Doctors who perform endovascular surgery must have an excellent command of two different specialties: neurosurgery and radiology. Depending on their backgrounds, doctors who perform endovascular neurosurgery are called either endovascular neurosurgeons, interventional neuroradiologists or interventional neurologists. Endovascular neurosurgeons trained originally as neurosurgeons and then received specialized training in radiology. Interventional neuroradiologists trained originally as radiologists and then received specialized training in neurosurgery. Interventional neurologists trained originally in neurology followed by training in endovascular neurosurgery.

In fact, endovascular neurosurgery itself goes by an array of names: neuroendovascular surgery, neurointerventional surgery, interventional neuroradiology and endovascular surgical neuroradiology, for example.