Department of Radiology

About:

Dr. Mangla’s clinical and academic expertise is in the subspecialty field of diagnosis and therapy of cerebrovascular diseases, utilizing evolving diagnostic imaging techniques and innovative endovascular therapeutic approaches to complex cerebrovascular pathologies.  He has advanced and developed the Clinical Neurovascular Program and Neurointerventional Endovascular Therapy Program at Downstate, having performed numerous firsts within the city of Brooklyn and/or Downstate including:  Acute Stroke Intra-arterial Thrombolysis (including MERCI retriever and Penumbra Stroke System), Brain Aneurysm Therapy (Coil embolization), Brain AVM Therapy (Embolization), Brain Tumor Therapy (Embolization), Carotid and Vertebral Artery Stenting and Cerebrovascular Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting.  

Dr. Mangla’s clinical and research effort is currently focused on advancing diagnosis and therapy of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.  His research effort has included work on numerous pioneering research projects including numerous institutional and international clinical trials (MERCI trial for acute ischemic stroke, ARUBA trial for Brain AVMS, TEAM trial for unruptured aneurysms) and basic science projects in clinical imaging, neurosciences, and biomedical engineering (currently active National Science Foundation Grant for translational research and Nanoengineering).  He is also a dedicated educator, currently developing and creating core curriculums for the Departments of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology in “Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurovascular Diagnosis and Therapy” and “Academic Research in Radiology”.  

Dr. Mangla has authored or co-authored 20 peer-reviewed research publications and has authored or co-authored 7 book chapters and review publications.  Dr. Mangla presented over 50 national and international presentations.  He is the PI or Co-PI of numerous active IRB Research Protocols and is involved in several patents, including robotic navigation and in the arena of nanotechnology.  Dr. Mangla continues to perform grant supported research for a variety of basic science and clinical research investigations. 

Dr. Mangla has trained numerous residents and fellows in the fields of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology.  He actively enjoys teaching and mentoring students, residents, and fellows from all disciplines.  Dr. Mangla’s mission is to develop a clinical, research, and educational Neurointerventional Program at SUNY Downstate that will focus on expanding the safe and effective application of Neurointerventional therapy to a greater number of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients.   Dr. Mangla resides in NYC along with his wife and 2 children.