Dr. Andrew Ducruet is an endovascular neurosurgeon at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. Dr. Ducruet’s clinical practice is focused on the use of minimally invasive endovascular techniques to treat patients with vascular disease of the brain and spinal cord. His research focuses on ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. His laboratory performs basic and translational research using experimental models of cerebral ischemia, with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutic strategies for patients with stroke. Some of his current research centers on understanding the contributions of complement dysregulation in stroke. Dr. Ducruet also performs clinical research and has served as a principal investigator of multiple clinical trials investigating new strategies for stroke treatment.
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Dr. Ducruet attended Princeton University for his undergraduate studies and received his M.D. from Columbia University, where he also completed his residency in neurosurgery. He then completed a two-year postgraduate fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at Barrow and practiced for three years as an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh before returning to Barrow.