1/Time to rupture all your misconceptions about aneurysms! When you see an aneurysm on imaging, do you know its risk of rupture? Do you know which features make one aneurysm more likely to rupture? Here’s a short thread to teach you which aneurysms are bursting with risk!

A huge win for our patients! CMS just issued the final ruling on the National Coverage Determination for Carotid Artery Angioplasty and Stenting. Key changes include expanded coverage for symptomatic & asymptomatic cases. Immediate effect! Details: cms.gov/medicare-cover…

Great start at SVIN annual meeting #SVIN23 with a full room at the fellows course! SVIN we need more chairs 😅 Mission Thrombectomy Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD, FSVIN WINN 🇺🇦

Day 3 of #SVINAM + Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD, FSVIN is pushing through the back pain thanks to Mohammad El-Ghanem. These two guys have been working hard to ensure this is the best SVIN meeting yet - people I truly look up to & consider mentors + friends. #NeuroIR #INR

1/Ready for a throw down?! Everyone knows about MMA fights... But do you know about the **ORIGINAL** MMA (middle meningeal artery)? Blood supply to the dura doesn’t get the attention it deserves! A thread on all the dural vascular anatomy you NEED to know!

3 trials of MMA embolization (EMBOLISE, MAGIC-MT, STEM) presented at #ISC2024 with impressive results New direction to help patients with cSDH Thankful for opportunity to participate in EMBOLISE with Jason Davies, MD,PhD Adnan H. Siddiqui, MD Medtronic Neurovascular Tampa General Hospital University of South Florida Neurosurgery

3 randomized trials. 3 positive results. Paradigm shift in the treatment of subdurals. More data coming and much science to learn but this is an encouraging start.

There are many great neuroendovascular fellowships 🩻🧠SVIN SNIS Info But only University of South Florida Neurosurgery fellowship will get you on a cover of Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology 🎨Watercolor below - our former fellow 🎓Shail Thanki mastering the art of radial access 💉

We are accepting applications for the #USFNeurosurgery 2026 CNS-Endovascular Surgery Fellowship under Dr. Maxim Mokin! Application info is on our website (🔗 in bio) or email our Residency & Fellowship Program Admin Michelle Campbell. Good luck! 🧠#Endovascular #CushingBowlUSF

Thanks to my mentors and co-authors: Our 8-center analysis on the lack of benefit of decompressive craniectomy after large hemorrhagic transformations. Interesting result compared to recent SWITCH trial MaxMokinMD Kunal Vakharia Journal of Neurosurgery University of South Florida Neurosurgery thejns.org/view/journals/…

Congratulations and thank you to University of South Florida team for enrolling the 14th patient in the PICASSO Trial! Waldo Guerrero Kunal Vakharia Sheyar Amin MaxMokinMD Osama Zaidat MD Thanh Nguyen 🇺🇦 Sami Al Kasab

Happy to have been a part of the team in this live case CNS and helping Kunal Vakharia 👏 👏 with this perfect WEB embolization of this MCA bifurcation aneurysm!! Kunal Vakharia Elad Levy Elliot Pressman Tampa General Hospital University of South Florida Neurosurgery Waldo Guerrero Terumo Neuro

Great summary!! Strong work Giana Dawod, MD

Congrats to Dr. Waldo Guerrero, Dr. MaxMokinMD, Dr. Kunal Vakharia, Dr. Sheyar Amin, Dr. Elliot Pressman, & the entire University of South Florida Neurosurgery for enrolling the 71st patient in the PICASSO trial 🎉 #picassotrial #clinicaltrial Osama Zaidat MD Sami Al Kasab Thanh Nguyen 🇺🇦

Our Endovascular team, (missing Dr. Guerrero) recently welcomed Professor Said AIT BENALI, MD, Chair in Morocco. We’re honored to host global colleagues at USF and TGH to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and strengthen international collaboration in advancing neurosurgical care.

To clip or to embolize? All ruptured aneurysms treated in Germany from 2013-2022 show the following: 🔹 Higher annual volume centers provide lower mortality and better outcomes 🔹 Endovascular treatment showed better functional outcomes, shorter hospital stays, less

Visualize and understand what goes on during an aspiration thrombectomy pass and what techniques can improve first pass effect rates. See more of our latest work in JNIS “microcatheter puff technique” technical video. jnis.bmj.com/content/early/… Elliot Pressman MaxMokinMD