General Info

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.