Demetrius Klee Lopes

Demetrius Klee Lopes
Born (1970-03-19) March 19, 1970 (age 54)
Chicago[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1993), State University of New York at Buffalo (1995)
OccupationNeurosurgeon
Years active1994 – present
Known forNeuroendovascular surgery[2]
Children2[1]
Websitewww.demetriuslopesmd.com

Demetrius Klee Lopes (born March 19, 1970) is a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon specializing in neuroendovascular therapy. At Advocate Health, he serves as medical director of the cerebrovascular and neuroendovascular program and is co-director of their stroke program.[3]

Lopes is a guest faculty member of Brigham and Women's Hospital Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Symposium at Harvard Medical School.[4] Lopes is the founder of nonprofit Cure4Stroke Foundation,[5] editor in chief of "Neurovascular Exchange" educational website[2] and serves on the organizing committee of the annual World Live Neurovascular Conference.[6]

Lopes' contributions to neurovascular surgery have improved safety and decreased the disabilities caused by stroke, brain aneurysms and arterial malformations. He collaborated on major studies that defined the current indications for mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute stroke. In addition, Lopes had contributed significantly to the development of flow diversion treatment for cerebral aneurysms.[7]

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  2. ^ a b "Demetrius K. Lopes, MD". Rush University. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  3. ^ Mackenzie Garrity (2018-07-31). "Neurosurgeon joins Advocate Brain & Spine Institute as director of cerebrovascular program: 5 takeaways". The Becker's Spine Review. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  4. ^ "Brigham and Women's Hospital Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Symposium: Faculty". Harvard Medical School. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. ^ "Mission and Board of Directors". www.cure4stroke.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. ^ Group), Milk Creative & Events (by DEKON. "COMMITTEES". www.wlnc.org. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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