Neurovascular surgeons in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine regularly collaborate with the Departments of Neurology and Radiology and Imaging Sciences. The team sees patients with cerebrovascular and spinovascular diseases, with symptoms that include aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid stenosis, vertebral stenosis, ICAD, dural arteriovenous fistula, moya moya, cavernous malformations, subdural hematomas and venous sinus stenosis for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Expertise also includes Gamm Knife radiosurgery. Neurosurgeons in the neurovascular specialty closely collaborate with neuroradiologists for non-invasive imaging with MRI, MRA, CTA, CTP and cranial dopplers. They also collaborate on cerebral ischemic and hemorrhagic disease treatment plans with neurologists. Each month, neurovascular surgeons participate in a multi-disciplinary complex case review with faculty physicians from multiple departments; they treat close to 150 aneurysms and 150 stroke interventions each year thanks to this partnership. The department is also actively a member of seven endovascular multidisciplinary studies housed at locations across the United States.
Vascular Fellowship
The Department of Neurological Surgery offers two fellowships. The multidisciplinary neuroendovascular fellowship accepts fellows from neurological surgery, neurology and neuroradiology for a two-year fellowship. The department’s one-year cerebrovascular fellowship is intended for neurological surgery trainees. Fellows for either program learn from department faculty vascular neurosurgeons and endovascular neuroradiologists, who treat patients experiences aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and other cerebrovascular diseases. Training may be customized to include surgical, endovascular or a combined experience.
