Michael Froehler, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Neurology

As a neuro interventionalist and stroke neurologist, Dr. Froehler cares for patients with brain aneurysms, AVMs, arterial narrowing in the head and neck, and other related cerebrovascular diseases. 

Dr. Froehler obtained his MD from the University of Rochester, where he also earned a PhD in neuroscience. He then performed internship and residency in neurology at Johns Hopkins, before moving to UCLA for fellowship training in vascular neurology and then interventional neuroradiology. He then joined the faculty at the University of Iowa before coming to Vanderbilt in 2013. He is now part of the Vanderbilt Cerebrovascular Service. 

Research Information

Dr. Froehler maintains an active research program, and is currently the Vanderbilt PI for the NIH-sponsored StrokeNet – a national network for clinical research in cerebrovascular disease.