Research Scholar
Purdue University
Jorge A. Roa Castro, MD, is a Research Scholar in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and a physician-scientist focused on neurosurgical outcomes research and cerebrovascular disease.
Dr. Roa Castro earned his medical degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and works at the intersection of clinical neuroscience, quantitative analysis, and advanced vascular imaging. His current research emphasizes intracranial aneurysm pathophysiology and hemodynamics, including the application of advanced MRI-based flow analysis to characterize vascular remodeling and aneurysm behavior. In parallel, he leads collaborative outcomes research examining neurological recovery after neurosurgical interventions, integrating rigorous meta-analytic and statistical approaches to generate clinically actionable evidence.
At the 2026 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, he presents a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the impact of cranioplasty timing after decompressive craniectomy on functional and cognitive recovery. He plans to pursue neurosurgical residency training in the United States with a long-term focus on cerebrovascular and vascular neurosurgery research.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Friday, May 1, 2026
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