Title:

• Medical Director, USC Care
• Interventional Neuroradiologist

Department:

• Department of Neurological Surgery

Locations:

• HCC II
• Keck Hospital of USC

Areas of Treatment:

• Stroke Treatment and Prevention
• Brain Aneurysm Embolization
• Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
• Spinal Injections for Pain Management
• Cerebral Aneurysm
• Cerebral Stenosis
• Carotid Stenosis
• Stroke
• Degenerative Spine Pain
• Vertebral Fracture
• Arteriovenous Fistula
• Endovascular Coiling
• Endovascular Stenting
• Cerebral Angioplasty
• Intra Arterial TPA
• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Vertebroplasty
• Kyphoplasty

Specialties:

• Neuroradiology
• Neurosurgery
• Radiology

Background:

Dr. Larsen, a native of Long Island, N.Y., received a BA in biology from Boston University and a medical degree from Chicago Medical School. He did his residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. A few years later, he left private practice for a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, in interventional neuroradiology, learning to use X-ray guidance to insert catheters into the blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord. Then, after three years at the University of Miami as co-director of Interventional Neuroradiology, he joined USC’s Department of Neurological Surgery.

Between practicing and training future neurosurgeons, Dr. Larsen found time to get an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business in 2001. He now serves as medical director of the The Doctors of USC, where he acts as advisor to the CEO, consulting on such issues as medical quality, risk management, credentialing and peer review.

Dr. Larsen is currently an interventional neuroradiologist and associate professor at the Keck School of Medicine, director of Interventional Neuroradiology at LAC+USC Medical Center, and director of Fellowship Training for the Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Program.

Featured Articles:

• Artery Attack: Health Tips


• Faculty Spotlight - Donald Larsen, MD, MBA: USC Health, Winter 2008

Education:

• BA, Biology, Boston University, 1981
• Doctor of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, 1985

Internships:

• Nassau County Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1986

Residencies:

• LAC+USC Medical Center, Diagnostic Radiology, 1986 - 1990

Fellowships:

• LAC+USC Medical Center, Interventional Neuroradiology, 1991
• UCSF Medical Center, Diagnostic Neuroradiology, 1993
• UCSF Medical Center, Interventional Neuroradiology, 1995

Board Certification:

• American Board of Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Society of Neuroradiology
• Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

Awards:

• Dr. Larsen was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.
• 2011 list of America's Top Doctors, compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

Languages:

• English