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Dr. Howington is a neurosurgeon with fellowship training in endovascular neurosurgery. He grew up in Augusta and, after completing his undergraduate work at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Howington returned home to attend the Medical College of Georgia. After graduating from medical school, he completed an internship in general surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Dr. Howington gained his neurosurgical clinical experience at Charity Hospital, Children’s Hospital, as well as the Ochsner Clinic as part of his neurosurgical residency at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. While at the Ochsner Clinic, he spent an elective year focusing on vascular and endovascular neurosurgery. After serving as Chief Resident at Charity Hospital, Dr. Howington moved to Buffalo, New York, with his wife, Cori, for a two-year fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery under Dr. Nick Hopkins. During his fellowship, Dr. Howington was involved in multiple interventional neurovascular procedures ranging from carotid artery angioplasty and stenting to acute stroke intervention and the embolization of arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms and tumors. He also gained exposure to the percutaneous embolization of venous angiomas, balloon test occlusion for cerebral perfusion analysis and intracranial angioplasty and stenting. Dr. Howington has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles published in Neurosurgery and The Journal of Neurosurgery as well as various chapters in several textbooks. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Cerebrovascular Section of the AANS/CNS, the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology and the Georgia Neurosurgical Society. Aside from cerebrovascular disease, Dr. Howington pursues his interests in the surgical management of cervical spine disease and peripheral nerve lesions.
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