Peter Rasmussen, M.D.

Peter A. Rasmussen, MD, is Director of the Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic, and Associate Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Rasmussen received his BS  in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1987. He earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1991.

• Gamma Knife® certification
• Gamma Knife® Perfexion™
• American Board of Neurological Surgery
• Onyx HD500 Liquid Embolic Aneurysm Treatment System
• AAHRPP Human Subjects Protection Education Program

Endovascular and microsurgical management of cerebral aneurysms, AVMs, fistulas, spinal cord vascular malformations, carotid endarterectomy, carotid and intracranial angioplasty and stenting, carotid artery disease.

• Young Neurosurgical Investigator Award, Bayer Corporation ($25,000 research grant), 2000
• Neurosurgery “Teacher of the Year” Award, Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, 2006-2007
• Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• American Society of Neuroradiology
• American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology
• Joint Sections on Cerebrovascular Surgery/Neurotrauma and Critical Care

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Equity.  Dr. Rasmussen owns stock or stock options in the following companies for activities as a founder, inventor, or consultant:

• Starfire Medical

Fiduciary Role.  Dr. Rasmussen serves in a fiduciary capacity, such as an officer or director, for the following companies or other entities:

• Chestnut Medical

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