Bio — Scientific Advisory Board member

Charles J. Prestigiacomo, MD

A 1993 graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Prestigiacomo completed his residency in Neurological Surgery at The Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Endovascular Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Center for Endovascular Surgery.

Dr. Prestigiacomo holds dual appointments as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiology at the New Jersey Medical School. He is Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at University Hospital, serves as co-director of the Division of Neurological Surgery at Jersey City Medical Center and is a Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

His specialties include cerebrovascular microsurgery (aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, carotid endarterectomy and bypass), endovascular surgery for the treatment of all brain, spinal cord and head/neck pathology (aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, stroke, tumor, vessel occlusion) and stereotactic radiosurgery for vascular lesions.

In addition to his clinical and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Prestigiacomo is currently involved in several research efforts, including biophysical studies on aneurysm formation and growth, clinical outcomes studies on patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and other forms of cerebrovascular disease, and the expanding role of EMS in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease and trauma.

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