Accepting New Patients
Michael J. Alexander, MD
Accepting New Patients
4.9
Languages
- English,
Gender
Male
Experience
32 Years
Locations
Neurosurgery - Pavilion
Neurosurgery - Pavilion
- Pavilion is located at 127 S. San Vicente Boulevard between 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Valet parking and self-parking are available in the Pavilion Parking lot, located on Sherbourne Drive between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Park in the Gold Zone (Levels B2 and B3) and take the Gold Parking elevators to the Plaza Level. Follow the signs for the Pavilion elevators, and take the elevator up to your destination. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking. Take a photo of your parking spot location to help find your parked car.
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
2
- Radiology
- Neurosurgery
Programs
Research Areas
Titles
- Vice Chair, Neurosurgery
- Director, Neurovascular Center and Endovascular Neurosurgery
- Vice-Chair, Neurovascular and Education in the Department of Neurosurgery
- Professor, Neurosurgery
Education & Training
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UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship - Completed 2000
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Barrow Neurological Institute
Fellowship - Completed 1999
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UCLA Medical Center
Residency - Completed 1998
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Georgetown University Hospital
Residency - Completed 1992
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Georgetown University School of Medicine
Medical School - Completed 1991
Achievements
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2
Board Certifications
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10
Awards and Honors
Board Certifications
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Neurology
American Board of Neurological Surgery
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Neurosurgery
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America, Voted top 5% of Physicians by Peers
- American Association of Neurological Surgery
- Editor: Pediatric Neurovascular Disease textbook
- Executive Committee, Society of Neurointerventional Surgery
- America's Top Surgeons, Consumers Research Council of America
- American College of Surgeons
- Clinical Chief, Department of Neurosurgery
- Society of Neurointerventional Surgery
- North American Skull Base Society
- Invited Neurovascular Lecturer and Professorships on 6 Continents and 24 Countries
Publications
- Alexander MJ, Perna J. Endoscopic saphenous vein graft harvest for extracranial-intracranial bypass procedures. Surgical Neurology. 2005;63(6):565-568; discussion 568.
- Alexander MJ, Tolbert ME. Targeting cerebral arteriovenous malformations for minimally invasive therapy. Neurosurgery. 2006;59(5 Suppl 3):S178-183; discussion S3-13.
- Zaidat OO, Klucznik R, Alexander MJ, Chaloupka J, Lutsep H, Barnwell S, Mawad M, Lane B, Lynn MJ, Chimowitz M, et al. The NIH registry on use of the Wingspan stent for symptomatic 70-99% intracranial arterial stenosis. Neurology. 2008;70(17):1518-1524.
- Choulakian A, Drazin D, Alexander MJ. Endosaccular treatment of 113 cavernous carotid artery aneurysms. J Neurointervent Surg. 2010;2(4):359-362.
- Jayaraman MV, Hussain MS, Abruzzo T, Albani B, Albuquerque FC, Alexander MJ, Ansari SA, Arthur AS, Baxter B, Bulsara KR, et al. Embolectomy for stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery. J NeuroIntervent Surg. 2015;7(5):316-321.
- Eboli P, Ryan RW, Alexander JE, Alexander MJ. Evolving role of endovascular treatment for MCA bifurcation aneurysms: case series of 184 aneurysms and review of the literature. Neurol Res. 2014;36(4):332-338.
Insurances
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