Dr. Wayne Olan

Dr. Wayne Olan, MD, is a distinguished physician and board-certified in radiology. He received his medical degree at Chicago Medical School, and then completed residencies at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in neuroradiology with subspeciality training in interventional neuroradiology at The George Washington University Medical Center. He serves as the director of Interventional and Endovascular Neurosurgery at the GW Medical Faculty Associates/GW Hospital and is an associate professor at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He also serves as a consulting physician to the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Olan's clinical and research interests involve the endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disorders, including the treatment of cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and the treatment of stroke. He performs aneurysm coiling, extra-cranial and intra-cranial artery stenting, embolization of AVM, and embolization of head/neck tumors. His clinical practice also focuses on interventional treatment of spinal disorders.

Dr. Olan has published extensively on minimally invasive spinal interventions, endovascular treatments, and cervical abnormalities. He gives frequent lectures worldwide on minimally invasive spinal techniques, and he is involved in the development of many devices in the spinal arena. He also publishes and lectures on cerebrovascular abnormalities, especially revascularization, and stroke prevention and treatment.

Dr. Olan is a member of many professional societies, including the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, Medical Society of District of Columbia, American Society of Neuroradiology, and American Society of Spine Radiology.