Roberto Cosme Heros, MD
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Physicians & Surgeons, Physicians & Surgeons, Neurology, Physicians & Surgeons, Surgery-General
1475 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33136
305-243-6946
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- General Info
- Roberto C. Heros graduated first in his class at University of Tennessee's Medical School. After completion of his Neurosurgical Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), he became the Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery at MGH and ascended through the ranks to Professor at Harvard. He then moved to University of Minnesota as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Professor, and Acting Chairman of the Neurology Department and Vice Chair of the Medical School Practice Plan. In 1995, he moved to the University of Miami as Professor, Program Director, Co-Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and founding Director of the U/M International Health Center. Dr. Heros' major clinical, academic and research interest has been in cerebrovascular surgery. He has authored or co-authored 4 textbooks, over 200-refereed articles and 50 textbook chapters on cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, experimental cerebral ischemia and skull base surgical approaches. His research has focused on cerebral protection from ischemia and he held NIH funding as primary investigator for 15 years. Dr. Heros has been Chairman of the Editorial Board of Neurosurgery and serves on Editorial Boards of seven other journals. He was the founding Chairman of the Brain Attack Coalition and the Neurovascular Committee of the World Federation of Neurological Societies (WFNS). He has served as Vice President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and as President of American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons and the World Congress of the WFNS. In 2007, he won the ACGME's Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" award. In 2010, he won the COR Vitae Award of the American Heart Association for Stroke Care and was a Cushing Medalist, the highest award given to a neurosurgeon by the AANS.
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Fax: 305-243-3337
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- Physicians & Surgeons, Physicians & Surgeons, Neurology, Physicians & Surgeons, Surgery-General
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- Sylvester Cancer Ctr
- Languages
- Spanish
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Heros, Roberto C, MD
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https://umiamihealth.org/locations/sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center
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