Neurologists doing procedures

[doctorp82]

Besides spinal taps and EEGs and EMGs and NCS's, any hope for neurologists to do percutaneous cath-related procedures in the future? I've heard people try to rumor neurology going the way of cardiology and taking some of the procedures from cardiothoracic surgery.

 

[minstral]

Its called interventional neurology.. aka endovascular surgical neuroradiology.

As a neurologist you are talking about 3 years post residency training in Vascular neurology (or perhaps neuro Critical care) and 2 years of imaging and intervention.

 

[Nerdoscience]

It's not a rumor -- it's already happening. Many major Neuro IR programs take Neurologists, sometimes even preferentially. And, yes. Neuro IR, Interventional Neuro, and Endovascular Neurosurg are all the same thing.

 

[Wheezy]

As a neurologist you are talking about 3 years post residency training in Vascular neurology (or perhaps neuro Critical care) and 2 years of imaging and intervention.

Just to clarify:
3 years total post residency (1 year vascular neurology aka stroke, then 2 years imaging and interventional)
or 4 years total post residency (2 years neuroICU, then 2 years imaging & intervention)

I'm thinking of going down either route because I like stroke stuff so much, but we'll see after I do an elective +soul searching😉