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Byron G. Thompson, M.D.


 
Faculty Appointment: Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Professor, Department of Radiology
Additional Titles: Director, Section of Neurovascular Surgery
Director, Section of Skull Base Surgery
Director, Radiosurgery Program
Director, Division of Cerebrovascular, Neurointerventional, and Skull Base Surgery
Surgical Director, Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Specialty: Adult Neurosurgery
Clinical Interests: Stroke, cerebral aneurysm surgery, cerebral aneurysm coiling, arteriovenous malformations, cerebrovascular surgery, cerebral vascular malformations, cavernous malformations, carotid endarterectomy/carotid stenosis/carotid occlusive disease; Cerebrovascular Surgery, Cranial Base Surgery, Acoustic Neuroma surgery; Radiosurgery.
Research Interests: Cerebral aneurysms/subarachnoid hemorrhage, vasospasm, nitric oxide, and stroke.

Education and Credentialing:
Degree: M.D., 1982, University of Kansas
Residency: University Of Pittsburgh, 1986-1993, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Fellowships: Research Fellowship, 1994, National Institutes of Health-Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke
Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery, 1994, Barrow Neurological Institute
Endovascular Neurosurgery, 2004, Thomas Jefferson University
Certification: 1998, American Board of Neurological Surgery