Biography
Dr. Luis Savastano is a hybrid cerebrovascular neurosurgeon that specializes in the microsurgical and endovascular treatment of brain aneurysm, moyamoya disease, brain and spinal AVMs, carotid artery disease and stroke.
Dr. Savastano is a trailblazer surgeon-scientist and has led bench-to-bedside developments of minimally invasive technologies and techniques to better understand, diagnose and treat patients with cerebrovascular diseases.
Clinical Interests
Neuroanatomy, experimental neurosurgery, translational research.
Honors & Awards
2015-2016 Cerebrovascular Research Award from the Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and The Congress of Neurological Surgeons, for the work titled “Endoluminal vascular imaging in carotid atherosclerotic disease”
Credentials
Medical School
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina (Summa cum laude)
Residency
The University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery
Fellowship
Harvard University