EddieSKwanMD

Radiology • Pittsburgh, PA

Neuroradiology, Pediatric Radiology, Nuclear Radiology

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Office
970 Freeport Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1982 - 1983
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1978 - 1981
Cleveland Clinic FoundationInternship, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1978
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2002 - Present
CA State Medical License 1981 - 2026
ME State Medical License 1999 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1984 - 2011
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

30 citations
Preoperative embolization of hypervascular spinal metastases using percutaneous direct injection with n-butyl cyanoacrylate: technical case report.
Clemens M. Schirmer, Adel M. Malek, E S Kwan, Daniel Hoit, Simcha J. Weller> ;Neurosurgery. 2006 Aug 1
48 citations
Mechanisms and clinical features of posterior border-zone infarcts
John Belden, Louis R. Caplan, Michael S. Pessin, E S Kwan> ;Neurology. 1999 Oct 1
24 citations
Anatomy of sensory findings in patients with posterior cerebral artery territory infarction.
Alexandros L. Georgiadis, Yasumasa Yamamoto, E S Kwan, Michael S. Pessin, Louis R. Caplan> ;Archives of Neurology. 1999 Jul 1
XV Congress of the Italian Society of Neurosonology, L’Aquila, October 1–4, 1998
Jagdish C. Sharma, Sally Fletcher, Michael Vassallo, José Castillo, Antoni Dávalos, Manuel Noya, Michael DeGeorgia, John Belden, Linda Pao, Michael S. Pessin, E S Kwan...> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 1999 Feb 1
35 citations
Thrombus in Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectatic Artery Treated with Intravenous Urokinase
Michael DeGeorgia, John Belden, Linda Pao, Michael S. Pessin, E S Kwan, Louis R. Caplan> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 1999 Jan 1
108 citations
Intracranial angioplasty : Experience and complications
C Takis, E S Kwan, Michael S. Pessin, D H Jacobs, Louis R. Caplan> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1997 Oct 1
1 citations
Salvage of flow-directed microcatheter after hub failure.
E S Kwan, Robert A. H. Stich, Leslie A. Shrem> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1996 May 1
6 citations
Successful thrombolysis in the vertebrobasilar artery after endovascular occlusion of a recently ruptured large basilar tip aneurysm.
E S Kwan, Oun J. Kwon, Jonathan A. Borden> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1995 Apr 1
34 citations
Endovascular packing of carotid bifurcation aneurysm with polyester fiber-coated platinum coils in a rabbit model.
E S Kwan, Carl B. Heilman, P. A. Roth> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1993 Mar 1
32 citations
Aneurysm recurrence following endovascular balloon occlusion.
Carl B. Heilman, E S Kwan, Julian K. Wu> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 1992 Aug 1
106 citations
Enlargement of basilar artery aneurysms following balloon occlusion--"water-hammer effect". Report of two cases.
E S Kwan, Carl B. Heilman, William A. Shucart, Richard P. Klucznik> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 1991 Dec 1
Radiologic evaluation of neuro-ophthalmologic disease.
E S Kwan> ;Current Opinion in Ophthalmology. 1990 Oct 1
273 citations
Chinese-white differences in the distribution of occlusive cerebrovascular disease.
Edward Feldmann, N. Daneault, E S Kwan, K. J. Ho, Michael S. Pessin, Patricia Langenberg, Louis R. Caplan> ;Neurology. 1990 Oct 1
37 citations
Elimination of a cirsoid aneurysm of the scalp by direct percutaneous embolization with thrombogenic coils: Case report
Carl B. Heilman, E S Kwan, Richard P. Klucznik, Alan R. Cohen> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 1990 Aug 1
27 citations
Temporary balloon occlusion of a proximal vessel as an aid to clipping aneurysms of the basilar and paraclinoid internal carotid arteries: technical note.
William A. Shucart, E S Kwan, Carl B. Heilman> ;Neurosurgery. 1990 Jul 1
134 citations
Prognostic significance of ventricular blood in supratentorial hemorrhage: a volumetric study.
W. B. Young, K. P. Lee, Michael S. Pessin, E S Kwan, William M. Rand, Louis R. Caplan> ;Neurology. 1990 Apr 1
1 citations
Asymmetries of Sleep Spindles and Beta Activity in Pediatric EEG
John K. Willis, Raphael Schiffman, N. Paul Rosman, E S Kwan, Bruce L. Ehrenberg, Janet C. Rice> ;Clinical EEG. 1990 Jan 1
25 citations
Occipital infarction with hemianopsia from carotid occlusive disease.
Michael S. Pessin, E S Kwan, R M Scott, T R Hedges rd> ;Stroke. 1989 Mar 1
76 citations
Stroke in patients with fusiform vertebrobasilar aneurysms
Michael S. Pessin, Marc I. Chimowitz, Steven R. Levine, E S Kwan, Lester S. Adelman, M. P. Earnest, D. M. Clark, J. Chason, J. I. Ausman, Louis R. Caplan> ;Neurology. 1989 Jan 1
169 citations
Dissection of the intracranial vertebral artery.
Louis R. Caplan, George D. Baquis, Michael S. Pessin, J. D'Alton, Lester S. Adelman, L. D. DeWitt, K. J. Ho, D. Izukawa, E S Kwan> ;Neurology. 1988 Jun 1
7 citations
MR evaluation of neurovascular lesions after endovascular occlusion with detachable balloons.
E S Kwan, S M Wolpert, R M Scott, Val M. Runge> ;AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1988 May 1
42 citations
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome revisited: not necessarily a diagnosis of exclusion
E S Kwan, Samuel M. Wolpert, Thomas R. Hedges, Michael Laucella> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 1988 Feb 1
17 citations
Selective delivery of chemotherapeutic agents with a new catheter system.
S M Wolpert, E S Kwan, D. Heros, D. L. Kasdon, Thomas R. Hedges> ;Radiology. 1988 Feb 1
43 citations
Local embolism from vertebral artery occlusion.
Michael S. Pessin, N. Daneault, E S Kwan, M A Eisengart, Louis R. Caplan> ;Stroke. 1988 Jan 1
42 citations
Chiari II malformation: MR imaging evaluation.
S M Wolpert, Mary Anderson, RM Scott, E S Kwan, Val M. Runge> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 1987 Nov 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Forbes HospitalMonroeville, Pennsylvania