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Samir Sur, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon primarily based at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Sur’s areas of clinical interest include microsurgical and endovascular approaches for the treatment of brain aneurysms and cerebrovascular disease, resection of primary brain tumors and complex lesions of the skull base, and neurosurgical management of epilepsy and pain syndromes. He utilizes a number of minimally invasive strategies including the transradial approach for neuroendovascular surgery and minimally invasive craniotomies for treatment of brain tumors and aneurysms.
Dr. Sur’s credentials include:
Undergraduate Degree: Yale University
Medical degree: Boston University School of Medicine
Fellowship and Residency: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Dr. Sur’s main areas of clinical expertise include:
- Endovascular and microsurgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms
- Multi-modal treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations
- Endoscopic microsurgical resection of skull base tumors
- Microsurgical resection of brain and spine tumors
- Minimally invasive craniotomy for brain tumors and vascular disease
- Neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy and pain syndromes
- Fellowship Program: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital (2020)
- Residency Program: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital (2019)
- Residency Program: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital (2018)
- Fellowship Program: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital (2017)
- Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine (2012)
- Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Selected Publications:
Sur S, Menaker SA, Alvarez C, Chen S, Shah SS, Peterson EC, Elhammady MS, Starke RM. Multimodal Management of Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan;133:e796-e803. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PMID: 31605852.
Chen SH, Snelling BM, Shah SS, Sur S, Brunet MC, Starke RM, Yavagal DR, Osbun JW, Peterson EC. Transradial approach for flow diversion treatment of cerebral aneurysms: a multicenter study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Aug;11(8):796-800. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014620. Epub 2019 Jan 22. PMID: 30670622.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Caplan J, Khandelwal P, Yavagal DR, Starke RM, Peterson EC. Transradial Approach for Complex Anterior and Posterior Circulation Interventions: Technical Nuances and Feasibility of Using Current Devices. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Sep 1;17(3):293-302. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy352. PMID: 30496537.
Snelling BM, Sur S, Shah SS, Khandelwal P, Caplan J, Haniff R, Starke RM, Yavagal DR, Peterson EC. Transradial cerebral angiography: techniques and outcomes. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Sep;10(9):874-881. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013584. Epub 2018 Jan 8. PMID: 29311120.
Sur S, Snelling B, Khandelwal P, Caplan JM, Peterson EC, Starke RM, Yavagal DR. Transradial approach for mechanical thrombectomy in anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Apr;42(4):E13. doi: 10.3171/2017.1.FOCUS16525. PMID: 28366055.
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- Best Resident Teaching Award 2018-2019, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
- Sanjiv Bhatia, MD Distinction in Leadership and Service Award 2018-2019, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
