Luis Cava Prado, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Publications

• Investigating the utility of previously developed prediction scores in acute ischemic stroke patients in the stroke belt. Boehme AK, Rawal PV, Lyerly MJ, Albright KC, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Palazzo P, Kapoor N, Alvi M, Houston JT, Harrigan MR, Cava L, Sisson A, Alexandrov AW, Alexandrov AV. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014 Sep;23(8):2001-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.02.003.
• Continuous infusion vs intermittent vancomycin in neurosurgical intensive care unit patients. Hong LT, Goolsby TA, Sherman DS, Mueller SW, Reynolds P, Cava L, Neumann R, Kiser TH. J Crit Care. 2015 Jun 23.
• Sherman D, Case D, Mueller S, Cava L, Neumann R. Intraventricular nicardipine every six hours is a safe alternative for refractory cerebral vasospasm. Crit Care Med 42(12):1262, 2014. Poster Presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress, January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.
• Investigating the utility of previously developed prediction scores in acute ischemic stroke patients in the stroke belt. Boehme AK, Rawal PV, Lyerly MJ, Albright KC, Bavarsad Shahripour R, Palazzo P, Kapoor N, Alvi M, Houston JT, Harrigan MR, Cava L, Sisson A, Alexandrov AW, Alexandrov AV. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014 Sep;23(8):2001-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.02.003
• Ruptured Distal Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Aneurysms Associated with Cerebellar Arterial Venous Malformations (AVMs): A Case Series and Review of the Literature Demonstrating the Need for Angiographic Evaluation and Feasibility of Endovascular Treatment. Case D, Kumpe D, Cava L, Neumann R, White A, Roark C, Seinfeld J. World Neurosurg..wneu.2016.10.081.
• Level pharmacokinetics in a patient with intracranial hemorrhage in a patient undergoing CVVH Edward Van Marte, Scott Mueller, Robert Neumann, Luis Cava, Robert MacLaren, Douglas fish, Tyree kiser. Cir Care Med 2016 . (44). Number 12,(supp).
• Divergent humoral responses to 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in critically-ill burn and neurosurgical patients. Mueller SW, Baumgartner LJ, MacLaren R, Neumann R, Wiktor AJ, Kiser TH, Lindberg G, Cava L, Fish DN, Janoff EN. PLoS One. 2018 May 14;13(5):e0197037
• Stroke Incidence and Impact of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Cerebrovascular Physiology. Cornwell WK 3rd, Ambardekar AV, Tran T, Pal JD, Cava L, Lawley J, Tarumi T, Cornwell CL, Aaronson K.
• Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Cefazolin in the Cerebrospinal fluid of Critically Ill Patients. Alison R NOvak, Robert T Neumann, Luis F Cava, SCott Mueller.
• Chintaluru Y, Freeman L, Layne J, Cava L. Race-based disparities in stroke mortality rates among rural populations in the United States between 2016-2018. 15th World Stroke Congress, Toronto, Canada. October 10-12, 2023.
• Serum and CSF Concentrations of Midazolam and 1-Hydroxy-Midazolam in Neurosurgical Patients with EVD. Submission Number: 1591126. Critical Care Congress. Phoenix, AZ. Jan 2024.
• "Periprocedural Management of Ruptured Blister Aneurysms Treated with Pipeline Flow Diversion”. Co-author. Surgical Neurology International. 2024. In press

Professional Memberships

• Neurocritical Care Society, Member
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Member
• American Stroke/Heart Association, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Neurosurgery

• Critical Care
• Brain and Nervous System - Stroke
• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injuries