The Department of Radiology

Peter Kvamme, MD

Associate Professor

Education

Medical School
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1992

Internship
Categorical General Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1993

Residency
Nuclear Medicine Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1995
Diagnostic Radiology, St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA, 1999

Fellowships
Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 2000
Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2005

Certification

American Board of Radiology

Honors and Awards

Tulane University School of Medicine
American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship, 1989
Honors Award, American Federation for Clinical Research

UT Medical Center
Guardian Angel Award, 2010 and 2012
Patients' Choice Award, 2008-2013
Patients' Choice 5th Anniversary Award, 2012
Compassionate Doctor Recognition, 2012-2013

Professional Affiliations

Radiological Society of North America
American Roentgen Ray Society
American College of Radiology
Society of Interventional Radiology
American Heart Association
American Stroke Association
Congress of I.R. Society of Europe (C.I.R.S.E.)
Society of Neurointerventional Surgery, senior member (formerly American Society of Interventional and Neuroradiology)
World Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Senior Member

Current Publications

Nogueira RG, Pinheiro A, Brinjikji W, Abbasi M, Al-Bayati AR, Mohammaden MH, Souza Viana L, Ferreira F, Abdelhamid H, Bhatt NR, Kvamme P, Layton KF, Delgado Almandoz JE, Hanel RA, Mendes Pereira V, Almekhlafi MA, Yoo AJ, Jahromi BS, Gounis MJ, Patel B, Arturo Larco JL, Fitzgerald S, Mereuta OM, Doyle K, Savastano LE, Cloft HJ, Thacker IC, Kayan Y, Copelan A, Aghaebrahim A, Sauvageau E, Demchuk AM, Bhuva P, Soomro J, Nazari P, Cantrell DR, Puri AS, Entwistle J, Polley EC, Frankel MR, Kallmes DF, Haussen DC..
Clot composition and recanalization outcomes in mechanical thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 Jul 7:jnis-2023-020117. doi: 10.1136/jnis-2023-020117. Online ahead of print.

Mereuta OM, Abbasi M, Arturo Larco JL, Dai D, Liu Y, Arul S, Kadirvel R, Hanel RA, Yoo AJ, Almekhlafi MA, Layton KF, et.al.
Correlation of von Willebrand factor and platelets with acute ischemic stroke etiology and revascularization outcome: an immunohistochemical study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 May;15(5):488-494. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2022-018645. Epub 2022 May 20.

Mereuta OM, Abbasi M, Arturo Larco JL, Dai D, Liu Y, Arul S, Kadirvel R, Hanel RA, Yoo AJ, Almekhlafi MA, Layton KF, et.al.
Correlation of von Willebrand factor and platelets with acute ischemic stroke etiology and revascularization outcome: an immunohistochemical study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 May;15(5):488-494. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2022-018645. Epub 2022 May 20.

Brinjikji W, Abbasi M, Mereuta OM, Fitzgerald S, Larco JA, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Nogueira RG, Kvamme P, et. Al.
Histological composition of retrieved emboli in acute ischemic stroke is independent of pre-thrombectomy alteplase use. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Apr;31(4):106376. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106376. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Brinjikji W, Abbasi M, Mereuta OM, Fitzgerald S, Larco JA, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Nogueira RG, Kvamme P, et. Al.
Histological composition of retrieved emboli in acute ischemic stroke is independent of pre-thrombectomy alteplase use. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Apr;31(4):106376. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106376. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Mereuta OM, Abbasi M, Fitzgerald S, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Hanel RA, Yoo AJ, Almekhlafi MA, Layton KF, Delgado Almandoz JE, Kvamme P, et al.
Histological evaluation of acute ischemic stroke thrombi may indicate the occurrence of vessel wall injury during mechanical thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2022 Apr;14(4):356-361. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017310. Epub 2021 May 11.

Mereuta OM, Abbasi M, Fitzgerald S, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Hanel RA, Yoo AJ, Almekhlafi MA, Layton KF, Delgado Almandoz JE, Kvamme P, et al.
Histological evaluation of acute ischemic stroke thrombi may indicate the occurrence of vessel wall injury during mechanical thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2022 Apr;14(4):356-361. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017310. Epub 2021 May 11.

Mereuta OM, Abbasi M, Fitzgerald S, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Hanel RA, Yoo AJ, Almekhlafi MA, Layton KF, Delgado Almandoz JE, Kvamme P, Mendes Pereira V, Jahromi BS, Nogueira RG, Gounis MJ, Patel B, Aghaebrahim A, Sauvageau E, Bhuva P, Soomro J, Demchuk AM, Thacker IC, Kayan Y, Copelan A, Nazari P, Cantrell DR, Haussen DC, Al-Bayati AR, Mohammaden M, Pisani L, Rodrigues GM, Puri AS, Entwistle J, Meves A, Arturo Larco JL, Savastano L, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF, Doyle KM, Brinjikji W.
Histological evaluation of acute ischemic stroke thrombi may indicate the occurrence of vessel wall injury during mechanical thrombectomy. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2021 May 11:neurintsurg-2021-017310. [Epub ahead of print]

Abbasi M, Kvamme P, Layton KF, Hanel RA, Almekhlafi MA, Delgado JE, Pereira VM, Patel BM, Jahromi BS, Yoo AJ, Nogueira RG, Gounis MJ, Fitzgerald S, Mereuta OM, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, Doyle KM, Savastano LE, Cloft HJ, Liu Y, Thacker IC, Aghaebrahim.
Per pass analysis of thrombus composition retrieved by mechanical thrombectomy. Interventional Neuroradiology. 2021 Apr 7:15910199211009119. [Epub ahead of print]

Brinjikji W, Nogueira RG, Kvamme P, Layton KF, Delgado Almandoz JE, Hanel RA, Mendes Pereira V, Almekhlafi MA, Yoo AJ, Jahromi BS, Gounis MJ, Patel B, Abbasi M, Fitzgerald S, Mereuta OM, Dai D, Kadirvel R, Doyle K, Savastano L, Cloft HJ, Haussen DC, Al-Ba.
Association between clot composition and stroke origin in mechanical thrombectomy patients: Analysis of the Stroke Thromboembolism Registry of Imaging and Pathology. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2021 Mar 15:neurintsurg-2020-017167. [Epub ahead of print]

Meyers PM, Fifi JT, Cockroft KM, Miller TR, Given CA, Zomorodi AR, Jagadeesan BD, Mokin M, Kan P, Yao TL, Diaz O, Huddle D, Bellon RJ, Seinfeld J, Polifka AJ, Fiorella D, Chitale RV, Kvamme P, Morrow JT, Singer J, Wakhloo AK, Puri AS, Deshmukh VR, Hanel RA, Gonzalez LF, Woo HH, Aziz-Sultan MA.
Safety of the APOLLO Onyx delivery microcatheter for embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations: Results from a prospective post-market study. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2021 Feb 1:neurintsurg-2020-016830. [Epub ahead of print]