Speaker: Dr. Hugo Andrade Barazarte

Moderator: Dr. Mojgan Hodaie

Dr. Hugo Andrade Barazarte obtained his medical degree and began neurosurgery residency training at the Universidad Centro-occidenral Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto – Venezuela in 2006. In 2012, he completed his training as a neurosurgeon, becoming staff of the University Hospital Antonio Maria Pineda in Venezuela.

In February 2013, Dr. Andrade Barazarte joined the University of Helsinki, Neurosurgery department under the direction of Prof. Juha Hernesniemi as a cerebrovascular/skull base fellow and Ph.D. student.

After completing his fellowship in Helsinki, Dr. Andrade joined the Toronto Western Hospital as a cerebrovascular clinical fellow to expand his knowledge in vascular and skull base pathologies. In June 2016, Dr. Andrade Barazarte obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki – Finland. Between 2016-2018, Dr. Andrade Barazarte was a staff neurosurgeon at Mannheim University Hospital in Germany. From February 2019 – December 2021, he worked as an Associate Professor at the Henan Provincial People’s Hospital in China and as co-director of the Moyamoya disease research and treatment center. He was recruited to the Division of Neurosurgery with a staff appointment at Toronto Western Hospital and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the surgical management of ruptured and unruptured aneurysms, AVMs, Moyamoya disease and revascularization procedures, dural arteriovenous fistulae.