Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology, Tufts Medical Center

Neurology

Claudia J. Chaves, MD practices Neurology. She received awards:"Super Doctor" and "Top MD". Doctor Claudia J. Chaves, MD is also a published physician. She has 23 paper published. The most recent paper is: Cerebellar hemorrhagic infarction. She accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation registry.
• Stroke in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome.
• Patterns of perfusion-weighted imaging in patients with carotid artery occlusive disease.
• Heparin and oral anticoagulants in the treatment of brain ischemia.
• Differences in stroke subtypes among natives and caucasians in Boston and Buenos Aires.
• A three-item scale for the early prediction of stroke recovery.
• Cerebellar hemorrhagic infarction.
• Value of parasagittal magnetic resonance images in visualizing the vascular territories of the cerebellum.
• Cerebral white matter lesions in patients with Crohn's disease.
• A reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.
• Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy in a patient with autonomic dysreflexia: a case report.
• Cerebral vasospasm following intracranial hypotension caused by cerebrospinal fluid leak from an incidental lumbar durotomy. Case report.
• Extensive cerebral venous thrombosis associated with moderate hyperhomocyst(e)inemia and successfully treated with thrombolysis.
• Cerebellar infarcts in the New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation Stroke Registry.
• Cerebellar hypoperfusion in a patient with spells of imbalance.
• Clinical and vascular outcome in internal carotid artery versus middle cerebral artery occlusions after intravenous tissue plasminogen activator.
• Diffusion-weighted imaging and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale in the acute phase of posterior-circulation stroke.
• Relationship between magnetic resonance arterial patency and perfusion-diffusion mismatch in acute ischemic stroke and its potential clinical use.
• Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI patterns in borderzone infarcts.
• Patterns of cerebral perfusion in patients with asymptomatic internal carotid artery disease.
• Spontaneous intracranial internal carotid artery dissection: report of 10 patients.
• Cerebral computed tomography perfusion at the bedside using a portable CT scanner: report of two cases.

Schools

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• Fundacao Universityersidade Federal de Uberlandia

• Faulkner Hospital

• New England Medical Center

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)
• EMG (Electromyography)

Doctors Specialties

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• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Super Doctor
• Top MD

Education

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• Tufts Medical Center
• Federal University of Minas Gerais

Hospital

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• Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

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