Waheed, Salman MD

Chizoba Ezepue, MD, is a board-certified vascular neurologist and completed a fellowship in neurointerventional surgery at Saint Louis University Hospital where he also served as a vascular neurology attending and adjunct assistant professor.Dr. Ezepue specializes in minimally invasive stroke management including; acute ischemic stroke, acute hemorrhagic stroke, arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spinal cord, venous sinus thrombosis, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain aneurysms, endovascular treatment of epistaxis, intracranial tumor embolization, carotid revascularization techniques, intracranial angioplasty and stenting and carotid stenting.Dr. Ezepue is fluent in English, Igbo and Hausa.

Andrew Karanas, MD is board certified in general surgery. Dr. Karanas has been in practice since 2000. He is a graduate of Columbia University College Physicians & Surgeons and served his general surgery residency at University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital. Dr. Karanas has a strong interest in laparoscopy.He is extremity dedicated to his family and enjoys all St. Louis sports and Syracuse basketball.

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