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| What is a Vascular and Interventional Neurologist? |
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Vascular and Interventional Neurologist is a physician specialized in treating neurological and stroke conditions using minimally invasive procedures. The specialty is evolved in collaboration with specialists from vascular neurology, neurocritical care, interventional neuro-radiology, and endovascular neurosurgery. To become a vascular and interventional neurologist, a physician has to complete general neurology training followed by one year of stroke training or neurocritical care training and two years of hands on training in neuro-interventional procedures. The neuro-interventional procedures are performed under the guidance of X-ray monitors through the groin artery. The procedures include, but not limited to dissolving clots from blocked brain arteries in patient with stroke, or removing the clot with snare like devices, placing a stent "mesh like tube" to keep the brain and carotid arteries open, treating brain aneurysm by placing platinum coils, treating brain arteriovenous malformation with glue embolization. In addition, procedures to alleviate back pain such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty to implant a cement material to repair compression back fracture are performed.
Training Pathways
Medical students or neurology residents who are interested in becoming interventional neurologists can take the following training routes.
First step:
Complete a general neurology residency.
Second step:
Choice number one: Fellowship training in vascular neurology followed by two years of neuro-interventional training.
Choice number two: Fellowship training in neurocritical care and diagnostic neuro-interventional procedures over two years followed by one year of training in interventional procedures.
To find an interventional neurology mentor, please contact our director Amy Lallier at amylallier@comcast.net. |
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