Ultrasound Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease with Andrew Barreto, MD MS

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We have an amazing Grand Rounds follow up interview for you today! Dr. Andrew Barreto is an Associate Professor at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). He is board certified in both Neurology and Vascular Neurology, and sees patients of all ages. His clinical interests involve a combination of treatments for thrombolysis in ischemic strokes, ultrasound-enhanced treatments for ischemic strokes, advanced CT and MRI vascular neuroimaging and endovascular treatment for strokes.

His Grand Rounds presentation with medical students and faculty at McGovern Medical School was on Ultrasound Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease. One of our new fellows this year, Mahan Shahrivari, interviewed Dr. Barreto following his presentation to ask some more in depth questions.

As with our previous Grand Rounds episode, we added the Q&A from the live Grand Rounds because it added so much value to this episode.

Dr. Andrew Barreto. MD MS, is a vascular neurologist, neurosonologist, clinical trialist and associate professor at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas. He is currently the director of the UT Neurosonology laboratory. He is the Clinical Stroke Director at MHH-Texas Medical Center, co-PI for several practice changing NIH-funded MOST trial: Multi-Arm Optimization of Stroke Thrombolysis. Dr. Barreto’s area of expertise are neurosonology and acute ischemic stroke clinical trials. Combination treatments for thrombolysis in ischemic stroke and Ultrasound-enhanced treatments for ischemic stroke.

For more information on Dr. Barreto visit https://med.uth.edu/neurology/faculty/andrew-d-barreto-md-ms/

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