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Dheeraj Gandhi, MBBS, FACR

Academic Title:

Professor

Primary Appointment:

Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Secondary Appointment(s):

Neurosurgery, Neurology

Administrative Title:

Co-Director for the Center of Metabolic Imaging and Therapeutics andExecutive Committee Member for the Comprehensive Stroke Center

Additional Title:

Vice Chair for Academic Affairs; Director, Neurointerventional Surgery

Location:

22 S Greene Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Phone (Primary):

410-328-5112

Fax:

410-328-3168

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Education and Training

Education

  • 1994 | MBBS (Medical school), Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Post-Graduate

  • 1995 | Internship, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
  • 2000 | Residency (Radiology), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 
    • 2000 | Senior (Chief) Resident
  • 2002 | Fellowship (Neuroradiology), The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2003 | Fellowship (Neuroradiology), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • 2004 | Fellowship (Neurointerventional Surgery), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Certifications

  • 2006 | American Board of Radiology
  • 2008 | CAQ Neuroradiology

Biosketch

Dheeraj Gandhi is Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery. He serves as Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Director of Neurointerventional Surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine. He blends his clinical expertise with innovative technical advances in the service of patients. His work centers on treating cerebrovascular disorders, ranging from brain aneurysms, strokes, idiopathic intracranial hypertension to complex vascular malformations. A firm believer in the wisdom of this quote from Mark Twain: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” For him, the “why” is very clear: strive each day to make a difference in the patient outcomes and contribute to the field of medicine.

His academic journey has centered in the pursuit of innovation and patient safety. With over 260 published manuscripts and an H-Index of 48, his work has appeared in prestigious journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Stroke, Radiology, PNAS, and JAMA. His research endeavors have attracted continuous funding, receiving multiple grants from NIH, Focused Ultrasound foundation, and the industry.

Dr. Gandhi is the principal investigator on unique investigator-initiated trials such as MR guided FUS of Neuropathic pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Task Specific dystonia and serves as national PI for SOFAST and RESTORE mechanical thrombectomy studies. He also served as the Director of Neuroimaging for CLEAR and MISTIE randomized controlled trials.

At the University of Maryland, Dr. Gandhi plays an important role in training the next generation of medical professionals. He takes immense pride in guiding his residents, and fellows to success. Many of them have gone on to win prestigious national awards. He helped establish two of the only 6 ACGME accredited fellowships in Neurointerventional Surgery.

In recognition of his contributions to the field, Dr. Gandhi has received numerous accolades, including the prestigious Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude awards from ASNR, Outstanding presentation awards for 2023 as well as 2024 (ASNR: Interventional), Certificate of Merit from RSNA, Award for editorial excellence from Radiology, Shock Trauma Hero Award and Fellow of American College of Radiology. He remains committed and filled with strong sense of purpose to help the patients and their families understand the disease conditions, options for therapy and help all the way through the recovery process.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Flow diversion for Brain aneurysms; Endosaccular (coiling) treatment of brain aneurysms; Ischemic Stroke and Mechanical Thrombectomy; Dural arteriovenous fistula; MRI guided Focused Ultrasound treatments for Essential tremors, Parkinson's disease and Neuropathic pain

Highlighted Publications

1. Le EJ, Miller T, Serulle Y, Shivashankar R, Jindal G, Gandhi D. Use of Pipeline Flex is associated with reduced fluoroscopy time, procedure time, and technical failure compared with the first-generation Pipeline embolization device. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Mar 9.

2. Hanley DF, Lane K, McBee N, Ziai W, Tuhrim S, Lees KR, Dawson J, Gandhi D, Ullman N, Mould WA, Mayo SW, Mendelow AD, Gregson B, Butcher K, Vespa P, Wright DW, Kase CS, Carhuapoma JR, Keyl PM, Diener-West M, Muschelli J, Betz JF, Thompson CB, Sugar EA, Yenokyan G, Janis S, John S, Harnof S, Lopez GA, Aldrich EF, Harrigan MR, Ansari S, Jallo J, Caron JL, LeDoux D, Adeoye O, Zuccarello M, Adams HP Jr, Rosenblum M, Thompson RE, Awad IA; CLEAR III Investigators.. Thrombolytic removal of intraventricular haemorrhage in treatment of severe stroke: results of the randomised, multicentre, multiregion, placebo-controlled CLEAR III trial. Lancet. 2017 Feb 11;389(10069):603-611.

3. Miller TR, Zhuo J, Jindal G, Shivashankar R, Beaty N, Gandhi D. The Efficacy of Shielding Systems for Reducing Operator Exposure during Neurointerventional Procedures: A Real-World Prospective Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Dec 22. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5038. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28007766.

4. Hanley DF, Thompson RE, Muschelli J, Rosenblum M, McBee N, Lane K, Bistran-Hall AJ, Mayo SW, Keyl P, Gandhi D, Morgan TC, Ullman N, Mould WA, Carhuapoma JR, Kase C, Ziai W, Thompson CB, Yenokyan G, Huang E, Broaddus WC, Graham RS, Aldrich EF, Dodd R, Wijman C, Caron JL, Huang J, Camarata P, Mendelow  AD, Gregson B, Janis S, Vespa P, Martin N, Awad I, Zuccarello M; MISTIE Investigators.. Safety and efficacy of minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase  in intracerebral haemorrhage evacuation (MISTIE): a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2016 Nov;15(12):1228-1237. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30234-4. PubMed PMID: 27751554; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5154627.

5. Patel A, Miller TR, Shivashankar R, Jindal G, Gandhi D. Early angiographic signs of acute thrombus formation following cerebral aneurysm treatment with the  Pipeline embolization device. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Oct 21. pii: neurintsurg-2016-012701. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012701. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27770038.

6. Jindal G, Serulle Y, Miller T, Le E, Wozniak M, Phipps M, Iyoha M, Gupta V, Shivashankar R, Gandhi D. Stent retrieval thrombectomy in acute stoke is facilitated by the concurrent use of intracranial aspiration catheters. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Sep 1. pii: neurintsurg-2016-012581. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012581. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27587613.

7. Elias WJ, Lipsman N, Ondo WG, Ghanouni P, Kim YG, Lee W, Schwartz M, Hynynen K, Lozano AM, Shah BB, Huss D, Dallapiazza RF, Gwinn R, Witt J, Ro S, Eisenberg HM, Fishman PS, Gandhi D, Halpern CH, Chuang R, Butts Pauly K, Tierney TS, Hayes  MT, Cosgrove GR, Yamaguchi T, Abe K, Taira T, Chang JW. A Randomized Trial of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor. N Engl J Med. 2016 Aug 25;375(8):730-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1600159. PubMed PMID: 27557301.

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