Speaker: Dr. Hugo Andrade Barazarte

Moderator: Dr. Mojgan Hodaie

Dr. Hugo Andrade Barazarte completed his Neurosurgery training in Venezuela before obtaining his PhD and cerebrovascular/skull base fellowship at the University of Helsinki, Finland. As a cerebrovascular clinical fellow at Toronto Western Hospital, Dr. Andrade expanded his knowledge in vascular and skull base pathologies. Dr. Andrade then became a staff neurosurgeon at the Mannheim University Hospital in Germany, before assuming the role of co-director of the Moyamoya disease research and treatment center at the Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, China.  

Currently, Dr. Andrade is a staff neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on surgical management of ruptured and unruptured aneurysms, AVMs, Moyamoya disease and revascularization procedures, and arteriovenous fistulae. Dr. Andrade has conducted more than 2,800 surgical operations including > 350 cerebral bypasses, 200 of which were for the rare Moyamoya disease.