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About Italo Linfante

Italo Linfante, M.D, is the director of interventional neuroradiology at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Linfante specializes in endovascular procedures and interventional neuroradiology. He is fluent in English and Italian. Dr. Linfante joined Miami Neuroscience Institute from Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, where he served as medical director of interventional neuroradiology. He is currently a clinical professor of radiology and neuroscience at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University. He previously served as an associate professor of neurology and radiology in the University of Massachusetts’ Section of Neuroendovascular Surgery/Interventional Neuroradiology and was attending physician in Neuro Endovascular Surgery at Boston Medical Center.

Positions

2021 - Present Medical Director and Attending On-Staff in Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery Miami Neuroscience Insitute, Baptist Medical Group, Baptist Hospital, South Miami Hospital, Doctor’s Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Miami, FL, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ Miami Neuroscience Institute
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2013 - Present Clinical Professor in Neuroscience and Radiology, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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2008 - 2021 Medical Director and Attending On-Staff in Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
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2012 - 2014 Neurology, Chief of Staff, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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2009 - 2013 Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery and Neurology, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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2006 - 2008 Attending On-Staff - Interventional Neuroradiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University and Lahey Clinic
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2005 - 2008 Associate Professor in Neurology and Radiology, University of Massachusetts ‐ Section of Neuroendovascular Surgery/Interventional Neuroradiology Dept. of Radiology
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2005 - 2008 Attending On-Staff - Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurolog, University of Massachusetts Memorial and University Campus Hospitals
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2004 - 2005 Associate Professor in Radiology, University of Miami ‐ Session of Neuroendovascular Surgery/ Interventional Neuroradiology. Dept of Radiology
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2004 - 2005 Attending On-Staff, Neuroendovascular Surgery/ Interventional Neuroradiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital
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2000 - 2003 Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School ‐ Department of Neurology
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1999 - 2003 Attending On-Staff - General Neurology and Stroke Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School ‐ Department of Neurology
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1991 - 1994 Physician On-Staff, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH/NINDS)
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2006 - Present Member, Board and Founding Member- Society for Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)
2015 Fellow, Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (FSVIN)
2007 - 2011 Member, Executive Committee Society for Neuro Interventional Surgery (SNIS)
2009 Fellow, American Heart Association and Stroke Council (FAHA)
2005 Member, American Society of Neuroradiology
2003 Member, American Society of Therapeutic and Interventional Neuroradiology
2002 Member, American College of Radiology
2002 Member, American Medical Association
1998 Member, American Heart Association
1996 Member, American Academy of Neurology
1987 Member, Italian College of Physician and Surgeons
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Honors and Awards

  • 1987 M.D. with Honors, Universita’ di Roma, “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy
  • 1992 Board Certification in Neurology “Summa Cum Laude and Honors”, Universita’ di Roma “ La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
  • 1994 Outstanding Physician in the National Interest, Washington D.C.
  • 2004 Cum Laude Award. American Society of Neuroradiology, Seattle, WA
  • 2009 Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) and Stroke Council
  • 2012 Distinguished Service Award. Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)
  • 2015 Fellow of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN)
  • 2016 Cor Vitae Award, American Heart Association
  • 2019 Leon Prockop Distinguished Lecturer Award. University of South Florida

Education

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2003 - 2004 Fellowship Program - Neuro-Endovascular Surgery/Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Miami
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2002 - 2003 Fellowship Program - Neuro-Endovascular Surgery/Interventional Neuroradiology, Harvard Medical School
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1998 - 2000 Fellowship Program - Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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1995 - 1998 Residency Program - Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
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1994 - 1995 Residency Program - Internal Medicine, George Washington University
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1990 - 1994 Fellowship Program - Neuroradiology, National Institutes of Health
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1987 - 1990 Residency Program - Neurology, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”
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1987 Doctor of Medicine, M.D., Universita degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza Facolta di Farmacia e Medicina
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Contact Information

8900 North Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33176
(786) 596-7050

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