Angelica Fuentes, MD
Education
Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science – Yale University (2017)
Doctor of Medicine – University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (2022)
Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science – University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health (2022)
Email: DGZ4GW@uvahealth.org
Research Experience
2020-2022 Department of Neurological Surgery, UIC College of Medicine
PI: Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD
Analyzed outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy in the context of large vessel occlusion based on quantitative MRA findings
2018-2022 Department of Neurological Surgery, UIC College of Medicine
PI: Ankit I. Mehta, MD
Conducted clinical research on perioperative outcomes following surgical intervention for degenerative, traumatic, and oncological cranial and spinal pathologies
Investigated the impact of socioeconomic factors on neurosurgical care
2015-2017 Chang Lab, Yale University, New Haven, CT
PI: Steve Chang, PhD
Assisted with cognitive neuroscience research data analysis and non-human primate pharmacology research testing
Publications
Predictors of outcome in patients with presumed reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS)
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Mar;34(3):108234. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108234. Epub 2025 Jan 9.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is thought to be benign by nature, but a proportion of patients still…Spontaneous regression of an interhemispheric arachnoid cyst: illustrative case
Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Aug;40(8):2637-2640. doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06464-y. Epub 2024 May 18.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Intracranial arachnoid cysts are benign collections of cerebrospinal fluid that are often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. An interhemispheric location…Sex Differences in Cerebral Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Stroke. 2022 Feb;53(2):624-633. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.037147. Epub 2022 Jan 5.ABSTRACTSex differences in cerebral aneurysm occurrence and characteristics have been well described. Although sex differences in outcomes following ischemic stroke have been…