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Office
375 N Wall St
Ste P520
Kankakee, IL 60901Phone+1 815-932-6632Fax+1 815-932-5760
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2018 - 2019
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2015 - 2018
North Shore University Hospital - Northwell HealthInternship, Transitional Year, 2014 - 2015
Medical College of WisconsinPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2010 - 2014
University of Balamand-St. George University HospitalMD, 2006 - 2010
University of Balamand Faculty of MedicineClass of 2010- American University of BeirutBS, Biology, 2003 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2018 - 2026- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Chief Resident Baylor College of Medicine/PM&R, 2017-2018
- Carlos Vallbona Professionalism Resident Award Baylor College of Medicine/UT Health Graduation Ceremony, 2018
- L. Don Lehmkuhl Memorial Resident Research Ph.D. Award Baylor College of Medicine/UT Health Graduation Ceremony, 2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 13 citationsRescue Thrombectomy in Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes Leads to Better Outcomes than Intravenous Thrombolysis Alone: A 'Real World' Applicability of the Recent Trials.Raul G Nogueira, Osama O. Zaidat, Alicia C. Castonguay, Diogo C Haussen, Coleman O. Martin
Interventional Neurology. 2016-05-27 - 132 citationsPredictors of poor outcome despite recanalization: a multiple regression analysis of the NASA registryItalo Linfante, Amy K Starosciak, Gail Walker, Guilherme Dabus, Alicia C. Castonguay
Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2016-03-01 - 40 citationsPredictors of Mortality in Acute Ischemic Stroke Intervention: Analysis of the North American Solitaire Acute Stroke RegistryItalo Linfante, Gail Walker, Alicia C. Castonguay, Guilherme Dabus, Amy K Starosciak
Stroke. 2015-08-01
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Other Languages
- Arabic
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