Fernando Goldenberg, MD, is a specialist in critical care medicine with sub-specialization in neurocritical care. He is a member of a multidisciplinary team of experts working in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (Neuro-ICU). This team is dedicated to the diagnosis and management of patients with ischemic (low blood flow) and hemorrhagic (blood vessel rupture) stroke and brain aneurysms. He also specializes in the management of critically ill patients with brain tumors, cerebral edema, status epilepticus, as well as patients with severe Guillain-Barre syndrome and respiratory failure associated with myasthenia gravis.
Dr. Goldenberg is a contributor to a wide range of research investigations related to the care of critically ill neurological patients including the formal diagnosis of brain death.
Dr. Goldenberg is involved in teaching and administration of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship training program. He also teaches neurology and neurosurgery residents, critical care medicine and anesthesia/critical care fellows, as well as medical students.
An active speaker, Dr. Goldenberg has lectured on stroke and brain injury treatment at medical meetings in the United States and South America.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Fellowship - Neurocritical Care
1997
Hospital Juan A. Fernandez
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Residency - Internal Medicine
1992
University of Buenos Aires - UBA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
MD - School of Medicine
1986
Biomarkers of Thromboelastography Platelet Mapping Predict Hematoma Expansion After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
Biomarkers of Thromboelastography Platelet Mapping Predict Hematoma Expansion After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke. 2025 Oct; 56(10):3084-3089.
PMID: 40677225
The Zoom RDL radial access system for neurointervention: An early single-center experience.
The Zoom RDL radial access system for neurointervention: An early single-center experience. J Neurointerv Surg. 2023 May 26.
PMID: 37236781
Household income is associated with functional outcomes in a multi-institutional cohort of patients with ischemic stroke and COVID-19.
Household income is associated with functional outcomes in a multi-institutional cohort of patients with ischemic stroke and COVID-19. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 May; 32(5):107059.
PMID: 36842351
Letter: Commentary: What We Might or Might Not Know About Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Neurosurgery.
Letter: Commentary: What We Might or Might Not Know About Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Neurosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2021 07 15; 89(2):E130-E131.
PMID: 33913496
Experiences of Family Caregivers After an Acute Neurological Event.
Experiences of Family Caregivers After an Acute Neurological Event. Neurocrit Care. 2021 02; 34(1):45-53.
PMID: 32346842
Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage: A systematic review of causes, diagnostic modalities, and outcomes in patients who present with pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage.
Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage: A systematic review of causes, diagnostic modalities, and outcomes in patients who present with pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage. Surg Neurol Int. 2021; 12:29.
PMID: 33598345
Coagulopathy as a surrogate of severity of injury in penetrating brain injury.
Mansour A, Loggini A, Goldenberg F, Kramer C, Naidech A, El Ammar F, Vasenina V, Castro B, Das P, Horowitz P, Karrison T, Zakrison T, Hampton D, Rogers SO, Lazaridis C. Coagulopathy as a surrogate of severity of injury in penetrating brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Nov 25.
PMID: 33238820
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: The World Brain Death Project.
Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: The World Brain Death Project. JAMA. 2020 Sep 15; 324(11):1078-1097.
PMID: 32761206
Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and gadolinium encephalopathy following lumbar epidural steroid injection.
Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage and gadolinium encephalopathy following lumbar epidural steroid injection. Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Oct; 15(10):1935-1938.
PMID: 32884607
Early Determinants of Neurocritical Care Unit Length of Stay in Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
Loggini A, Mansour A, El Ammar F, Lazaridis C, Kramer CL, Bulwa Z, Saleh Velez F, McCoy C, Goldenberg FD. Early Determinants of Neurocritical Care Unit Length of Stay in Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jul 10.
PMID: 32651738
Fellow
Neurocritical Care Society - FNCS
2019
Teacher of the Year
Neurology Department, University fo Chicago
2019
Bucksbaum Institute Senior Faculty Scholar
University of Chicago
2018