Stephen Figueroa, M.D.

Stephen Figueroa, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Neurocritical Care in the UT Southwestern Department of Neurology and the Department of Neurological Surgery. He sees patients in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Zale Lipshy Pavilion – William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he is medical director of the ICU. 

After receiving a bachelor of science cum laude from Tulane University, he earned his M.D. at the St. Louis University School of Medicine. He then completed an internship in internal medicine, a residency in neurology, a chief residency in neurology, and a fellowship in neurocritical care, all at UT Southwestern. During his training, Dr. Figueroa received the TEVA Neuroscience Award, the UT Southwestern Department of Neurology Resident Teaching Award, the Hal D. Unwin Neurology Resident Award for Outstanding Clinical Performance, and the Roger Rosenberg Outstanding Fellow Award, among other honors.

Dr. Figueroa participates in numerous clinical trials designed to improve the care of patients with acute stroke and traumatic brain injury. His publications, abstracts, and presentations in the field have focused on topics including therapeutic hypothermia, CT imaging, critical care for acute ischemic stroke, carotid and vertebral artery injuries, intracerebral hemorrhage, and monitoring of brain tissue oxygenation and intracranial pressure for severe TBI. He is currently the principal investigator of the BOOST III trial at Parkland hospital which is investigating the use of brain oxygen monitoring to improve outcomes in patients with severe TBI.  He is a reviewer for peer-reviewed publications including Clinical Neuroscience Nursing, JAMA Neurology, American Journal of the Medical Sciences and he has been selected as a top reviewer for Neurocritical Care in 2019 and 2020. He also consults on head injuries with the National Football League, the Dallas Cowboys and NASCAR.

Committed to the mission of academic medicine, Dr. Figueroa devotes extensive time to training medical students in neuroscience topics, critical care nurses, and residents and fellows in neurocritical care. He is the current fellowship director for the Neurocritical Care Fellowship at UT Southwestern for the past several years.

Medical School

Saint Louis University School of Medicine (2007)

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical School (2008), Internal Medicine

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical School (2011), Neurology

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical School (2013), Neurocritical Care

• Intracranial Monitoring & Brain Oxygenation
• Medical Education & Simulation
• Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
• Sports Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Featured Publications

Automated Pupillometry as a Triage and Assessment Tool in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.

El Ahmadieh TY, Bedros N, Stutzman SE, Nyancho D, Venkatachalam AM, MacAllister M, Ban VS, Dahdaleh NS, Aiyagari V, Figueroa S, White JA, Batjer HH, Bagley CA, Olson DM, Aoun SG, World Neurosurg 2021 Jan 145 e163-e169

Bupropion Overdose as a Clinically Significant Confounder of the Neurological Examination

Reyes R, Figueroa SA Journal of Neurocritical Care 2021 2 13 109-114

Book Review: C. Miller Fisher: Stroke in the 20th Century.

Pineda J, El Ahmadieh TY, Aoun SG, Figueroa S, Neurosurgery 2020 Dec

Clinical Q & A: Translating Therapeutic Temperature Management from Theory to Practice.

Bader MK, Livesay SL, Severson AJ, Hamilton LA, Figueroa SA, Cahoon WD, Blissitt PA, Wavra T, Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2020 Dec 10 4 248-253

Clinical Q & A: Translating Therapeutic Temperature Management from Theory to Practice.

Bader MK, Figueroa SA, Cahoon WD, Blissitt PA, Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2019 Nov

Clinical Q & A: Translating Therapeutic Temperature Management from Theory to Practice.

Bader MK, Figueroa SA, Mathiesen C, Blissitt PA, Guanci MM, Hamilton LA, Fox L, Wavra T Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2019 Feb

Clinical Q & A: Translating Therapeutic Temperature Management from Theory to Practice.

Kay Bader M, Figueroa SA, Wavra T, Livesay SL, Cahoon WD, Hamilton LA Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2018 Nov

Objective Pupillometry As an Adjunct to Prediction And Assessment For Oculomotor Nerve Injury And Recovery: Potential for Practical Applications.

Aoun SG, Welch BG, Cortes M, Stutzman SE, MacAllister MC, El Ahmadieh TY, Osman M, Figueroa SA, White MJA, Batjer HH, Olson DM World Neurosurg 2018 Sep

Intrathoracic pressure regulation therapy applied to ventilated patients for treatment of compromised cerebral perfusion from brain injury.

Metzger AK, Segal N, Olson DW, Figueroa SA, Sadaka FG, Krause CA, Homuth JR, Burkhart NT, Neumann RT, Lurie KG, Convertino VA J Med Case Rep 2018 Jun 12 1 178

Education Research: Variation in priorities for neurocritical care education expressed across role groups.

Cohen AS, Izzy S, Kumar MA, Joyce CJ, Figueroa SA, Maas MB, Hall CE, McDonagh DL, Lerner DP, Vespa PM, Shutter LA, Rosenthal ES Neurology 2018 Jun 90 24 1117-1122

 Featured Books

Neurology & Internal Medicine ? A Case Based Study

Wee C, Figueroa SA (2021). Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, Delhi, India, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, Delhi, India

• Neurocritical Care Journal Top Reviewer
  (2020)
• Neurocritical Care Journal Top Reviewer
  (2019)
• Roger Rosenberg Outstanding Fellow Award
  (2012)
• Hal D. Unwin Neurology Resident Award for Outstanding Clinical Performance
  (2011)

• American Stroke Association (2013)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (2011-2014)
• Texas Medical Society (2011-2014)
• Neurocritical Care Society (2009-2014)
• American Academy of Neurology (2006-2014)