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    Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA

    Neurosurgeon
    University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

    Elad I Levy is Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery and the L. Nelson Hopkins Endowed Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo. He recently was awarded Distinguished Professor at SUNY Buffalo.

    Dr. Levy graduated from Dartmouth College with a BS in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry in 1993. At Dartmouth, he competed as a varsity heavy weight rower. He graduated with distinction from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1997. Dr. Levy completed his resident training in neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. As a recipient of the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section Mullen Endovascular Fellowship Award, he also completed a two year Endovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship with Dr. Nick Hopkins at SUNY Buffalo.

    Dr. Levy has served on the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Executive Committee since 2007 and is the past president of the CNS Foundation; he has helped develop multiple global philanthropic initiatives. He currently serves as President of the CNS and Vice Chair of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) and as the Endovascular Section Editor for Neurosurgery.

    His clinical and research interests are focused on treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, specifically aneurysm and stroke. He has over 800 peer reviewed articles with an H-index of 100 as well as several books on cerebrovascular disease and treatment. In 2018, Dr. Levy received the Drake Lectureship Award, which recognizes contribution to advancing human knowledge and creativity and in 2024, he received the Dacey Medal for Outstanding Cerebrovascular Research and the Duke Samson Award for his groundbreaking work on the COMMAND trial.

    Dr. Levy devotes his free time to his wife, Cindy, and their three children, Bennett, Hannon and Lauren. As a family, they enjoy recreational and fitness activities outdoors.

    Disclosure(s): ABNS-American Board of Neurological Surgery: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing); Claret Medical: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Clarion: Consultant (Ongoing); CNS-Congress of Neurological Surgeons: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing); Cognition Medical: Advisor (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Dendrite: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Endostream Medical: Advisor (Ongoing); GLG Consulting: Consultant (Ongoing); Guidepoint Global: Consultant (Ongoing); Haniva Technology: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing); Imperative Care (formerly the Stroke Project) : Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Integra : Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); IRRAS AB: Advisor (Ongoing); Medtronic (formerly Covidien Neurovascular): Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Medtronic (formerly Covidien Neurovascular) : Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic : STRATIS Study – Sub I: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); MicroVention: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); MicroVention - CONFIDENCE Study: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Mosaic: Consultant (Ongoing); NeXtGen Biologics: Advisor (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Penumbra: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Q’Apel: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); RAPID Medical: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); StimMed: Consultant (Ongoing); StimMed : Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Three Rivers Medical: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); UBNS-University at Buffalo Neurosurgery: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing)

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