Biographical summary
Lorenzo Rinaldo, M.D., Ph.D., was born in Padova, Italy and emigrated to the United States at a young age. He completed medical school training at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, during which time he also received a Ph.D. in neurobiology. He completed a neurosurgical residency at Mayo Clinic, during which he completed enfolded fellowships in endovascular neurosurgery and skull base neuro-oncology. Following graduation, he completed an open and endovascular cerebrovascular neurosurgery fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Rinaldo specializes in the open surgical and endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular pathology. His research interests include using animal models to better understand the biological mechanisms of aneurysm healing after endovascular treatment.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2023
Advanced Fellowship - Open and endovascular neurosurgeryUniversity of California San Francisco
- 2022
ResidentRST Neurosurgical Skull Base O, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2021
ResidentNeurologic Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Activities and honors
Awards and honors
- 2019
Scholarly Achievement Award, Department of NeurosurgeryMayo Clinic
- 2017
Scholarly Achievement Award, Department of NeurosurgeryMayo Clinic
- 2015
Department of Surgery Student Research Award, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological SciencesUniversity of Chicago
- 2015
Peter Huttenlocher & Douglas Buchanan Prize in Neurology for Best Medical
Student Clinician/Researcher in Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Biological Sciences
University of Chicago
- 2014
Outstanding Performance in Neurobiology Award, Biological Sciences DivisionUniversity of Chicago
- 2014
Naomi Ragins-Goldsmith Career Development AwardNaomi Ragins-Goldsmith
Professional memberships
- 2024 - present
FellowCongress of Neurological Surgeons
- 2015 - present
MemberAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons
- 2015 - present
MemberAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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Research activities