Diplomas

Program of Clinical Effectiveness. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA

11.2013 - 02. 2018 Privat-Docent, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Master in Sciences (MSc), Faculté de Médecine de l’Université Paris XII, Paris, France. Thesis: Computational Flow Dynamics in the assessment of intracranial Aneurysms: patient specific modeling. Supervisors: Michel Piotin and Jacques Moret

International Master in Neurovascular Diseases (Professional MSc), Faculté de Médecine de l’Université Paris XI, Paris, France. Thesis: Vasculopathy of Neurofibromatosis type 1. Supervisor: Pierre Lasjaunias

Doctorate (MD), Medical school, Federal University of Maranhão, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil. Thesis: Role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of obstructive hydrocephalus. Supervisor: Periguari Hollanda de Lucena

Bachelor in Medicine, Medical school, Federal University of Maranhão, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil

Clinical career

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 is a Professor of Medical Imaging and Surgery at the University of Toronto and Staff Physician at the Toronto Western Hospital and Hospital for the Sick Children. 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 Interventional Neuroradiology division and Privat-Docent at the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland from 2008 to 2014.

He is interested in the treatment of complex neurovascular diseases including 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. In terms of more recent achievements, he has performed the world’s first robotic neurovascular intervention and he is committed to develop remote stroke and aneurysm treatments in the 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.

Dr Pereira is very engaged on advanced training and education in the field of interventional neuroradiology and endovascular neurosurgery. He runs or participates in several courses and workshops worldwide, teaching cerebral and spinal vascular anatomy, natural history, imaging and advanced treatment of neurovascular diseases. 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. He is the lead scientist and principal investigator of the RADIS lab.

HONORS AND AWARDS

March 2020 - Professor “Honoris Causa” at the Federal University of Maranhao, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil

March 2020 - “Manuel Beckman Medal”, Medal of Honor of the Parliement of the Province of Maranhao, Brazil

2019 - Teaching Award, Division of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 - JDMI (Joint Division of Medical Imaging) Research Leadership Award – 50% Protected Research time at University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

September 2014 - ESNR 2014 Prize in Honor of Rene Dinjian - Wall shear stress distribution of small aneurysms prone to rupture. European Society of Neuroradiology. Istanbul, Turkey

November 2012 - Peter Huber Prize 2012 – Optical flow imaging using Digital Subtracted Angiographic to evaluate flow diverter devices on the treatment of intracranial saccular aneurysms. Swiss Society of Neuroradiology. Bern, Switzerland

September 2009 - International Interventional Neuroradiology Award (Founders Award of the European Society of Neuroradiology) for work on venous anatomy and venous development, 34th European Congress of Neuroradiology/European Society of Neuroradiology. Athens, Greece

Active areas of research

Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformations, Dural Fistulas, Facial and Superficial Malformations, Hemodynamics, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Simulation

Professional affiliations

Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Canada
Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Canada