Margaret Riordan

Margaret Riordan, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Her research focuses on neurosurgical outcomes, traumatic brain injuries, and cerebrovascular complications such as intracranial vasospasm. She has published extensively on topics including gunshot wound management, spinal fusion neuromonitoring, and experimental models of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

• Academic Rank: Associate Professor
• Department: Neurological Surgery
• School: UCSF School of Medicine
• University: University of California, San Francisco

Research Interests span neurosurgery, emergency medicine, and orthopedics, with specific expertise in:

• Intracranial vasospasm after hemorrhage
• Gunshot wound trauma management
• Spinal fusion surgical techniques
• Cranioplasty infection risk factors
• Neurosurgical approaches for skull base lesions
• Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics

Publication Trends include collaborations in neurotrauma, vascular neurosurgery, and cross-disciplinary work in orthopedic and maxillofacial applications. Recent work (2022) highlights comparative studies of bihemispheric gunshot wounds, while earlier studies (2013-2015) focus on animal models and pediatric applications like LITT for brain tumors.

Key Networks include co-authors at UCSF (Genna Beattie, Sandeep Kunwar) and similar researchers across UC institutions and USC in trauma surgery, cerebrovascular disease, and spinal procedures.