Research Terms
Keywords
Acute Ischemic Infarct Endovascular Neurosurgery Interventional Neurology Stem Cells Stroke
Juried or refereed journal articles or exhibitions:
1: Gaynor BG, Haussen DC, Ambekar S, Peterson EC,
Yavagal DR, Elhammady MS.
Covered Stents for the Prevention and Treatment of Carotid Blowout Syndrome. Neurosurgery. 2015 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25790070. 2: Saver JL, Goyal M, Bonafe A, Diener HC, Levy EI, Pereira VM, Albers GW, Cognard C, Cohen DJ, Hacke W, Jansen O, Jovin TG, Mattle HP, Nogueira RG, Siddiqui AH,
Yavagal DR, Devlin TG, Lopes DK, Reddy V, du Mesnil de Rochemont R,
Jahan R; SWIFT PRIME Investigators. Solitaire™ with the Intention for Thrombectomy as Primary Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke (SWIFT PRIME) trial: protocol for a randomized, controlled, multicenter study comparing the Solitaire revascularization device with IV tPA with IV tPA alone in acute ischemic stroke. Int J Stroke. 2015 Apr;10(3):439-48. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12459. PubMed PMID: 25777831. 3: Haussen DC, Nogueira RG, DeSousa KG, Pafford RN, Janjua N, Ramdas KN, Peterson EC, Elhammady MS,
Yavagal DR. Transradial access in acute ischemic stroke
intervention. J Neurointerv Surg. 2015 Jan 5. pii: neurintsurg-2014-011519. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011519. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25561585. 4: Haussen DC, Nogueira RG, Elhammady MS,
Yavagal DR, Aziz-Sultan MA, Johnson JN,
Gaynor BG, Jen S, Dehkharghani S, Peterson EC. Infarct growth despite full reperfusion in endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2014 Dec 24. pii: neurintsurg-2014-011497. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011497. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25540178. 5: DeSousa KG, Haussen DC,
Yavagal DR. Strategies for streamlining emergency
stroke care. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2014 Nov;14(11):497. doi: 10.1007/s11910-014-0497-x. PubMed PMID: 25255768. 6: Haussen DC, Dharmadhikari SS, Snelling B, Lioutas VA, Thomas A, Peterson EC, Elhammady MS, Aziz-Sultan MA,
Yavagal DR. Posterior communicating and vertebral
artery configuration and outcome in endovascular treatment of acute basilar artery occlusion. J Neurointerv Surg. 2014 Sep 17. pii: neurintsurg-2014-011327. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011327. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25230838. 7: Johnson JN, Haussen DC, Elhammady MS, Pao CL,
Yavagal DR, Aziz-Sultan MA. Poor
outcomes of elderly patients undergoing multimodality intra-arterial therapy for acute ischemic stroke. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Aug;123:136-41. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.05.025. Epub 2014 Jun 4. PubMed PMID: 25012026. 8: Johnson J, Patel S, Saraf-Lavi E, Aziz-Sultan MA,
Yavagal DR. Posterior spinal
artery aneurysm rupture after 'Ecstasy' abuse. J Neurointerv Surg. 2014 Jul 8. pii: neurintsurg-2014-011248. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011248.rep. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25006043. 9: Alderazi YJ, Dharmadhikari S, Haussen DC,
Yavagal DR. Teaching NeuroImages:
reversible pontomesencephalic edema caused by traumatic carotid cavernous fistula. Neurology. 2014 Jul 8;83(2):e18. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000562. PubMed PMID: 25002572; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4117172. 10: Johnson J, Patel S, Saraf-Lavi E, Aziz-Sultan MA,
Yavagal DR. Posterior
spinal artery aneurysm rupture after 'Ecstasy' abuse. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jul 3;2014. pii: bcr2014011248. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-011248. PubMed PMID: 24994748. 11: Demchuk AM, Goyal M, Yeatts SD, Carrozzella J, Foster LD, Qazi E, Hill MD, Jovin TG, Ribo M, Yan B, Zaidat OO, Frei D, von Kummer R, Cockroft KM, Khatri P, Liebeskind DS, Tomsick TA, Palesch YY, Broderick JP; IMS III Investigators. Recanalization and clinical outcome of occlusion sites at baseline CT angiography in the Interventional Management of Stroke III trial. Radiology. 2014 Oct;273(1):202-10. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14132649. Epub 2014 Jun 5. PubMed PMID: 24895878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4174723. 12: Simpson KN, Simpson AN, Mauldin PD, Hill MD, Yeatts SD, Spilker JA, Foster LD, Khatri P, Martin R, Jauch EC, Kleindorfer D, Palesch YY, Broderick JP; IMS III Investigators. Drivers of costs associated with reperfusion therapy in acute stroke: the Interventional Management of Stroke III Trial. Stroke. 2014 Jun;45(6):1791-8. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003874. Epub 2014 May 13. PubMed PMID: 24876261; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4128893. 13: Hayes SB, Johnson JN, Most Z, Elhammady MS,
Yavagal D, Aziz-Sultan MA.
Transarterial embolization of intractable nasal and oropharyngeal hemorrhage using liquid embolic agents. J Neurointerv Surg. 2014 May 26. pii: neurintsurg-2014-011101. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011101. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24862104. 14:
Yavagal DR, Lin B, Raval AP, Garza PS, Dong C, Zhao W, Rangel EB, McNiece I,
Rundek T, Sacco RL, Perez-Pinzon M, Hare JM. Efficacy and dose-dependent safety of intra-arterial delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in a rodent stroke model. PLoS One. 2014 May 7;9(5):e93735. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093735. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24807059; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4012944. 15: Haussen DC, Gaynor BG, Johnson JN, Peterson EC, Elhammady MS, Aziz-Sultan MA, Yavagal DR.
Carotid siphon calcification impact on revascularization and outcome
in stroke intervention. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 May;120:73-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.02.021. Epub 2014 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 24731580. 16: Haussen DC,
Yavagal DR. Endovascular therapies in acute ischemic stroke.
Semin Neurol. 2013 Nov;33(5):441-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1364219. Epub 2014 Feb 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 24504606. 17: Savitz SI, Cramer SC, Wechsler L; STEPS 3 Consortium. Stem cells as an emerging paradigm in stroke 3: enhancing the development of clinical trials. Stroke. 2014 Feb;45(2):634-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003379. Epub 2013 Dec 24. Review. PubMed PMID: 24368562. 18: Saver JL, Jovin TG, Smith WS, Albers GW, Baron JC, Boltze J, Broderick JP, Davis LA, Demchuk AM, DeSena S, Fiehler J, Gorelick PB, Hacke W, Holt B, Jahan R, Jing H, Khatri P, Kidwell CS, Lees KR, Lev MH, Liebeskind DS, Luby M, Lyden P, Megerian JT, Mocco J, Muir KW, Rowley HA, Ruedy RM, Savitz SI, Sipelis VJ, Shimp SK 3rd, Wechsler LR, Wintermark M, Wu O,
Yavagal DR, Yoo AJ; STAIR VIII
Consortium. Stroke treatment academic industry roundtable: research priorities in the assessment of neurothrombectomy devices. Stroke. 2013 Dec;44(12):3596-601. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002769. Epub 2013 Nov 5. PubMed PMID: 24193797; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4142766. 19: Derdeyn CP, Chimowitz MI, Lynn MJ, Fiorella D, Turan TN, Janis LS, Montgomery J, Nizam A, Lane BF, Lutsep HL, Barnwell SL, Waters MF, Hoh BL, Hourihane JM, Levy EI, Alexandrov AV, Harrigan MR, Chiu D, Klucznik RP, Clark JM, McDougall CG, Johnson MD, Pride GL Jr, Lynch JR, Zaidat OO, Rumboldt Z, Cloft HJ; Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis Trial Investigators. Aggressive medical treatment with or without stenting in high-risk patients with intracranial artery stenosis (SAMMPRIS): the final results of a randomised trial. Lancet. 2014 Jan 25;383(9914):333-41. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62038-3. Epub 2013 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 24168957; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3971471. 20: Shah AH, Haussen DC, Snelling BM, Heros RC,
Yavagal DR. Delayed ischemic
stroke following spontaneous thrombosis of an arteriovenous malformation. J Neurointerv Surg. 2014 Oct;6(8):e40. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010817.rep. Epub 2013 Sep 23. PubMed PMID: 24064366. 21: Shah AH, Haussen DC, Snelling BM, Heros RC,
Yavagal DR. Delayed ischemic
stroke following spontaneous thrombosis of an arteriovenous malformation. BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Sep 18;2013. pii: bcr2013010817. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-010817. PubMed PMID: 24049090. 22: Bhattacharya P, Pandey AK, Paul S, Patnaik R,
Yavagal DR. Aquaporin-4
inhibition mediates piroxicam-induced neuroprotection against focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in rodents. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 4;8(9):e73481. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073481. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24023878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3762750. 23: Zaidat OO, Yoo AJ, Khatri P, Tomsick TA, von Kummer R, Saver JL, Marks MP, Prabhakaran S, Kallmes DF, Fitzsimmons BF, Mocco J, Wardlaw JM, Barnwell SL, Jovin TG, Linfante I, Siddiqui AH, Alexander MJ, Hirsch JA, Wintermark M, Albers G, Woo HH, Heck DV, Lev M, Aviv R, Hacke W, Warach S, Broderick J, Derdeyn CP, Furlan A, Nogueira RG,
Yavagal DR, Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Bendszus M, Liebeskind
DS; Cerebral Angiographic Revascularization Grading (CARG) Collaborators; STIR Revascularization working group; STIR Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction (TICI) Task Force. Recommendations on angiographic revascularization grading standards for acute ischemic stroke: a consensus statement. Stroke. 2013 Sep;44(9):2650-63. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001972. Epub 2013 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 23920012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4160883. 24:
Yavagal D. Joined forces: society of vascular and interventional neurology
and interventional neurology. Interv Neurol. 2013 Mar;1(2):55. doi: 10.1159/000349885. PubMed PMID: 25187767; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4138771. 25: Kidwell CS, Jahan R, Gornbein J, Alger JR, Nenov V, Ajani Z, Feng L, Meyer BC, Olson S, Schwamm LH, Yoo AJ, Marshall RS, Meyers PM,
Yavagal DR, Wintermark
M, Guzy J, Starkman S, Saver JL; MR RESCUE Investigators. A trial of imaging selection and endovascular treatment for ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 7;368(10):914-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212793. Epub 2013 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 23394476; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3690785. 26: Derdeyn CP, Fiorella D, Lynn MJ, Rumboldt Z, Cloft HJ, Gibson D, Turan TN, Lane BF, Janis LS, Chimowitz MI; Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis Trial Investigators. Mechanisms of stroke after intracranial angioplasty and stenting in the SAMMPRIS trial. Neurosurgery. 2013 May;72(5):777-95; discussion 795. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318286fdc8. PubMed PMID: 23328689; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3696348. 27: Haussen DC, Koch S, Saraf-Lavi E, Shang T, Dharmadhikari S,
Yavagal DR. FLAIR
distal hyperintense vessels as a marker of perfusion-diffusion mismatch in acute stroke. J Neuroimaging. 2013 Jul;23(3):397-400. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00784.x. Epub 2013 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 23317412. 28: Zaidat OO,
Yavagal DR. Endovascular acute ischemic stroke therapy: Society of
Vascular and Interventional Neurology roundtable proceedings. Neurology. 2012 Sep 25;79(13 Suppl 1):S1-2. PubMed PMID: 23019136 29: Shang T,
Yavagal DR. Application of acute stroke imaging: selecting patients
for revascularization therapy. Neurology. 2012 Sep 25;79(13 Suppl 1):S86-94. Review. PubMed PMID: 23008419. 30: Nguyen TN, Zaidat OO, Edgell RC, Janjua N,
Yavagal DR, Xavier AR, Kirmani JF,
Liebeskind DS, Nogueira RG, Vora NA, Sims JR, Lynch JR, Fitzsimmons BF, Wolfe TJ, Chen M, Badruddin A, Zahuranec DB, McDonagh DL, Janardhan V, Bastan B, Madden JA, Sanossian N, Gupta R, Lazzaro MA, Jovin TG, Abou-Chebl A, Linfante I, Hussain SI. Vascular neurologists and neurointerventionalists on endovascular stroke care: polling results. Neurology. 2012 Sep 25;79(13 Suppl 1):S5-15. PubMed PMID: 23008412; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4109229. 31: Lazzaro MA, Novakovic RL, Alexandrov AV, Darkhabani Z, Edgell RC, English J, Frei D, Jamieson DG, Janardhan V, Janjua N, Janjua RM, Katzan I, Khatri P, Kirmani JF, Liebeskind DS, Linfante I, Nguyen TN, Saver JL, Shutter L, Xavier A, Yavagal D,
Zaidat OO. Developing practice recommendations for endovascular
revascularization for acute ischemic stroke. Neurology. 2012 Sep 25;79(13 Suppl 1):S243-55. Review. PubMed PMID: 23008406; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4109230. 32: Zaidat OO, Lazzaro MA, Liebeskind DS, Janjua N, Wechsler L, Nogueira RG, Edgell RC, Kalia JS, Badruddin A, English J,
Yavagal D, Kirmani JF, Alexandrov
AV, Khatri P. Revascularization grading in endovascular acute ischemic stroke therapy. Neurology. 2012 Sep 25;79(13 Suppl 1):S110-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 23008384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4109231. 33: Rose DZ, Koch S, Reyes-Iglesias Y,
Yavagal DR. Obesity and intracranial
in-stent thrombosis. J Neurointerv Surg. 2013 Sep 1;5(5):e33. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010310. Epub 2012 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 22863979. 34:
Yavagal DR, Haussen DC. Large artery revascularization. Continuum (Minneap
Minn). 2011 Dec;17(6 2ndary Stroke Prevention):1267-92. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000410035.26853.45. PubMed PMID: 22810030. 35: Zaidat OO, Lazzaro MA, Gupta R,
Yavagal DR, Rasmussen PA, Hirsch JA,
Castonguay AC, Tarr RW. Interventional Management of Stroke III trial: establishing the foundation. J Neurointerv Surg. 2012 Jul;4(4):235-7. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010409. Epub 2012 May 21. PubMed PMID: 22613883. 36: Haussen DC, Modir R,
Yavagal DR. Unilateral contrast neurotoxicity as a
stroke mimic after cerebral angiogram. J Neuroimaging. 2013 Apr;23(2):231-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00655.x. Epub 2011 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 21914034. 37: Chimowitz MI, Lynn MJ, Derdeyn CP, Turan TN, Fiorella D, Lane BF, Janis LS, Lutsep HL, Barnwell SL, Waters MF, Hoh BL, Hourihane JM, Levy EI, Alexandrov AV, Harrigan MR, Chiu D, Klucznik RP, Clark JM, McDougall CG, Johnson MD, Pride GL Jr, Torbey MT, Zaidat OO, Rumboldt Z, Cloft HJ; SAMMPRIS Trial Investigators. Stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2011 Sep 15;365(11):993-1003. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1105335. Epub 2011 Sep 7. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2012 Jul 5;367(1):93. PubMed PMID: 21899409; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3552515. 38: Haussen DC,
Yavagal DR. Stroke: Consensus on evidence-based implementation of
early supported discharge. Nat Rev Neurol. 2011 Sep 5;7(9):482-3. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2011.128. PubMed PMID: 21892214. 39: Chimowitz MI, Lynn MJ, Turan TN, Fiorella D, Lane BF, Janis S, Derdeyn CP; SAMMPRIS Investigators. Design of the stenting and aggressive medical management for preventing recurrent stroke in intracranial stenosis trial. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 Jul-Aug;20(4):357-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.05.001. PubMed PMID: 21729789; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3506385. 40: Shuaib A, Bornstein NM, Diener HC, Dillon W, Fisher M, Hammer MD, Molina CA, Rutledge JN, Saver JL, Schellinger PD, Shownkeen H; SENTIS Trial Investigators. Partial aortic occlusion for cerebral perfusion augmentation: safety and efficacy of NeuroFlo in Acute Ischemic Stroke trial. Stroke. 2011 Jun;42(6):1680-90. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.609933. Epub 2011 May 12. Erratum in: Stroke. 2011 Nov;42(11):e632-3. PubMed PMID: 21566232. 41: Raval AP, Hirsch N, Dave KR,
Yavagal DR, Bramlett H, Saul I. Nicotine and
estrogen synergistically exacerbate cerebral ischemic injury. Neuroscience. 2011 May 5;181:216-25. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.02.036. Epub 2011 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 21334425. 42: Savitz SI, Chopp M, Deans R, Carmichael T, Phinney D, Wechsler L; STEPS Participants. Stem Cell Therapy as an Emerging Paradigm for Stroke (STEPS) II. Stroke. 2011 Mar;42(3):825-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.601914. Epub 2011 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 21273569. 43: Edgell RC, Boulos AS, Borhani Haghighi A, Bernardini GL,
Yavagal DR. Middle
cerebral artery stenosis associated with moyamoya pattern collateralization. Front Neurol. 2010 Nov 25;1:119. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2010.00119. eCollection 2010. PubMed PMID: 21206524; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3009450. 44: Gupta R, Jovin TG,
Yavagal D, Abou-Chebl A. Carotid endarterectomy vs.
carotid stenting: fairly comparable or unfairly compared? Front Neurol. 2010 Jul 16;1:14. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2010.00014. eCollection 2010. PubMed PMID: 21173891; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2995618. 45: Edgell RC, Alshekhlee A,
Yavagal DR, Vora N, Cruz-Flores S. Interventional
neurology: a reborn subspecialty. J Neuroimaging. 2012 Oct;22(4):319-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00557.x. Epub 2010 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 21122027. 46:
Yavagal DR, Geng D, Akar S, Buonanno F, Kesari S. Superficial siderosis of
the central nervous system due to bilateral jugular vein thrombosis. Arch Neurol. 2010 Oct;67(10):1269-71. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.255. Review. PubMed PMID: 20937957. 47: Edgell RC,
Yavagal DR, Drazin D, Olivera R, Boulos AS. Treatment of vertebral
artery origin stenosis with anti-proliferative drug-eluting stents. J Neuroimaging. 2010 Apr;20(2):175-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00330.x. Epub 2008 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 19040627. 48:
Yavagal DR. Is coiling really more costly than clipping in patients with
ruptured intracranial aneurysm? Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Jun;4(6):300-1. doi: 10.1038/ncpneuro0790. Epub 2008 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 18446152. 49: Edgell RC,
Yavagal DR, Agner C, Adamo M, Boulos AS. Recanalization of a
symptomatic extracranial internal carotid artery near occlusion with proximal and distal protection: technical case report. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):E174; discussion E174. PubMed PMID: 17621010. 50: Edgell R,
Yavagal DR. Acute endovascular stroke therapy. Curr Neurol Neurosci
Rep. 2006 Nov;6(6):531-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 17074290. 51:
Yavagal DR, Mayer SA. Respiratory complications of rapidly progressive
neuromuscular syndromes: Guillain-Barré syndrome and myasthenia gravis. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Jun;23(3):221-9. PubMed PMID: 16088614. 52: Mayer SA, Kowalski RG, Presciutti M, Ostapkovich ND, McGann E, Fitzsimmons BF,
Yavagal DR, Du YE, Naidech AM, Janjua NA, Claassen J, Kreiter KT, Parra A,
Commichau C. Clinical trial of a novel surface cooling system for fever control in neurocritical care patients. Crit Care Med. 2004 Dec;32(12):2508-15. PubMed PMID: 15599159. 53: Schumacher HC, Meyers PM,
Yavagal DR, Harel NY, Elkind MS, Mohr JP,
Pile-Spellman J. Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy of an occluded superior division branch of the left MCA for acute cardioembolic stroke. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2003 May-Jun;26(3):305-8. PubMed PMID: 14562985. 54:
Yavagal DR, Karnad DR, Oak JL. Metoclopramide for preventing pneumonia in
critically ill patients receiving enteral tube feeding: a randomized controlled trial. Crit Care Med. 2000 May;28(5):1408-11. PubMed PMID: 10834687. 55: Ghosh K,
Yavagal D, Phillips C, Jijina F, Pathare AV, Kerketta L, Iyer YS,
Nair CN, Shinde S, Mohanty D. Ultrastructural, cell culture and karyotype study of bone marrow in a patient with congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia (CDA)-type III presenting with recurrent still-births. Haematologia (Budap). 1998;29(1):41-5. PubMed PMID: 9704256. 56: Jijina F, Ghosh K,
Yavagal D, Pathare AV, Mohanty D. A patient with
congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type III presenting with stillbirths. Acta Haematol. 1998;99(1):31-3. PubMed PMID: 9490563.
Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN), President; 2011 - 2013
AHA-ASA, Member; 2010 - present
Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS), Member; 2010 - present
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), Member; 2010 - present
AAN Section on Interventional Neurology, Chairperson; 2009 - 2012
American Stroke Association (ASA), Stroke Council, Member; 2009 - present
American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Member; 2008 - present
South Florida Board of American Heart Association (AHA)-ASA, Board of Directors; 2008 - present
Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN), Secretary; 2006 - 2007
