UChicago Faculty Physician
Fernando Goldenberg, MD
Fernando Goldenberg, MD
UChicago Faculty Physician
Professor of Neurology
Director, Neuroscience Critical Care
Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
Specialties
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
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- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Fernando Goldenberg, MD, is a specialist in critical care and neurointensive care medicine. He is a member of a multidisciplinary team of experts 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, and status epilepticus, as well as patients with severe Guillain-Barre syndrome and respiratory failure associated with myasthenia gravis (MG).
Dr. Goldenberg is a contributor in a wide range of research investigations related to the care of critically ill neurological patients. His current investigations focus on the mechanisms of brain hemorrhage and its treatment, the mechanisms of cerebral edema associated with liver failure, and the neurological complications of patients with implanted left ventricular assist devices (artificial heart machines).
Dr. Goldenberg leads the Neurocritical Care Training Program, which includes its own fellowship training program. He is also responsible for teaching 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.
Dr. Goldenberg is a contributor in a wide range of research investigations related to the care of critically ill neurological patients. His current investigations focus on the mechanisms of brain hemorrhage and its treatment, the mechanisms of cerebral edema associated with liver failure, and the neurological complications of patients with implanted left ventricular assist devices (artificial heart machines).
Dr. Goldenberg leads the Neurocritical Care Training Program, which includes its own fellowship training program. He is also responsible for teaching 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.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Stroke
- Neurointensive Care
- Brain Hypothermia
UChicago Medicine Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine - Hyde Park5758 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Board Certifications
- Neurocritical Care
- Internal Medicine
Practicing Since
- 1992
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Medical Education
- University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Medicine
Residency
- Juan A. Fernandez Hospital
Fellowship
- Cleveland Clinic; University of Chicago Medicine
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Neurocritical Care Society
- American Academy of Neurology
- Chicago Area Stroke Taskforce
- American Heart Association Stroke Council
- Argentine Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
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Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.