About the Dean

Colin P. Derdeyn, MD, a nationally recognized leader in neurointerventional radiology and stroke research, serves as Interim Dean of the UVA School of Medicine. He joined the University of Virginia in 2024 as the Keats Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology and is also a professor of radiology, neurology, and neurological surgery.

With more than three decades of clinical innovation, research leadership, and national service, Dr. Derdeyn has advanced the field of stroke care through both practice and research. He has led pivotal NIH-sponsored clinical trials in acute stroke intervention, cerebral hemodynamics, and intracranial atherosclerotic disease, and is currently a multiple principal investigator for the NIH-funded StrokeNet Endovascular Thrombectomy Platform trial.

Dr. Derdeyn holds more than 20 patents for medical devices. His translational research on cerebral blood flow, oxygen extraction, and hemodynamic impairment has reshaped stroke risk stratification and improved patient selection for cerebral revascularization. His work has been continuously supported by the NIH since 1998.

Board certified in both Diagnostic Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Dr. Derdeyn maintains an active clinical practice in both specialties. He has also served as President of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery and as Chair of the American Heart Association Stroke Council.

An Echols Scholar and graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Dr. Derdeyn completed his radiology and neurointerventional training at Washington University and the University of Wisconsin. Before returning to UVA, he founded and led the Center for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at Washington University and later spent nine years at the University of Iowa as the Krabbenhoft Professor and Chair of Radiology and Director of the Iowa Institute of Biomedical Imaging.