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Richard P. Klucznik

Richard P. Klucznik, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, Academic Institute
Associate Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Description of Research

After completing a neuroradiology fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Dr. Klucznik served as the chief of neuroradiology CT/MRI at the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center of the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas where he received the Air Force Commendation Medal. He then completed an interventional neuroradiology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and subsequently was appointed Assistant Professor of Radiology at BCM in 1996. Dr. Klucznik joined the staff at The Methodist Hospital that same year as an interventional neuroradiologist and was appointed Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at TMH in 2005. Since joining Methodist, Dr. Klucznik has served on numerous committees including the Medical Staff Quality Management Committee, Neurology Care Management Performance Improvement Subcommittee and the Quality Assurance Committee for Endovascular, which he chaired in 2006.

Areas Of Expertise

MRI CT Interventional neuroradiology Intracranial stenting
Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
Residency, David Grant Medical Center
Internship, University of Massachusetts Medical Center
MD, Tufts University
Publications

Bitemporal hemianopsia secondary to ischemic chiasmopathy following mechanical thrombectomy
Sigireddi, RR, Bhat, N, Raviskanthan, S, Mortensen, PW, Harish Bindiganavile, S, Klucznik, R & Lee, AG 2021, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 23, 101191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101191

Feasibility and Efficacy of Low-profile Visual Intraluminal Support Device: A Single Center Five-year Experience
Davidov, V, Sadrameli, S, Desai, V, Lee, J, Austerman, R, Jenson, A, Boghani, Z, Britz, G, Diaz, O, Klucznik, RP & Zhang, YJ 2021, , Current Neurovascular Research, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 279-286. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567202618666210910123134

Pivotal trial of the Neuroform Atlas stent for treatment of posterior circulation aneurysms: One-year outcomes
Jankowitz, BT, Jadhav, AP, Gross, B, Jovin, TG, Alhajeri, AA, Fraser, JF, Hanel, RA, Sauvageau, E, Aghaebrahim, A, Frei, D, Bellon, R, Loy, D, Puri, AS, Malek, AM, Thomas, A, Toth, G, Lopes, DK, Crowley, RW, Arthur, AS, Reavey-Cantwell, J, Lin, E, Siddiqui, AH, Alexander, MJ, Khaldi, A, Colby, GP, Caplan, JM, Satti, SR, Turk, AS, Spiotta, AM, Klucznik, R, Hallam, DK, Kung, D, Froehler, MT, Callison, RC, Kan, P, Hetts, SW & Zaidat, OO 2022, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-017115

The professional and personal impact of the coronavirus pandemic on US neurointerventional practices: A nationwide survey
Fargen, KM, Leslie-Mazwi, TM, Klucznik, RP, Wolfe, SQ, Brown, P, Ansari, SA, Dabus, G, Spiotta, AM, Mokin, M, Hassan, AE, Liebeskind, D, Welch, BG, Siddiqui, AH & Hirsch, JA 2020, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 927-931. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016513

A case of cerebral vasculitis due to neurobartonellosis
Poursheykhi, M, Mithani, F, Garg, T, Cajavilca, C, Jaijakul, S, Fung, S, Klucznik, R & Gadhia, R 2020, , Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, vol. 7, no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000791

Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery recommendations for the care of emergent neurointerventional patients in the setting of COVID-19
Fraser, JF, Arthur, AS, Chen, M, Levitt, M, Mocco, J, Albuquerque, FC, Ansari, SA, Dabus, G, Jayaraman, MV, Mack, WJ, Milburn, J, Mokin, M, Narayanan, S, Puri, AS, Siddiqui, AH, Tsai, JP & Klucznik, RP 2020, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 539-541. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016098

The Hydrogel Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment Trial (HEAT): A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Second-Generation Hydrogel Coil
Bendok, BR, Abi-Aad, KR, Ward, JD, Kniss, JF, Kwasny, MJ, Rahme, RJ, Aoun, SG, El Ahmadieh, TY, El Tecle, NE, Zammar, SG, Aoun, RJN, Patra, DP, Ansari, SA, Raymond, J, Woo, HH, Fiorella, D, Dabus, G, Milot, G, Delgado Almandoz, JE, Scott, JA, Denardo, AJ, Dashti, SR, Ansari, S, Deshaies, E, Lavine, S, Bozorgchami, H, Delgado, J, Veznedaroglu, E, Albuquerque, F, Fiorella, D, Boulos, A, Cortes, M, Kanaan, H, Jindal, G, Klucznik, R, Dabus, G, Kalmes, D, Tawk, R, Raymond, J, Romero, C, Xavier, A, Hussain, M, Kelly, M, Moran, C, Chaudry, I, Pandey, A, Wang, D, Van Adel, B, Milot, G, Hirsch, J, Carpenter, J, Powers, C, Jabbour, P, Luh, G, Shankar, J, Tummala, R, Patsalides, A, Evans, A, Garg, A, Dashti, S, Lee, S, James, R, Jayaraman, M, Satti, S, Sauvageau, E, Fields, J, Grobelny, T & Hartman, J 2020, , Neurosurgery, vol. 86, no. 5, pp. 615-624. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyaa006

Is flow diversion the death of simple coiling or stent-assisted coiling? A single-center experience
Austerman, RJ, Sadrameli, SS, Guerrero, JR, Wong, M, Diaz, O, Klucznik, R, Zhang, YJ & Britz, G 2020, , Current Neurovascular Research, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 754-759. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567202617999201125202131

A joint statement from the Neurointerventional Societies: Our position on operator experience and training for stroke thrombectomy
Linfante, I, Nogueira, RG, Zaidat, OO, Arthur, AS, Klucznik, RP, Mack, WJ, Welch, BG, Siddiqui, AH & Mocco, J 2019, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 533-534. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015047

Impact of balloon guide catheter use on clinical and angiographic outcomes in the STRATIS stroke thrombectomy registry
Zaidat, OO, Mueller-Kronast, NH, Hassan, AE, Haussen, DIC, Jadhav, AP, Froehler, MT, Jahan, R, Ali Aziz-Sultan, M, Klucznik, RP, Saver, JL, Hellinger, FR, Yavagal, DIR, Yao, TL, Gupta, R, Martin, CO, Bozorgchami, H, Kaushal, R, Nogueira, RG, Gandhi, RH, Peterson, EC, Dashti, S, Given, CA, Mehta, BP, Deshmukh, V, Starkman, S, Linfante, I, McPherson, SH, Kvamme, P, Grobelny, TJ, Hussain, MS, Thacker, I, Vora, N, Chen, PR, Monteith, SJ, Ecker, RD, Schirmer, CM, Sauvageau, E, Chebl, AB, Derdeyn, CP, Maidan, L, Badruddin, A, Siddiqui, AH, Dumont, TM, Alhajeri, A, Taqi, MA, Asi, K, Carpenter, J, Boulos, A, Jindal, G, Puri, AS, Chitale, R, Deshaies, EM, Robinson, D, Kallmes, DF, Baxter, BW, Jumaa, M, Sunenshine, P, Majjhoo, A, English, JD, Suzuki, S, Fessler, RD, Delgado-Almandoz, J, Martin, JC & Liebeskind, DS 2019, , Stroke, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 697-704. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021126

Unique percutaneous direct puncture technique for occlusion of a hypoglossal canal dural arteriovenous fistula
Diaz, OM, Toledo, MM, Roehm, JOF, Klucznik, RP, Chinnadurai, P, Lopez, GV & Britz, GW 2018, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-013845

ELVO: An operational definition
The Society Of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2018, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 507-509. DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-013792

Neuroendovascular management of emergent large vessel occlusion: update on the technical aspects and standards of practice by the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery
Gandhi, CD, Al Mufti, F, Singh, IP, Abruzzo, T, Albani, B, Ansari, SA, Arthur, AS, Bain, M, Baxter, BW, Bulsara, KR, Caplan, JM, Chen, M, Dabus, G, Frei, D, Hetts, SW, Hussain, MS, Jayaraman, MV, Kayan, Y, Klucznik, RP, Lee, S-K, Mack, WJ, Leslie-Mazwi, T, McTaggart, RA, Meyers, PM, Mokin, M, Patsalides, AT, Prestigiacomo, CJ, Pride, GL, Starke, RM, Sunenshine, PJ, Fraser, JF & Standards and Guidelines committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 2018, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013554

ELVO: An operational definition
The Society Of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2018, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 507-509. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-013792

AHCA meets BCRA; timeline, context, and future directions
Hirsch, JA, Rosenkrantz, AB, Allen, B, Nicola, GN, Klucznik, RP & Manchikanti, L 2018, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 205-208. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013478

Augmented Reality with Virtual Cerebral Aneurysms: A Feasibility Study
Karmonik, C, Elias, SN, Zhang, JY, Diaz, O, Klucznik, RP, Grossman, RG & Britz, GW 2018, , World neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.222

Interhospital Transfer Before Thrombectomy Is Associated With Delayed Treatment and Worse Outcome in the STRATIS Registry (Systematic Evaluation of Patients Treated With Neurothrombectomy Devices for Acute Ischemic Stroke)
Froehler, MT, Saver, JL, Zaidat, OO, Jahan, R, Aziz-Sultan, MA, Klucznik, RP, Haussen, DC, Hellinger, FR, Yavagal, DR, Yao, TL, Liebeskind, DS, Jadhav, AP, Gupta, R, Hassan, AE, Martin, CO, Bozorgchami, H, Kaushal, R, Nogueira, RG, Gandhi, RH, Peterson, EC, Dashti, SR, Given, CA, Mehta, BP, Deshmukh, V, Starkman, S, Linfante, I, McPherson, SH, Kvamme, P, Grobelny, TJ, Hussain, MS, Thacker, I, Vora, N, Chen, PR, Monteith, SJ, Ecker, RD, Schirmer, CM, Sauvageau, E, Abou-Chebl, A, Derdeyn, CP, Maidan, L, Badruddin, A, Siddiqui, AH, Dumont, TM, Alhajeri, A, Taqi, MA, Asi, K, Carpenter, J, Boulos, A, Jindal, G, Puri, AS & STRATIS Investigators 2017, , Circulation, vol. 136, no. 24, pp. 2311-2321. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028920

Post-thrombectomy management of the ELVO patient: Guidelines from the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery
Leslie-Mazwi, T, Chen, M, Yi, J, Starke, RM, Hussain, MS, Meyers, PM, McTaggart, RA, Pride, GL, Ansari, AS, Abruzzo, T, Albani, B, Arthur, AS, Baxter, BW, Bulsara, KR, Delgado Almandoz, JE, Gandhi, CD, Heck, D, Hetts, SW, Klucznik, RP, Jayaraman, MV, Lee, S-K, Mack, WJ, Mocco, J, Prestigiacomo, C, Patsalides, A, Rasmussen, P, Sunenshine, P, Frei, D, Fraser, JF & Standards and Guidelines committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 2017, , Journal of neurointerventional surgery, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1258-1266. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013270

Systematic evaluation of patients treated with neurothrombectomy devices for acute ischemic stroke primary results of the STRATIS registry
STRATIS Investigators 2017, , Stroke, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 2760-2768. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.016456

Erratum to: Training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document (Neuroradiology, (2016), 58, (537–541), 10.1007/s00234-016-1667-0)
Lavine, SD, Cockroft, K, Hoh, B, Bambakidis, N, Khalessi, AA, Woo, H, Riina, H, Siddiqui, A, Hirsch, JA, Chong, W, Rice, H, Wenderoth, J, Mitchell, P, Coulthard, A, Signh, TJ, Phatouros, C, Khangure, M, Klurfan, P, ter Brugge, K, Iancu, D, Gunnarsson, T, Jansen, O, Muto, M, Szikora, I, Pierot, L, Brouwer, P, Gralla, J, Renowden, S, Andersson, T, Fiehler, J, Turjman, F, White, P, Januel, AC, Spelle, L, Kulcsar, Z, Chapot, R, Biondi, A, Dima, S, Taschner, C, Szajner, M, Krajina, A, Sakai, N, Matsumaru, Y, Yoshimura, S, Ezura, M, Fujinaka, T, Iihara, K, Ishii, A, Higashi, T, Hirohata, M, Hyodo, A, Ito, Y, Kawanishi, M, Kiyosue, H, Kobayashi, E, Kobayashi, S, Kuwayama, N, Matsumoto, Y, Miyachi, S, Murayama, Y, Nagata, I, Nakahara, I, Nemoto, S, Niimi, Y, Oishi, H, Satomi, J, Satow, T, Sugiu, K, Tanaka, M, Terada, T, Yamagami, H, Diaz, O, Lylyk, P, Jayaraman, MV, Patsalides, A, Gandhi, CD, Lee, SK, Abruzzo, T, Albani, B, Ansari, SA, Arthur, AS, Baxter, BW, Bulsara, KR, Chen, M, Delgado Almandoz, JE, Fraser, JF, Heck, DV, Hetts, SW, Hussain, MS, Klucznik, RP, Leslie-Mawzi, TM, Mack, WJ, McTaggart, RA, Meyers, PM, Mocco, J, Prestigiacomo, CJ, Pride, GL, Rasmussen, PA, Starke, RM, Sunenshine, PJ, Tarr, RW, Frei, DF, Ribo, M, Nogueira, RG, Zaidat, OO, Jovin, T, Linfante, I, Yavagal, D, Liebeskind, D, Novakovic, R, Pongpech, S, Rodesch, G, Soderman, M, Taylor, A, Krings, T, Orbach, D, Picard, L, Suh, DC & Zhang, HQ 2017, , Neuroradiology, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 829. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-017-1861-8

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