Associate Professor of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Radiology
Dr. Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
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Joshua A. Hirsch is an expert in the field of Radiology. He went to medical school at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He over the years received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Magazine", "Boston Herald", "Fellow (FSIR)" and "Fellow (FACR)". Joshua Hirsch is a published doctor. He published 96 publications, including: 'Clinical diffusion mismatch better discriminates infarct growth than mean transit time-diffusion weighted imaging mismatch in patients with middle cerebral artery-M1 o...' He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Stroke is ascendant: is it time for TICI to be more than just a score?
- Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling: experience in 327 patients.
- Radiology Malpractice Claims in the United States From 2008 to 2012: Characteristics and Implications.
- Cerebral Angiography for Evaluation of Patients with CT Angiogram-Negative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: An 11-Year Experience.
- Quality Improvement Guidelines for Adult Diagnostic Cervicocerebral Angiography: Update Cooperative Study between the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), Americ...
- Midterm Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes after Percutaneous Interspinous Spacer Treatment for Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication.
- Detection and characterization of intracranial aneurysms: a 10-year multidetector CT angiography experience in a large center.
- Endovascular Stroke Treatment Outcomes After Patient Selection Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Criteria.
- Sustainable Growth Rate Repealed, MACRA Revealed: Historical Context and Analysis of Recent Changes in Medicare Physician Payment Methodologies.
- Non-Research-Related Physician-Industry Relationships of Radiologists in the United States.
- Discipline and training.
- Neurological complications associated with epidural steroid injections.
- The Burwell roadmap.
- Thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: an evidence-based treatment.
- Aspiration thrombectomy using the penumbra catheter.
- Improving the likelihood of manuscript acceptance; a primer for trainees and young investigators.
- Limited reliability of computed tomographic perfusion acute infarct volume measurements compared with diffusion-weighted imaging in anterior circulation stroke.
- Efficacy of epidural injections in the treatment of lumbar central spinal stenosis: a systematic review.
- Comparison of the efficacy of caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal epidural injections in managing lumbar disc herniation: is one method superior to the other?
- An overview of clinical associate roles in the neurointerventional specialty.
- Predictors and clinical relevance of hemorrhagic transformation after endovascular therapy for anterior circulation large vessel occlusion strokes: a multicenter retro...
- Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is indicated and evidence based: a position statement.
- A research roadmap of future endovascular stroke trials.
- Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections are superior to caudal epidural injections in managing lumbar central spinal stenosis.
- Metamorphosis of Medicine in the United States: A Carrot and Stick Policy of Electronic Medical Records.
- Metamorphosis of Medicine in the United States: Is Information Technology a White Knight or Killer Whale?
- Best articles published in 2014 in Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
- Letter to the Editor: Results of comprehensive medical management of lumbar disorders questioned.
- Platelet function inhibitors and platelet function testing in neurointerventional procedures.
- Epidemiology of low back pain in adults.
- Cohen etâal. Reach Inappropriate Conclusions on the Effect of Sedation on the Accuracy and Treatment Outcomes for Diagnostic Injections.
- ADAPT FAST Study: third-generation stroke thrombectomy devices place renewed focus on the elusive relationship between revascularization and good outcomes.
- Combining MRI with NIHSS Thresholds to Predict Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Value for Patient Selection.
- Diagnostic carotid and cerebral angiography: a historical summary of the evolving changes in coding and reimbursement in a complex procedure family.
- Determinants of Early Outcomes in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Proximal Artery Occlusion.
- The case against a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: misinterpretation of a flawed study.
- Diagnostic Yield of Emergency Department Arch-to-Vertex CT Angiography in Patients with Suspected Acute Stroke.
- Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling using desmopressin or corticotropic-releasing hormone: a single-center experience.
- Safety and Effectiveness of Sacroplasty: A Large Single-Center Experience.
- Evidence-based guidelines improperly assessed epidural injections.
- Affordable care 2014: a tale of two boards.
- Technical limitations of dual-energy CT in neuroradiology: 30-month institutional experience and review of literature.
- The ICD-10 system: a gift that keeps on taking.
- Low neurologic intensive care unit hemoglobin as a predictor for intra-arterial vasospasm therapy and poor discharge modified Rankin Scale in aneurysmal subarachnoid h...
- Evaluation of effect on nonsteroid epidural injections.
- In search of the optimized stroke trial design.
- Current procedural terminology; a primer.
- Do Epidural Injections Provide Short- and Long-term Relief for Lumbar Disc Herniation? A Systematic Review.
- The sustainable growth rate: a 2014 update.
- Evidence-based clinical practice for the neurointerventionalist.
- Cervical radicular pain: the role of interlaminar and transforaminal epidural injections.
- Position Statement on Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: A Consensus Statement Developed by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), American Association of Ne...
- Standards of practice and reporting standards for carotid artery angioplasty and stenting.
- De novo Membranous Nephropathy in Renal Allograft Associated With Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Review of the Literature.
- Unruptured intracranial aneurysms conservatively followed with serial CT angiography: could morphology and growth predict rupture?
- Component coding and the neurointerventionalist: a tale with an end.
- That's our policy!
- Clot Length Distribution and Predictors in Anterior Circulation Stroke: Implications for Intra-arterial Therapy.
- The Independent Payment Advisory Board.
- Intra-Arterial Eptifibatide in the Management of Thromboembolism during Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: Case Series and a Review of the Literature.
- Tribulations of stroke trials.
- Identification of small compound biomarkers of pituitary adenoma: a bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling study.
- Randomized clinical trials: the double edged sword.
- Analysis of utilization patterns of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in the Medicare population.
- Recommendations on Angiographic Revascularization Grading Standards for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Consensus Statement.
- ONYX versus n-BCA for embolization of cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas.
- The FDA approval process for medical devices: an inherently flawed system or a valuable pathway for innovation?
- Alphabet Soup: Our Government "In-Action"
- Medical device excise tax: implications for interventional radiologists.
- Lessons learned in the abuse of pain-relief medication: a focus on healthcare costs.
- Sustainable growth rate 2013: time for definitive intervention.
- The tribulations of stroke trials.
- An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part I: introduction and general considerations.
- Percutaneous lumbar mechanical disc decompression utilizing dekompressor: an update of current evidence.
- Percutaneous lumbar laser disc decompression: an update of current evidence.
- An update of the systematic assessment of mechanical lumbar disc decompression with nucleoplasty.
- An update of the systematic appraisal of the accuracy and utility of lumbar discography in chronic low back pain.
- Standard of practice: embolization of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
- An updated review of automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc.
- Assessment of bleeding risk of interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of practice patterns and perioperative management of anticoagulant and antithrombot...
- Expanding the role of NCCT in acute stroke imaging: thrombus length measurement and its potential impact on current practice.
- The Massachusetts General Hospital acute stroke imaging algorithm: an experience and evidence based approach.
- Maintenance of certification: part 2--continuous certification.
- What's Brewing: How Interventional Radiologists Can Learn From the Reinvention of Starbucks.
- Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRA at 1.5 T for Detection of Arteriovenous Shunting Before and After Onyx Embolization of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.
- Standard of practice: embolization of spinal arteriovenous fistulae, spinal arteriovenous malformations, and tumors of the spinal axis.
- Imaging challenges of carotid artery in-stent restenosis.
- The RUC: a primer for neurointerventionalists.
- Growth of spinal interventional pain management techniques: analysis of utilization trends and Medicare expenditures 2000 to 2008.
- Assessing variability in neurointerventional practice patterns for acute ischemic stroke.
- Understanding IMS III: old data shed new light on a futile trial.
- Caution during use of desmopressin in IPSS.
- JNIS: factoring the impact.
- Maintenance of certification: historical context.
- Clinical diffusion mismatch better discriminates infarct growth than mean transit time-diffusion weighted imaging mismatch in patients with middle cerebral artery-M1 o...
Schools
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital Of University Pennsylvania
Lahey Clinic
Doctors Specialties
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Radiology
Accepted Insurances
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Boston Magazine
- Boston Herald
- Fellow (FSIR)
- Fellow (FACR)
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Pennsylvania Hospital - University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1720047491 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | HIRSCH |
| First Name Of The Provider | JOSHUA |
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