E. Francois Aldrich, Mb,chb

Biography

Dr. Aldrich joined the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Maryland in 1993 after six years on the faculty at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He has over 30 years neurosurgical experience were he has dedicated his career to the microsurgical treatment of a wide variety of complex neurosurgical cases in adults. He has consistently received many ‘U.S. News, Top Doc’ awards and is regularly included in the ‘America’s Best Physicians’ list. Dr. Aldrich is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Vice Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, Residency Program Director and has served on the institutional review board for the last 20 years. He is the head of cerebrovascular surgery and is an expert in the surgical treatment of ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms as well as other brain blood vessel abnormalities. This is also the main focus of his clinical research. He is heavily involved in the design, and execution of multiple multinational studies in the treatment vasospasm, a potentially fatal condition that follows aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. New surgical techniques are being investigated for the treatment of interventricular and intracerebral hemorrhage. He also serves has the principal investigator on many of these studies. Additionally, he has diverse clinical cranial neurosurgical interests as outlined below. Although the majority of his clinical work is cranial in nature, he has a very specific long standing interest in the treatment of degenerative complex cervical spinal disorders in adults.

Research Interest

Clinical: Cerebrovascular Surgery (Aneurysm, AVM, Intracerebral hemorrhage), Brain Tumors, Skull Based Tumors including Pituitary Tumors, MVD for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm, Arnold Chiari Malformations Syringomyelia, Benign Spinal Tumors and Complex Cervical Spine Disease. Research: Dr. Aldrich’s research is centered around cerebral vascular diseases including multiple clinical trials relating to subarachnoid hemorrhage (Edge, Head Sense) and interventricular hemorrhage (CLEAR), intracerebral hemorrhage (MISTIE).