
Spiros Blackburn
Residency Program Director · University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
PresentUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Residency
PresentNeurosurgery Residency · University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
PresentUTHealth Houston Pituitary Tumor Center · University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- 2011–2012
- 2010–2011


- 2002–2005
Barnes Jewish Hospital WU School of Medicine
- 1996–2000
Research
Trial of Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Strokes
New England Journal of Medicine · 2023 · 798 citations
Role of Interleukin-10 in Acute Brain Injuries
Review · Frontiers in Neurology · 2017 · 196 citations
Haemoglobin scavenging in intracranial bleeding: biology and clinical implications
Review · Nature Reviews Neurology · 2018 · 134 citations

36 papers · 29 as a resident

35 papers
- JG
32 papers

31 papers
- AH
24 papers

24 papers

24 papers

24 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
Induced Suppression of Platelet Activity in Aneurysmal SAH Management-2 (iSPASM-2)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · UH3
PI · $785.8K · Duke University
- 2025–2026
Induced Suppression of Platelet Activity in Aneurysmal SAH Management-2 (iSPASM-2)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · UG3
PI · $817.6K · Duke University
- 2018–2023
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · K23
Contact PI · $874.8K · University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
Clinical trials
- 2015
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Monitoring During Flow-Diverter Embolization
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Florida
- 2014–2015
Association Between Haptoglobin Genotype and Brain Swelling
Principal investigator · Terminated
University of Florida
- 2013–2014
Safety Study of Nicardipine to Treat Cerebral Vasospasm
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
University of Florida
- 2026–2032
Site PI · Not yet recruiting · Phase 1, Phase 2
Dr David Hasan, M.D.


