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Specialty:
Neurology, Neurocritical Care
Neurology
Department Affiliation:
Neurosurgery
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License:
A122210
Languages:
Spanish
Phone:
310-267-9448
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About Me

Dr. Manuel Buitrago-Blanco is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is a Neurologist specializing in critical care and neurological emergencies such as brain hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, acute brain trauma, acute spinal cord injury, and acute infectious/inflammatory disorders affecting the nervous system. He is board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and board certified in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

Dr. Buitrago-Blanco earned his medical degree from Xaverian University in Colombia, followed by a doctoral research degree in neuroscience from the Max Planck School of Neuroscience at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. He graduated from the Neurology Residency program at Cleveland Clinic and earned a subspecialty degree in Neurosciences Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University.

At UCLA, Dr. Buitrago-Blanco actively collaborates with experts via the Comprehensive Stroke Center, the Trauma Center (Level 1) and the Brain Injury Research Center helping improve the care and treatment of all patients with acute neurological diseases.

Medical Associations:

American Academy of Neurology
Neurocritical Care Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American Heart Association, Stroke Council
American Medical Association
The American Physiological Society
Society for Neuroscience
The Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association
Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association

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uclahealth.org/neurology/neurocritical-care
stroke.ucla.edu
neurosurgery.ucla.edu
uclahealth.org/neurology
uclahealth.org/birc
my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/neurological/depts
hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery
neuroschool-tuebingen.de
neuroschools-germany.com
javeriana.edu.co
Primary Office
Neurosurgery
Primary Address
300 Stein Plaza
Suite 420
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone
310-267-9448
Medical Board Certifications
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2010
Fellowship
Neurocritical Care, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2010-2012
Residency
Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2007-2010
Internship
Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2006-2007
Degree
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, MD, 2000
International Max Planck Research Sch., Univ. of Tubingen, Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, PhD, 2005
Publications
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