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Rene A. Colorado, MD, PhD

  • Primary Specialty: Neurology
  • Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

About the provider

Rene Colorado, MD, PhD, is a board certified vascular neurologist and the medical director for the Stroke Center at Salinas Valley Health. Dr. Colorado earned his medical degree as well as his doctorate of philosophy degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and completed his neurology residency through Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham Women’s Hospital. Dr. Colorado also completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology at The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Colorado is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. Dr. Colorado is a Principal Investigator for Clinical Research and Clinical Trials here at Salinas Valley Health.

He enjoys teaching the next generation of medical professionals and is active in teaching medical residents and students and trainees of allied health careers. He is also an active researcher with multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. His greatest joy comes from treating patients and his approach to patient care is centered on effective doctor-patient communication. Dr. Colorado is fluent in English and Spanish. He and his family reside in Salinas and enjoy spending time outdoors together hiking, playing soccer, kitesurfing, sailing and traveling to new places.

Strokes and Risk Factors
Affiliations Salinas Valley Health Specialty Clinic
Education
  • Fellowship
  • UC San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA
    2017
  • Residency
  • Harvard Medical School Brighman & Women's Hospital Boston, MA
    2016
  • Internship
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
    2013
  • Medical Education
  • University of Texas Medical School at Houston Houston, TX
    2012

Publications

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  • Photoplethysmography based atrial fibrillation detection: a review

    Pereira T, Tran N, Gadhoumi K, Pelter MM, Do DH, Lee RJ, Colorado R, Meisel K, Hu X. Photoplethysmography based atrial fibrillation detection: a review. NPJ Digit Med. 2020 Jan 10;3:3. doi: 10.1038/s41746-019-0207-9. PMID: 31934647; PMCID: PMC6954115.

  • Catastrophic stroke burden in a patient with uncontrolled psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a case report

    Fan JM, Solomon DA, López GY, Hofmann JW, Colorado RA, Kim AS, Meisel K, Halabi C. Catastrophic stroke burden in a patient with uncontrolled psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a case report. BMC Neurol. 2020 Mar 21;20(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01681-9. PMID: 32199449; PMCID: PMC7085172.

  • Bilateral Hippocampal Restricted Diffusion: Same Picture Many Causes

    Bhattacharyya S, Gholipour T, Colorado RA, Klein JP. Bilateral Hippocampal Restricted Diffusion: Same Picture Many Causes. J Neuroimaging. 2017 May;27(3):300-305. doi: 10.1111/jon.12420. Epub 2017 Jan 5. PMID: 28054736.

  • A Supervised Approach to Robust Photoplethysmography Quality Assessment. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform

    Pereira T, Gadhoumi K, Ma M, Liu X, Xiao R, Colorado RA, Keenan KJ, Meisel K, Hu X. A Supervised Approach to Robust Photoplethysmography Quality Assessment. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2020 Mar;24(3):649-657. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2019.2909065. Epub 2019 Apr 3. PMID: 30951482; PMCID: PMC9553283.

  • Catastrophic stroke burden in a patient with uncontrolled psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a case report

    Fan JM, Solomon DA, López GY, Hofmann JW, Colorado RA, Kim AS, Meisel K, Halabi C. Catastrophic stroke burden in a patient with uncontrolled psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a case report. BMC Neurol. 2020 Mar 21;20(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01681-9. PMID: 32199449; PMCID: PMC7085172.

  • Photoplethysmography based atrial fibrillation detection: a review

    Pereira T, Tran N, Gadhoumi K, Pelter MM, Do DH, Lee RJ, Colorado R, Meisel K, Hu X. Photoplethysmography based atrial fibrillation detection: a review. NPJ Digit Med. 2020 Jan 10;3:3. doi: 10.1038/s41746-019-0207-9. PMID: 31934647; PMCID: PMC6954115.

  • Deep learning approaches for plethysmography signal quality assessment in the presence of atrial fibrillation

    Pereira T, Ding C, Gadhoumi K, Tran N, Colorado RA, Meisel K, Hu X. Deep learning approaches for plethysmography signal quality assessment in the presence of atrial fibrillation. Physiol Meas. 2019 Dec 27;40(12):125002. doi: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab5b84. PMID: 31766037; PMCID: PMC7198064.

  • Progressive Neurological Decline with Deep Bilateral Imaging Changes: A Protean Presentation of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae

    Colorado RA, Matiello M, Yang HS, Rabinov JD, Patel A, Hirsch JA, Chavali R, Leslie-Mazwi TM. Progressive Neurological Decline with Deep Bilateral Imaging Changes: A Protean Presentation of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae. Interv Neurol. 2018 Apr;7(5):256-264. doi: 10.1159/000487332. Epub 2018 Mar 27. PMID: 29765395; PMCID: PMC5939689.

  • Teaching NeuroImages: Artery of Percheron aneurysm masquerading as ICH spot sign

    Moughamian AJ, Morshed RA, Colorado RA, Liner Z, Cooke D, Hemphill JC. Teaching NeuroImages: Artery of Percheron aneurysm masquerading as ICH spot sign. Neurology. 2017 Aug 8;89(6):e64-e65. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004212. PMID: 28784644.

  • Bilateral Hippocampal Restricted Diffusion: Same Picture Many Causes

    Bhattacharyya S, Gholipour T, Colorado RA, Klein JP. Bilateral Hippocampal Restricted Diffusion: Same Picture Many Causes. J Neuroimaging. 2017 May;27(3):300-305. doi: 10.1111/jon.12420. Epub 2017 Jan 5. PMID: 28054736.

  • Dizziness caused by meningocele-associated intracranial hypotension in neurofibromatosis type 1

    VandeVrede L, Colorado RA, Lee JW. Dizziness caused by meningocele-associated intracranial hypotension in neurofibromatosis type 1. Neurology. 2016 Oct 11;87(15):1627-1628. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003205. PMID: 27765822; PMCID: PMC5067547.

  • Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Rare but Treatable Cause of Rapidly Progressive Vision Loss

    Gonzalez Castro LN, Colorado RA, Botelho AA, Freitag SK, Rabinov JD, Silverman SB. Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Rare but Treatable Cause of Rapidly Progressive Vision Loss. Stroke. 2016 Aug;47(8):e207-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013428. Epub 2016 Jul 12. PMID: 27406104; PMCID: PMC5501979.

  • Teaching Video NeuroImages: Foville syndrome

    Selvadurai C, Rondeau MW, Colorado RA, Feske SK, Prasad S. Teaching Video NeuroImages: Foville syndrome. Neurology. 2016 May 10;86(19):e203. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002658. PMID: 27164723; PMCID: PMC4862249.

  • Myeloradiculopathy associated with chikungunya virus infection

    Bank AM, Batra A, Colorado RA, Lyons JL. Myeloradiculopathy associated with chikungunya virus infection. J Neurovirol. 2016 Feb;22(1):125-8. doi: 10.1007/s13365-015-0372-9. Epub 2015 Aug 26. PMID: 26306687.