Hisham Salahuddin, MD

Dr. Hisham Salahuddin, is a specialist in treating all disorders related to blood vessels of the brain. He is a board-certified neurologist, vascular neurologist and specialist in neuro-endovascular treatments. He has dedicated his life to improving the quality of other people’s lives and aims to provide the highest quality care for patients with cerebrovascular diseases.

Dr. Salahuddin has contributed significantly to improving stroke care for patients nationwide. He authored a landmark article on pre-hospital identification of patients with severe strokes and helped developed systems of care in conjunction with local Northwest Ohio Emergency Medical Services. Through these systems, patients with severe strokes received earlier treatment with clot busting medications and endovascular therapy. Dr. Salahuddin’s helped reduce door-to-groin puncture time to < 90 minutes for acute stroke patients and has performed more than 1,500 endovascular procedures in the last two years. Dr. Salahuddin has been involved in multiple clinical research trials which allows his patients to get the most advanced treatments in the field of cerebrovascular diseases.

Dr. Salahuddin has published articles on stroke care in elderly patients, treatment for distal occlusions, use of different thrombectomy techniques, treatment of intracranial aneurysms and on optimal stroke care during the COVID pandemic. He has authored book chapters in the field of Neurology and has presented at multiple medical conferences. Dr. Salahuddin also helped develop innovative technologies to help detect visual loss in patients with stroke symptoms who are being treated at remote hospitals and do not have access to stroke specialists in person.

Medical Education

• Ziauddin University

Residency

• University of Toledo, College of Medicine

Fellowships

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
• University of Toledo Medical Center