Dr. Radmehr Torabi: Putting Patients First
Class of 2009
Endovascular Neuro Surgeon,
Brown University,
Rhode island
A patient was brought to the emergency room with stroke symptoms and a clot in one of the major arteries to the brain.
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Luckily, Dr. Radmehr Torabi, a neurosurgeon, was there to help. When he reassessed the patient after the procedure was over, they were able to say their name and move the side of their body they weren’t able to just an hour ago.
“That’s the most satisfying part—seeing a patient make rapid improvements,” said Dr. Torabi. This type of scenario is part of what led him to specialize in neurosurgery.
He enjoyed doing a neurosurgery rotation as a student at AUA and described being on the edge of his seat during the vascular neurosurgery cases. He found that he was excited to go to work and loved how the field was rapidly evolving, especially as it became minimally invasive.
Not only did he get a quality education, but he was also able to build a strong support network. As a young school, AUA had about 150 students on campus in Antigua. Dr. Torabi and his then-roommate, now close friend, decided to throw a summer bash and invited the whole school. To their delight, everyone came and had a great time, “it was just this awesome feeling of community,” he reminisced.
After Dr.Torabi graduated from AUA and entered his first year as a neurosurgeon, he faced a tough case: a comatose 12-year-old girl. She had a ruptured vascular malformation that required multiple surgeries and procedures, which were successful. After completing rehab, the young girl and her mother visited Dr. Torabi, and they were filled with gratitude. They gifted him handmade scarves, a card, and a picture, and they happily shared that she was ready to return
to school.
He still has those gifts and says their kindness still motivates him.
He explained that wins like this helped fuel him to keep going. Today, he is the Co-director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center and of Endovascular Neurosurgery, both at Rhode Island Hospital, one of the busiest stroke centers in the country.
Through his success, Dr. Torabi looks back at AUA with pride, “When I started, AUA only had two classrooms, a library, and an anatomy lab. The school itself has grown so much and it shows the dedication that this institution has in training folks to be successful.”
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