Andrew F. Ducruet MD

Andrew Ducruet, MD, joined the Department of Neurological Surgery as an assistant professor on July 8, 2013. Dr. Ducruet’s clinical practice focuses on cerebrovascular disease, and he has subspecialized training in the latest endovascular techniques used to treat patients with vascular disease of both the brain and spinal cord. This includes both coil embolization and flow diversion strategies for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms, as well as embolization of arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, and tumors. He also performs arterial and venous stenting procedures and treats patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Dr. Ducruet was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons. He completed his surgical internship and residency in neurological surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Ducruet then completed a two-year fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ.