Tom Tomsick, the sixth president of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic
Neuroradiology, was one of four children (he had one brother and two sisters) born into a …

Jacques Dion, the seventh president of the American Society of Interventional and
Therapeutic Neuroradiology (ASITN) was born near Quebec City in Lac St. Jean, Canada on …

Extracranial Carotid Reconstruction: Endarterectomy, Angioplasty, and Stenting and Critical
Care of Neurosurgical and Endovascular Patients. There were four additional special …

Drs. Fedor Serbinenko, Gerard DeBrun, Grant Hieshima, Charles Kerber and Jean-Jacques
Merland were welcomed as special guests of honour to the meeting. Also featured was a …

I am pleased to introduce Amon Y. Liu, MD, as a new Deputy Editor who will become a
member of the editorial team of Radiology. He has been providing us his insights for quite …

Stroke remains one of the main public health issues worldwide. It is the third leading cause
of death in the United States, with more than 200,000 people dying from strokes each year …

Dr Sanjeev Nayak speaks to Sean Fitzpatrick, Commissioning Editor: Dr Sanjeev Nayak is a
Consultant Neuroradiologist with special interest in Interventional Neuroradiology at the …

Endovascular techniques are showing promise as both alternative as well as primary
therapies for ischemic strokes. These procedures are continuously evolving as the patient …

Stroke is characterized as an acute, abrupt onset, central nervous system injury of vascular
origin. The term “stroke” encompasses cerebral ischemia/infarcts, intracerebral hemorrhage …

The preceding two articles, by Massoud and colleagues (1) and by Geremia and colleagues
(2), are important for several reasons. Taken on a very practical level, they point out some of …