Svetlana Kvint, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Biosketch
Svetlana Kvint, MD, is a Neuroendovascular Surgeon, Neurosurgeon. She is a graduate of NYU Grossman School of Medicine in NYC, New York. She completed her Residency and has a Fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology/Endovascular. Dr. Kvint believes there is no greater trust than that of a patient for their surgeon - a trust founded on the confidence that they will be cared for with skill, integrity, and compassion. In her practice, she strives to live up to this trust by approaching every procedure with precision, unwavering focus and a pursuit of excellence. Dr. Kvint's greatest measure of success is helping her patients reclaim their independence, functionality, and quality of life.
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- Fellowship 2024, Interventional Neuroradiology/ Endovascular, NYU Langone Health
- Residency 2023, Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennnsylvania
- Fellowship 2022, Cerebrovascular and Surgical Neuro-Oncology, Wellington Hospital
- Internship 2017, Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennnsylvania
- MD 2016, Neurosurgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- BS 2013, Biomedical, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
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- Neurosurgery
- Neurointerventional Radiology
- Neuroendovascular
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Ajmera S., Kvint S., Graffeo C.S., Barbosa R.R., Srinivasan V.M. A Guide to Intracranial Bypass Suture Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base. 2025
Greenberg J., Kallik C., Jadow B., Boonsiri J., Kvint S., Raz E., Lewis A. Severe intracranial hypotension secondary to cerebrospinal-venous fistula in a patient with remote history of spinal decompression and fusion Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2025;132
Grin E.A., Kvint S., Raz E., Shapiro M., Sharashidze V., Baranoski J., Chung C., Khawaja A., Pacione D., Sen C., Rutledge C., Riina H.A., Nelson P.K., Nossek E. Treatment of Acute Iatrogenic Cerebrovascular Injury Using Flow Diverter Stents Operative Neurosurgery. 2025;28(6):808-816.
Grin E.A., Raz E., Shapiro M., Sharashidze V., Negash B., Wiggan D.D., Belakhoua S., Sangwon K.L., Ishida K., Torres J., Kelly S., Lillemoe K., Sanger M., Chung C., Kvint S., Baranoski J., Zhang C., Kvernland A., Rostansksi S., Rethana M.J., Riina H.A., Nelson P.K., Rutledge C., Zagzag D., Nossek E. Atypical Carotid Webs: An Elusive Etiology of Ischemic Stroke World Neurosurgery. 2025;196
Grin E.A., Sharashidze V., Shapiro M., Wiggan D.D., Gutstadt E., Chung C., Palla A., Kvint S., Baranoski J., Rutledge C., Riina H.A., Nelson P.K., Nossek E., Raz E. Pipeline embolization in patients with hemoglobinopathies: A cohort study Interventional Neuroradiology. 2025
Psychogios M., Brehm A., Goyal N., Boulouis G., Burkhardt J.K., Chowdhry S.A., Frei D., Gralla J., Kaesmacher J., Kellogg R.T., Kellner C.P., Lopes D.K., Raz E., Strbian D., Mannismäki L., Tomasello A., Tsogkas I., von Hessling A., Karwacki G.M., Guzman R., Rommers N., Liebeskind D.S., Arthur A.S., Soleman J., Blackham K.A., Schulze-Zachau V., Nguyen A., Ntoulias N., Dobrocky T., Piechowiak E., Pilgram-Pastor S., Seiffge D., Rohner R., Bolognese M., Lakatos L., Kamm C., Bohlhalter S., Guillaume M., Inoa V., Nickele C., Khan N., Hoit D., Elijovich L., Srinivasan V., Catapano J., Pukenas B., Kandregula S., Rahmani R., Oliver M., Joshi K., Billingsley J., Keigher K., Sanders J.V., Ares W., Norat P., Shapiro M., Sharashidze V., Nossek E., Kvint S., Esparza R., Sillanpää M., Kokkonen T., Lauha R., Tomppo L., Törmänen H., Requena M., Diana F., Hernandez D., De Dios M., Janot K., Pasi M., Bala F., Bankole , El Houfia A. ProSPective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of siNe spiN non-contrast flatdEtectoR CT (FDCT) for the detection of intracranial hemorrhage in stroke patients - Protocol of a non-inferiority comparison to multi detector CT Plos One. 2025;20(8 August)
Raz E., Shapiro M., Nossek E., Sahlein D.H., Potts M.B., Sharashidze V., Chung C., Rutledge C., Khawaja A.M., Riina H.A., De Leacy R.A., Kvint S., Nelson P.K. Neuroanatomy of the vertebrobasilar perforators: Implications for aneurysm treatment Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2025;17(8):848-858.
Blue R., Yang A.I., Ajmera S., Spadola M., Howard S., Saylany A., Kvint S., Harber A., Daly M., Shekhtman E., Nair A., Deshpande R., Lee J.Y.K. Pain Outcomes Following Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia Based on Vascular Compression Type Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base. 2024;85(3):287-294.
Shapiro M., Sharashidze V., Nossek E., Sen C., Rutledge C., Chung C., Khawaja A., Kvint S., Riina H., Nelson P.K., Raz E. Superior hypophyseal arteries: angiographic re-discovery, comprehensive assessment, and embryologic implications Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2024;17(e1):e41-e46.
Sharashidze V., Raz E., Nossek E., Kvint S., Riina H., Rutledge C., Baranoski J., Khawaja A., Chung C., Nelson P.K., Shapiro M. Comprehensive Analysis of Post-Pipeline Endothelialization and Remodeling American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2024;45(7):893-898.
Borja A.J., Connolly J., Kvint S., Detchou D.K., Glauser G., Strouz K., McClintock S.D., Marcotte P.J., Malhotra N.R. Household income is associated with return to surgery following discectomy for far lateral disc herniation Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2023;67(3):360-366.
Connolly J., Borja A.J., Kvint S., Glauser G., Strouz K., McClintock S.D., Marcotte P.J., Malhotra N.R. Postoperative Outcomes and Resource Utilization Following Open vs Endoscopic Far Lateral Lumbar Discectomy International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2023;17(3):350-355.
O’Donnell J.C., Browne K.D., Kvint S., Makaron L., Grovola M.R., Karandikar S., Kilbaugh T.J., Cullen D.K., Petrov D. Multimodal Neuromonitoring and Neurocritical Care in Swine to Enhance Translational Relevance in Brain Trauma Research Biomedicines. 2023;11(5)
Toussaint C.P., Kvint S., Ali Z.S., Zager E.L. Distal Entrapment Syndromes: Carpal Tunnel, Cubital Tunnel, Peroneal, and Tarsal Tunnel Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery Volumes 1 4 8th Edition. 2023:2128-2141.e4.
Howard S.D., Kvint S., Borja A.J., Dimentberg R., Shultz K., Amankulor N.M., McClintock S.D., Malhotra N.R. Matched analysis of patient gender and meningioma resection outcomes British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022;36(5):613-619.
Katz J., Armstrong C., Kvint S., Kennedy B.C. Stereoelectroencephalography in the very young: Case report Epilepsy and Behavior Reports. 2022;19
Kvint S., Burkhardt J.K. Moyamoya Disease Introduction to Vascular Neurosurgery. 2022:283-310.
Kvint S., Gutierrez A., Venezia A., Maloney E., Schuster J., Kumar M.A. Application of a TEG-Platelet Mapping Algorithm to Guide Reversal of Antiplatelet Agents in Adults with Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury: An Observational Pilot Study Neurocritical Care. 2022;37(3):638-648.
Pomeraniec I.J., Xu Z., Lee C.C., Yang H.C., Chytka T., Liscak R., Martinez-Alvarez R., Martinez-Moreno N., Attuati L., Picozzi P., Kondziolka D., Mureb M., Bernstein K., Mathieu D., Maillet M., Ogino A., Long H., Kano H., Lunsford L.D., Zacharia B.E., Mau C., Tuanquin L.C., Cifarelli C., Arsanious D., Hack J., Warnick R.E., Strickland B.A., Zada G., Chang E.L., Speckter H., Patel S., Ding D., Sheehan D., Sheehan K., Kvint S., Buch L.Y., Haber A.R., Shteinhart J., Vance M.L., Sheehan J.P. Dose to neuroanatomical structures surrounding pituitary adenomas and the effect of stereotactic radiosurgery on neuroendocrine function: an international multicenter study Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022;136(3):813-821.
Salem M.M., Kvint S., Baig A.A., Monteiro A., Cortez G.M., Kuhn A.L., Goren O., Dalal S., Jankowitz B.T., Choudhri O., Raper D., Tanweer O., Jabbour P., Kan P., Starke R.M., Levy E.I., Griessenauer C.J., Puri A.S., Hanel R., Siddiqui A.H., Burkhardt J.K. Carotid artery revascularization using the Walrus balloon guide catheter: safety and feasibility from a US multicenter experience Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2022;14(7):709-717.
Salem M.M., Kvint S., Hendrix P., Al Saiegh F., Gajjar A., Choudhri O., Jankowitz B.T., Goren O., Gross B.A., Pascal J., Lang M., Schirmer C.M., Tjoumakaris S.I., Griessenauer C.J., Burkhardt J.K. The Pennsylvania Postmarket Multicenter Experience With Flow Redirection Endoluminal Device Neurosurgery. 2022;91(2):280-285.
Yang A.I., Mensah-Brown K.G., Shekhtman E.F., Kvint S., Wathen C.A., Hitti F.L., Alonso-Basanta M., Avery S.M., Dorsey J.F., Lee J.Y.K. Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia provides greater pain relief at higher dose rates Journal of Radiosurgery and Sbrt. 2022;8(2):117-125.
Arena J.D., Kvint S., Ghenbot Y., Howard S., Ramayya A.G., Sinha S., Petrov D., Chen H.I., Schuster J.M. Thoracolumbar Transverse Process Fractures Are More Frequently Associated with Nonspinal Injury than Clinically Significant Spine Fracture World Neurosurgery. 2021;146:e1236-e1241.
Borja A.J., Connolly J., Kvint S., Detchou D.K.E., Glauser G., Strouz K., McClintock S.D., Marcotte P.J., Malhotra N.R. Charlson Comorbidity Index score predicts adverse post-operative outcomes after far lateral lumbar discectomy Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2021;206
Dimentberg R., Kvint S., Madsen P., Glauser G., Choudhri O. Microsurgical Treatment of a Complex Cognard V Tentorial Dural Fistula with Superior Cerebellar Artery Supply World Neurosurgery. 2021;146:14.
Kvint S., Ali Z.S., Jacques L.G., Heuer G., Zager E.L. Nerve Tumors of Childhood and Infancy Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Tumors. 2021:273-302.
Kvint S., Ifrach J., Buch L.Y., Singhal S., Ali Z.S. Indocyanine-green for fluorescence-guided surgery of peripheral nerve sheath tumors – A case report Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery Advanced Techniques and Case Management. 2021;23
Rumalla K., Srinivasan V.M., Gaddis M., Kvint S., Patel A.J., Kan P., Lawton M.T., Burkhardt J.K. Cavernous Malformation Surgery in the United States: Validation of a Novel International Classification of Disease, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification Code Search Algorithm and Volume-Driven Surgical Outcomes World Neurosurgery. 2021;150:e66-e73.
Salem M.M., Kvint S., Choudhri O.A., Burkhardt J.K. Endovascular Transcarotid Artery Revascularization Using the Walrus Balloon Guide Catheter: Preliminary Experience World Neurosurgery. 2021;156:e175-e182.
Hidalgo E.T., Orillac C., Kvint S., McQuinn M.W., Dastagirzada Y., Phillips S., Wisoff J.H. Quality of life, hypothalamic obesity, and sexual function in adulthood two decades after primary gross-total resection for childhood craniopharyngioma Child S Nervous System. 2020;36(2):281-289.
Hidalgo E.T., Snuderl M., Orillac C., Kvint S., Serrano J., Wu P., Karajannis M.A., Gardner S.L. Subgroup-specific outcomes of children with malignant childhood brain tumors treated with an irradiation-sparing protocol Child S Nervous System. 2020;36(1):133-144.
Hitti F.L., Piazza M., Sinha S., Kvint S., Hudgins E., Baltuch G., Diaz-Arrastia R., Davis K.A., Litt B., Lucas T., Chen H.I. Surgical outcomes in post-traumatic epilepsy: A single institutional experience Operative Neurosurgery. 2020;18(1):12-18.
Kvint S., Gutierrez A., Blue R., Petrov D. Surgical Management of Trauma-Related Intracranial Hemorrhage—a Review Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. 2020;20(12)
Kvint S., Malhotra N.R., Cox M., Mondschein J.I., Pukenas B.A., Bagley L.J. Giant Iliac Artery Pseudoaneurysm Mimicking Postoperative Fluid Collection and Diskitis World Neurosurgery. 2020;136:253-257.
Kvint S., Ramchand P., Cox M., Sedora-Roman N.I., Bagley L., O'Rourke D.M., Hurst R.W., Choudhri O.A. Type V Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Supplied by the Artery of Wollschlaeger and Wollschlaeger Causing Cervical Myelopathy and Quadriparesis World Neurosurgery. 2020;137:55-61.
Hidalgo E.T., Kvint S., Orillac C., North E., Dastagirzada Y., Chang J.C., Addae G., Jennings T.S., Snuderl M., Wisoff J.H. Long-term clinical and visual outcomes after surgical resection of pediatric pilocytic/pilomyxoid optic pathway gliomas Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 2019;24(2):166-173.
Ojo A., Kvint S., Cox M. Penetrating neck injury causing arterial pseudoaneurysm, rapidly enlarging neck hematoma, and airway compromise Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2019;17
Ramayya A.G., Glauser G., Mcshane B., Branche M., Sinha S., Kvint S., Buch V., Abdullah K.G., Kung D., Chen H.I., Malhotra N.R., Ozturk A. Factors Predicting Ventriculostomy Revision at a Large Academic Medical Center World Neurosurgery. 2019;123:e509-e514.
Hidalgo E., Dastagirzada Y., Orillac C., Kvint S., North E., Bledea R., McQuinn M., Redel-Traub G., Rodriguez C., Wisoff J. Time to Resolution of Symptoms After Suboccipital Decompression with Duraplasty in Children with Chiari Malformation Type I World Neurosurgery. 2018;117:e544-e551.
Wolf A., Kvint S., Chachoua A., Pavlick A., Wilson M., Donahue B., Golfnos J.G., Silverman J., Kondziolka D. Toward the complete control of brain metastases using surveillance screening and stereotactic radiosurgery Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018;128(1):23-31.
Kvint S., Schuster J., Kumar M. Neurosurgical applications of viscoelastic hemostatic assays Neurosurgical Focus. 2017;43(5)
Fontanesi C., Kvint S., Frazzitta G., Bera R., Ferrazzoli D., Di Rocco A., Rebholz H., Friedman E., Pezzoli G., Quartarone A., Wang H.Y., Ghilardi M.F. Intensive Rehabilitation Enhances Lymphocyte BDNF-TrkB Signaling in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2016;30(5):411-418.
Trifiletti D.M., Lee C.C., Kano H., Cohen J., Janopaul-Naylor J., Alonso-Basanta M., Lee J.Y.K., Simonova G., Liscak R., Wolf A., Kvint S., Grills I.S., Johnson M., Liu K.D., Lin C.J., Mathieu D., Héroux F., Silva D., Sharma M., Cifarelli C.P., Watson C.N., Hack J.D., Golfinos J.G., Kondziolka D., Barnett G., Lunsford L.D., Sheehan J.P. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brainstem Metastases: An International Cooperative Study to Define Response and Toxicity International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2016;96(2):280-288.
Meziane H.B., Moisello C., Perfetti B., Kvint S., Isaias I.U., Quartarone A., Rocco A.D., Ghilardi M.F. Movement preparation and bilateral modulation of beta activity in aging and parkinson's disease Plos One. 2015;10(1)
Moisello C., Meziane H.B., Kelly S., Perfetti B., Kvint S., Voutsinas N., Blanco D., Quartarone A., Tononi G., Ghilardi M.F. Neural Activations during Visual Sequence Learning Leave a Trace in Post-Training Spontaneous EEG Plos One. 2013;8(6)
Kvint S., Basiri-Tehrani B., Pruski A., Nia J., Nemet I., Lopresti M., Moiselo C., Perfeti B., Ghilardi M.F. Acquisition and retention of motor sequences: The effects of time of the day and sleep Archives Italiennes De Biologie. 2011;149(3):303-312.
Perfetti B., Moisello C., Landsness E.C., Kvint S., Lanzafame S., Onofrj M., di Rocco A., Tononi G., Felice Ghilardi M. Modulation of gamma and theta spectral amplitude and phase synchronization is associated with the development of visuo-motor learning Journal of Neuroscience. 2011;31(41):14810-14819.
Perfetti B., Moisello C., Landsness E.C., Kvint S., Pruski A., Onofrj M., Tononi G., Ghilardi M.F. Temporal evolution of oscillatory activity predicts performance in a choice-reaction time reaching task Journal of Neurophysiology. 2011;105(1):18-27.