Raul
G. Nogueira, MD
Dr. Nogueira completed medical school at the Federal University of Ceara in
Brazil. He is fully trained in Internal Medicine and Neurology. Dr. Nogueira
came to the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1999 where he completed his
neurology residency and then fellowships in Neurocritical Care/Stroke, and
Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology.
Dr. Nogueira is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. He is member of the
American Academy of Neurology, American Stroke Association, and the American
Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Dr. Nogueira was one
of the founders of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology.
Dr. Nogueira has extensive experience in the diagnosis, management, and
treatment of neurovascular diseases including brain aneurysms, arteriovenous
malformations, dural arteriovenous fistulas, pre-operative embolization of
tumors and treatment of head and neck lesions including epistaxis. Another part
of the specialty is that of stroke prevention which includes carotid and
vertebral artery angioplasty and stenting as well as acute stroke treatment with
thrombolysis.
Dr. Nogueira is the MGH Principal Investigator in the NIH-funded Interventional
Management of Stroke Phase III Trial, the largest study ever performed to
evaluate the results of catheter-based stroke treatment. He is also currently
involved in many clinical research projects involving cerebral aneurysms and
subarachnoid hemorrhage, vasospasm, cerebral blood flow and oxygenation
measurements, and the treatment of stroke with angioplasty and stenting.