ISSN :2583-424X
Randall Higashida, M.D. is
Clinical Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Neurological Surgery,
Neurology, and Anesthesiology at the University of California at San Francisco
Medical Center. He is Chief of the
Division of Interventional Neurovascular Radiology, one of the leading
institutions specializing in the minimally invasive treatment of complex
cerebrovascular diseases and stroke.
Dr. Higashida has published over 350
scientific articles on stroke and cerebrovascular diseases and authored over
110 book chapters and 4 textbooks. His
articles have appeared in Stroke,
American Journal of Neuroradiology, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of
Endovascular Surgery, Lancet, Neurology, the New England Journal of Medicine,
the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has presented at over
750 scientific and professional meetings around the world.
Dr. Higashida has served as a
member of numerous medical and scientific committees including the
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Task Force Committee, the American Heart
Association Stroke Council Research Committee, the American Society of
Neuroradiology Executive Committee, and the Society of Neuro Interventional
Surgery Executive Committee. He is the past President of the Society of
Neuro Interventional Surgery, past chairman of the American Heart Association
Council on Cardiovascular Radiology & Interventions, a past member of the
U.S. FDA Neurological Devices Advisory Panel, and was on the oversight
committee of the National Institutes of Health trial for carotid artery
stenting.
Dr. Higashida earned his medical
degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree from the
University of Southern California and did his residency and fellowship training
at UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California.