Andrew R. Xavier, M.D. joined the Department of Neurological Surgery in September of 2006. Dr. Xavier is a graduate of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in India and completed his neurology residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Dr. Xavier also completed a Stroke/Vascular Neurology fellowship at the State University of New York (SUNY), University at Buffalo and a fellowship in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology at the University of Medicine & Dentistry in New Jersey. Dr. Xavier was previously an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Radiology at the University of Florida. He had also worked as a clinical associate at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) in Bethesda, MD. He joins our department as an Assistant Professor, and has co-appointments in the Departments of Neurology and Radiology. Dr. Xavier has over 20 referred publications and book chapters, and has lectured nationally and internationally. He is board certified in neurology and Stroke/Vascular neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). He is a senior member of the American Society of Therapetutic and Interventional Neuroradiology (ASITN), and is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN). His primary clinical interests are endovascular neurosurgery, stroke, vascular neurology and interventional neuroradiology. He specializes in minimally invasive treatment for stroke, aneurysm and cerebral hemorrhage.