Dr. Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz is a neurointensivist and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery. She earned her undergraduate degree from Colgate University and completed her MD and PhD at Columbia University. Dr. Carvalho Poyraz pursued further specialization with a residency in Neurology at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Neurocritical Care at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Currently, Dr. Carvalho Poyraz serves as attending physician in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units at Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai West. Her research focuses on advancing acute care strategies for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, particularly in optimizing protocols for managing coagulopathy and reversing anti-thrombotic therapies in this patient population.