Interventional Neuroradiology
Our faculty provide a minimally invasive endovascular approach to treating complex vascular diseases of the brain, head/neck, and spine including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms and vascular malformations, carotid and vertebral-basilar atherosclerotic disease or injury, head/neck bleeding, epistaxis, hypervascular tumors, idiopathic intracranial hypertension or pulsatile tinnitus related to dural venous sinus pathology. We perform various percutaneous interventions in the head/neck and spine for image guided biopsies, tumor ablations, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty for spinal compression fractures, spinal pain interventions, and the diagnostic evaluation/treatment of spinal CSF leaks.
Our clinical and academic mission is to provide a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach specific to each patient’s presentation and pathology, while educating our trainees and innovating new, minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for complex vascular diseases of the brain, head/neck and spine.”
Sameer A. Ansari, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology
Neurointerventional Surgery Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Departments of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery
What We Do
Patient Care
Education
We offer a one- or two-year specialized training fellowship (CAST and ACGME accredited) in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology.
Research
The Interventional Neuroradiology section supports the academic mission with a Neurovascular Imaging / Neurointerventional Surgery research group consisting of a diverse group of physicians, scientists, trainees, and post-doctoral research fellows that focus on the study and development of novel computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) applications for studying neurological and psychiatric diseases. The priorities of this group are to rapidly translate these imaging techniques into the clinical environment, increase our understanding of brain, spine, head and neck vascular diseases, and improve patient care. Neuroimaging physicians and scientists are actively collaborating with colleagues across the Northwestern campus in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering.
This research group focuses on novel CT/MR/DSA imaging techniques, functional and molecular MRI applications, and diagnostic imaging augmentation with machine learning/artificial algorithms, to study various neurovascular and spine conditions. In addition, they are actively involved in in the clinical translation of novel diagnostic and minimally invasive treatments for both adults and children. The research group has published extensively on epidemiological and clinical outcomes research related to diseases such as ischemic stroke, intracranial atherosclerotic disease, cerebral aneurysms and vascular malformations, initiated multiple NIH-sponsored clinical trials, NIH-funded studies, and developed large national clinical registries to study cerebrovascular disease treatment.
Contact Us
Interventional Neuroradiology
676 N. St. Clair St.
Chicago, IL 60611 (Map it)
Phone: 312-695-1292