Charles Prestigiacomo, MD

Associate professor of neurosurgery, radiology and neurology, Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program, Department of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey.

Dr. Prestigiacomo is jointly appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. His specialties include cerebrovascular microsurgery (aneurysms, avm, cavernous malformation, carotid endarterectomy and bypass), endovascular surgery for the treatment of all brain, spinal cord and head/neck pathology (aneurysms, avm, stroke, tumor, vessel occlusion) and stereotactic radiosurgery for vascular lesions. His research interests include outcomes in subarachnoid hemorrhage, mechanisms of cerebral vasospasm, decision analysis and biophysics of aneurysm formation. In addition to his clinical training in neurological surgery, he has studied various mechanisms of stroke in genetic knock-out mice, resulting in several publications as well as being a co-inventor on a United States patent.