Ken Uchino, MD

Ken Uchino, MD, is a stroke neurologist at Cerebrovascular Center at Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is the Director of Research and Education at Cerebrovascular Center and is the program director of Vascular Neurology Fellowship. He is a Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

Dr Uchino’s interest cover a range from acute stroke treatment and causes of strokes and prevention and sees patients in hospital with acute stroke and in outpatient clinic.

He graduated from New York University School of Medicine, and trained in neurology at University of Washington, Seattle. He completed a two-year fellowship in cerebrovascular diseases at University of Texas-Houston. He was on the faculty at University of Pittsburgh for 6 years and since 2009 has been a staff physician at Cleveland Clinic Cerebrovascular Center.

Dr Uchino has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers. He has research interests in particular in acute stroke treatment and intracranial stenosis (narrowing of brain arteries).

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
2009

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - University of Texas Affiliated Hospitals
Vascular Neurology
Houston, TX USA
2003

Residency - University of Washington Medical Center
Neurology
Seattle, WA USA
2001

Internship - University of Washington Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Seattle, WA USA
1998

Medical Education - New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY USA
1997

Undergraduate - Harvard University
Biology
Cambridge, MA USA
1990

Certifications

Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology
Psychiatry and Neurology - Vascular Neurology

Specialty Interests

acute stroke treatment, carotid artery disease, carotid artery stenosis, cerebrovascular disease, cerebrovascular neurology, hemorrhagic stroke, intracranial stenosis, ischemic stroke, neurovascular ultrasound, secondary stroke prevention, stroke, stroke epidemiology and risk factor modification, stroke outcomes, vasculitis

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