
Professor of Clinical Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
University of California, San Francisco
California, San Francisco, USA
Phone: 415-353-1863
Email: randall.higashida@ucsf.edu
University of California, San Francisco
California, San Francisco, USA
Phone: 415-353-1863
Email: randall.higashida@ucsf.edu
1972 - 1976 | University of Southern California | Bachelor's of Science | Biological Sciences with emphasis in Biochemistry and Mathematics |
1976 - 1980 | Tulane University School of Medicine | Medical Doctor | Medicine |
1980 - 1981 | Harbor General Hospital/University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center |
Internship | Internal Medicine |
1981 - 1984 | University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center |
Residency | Diagnostic Radiology |
1983 - 1983 | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington, D.C. |
Fellowship | Diagnostic Radiology |
Randall T. Higashida, M.D. is currently Clinical Professor of Radiology, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, and Anesthesiology at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center. He is Chief of the Division of Interventional Neurovascular Radiology at UCSF Medical Center, one of the leading institutions specializing in the minimally invasive treatment of complex cerebrovascular diseases and stroke.
Dr. Higashida has published over 280 scientific articles on stroke and related topics and authored over 110 book chapters. His articles have appeared in Stroke, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Endovascular Surgery, Lancet, Neurology, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He is on 10 scientific editorial boards and serves as a manuscript reviewer for 9 additional journals.
As a world-renowned expert on endovascular neurosurgery procedures and stroke, Dr. Higashida has presented at over 750 scientific and professional meetings around the world.
Dr. Higashida has served as a member of numerous medical and scientific committees including the Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Task Force Committee, the American Heart Association Stroke Council Research Committee, the American Society of Neuroradiology Executive Committee, and the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology Executive Committee. He is past President of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, past chairman of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology & Interventions, a member of the U.S. FDA Neurological Devices Advisory Panel, and on the oversight committee of the National Institutes of Health trial for carotid artery stenting.
Dr. Higashida earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and did his residency and fellowship training at UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California.
Acute Ischemic Stroke; Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke; Brain Imaging; Carotid Atherosclerosis; Brain Aneurysms
1978 | Fellowship Grant and Research Award | American Heart Association | |
1979 | Fellowship Grant and Research Award | American Heart Association | |
1980 | History of Medicine Society: Award for Outstanding Research Paper | Tulane University School of Medicine | |
1983 | Radiological Sciences Department: James T. Case Cum Laude Award: 1983 and 1984; Magna Cum Laude | University of California, Los Angeles: School of Medicine | |
Award: 1985 | |||
1985 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan | |
1987 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Kyung Hee University, School of Medicine, South Korea | |
1988 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | University of New Mexico, School of Medicine | |
1988 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine | |
1989 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | University of Minnesota, School of | |
Professor | Medicine | ||
1993 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Creighton University, School of Medicine | |
1985 | Cum Laude Award for Scientific Exhibit | American Society of Neuroradiology | |
1990 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine | |
1990 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | University of Missouri, School of Medicine | |
1990 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | University of Maryland, School of | |
Professor | Medicine | ||
1991 | Distinguished Lectureship: 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Kyoto, Japan | Japan Neurosurgical Society | |
1992 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | British Society of Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery | |
1992 | Honors in Reviewing: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
American Journal of Neuroradiology | |
1992 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | University of Michigan, School of Medicine | |
1992 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | Finland Society of Radiology | |
Professor | |||
1993 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine | |
1994 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Dutch Society of Angiology | |
1994 | Honorable Mention Wilson Award For | Western Neuroradiological Society | |
Outstanding Research Paper | |||
1994 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | National Stroke Institute, Akita, Japan | |
1995 | Distinguished Lectureship: Centennial Celebration | Hong Kong College of Radiology, China | |
1995 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | Japan Congress of Neuroradiology | |
Professor | |||
1995 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Cleveland Clinic Medical Center | |
1995 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Veterans Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan | |
1995 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Kansai University, School of Medicine, Japan | |
1996 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee | |
1996 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | Temple University, School of Medicine | |
Professor | |||
1996 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | West Virginia, School of Medicine | |
1997 | Distinguished Lectureship: Klinisch- Neuroradiologisches Symposium | German Society of Neuroradiology | |
1997 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | University of Hamburg, School of | |
Professor | Medicine, Germany | ||
1997 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Mayo Clinic & Hospitals | |
1998 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Indiana University, School of Medicine | |
1998 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Wakayama University, School of Medicine, Japan | |
2000 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Baylor University, School of Medicine | |
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship: Beijing | Chinese Neurosurgical Society, | |
Neurological Institute | Beijing, China | ||
2000 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor: 4th World Stroke Congress | World Stroke Congress Federation, Melbourne, Australia | |
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts | |
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | William Beaumont Medical Center, | |
Professor | Royal Oak, Michigan | ||
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor: Annual Pan-Asian | Singapore Endovascular Radiology Society | |
Conference on Endovascular Therapeutics | |||
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, California | |
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Bangkok Society of Radiology | |
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | Stanford University Medical Center | |
Professor | |||
2002 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor: International Stroke | South America Stroke Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Symposium | |||
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Presidential Address | Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery and the American Society of Interventional and | |
Therapeutic Neuroradiology | |||
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship: National Scientific Symposium | German Society of Neurology and Psychiatry. Baden-Baden, Germany | |
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | University of Oxford, Medical Center, Oxford, England | |
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | University of Heidelburg, School of | |
Professor | Medicine, Germany | ||
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Cleveland Clinic Medical Center | |
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | North Shore Royal Hospital, School of Medicine, Sydney, Australia | |
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship: National Scientific Symposium | Korea Interventional Neuroradiology Society, Seoul, Korea | |
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | St. Paul Medical Center, Minneapolis | |
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | World Federation of Interventional and | |
Professor | Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Recife, Brazil | ||
2003 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Wake Forest University, School of Medicine | |
2004 | Distinguished Reviewer Award | Journal of Vascular & Interventional | |
Radiology | |||
2004 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor: Annual Scientific Meeting | European Society of Neurology, Madrid, Spain | |
2004 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Tianjin University, School of Medicine, China | |
2004 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | Chongqing 4th Military Hospital and | |
Professor | School of Medicine, China | ||
2004 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Seoul National University, School of Medicine, South Korea | |
2004 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Australasian Society of Interventional Neuroradiology, Bangkok, Thailand | |
2005 | Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture Award | American Heart Association | |
2005 | Distinguished Lectureship: The 6th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery | Japanese Congress of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Nagoya, Japan | |
2005 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Shenyang University School of Medicine, China | |
2005 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | South America Congress of | |
Professor: Annual Scientific Meeting | Neurosurgery, Lima, Peru | ||
2005 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Pan Pacific Interventional Neuroradiology Society, Hanoi, Vietnam | |
2006 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting Professor | Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii | |
2005 | Distinguished Lectureship and Visiting | India-U.S. Science and Technology | |
Professor | Forum, New Dehli, India | ||
2006 | Melvin Judkin's Memorial Award Lecture | American Heart Association | |
2007 | Elected Fellow | Society of Interventional Radiololgy | |
2007 | Donald Sterns Memorial Lecture In Radiology | John Muir Medical Center, Concord, California | |
2007 | Gainey Lecturer in Radiological Sciences: Distinguished Visiting Professorship | Mayo Clinic & Hospitals, Rochester, Minnesota |
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