Adeel Siddiqui, MD, Beth Israel and Roosevelt Hospital, New York
Adeel Siddiqui just started his neuroradiology fellowship at Beth Israel and Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He has been working extensively with the ACR and Dr. Keith Dreyer regarding meaningful use and the latest developments in this field. He is also a member of the meaningful use committee at Cooper University Hospital.
Benjamin Isgur, Director of Health Research Institute (HRI), PricewaterhouseCooper
Benjamin Isgur is a director of the Health Research Institute (HRI) of PwC. Ben develops national and global thought leadership and research initiatives for the firm and clients. HRI is a dedicated research group that provides new intelligence, perspective, and analysis on major health-related business issues. He also consults with healthcare systems, trade associations, and policy groups on strategic planning, and industry intelligence and trends.
Ben has published numerous reports and spoken on health subjects such as: government health policy, workforce strategies, hospital charity care and community benefit, consumerism, and the digital health environment. Prior to joining PwC he developed health policy as a legislative director in the Texas House of Representatives and government relations officer for the City of Austin.
Raymond Tu, MD, Progressive Radiology, Washington, D.C.
Raymond Tu, MD, is a radiologist and partner of Progressive Radiology of Washington, D.C. He is on the executive committee of the DC chapter of the ACR, radiology Carrier Advisor to Highmark, the J12 Medicare Contractor. Dr. Tu served on the DC Board of Medicine, is neuroradiology attending at The George Washington University, and Chairman of Radiology at United Medical Center. Dr. Tu is Chair of Practice Advocacy of the Clinical Practice Committee of the American Society of Neuroradiology.
Kirk Isling, Research Director, KLAS
Kirk Ising, research director at KLAS, has been a leader in radiology and medical equipment research for the past three years. Speaking with numerous radiology directors, physicians, and CEOs, Kirks gathers performance data on medical equipment and medical imaging vendors. Kirk studied Economics and Management at Washington State University. His key competencies include knowledge of the medical equipment industry, the healthcare field and research. Kirk is a member of AHRA. He resides in Utah with his wife and their four children.
Adnan Siddiqui, MD University at Buffalo
Dr. Siddiqui joined UBNS in January 2007. He completed fellowship training in cerebrovascular surgery, interventional neuroradiology, and neurocritical care at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed his neurosurgical residency at Upstate Medical University and received his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Rochester and medical degree from Aga Khan University, Pakistan. He is trained in all general neurosurgical procedures, including brain tumor, spine, and peripheral nerve surgery.
Dr. Siddiqui has special interest and expertise in the performance of complementary microsurgical, radiosurgical, and endovascular techniques for the comprehensive management of cerebrovascular conditions. This spectrum of disease includes aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, as well as dural, cavernous, and spinal fistulae. He has special interests in acute stroke management with intra-arterial thrombolysis, as well as endovascular and microsurgical management of extracranial and intracranial vascular occlusive disease. Other clinical interests include endovascular management of intractable epistaxis; preoperative head, neck, and brain tumor embolization; resection of skull base tumors; endoscopic surgery for aneurysms and pituitary tumors; third ventriculostomy; and arachnoid cysts.
Active research interests include neuronal plasticity in response to injury and development of intracranial aneurysm models, with several publications to his credit. He is also an active member of several national neurosurgical organizations.