Dr. Nerissa U. Ko M.D.
Neurologist | Neurology
400 Parnassus Ave Fl 8 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Nerissa Ko is a neurointensivist, or a neurologist with critical care training, who specializes in the care of hospital patients undergoing neurovascular treatment. She earned her medical degree at ...
Education and Training
Univ of Hi John A Burns Sch of Med, Honolulu Hi 1995
University of Hawaii 1995
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Vascular Neurology
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Distinguishing intracerebral hemorrhages caused by arteriovenous malformations.
- Dynamic perfusion CT: optimizing the temporal resolution and contrast volume for calculation of perfusion CT parameters in stroke patients.
- Accuracy of dynamic perfusion CT with deconvolution in detecting acute hemispheric stroke.
- Visual grading system for vasospasm based on perfusion CT imaging: comparisons with conventional angiography and quantitative perfusion CT.
- Improvement in intensive care unit outcomes in patients with subarachnoid
- Hypertonic saline versus mannitol for the treatment of elevated intracranial pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
- Elevated BNP is associated with vasospasm-independent cerebral infarction following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Vascular myelopathies.
- Cranial Accelerometry Can Detect Cerebral Vasospasm Caused by Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Frequency and Risk Factors for Cerebral Arterial Disease in a HIV/AIDS Neuroimaging Cohort.
Treatments
- Arteriovenous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Stroke
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- UCSF, Critical Care Medicine 2000
- UCSF, Neurovascular/Critical Care 2001
- UCSF, Neurovascular/Critical Care 2001
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