Igor Sibon is a neurologist specialising in stroke management. He completed his medical training at the University of Bordeaux and a post-doctorate at McGill University in Montreal. He is head of the neurovascular unit at Bordeaux University Hospital, whose mission is to treat stroke patients in order to reduce the after-effects and the risk of recurrence.
His research work at the Institut des Neurosciences Cognitives d’Aquitaine (INCIA) has helped to highlight the importance of cognitive and mood disorders, described as invisible handicaps, in post-stroke prognosis, and to demonstrate the influence of brain structure prior to stroke on the occurrence of these sequelae. Igor has also led a number of therapeutic trials in the field of stroke prevention.
His role at the VBHI is to contribute to the development of new care pathways to optimise early detection of the causes and consequences of small artery disease and to propose personalised prevention strategies to anticipate the consequences of stroke.
His colleagues think he talks too fast; probably a professional deformation linked to the stroke management adage “Time is Brain”.
