<![CDATA[The history of neurointervention began with Prof. Egas Moniz, a Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning physician who discovered angiography in 1928. It later evolved into a minimally invasive procedure. This procedure is performed on patients with cerebral and spinal cord vascular disorders such as stroke, aneurysm, vascular malformation, and brain tumors. In Indonesia, neurointervention procedures are performed by neurologists, radiologists, and neurosurgeons who have completed additional fellowships in vascular neurointervention, neuroradiology, or vascular neurosurgery. The development of neurointervention in Indonesia is inseparable from the efforts of Dr. Fritz Sumantri Usman, who completed his Egas Moniz Neurointervention and Stroke Fellowship at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, India, in 2008. The team then grew from one person to 10 in 2011, and by 2025, there were 152 neurointerventionists across Indonesia. Fellowship programs currently being pursued come not only from India, but also from South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Austria. Eight hospitals in Indonesia offer fellowship programs in vascular neurointervention. Various endovascular procedures performed by neurointerventionists, such as mechanical thrombectomy, have become the standard of care in acute stroke management. Other minimally invasive endovascular procedures offer advantages over surgery. Hopefully, Indonesian neurointervention will continue to grow and provide the best healthcare for the Indonesian people. As stated in the neurointervention march, "From the beginning, the goal is to climb and climb, it is not easy, unite your steps, with a strong determination for the sake of the motherland, build Neurointervention. Glory to Neurointervention."]]>
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