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2500 Metrohealth DrCleveland, OH 44109
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Summary
- Dr. Ari Wachsman is a neurologist and neurointensivist based in Cleveland, OH, specializing in neurocritical care, inpatient general neurology, and neurotraumatology. He completed his fellowship in neurocritical care at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and his neurology residency at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York.
Dr. Wachsman currently serves as the Medical Director of the Neurocritical Care Unit at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, a Level I Trauma Center. When not in the NCCU, he directs the only neurology clinic in the region devoted entirely to survivors of traumatic brain injury. He is assistant professor of neurology at the Case Western University School of Medicine.
Dr. Wachsman's clinical experience includes management of acute traumatic brain injury and its sequelae, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, tumors of the brain and spinal cord, epilepsy, CNS infections, and neuroinflammatory and neuroendocrine disorders. He has authored several publications, including studies on COVID-19-related acute stroke, predictors of delayed cerebral ischemia, the effect of age on transcranial Doppler velocities, and the practice of neurocritical care in austere environments.
Education & Training
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Neurocritical Care, 2011 - 2013
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Neurology, 2008 - 2011
- Ben Gurion University of the NegevClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 2011 - 2025
- WI State Medical License 2016 - 2017
- NY State Medical License 2010 - 2013
- NJ State Medical License 2007 - 2011
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsCoronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Related Acute Stroke Causing Transient Global Amnesia.Ramnath Santosh Ramanathan, Ari Wachsman
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2021-03-05 - 24 citationsHematologic counts as predictors of delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.Ivan Rocha Ferreira da Silva, Joao Gomes, Ari Wachsman, Gabriel R. de Freitas, J. Javier Provencio
Journal of Critical Care. 2017-02-01 - 5 citationsEffect of Age on Transcranial Doppler Velocities in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Ivan Rocha Ferreira da Silva, Joao Gomes, Ari Wachsman, Gabriel R. de Freitas, Jose Javier Provencio
European Neurology. 2016-10-21
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