Yasha Kayan, MD
Neurointerventional Surgeon
My specialties:
- Neurointerventional radiology
Professional interests:
- Neurointerventional surgery
- Neuroradiology
- Acute stroke intervention
- Brain aneurysm and arteriovenous malformations AVM care
- Cerebral angiography
- Dural venous sinus stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Intracranial and carotid stenosis
- MMA embolization for chronic subdural hematoma
- Pulsatile tinnitus
Dr. Kayan is the medical director of Neurointerventional Surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. To contact the Neurointerventional Surgery team at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, please call (612) 863-4808.
Practice philosophy: To provide the highest level of evidence-based, patient-centered neurointerventional care.
What are you passionate about and why? Using advanced neurointerventional techniques to safely and effectively treat complex neurological diseases.
What is one of the challenges of this career that you enjoy? Talking to patients and families as they navigate a challenging time in their lives.
What is something you have learned from your patients? Hope, confidence, and trust in the face of adversity.
If you weren't a health care provider, what would you be? An architect.
What are you most proud of? Having had opportunities to do research that has helped answer important clinical questions in our field, and to travel the world teaching other neurointerventionalists the latest techniques.
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Credentials
- MD
Awards and recognitions
- Minneapolis-St Paul Magazine Top Doctors Rising Star, 2015-17
- ARRS Executive Council Award in recognition of outstanding research, 2012
- RSNA Roentgen Resident Research Award, 2009
- Hugh M. Wilson Award in Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2005
- Robert S. Brookings Medical School Award for exemplary performance, Washington University in St. Louis, 2005
Specialties
- Neurointerventional radiology
Personal interests
- Architecture
- Hiking
Educational institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis
- University of Illinois
Memberships
- American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), Senior Member
- Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS), Senior Member
Current licenses and certifications
- American Board of Radiology
- Board certified subspecialty in neurointerventional surgery
- Board certified subspecialty in neuroradiology
- Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota medical licenses
- Recognition of focused practice in CNS endovascular surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery
Internships
- Internal medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis
Residencies
- Diagnostic radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis
Fellowships
- Diagnostic and endovascular surgical neuroradiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis
Years of experience
- 20
Hospital affiliations
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital
- United Hospital
- Mercy Hospital
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)