Spiros Blackburn, MD
Associate Professor, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Dr. Spiros Blackburn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center. Dr. Blackburn has dual fellowship training in open and endovascular neurosurgery, is board certified in Neurological Surgery, and is CAST certified in Endovascular Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Blackburn’s clinical practice includes the treatment of cerebrovascular disease and skull base tumors. His expertise in cerebrovascular disease encompasses management of brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, moya moya disease, vascular stenosis, and stroke. As both an open surgical and endovascular trained physician, Dr. Blackburn has expertise in all aspects of cerebrovascular disease. As a skull base surgeon, Dr. Blackburn treats all brain tumors and has a large clinical practice for the treatment of pituitary tumors using endoscopic approaches.
Dr. Blackburn has an active research laboratory investigating the effects of aneurysmal rupture on cerebral blood flow, coagulation, and inflammation.
Research News
Prospective Trial of Cerebrospinal Fluid Filtration After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage via Lumbar Catheter (PILLAR)
The PILLAR (Extracorporeal Filtration of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage via Spinal Catheter) study is a first-in-human trial of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) filtration in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The study evaluates the safety and feasibility of a novel filtration system to rapidly remove blood and blood breakdown products from CSF after securement of a ruptured aneurysm.
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Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1dKa6CTYZTEAg/bibliography/public/
Education & Training
Medical School
UT Southwestern Medical School
General Surgery Internship
Washington University
Neurosurgery Residency
Washington University
Cerebrovascular Fellowship
Emory University
Neurointerventional Endovascular Fellowship
Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University