Todd Abruzzo

Place of work: United States of America
University:

University of Cincinnati

Laboratory:

Department of radiology

Resume

Dr. Abruzzo is a practicing Interventional Neuroradiologist who also directs a comprehensive basic science and clinical neurovascular research program at The University of Cincinnati. His clinical practice focuses on the endovascular treatment of neurovascular disorders in adults and children. He is currently director of Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology at The Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute. He is a clinically practicing faculty member of The Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Stroke Team, a group which has led the nation in pioneering the neurointerventional management of acute ischemic stroke. Dr. Abruzzo received his undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in Biochemistry. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from the S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical School in New York City, Dr. Abruzzo completed 3 years of residency training in general surgery and 2 years of residency training in Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester and Tulane University Medical Centers. He then completed a residency in Radiology and two fellowships (Diagnostic Neuroradiology & Interventional Neuroradiology) at the Emory University Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center since July 2004. Dr. Abruzzo holds appointments in the departments of Radiology, Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering where he instructs trainees in the theory and practice of those fields.

Dr. Abruzzo’s research interests include:

Neurovascular anatomy and developmental biology.
Biology and pathogenesis of cerebral aneurysms, cerebral vasospasm, cerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, cerebral venous disorders, and vascular malformations.
Neurovascular disorders of childhood including intracranial aneurysms, Moya Moya syndrome, ischemic stroke, cerebral sinovenous thrombosis, and vascular malformations of the central nervous system, spine, head and neck.
Development of neurointerventional technologies including aneurysm occlusion devices, stents, bioactive embolization devices, tissue engineered embolization devices, liquid embolic agents, particle embolic agents, endovascular cell therapy, catheters, vessel occlusion devices, vessel recanalizatilon devices, high intensity focused ultrasound therapies, and ultrasound controlled drug delivery systems.
Basic science, engineering and clinical aspects of neurointerventional surgery.
Neuroendovascular applications of engineered Smart Materials.
Modeling of treatment endpoint and failure modes with finite element analysis and virtual reality simulator programs.
Mechanobiology of thrombosis and neurovascular circulatory physiology.

Contributions


New Research Gives Insight into Biological Mechanisms Involved in Cerebral Aneurysms 14 Sep, 2007 01:02 pm Research using single gene knockout mice has led to a finding which confirms the importance of nitric oxide biochemistry in the formation of cerebral aneurysms...

Todd Abruzzo

University of Cincinnati

Department of radiology

New Research Gives Insight into Biological Mechanisms Involved in Cerebral Aneurysms