Dr. Jeffrey Farkas, MD

Diagnostic Radiology
Neuroradiology
Vascular and Interventional Radiology

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Introduction

Personal Facts:: Male; Current Title: Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
Awards and Honors:: 1986; Lowenstein Award for Excellence in Chemistry; 1987; Honors in Chemical Research, Brooklyn College; 1987; Guises Award for Premedical Studies, Brooklyn College; 1987; Cum Laude Graduate; 1987; Women's Auxiliary of the New York State Medical Society Scholarship; 1996; Milton Elkin Award for Outstanding Graduating Resident, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professional Appointments:: Attending Physician, Department of Radiology, The University Hospital; Attending Physician, Department of Radiology, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center; Chief Radiology Resident, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore; Stroke Council, American Heart Association
Publications:: 2002 Use of intraventricular tissue plasminogen activator and Guglielmi detachable coiling for the acute treatment of casted ventricles from cerebral aneurysm hemorrhage: two technical case reports. Neurosurgery; 2002 CT angiography with whole brain perfused blood volume imaging: added clinical value in the assessment of acute stroke. Stroke; 2003 Quadrigeminal non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-a true variant of perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery; 2003 Demonstration of an Actively Bleeding Aneurysm by CT Angiography. American Journal of Neuroradiology
Professional Affiliations/ Memberships:: American Society of Neuroradiology; American Roentgen Ray Society; American Medical Association
Committees:: Stroke Council Commitee; Operative and Invasive Committee; New Technology Evaluation Committee
Professional Interests:: Ischemic Stroke; CNS Vascular Malformations; Cerebral Blood Flow in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Xenon CT in Hyperacute Stroke; Intrarterial Thrombolysis for acute Ischemic Stroke; Imaging of the Stroke Patient; Cerebral Blood Flow in Neurological Conditions

Experience/Training

Specialties^*

Diagnostic Radiology
(HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Farkas is board certified by the American Board of Radiology)

Neuroradiology
(HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Farkas is board certified by the American Board of Radiology)

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

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Medical School:: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY

Internship:: Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY, 1992

Residency:: Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY

Fellowship:: Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA

Undergraduate University:: City University of New York Brooklyn, NY, 1987

Disciplinary Actions*

HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards. HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Jeffrey Farkas as of 04/29/2008
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Malpractice History

HealthGrades did not find any closed malpractice claims for Dr. Jeffrey Farkas in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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