Alex Spiotta
@alex_spiotta
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Neurosurgeon, Vice Chair Neurosurgery, Chief Neuroendovascular Surgery @MUSC, STAR @musc_star Co-Founder and Principal Investigator tweets are my own
Charleston, SC
Joined October 2016
Flow State: Taking Your Team to the Ultimate Level of Performance | TEDxCharleston Grateful for the opportunity and hope you all enjoy some of my philosophies. Welcome any thoughts on this important topic ! @HolyCityNsgy @musc_star
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Proud to be part of this amazing team!
Great job @ArianaVep and @AliTufeily for the amazing work on getting this trial off the ground with speedy enrollment at one of the busiest trauma centers in the country! @JAGrossbergMD @GradyHealth Thanks for support from @AbbottNews and @EmoryNeurosurg
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New from @musc_star @JNIS_BMJ “Time is brain”—but it’s the procedure clock that bites. {Fast hands save brains} Every extra 5 min of thrombectomy time costs ~80–100 min of onset2puncture time in outcome impact @alex_spiotta @JAGrossbergMD @BrianHoward_MD
https://t.co/gOmgUoOCyJ
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Hi again, Unsure whether to call it #MedTwitter or #MedX… I’m Julio Isidor, an IMG from the DR and current research fellow at MUSC. Excited to apply to #Neurosurgery this #Match2026! Outside medicine, I love movies specially old classics and enjoy ⚽️ and 🎾 Let’s connect
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Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Balloon Mounted Stents and Self Expanding Stents in Rescue Stenting for Large Vessel Occlusion: Secondary analysis of the RESCUE-ICAS Registry https://t.co/oyNU7CQT8J
@alex_spiotta @Thanh @ShadiYaghi2
ajnr.org
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with intracranial stenosis-related large vessel occlusion (ICAS-LVO) may experience better outcomes with stenting compared to standalone mechanical thrombectomy. This...
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Great first week at @LUNeurosurgery and @LoyolaStritch meeting the many amazing individuals who make this place special!
We are pleased to weclome Min Park, MD, as the new chair of the department of neurological surgery! He is a nationally recognized neurosurgeon and will guide the department’s clinical programs, research endeavors, and educational mission. Read more: https://t.co/xYMJkTiN4G
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Great to have the group back! dear friends, STAR collaborators and colleagues from Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay, discussing cases and learning from each other. @holycityneurosurgery @ro_crossa @cwcasagrande @MUSChealth @muscmind
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Join us at #SNIS2025 for the “Definitive Distal Discussion featuring new data & real-world impact. @DonFreiMD @NiGoyal11 @MPeyT1 @KenJohnsonMD @Alex_Spiotta, David Volders & Allison Strickland explore their experiences, tools, techniques & takeaways. RSVP: https://t.co/5HA3l6oMpl
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This weekend we honor our graduating residents. 2017 med students from Georgetown and Miami observing my cases in the OR to 2025 as co-chief residents with me supervising @holycityneurosurgery @muschealth
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🚨 New in Neurosurgery Does decompressive craniectomy in symptomatic ICH after stroke help...or hurt? We argue it may be harmful based on data from @musc_star
@MokinMax @KunalVakhariaMD @alex_spiotta @NeurosurgeryCNS @USFNeurosurgery
#Stroke #Neurosurgery
https://t.co/fbSlvjbrd2
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Reminder: Defining Distal Strategy: Aspiration Frontline — June 16 at 7PM EST. Drs. @DonFreiMD, @Alex_Spiotta, @MPeyT1 & @NiGoyal11 break down recent studies, share clinical experience, and explore evolving strategies for managing distal occlusions.
Defining Distal Strategy: Aspiration Frontline — June 16 at 7PM EST. Drs. @DonFreiMD, @Alex_Spiotta, @MPeyT1 & @NiGoyal11 break down recent studies, share clinical experience, and explore evolving strategies for managing distal occlusions.
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Thrilled to be the alpha testing site for Medtronics new virtual platform Touch Surgery supporting tele-proctoring and building of case libraries for neurovascular. Optimizing prior to rolling out to our STAR sites around the globe! @muschealth @holycityneurosurgery @Medtronic
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New multicenter study reveals limitations of medical management for infectious intracranial aneurysms (IIAs). Early surgical or endovascular intervention shows better outcomes for high-risk patients. 🧠💉 #NeuroSurgery #StrokeCare @JNIS_BMJ
https://t.co/EpskUqrM4d
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Mark your calendar: Defining Distal Strategy: Aspiration Frontline — June 16 at 7PM EST. Drs. @DonFreiMD, @Alex_Spiotta, @MPeyT1 & @NiGoyal11 break down recent studies, share clinical experience, and explore evolving strategies for managing distal occlusions.
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New study on Chronic Subdural Hematomas is out! 👉🏽 https://t.co/5M6QC8gPIK Published in Interventional Neuroradiology @INR_WFITN : examines whether outcomes after middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) for chronic subdural hematoma differ across racial groups. ▪
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MUSC and Emory teams sporting the sweet BAF-STAR scrub caps! @BAFOUND @HolyCityNsgy @musc_star
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reDistal RCTs:enrollment challenges(lack of equipose), most done w SR in older pt. Comes down to selection, getting in/out https://t.co/6BYcNjlcXz to your stroke team, assess your own outcomes-dont give up on these patients! High nihss 60yo Aspiration, fast recan,better on table!
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The commercialization of open access publishing: progress or predicament?
jnis.bmj.com
After submitting a manuscript to a high-impact journal, I received the anticipated rejection. While I knew it was a long shot, I still felt it was worth a try. What caught me off guard, however, was...
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Thank you for featuring our recent publication: Impacts of prolonged intracranial catheter dwell time | JNIS Podcast @AliAlawiehmdphd @musc_star @HolyCityNsgy @JNIS_BMJ
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