Arun Amar

  • Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, and Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Stroke Director, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Office: (323) 442-8465

Expertise Summary

Expert on spinal cord injuries, aneurysms, strokes and brain tumors

Expertise

  • brain and spinal cord injury
  • aneurysms and vascular malformations
  • stroke and cerebrovascular disorders
  • brain tumors
  • the blood-brain barrier
  • stem cell therapy
  • gene therapy
  • vagus nerve stimulation
  • interventional neuroradiology

Additional Information

  • Author of neurosurgical publications and editor of books on spinal cord injury and interventional neuroradiology
  • Named one of “America’s Top Surgeons” by Consumers Research Council of America and one of Castle Connolly’s “America’s Top Doctors,” and listed in Marquis’ “Who’s Who in Medicine Higher Education”