Vitor Mendes Pereira
Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira is a neurosurgeon specialized in minimally invasive procedures of the intracranial and spinal circulation and percutaneous spinal interventions for pain management. He did his residency in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and his clinical fellowship in France (CHU Bicetre and Rothschild Foundation). Dr. Pereira has worked as the Head of the Interventional Neuroradiology division and Privat-Docent at the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland for 6 years. In 2014, he moved to Toronto to work as Staff Physician at the University Health Network/Toronto Western Hospital, Hospital for the Sick Children, and as an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto until March 2021. He just joined the Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery at St Michael's Hospital as the Director of Endovascular Research and Innovation.
He is interested in the treatment of complex neurovascular diseases including the curative treatment of arteriovenous malformations, dural malformations, large and giant aneurysms, spinal vascular disorders, and pediatric vascular malformations. Amongst his clinical achievements, he was one of the pioneers of the use of stent retrievers in acute stroke and as one of the largest experiences with flow diverters world-wide. He has also performed multiple world-first cases using the most innovative devices in our field including SQUID (liquid embolic for AVM treatment), Pipeline Flex, and Surpass EVOLVE device for aneurysm treatment. He has described many techniques for AVM and dural fistula treatment and he has one of the largest transvenous and curative endovascular AVM treatment series internationally. He is also very interested in the diagnosis and treatment of intracranial venous diseases including intracranial idiopathic hypertension and pulsatile tinnitus. In terms of more recent achievements, he has performed the world’s first robotic neurovascular intervention and he is committed to the development of remote endovascular treatments in the near future.
He is leading clinical and basic research on arteriovenous malformations, brain aneurysms, and stroke. He was/is the principal investigator in multiple global and multicenter studies including STAR trial, SWIFT-PRIME study, SWIFT DIRECT trial, MAXPIPE study, CARO trial and EVOLVE study.
He is the lead scientist of the RADIS lab that focuses on the study of innovative technologies and their potential applications to vascular neurosurgery. These technologies include computational fluid dynamics, dynamic and sophisticated diagnostic imaging, genetics, and molecular biology. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics are two of the most profound technological advances of the last decade, and our lab also has a particular focus on leveraging these technologies to improve outcomes of patients with neurovascular diseases.
Dr. Pereira is very engaged in education in the field of endovascular neurosurgery. He organizes advanced training in new techniques and participates in several courses and workshops worldwide, teaching cerebral and spinal vascular anatomy, imaging, and advanced endovascular treatments. He is an active member of several medical societies, and he has also contributed over 260 publications to his field on various aspects of neurosciences.