driven by Presence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Prior Coronary Artery Disease},
  author = {Patel, Paraj and Iqbal, Omair and Mohananey, Divyanshu and Bajwa, Saffia and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Stein, Daniel J. and Hashash, Jana G. and Mansoor, Emad and Cross, Raymond K. and Kochhar, Gursimran S. and Sinh, Preetika},
  journal = {Gastroenterology},
  volume = {169},
  number = {1},
  pages = {S-1214--S-1215},
  year = {2025},
}

2024

Advancing Personalized Healthcare: Leveraging Explainable AI for BPPV Risk Assessment

Masoud Khani, Jake Luo, Mohammad Assadi Shalmani, and 3 more authors

Health Information Science and Systems, 2024

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@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},
}

Increased Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Tinnitus

Mingee Kim, David R. Friedland, Jazzmyne A. Adams, and 2 more authors

International Tinnitus Journal, 2024

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@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},
}

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events but Not Mortality: Data from a Large US National Database

Saffia Bajwa, Paraj Patel, Omair Iqbal, and 8 more authors

The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2024

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@article{Bajwa2024IBDCardio,
  title = {Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events but Not Mortality: Data from a Large US National Database},
  author = {Bajwa, Saffia and Patel, Paraj and Iqbal, Omair and Mohananey, Divyanshu and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Stein, Daniel J. and Hashash, Jana G. and Mansoor, Emad and Cross, Raymond K. and Sinh, Preetika},
  journal = {The American Journal of Gastroenterology},
  volume = {119},
  number = {10S},
  pages = {S760--S761},
  year = {2024},
}

Biologics and JAK Inhibitors Decrease Major Cardiovascular Events (MACE) in IBD Patients: Data from a Large National Cohort

Paraj Patel, Omair Iqbal, Divyanshu Mohananey, and 8 more authors

Gastroenterology, 2024

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@article{Patel2024BiologicsJAK,
  title = {Biologics and JAK Inhibitors Decrease Major Cardiovascular Events (MACE) in IBD Patients: Data from a Large National Cohort},
  author = {Patel, Paraj and Iqbal, Omair and Mohananey, Divyanshu and Bajwa, Saffia and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Stein, Daniel J. and Hashash, Jana G. and Mansoor, Emad and Cross, Raymond K. and Sinh, Preetika},
  journal = {Gastroenterology},
  volume = {166},
  number = {5},
  pages = {S-172},
  year = {2024},
}

Anti-TNF Medications but Not JAK Inhibitors Are Associated with Increased Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: Data from a Large National Cohort

Omair Iqbal, Paraj Patel, Divyanshu Mohananey, and 8 more authors

Gastroenterology, 2024

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@article{Iqbal2024AntiTNF,
  title = {Anti-TNF Medications but Not JAK Inhibitors Are Associated with Increased Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: Data from a Large National Cohort},
  author = {Iqbal, Omair and Patel, Paraj and Mohananey, Divyanshu and Bajwa, Saffia and Khani, Masoud and Luo, Jake and Stein, Daniel J. and Hashash, Jana G. and Mansoor, Emad and Cross, Raymond K. and Sinh, Preetika},
  journal = {Gastroenterology},
  volume = {166},
  number = {5},
  pages = {S-1120},
  year = {2024},
}

Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health on Dysphagia Care Pathways at a Tertiary Care Facility

Maie M. Zagloul, Jonathan M. Bock, Joel H. Blumin, and 6 more authors

The Laryngoscope, 2024

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@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},
}

Enhancing Early Intervention: Predicting Pancreatic Cancer Mortality Rates

Masoud Khani, Amirsajjad Taleban, and Jake Luo

In AMIA 2024 Clinical Informatics Conference, 2024

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@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},
}

2023

A Risk Identification Model for Detection of Patients at Risk of Antidepressant Discontinuation

Ali Zolnour, Christina E. Eldredge, Anthony Faiola, and 16 more authors

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2023

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@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},
}

Association Between Body-Mass Index, Patient Characteristics, and Obesity-Related Comorbidities Among COVID-19 Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

Ling Tong, Masoud Khani, Qiang Lu, and 3 more authors

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2023

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@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},
}

Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health on Dysphagia Care Pathways at a Tertiary Care Facility

Maie M. Zagloul, Jonathan M. Bock, Joel H. Blumin, and 6 more authors

The Laryngoscope, 2023

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@article{Zagloul2023dysphagia,
  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},
  year = {2023},
}

Socioeconomic Disparities for Healthcare Utilization of Senior Adult Falls in Southeast Wisconsin, 2020-2022

Ling Tong, Masoud Khani, Bradley Taylor, and 4 more authors

medRxiv, 2023

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@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},
}

Impacts of Socioeconomic Status on Dentoalveolar Trauma

Christina N. Feller, Jazzmyne A. Adams, David R. Friedland, and 3 more authors

WMJ, 2023

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@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},
}

2022

DR Diagnosis: A Visualization Model for Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy Severity and Discovering Plaque Patterns in Retinal Images

Masoud Khani, Ling Tong, and Jake Luo

In International Conference on AI in Aging and Age-related Diseases (AIHC 2022), 2022

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@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},
}

2021

Medical Image Segmentation Using Machine Learning

Masoud Khani

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021

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