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    William Mack, MD

    Neurosurgeon
    USC

    William Mack is Professor and Chair of of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California. His area of clinical focus is endovascular and open surgical management of patients with cerebrovascular disease.

    Dr. Mack received his Bachelor degree from Cornell University. He then attended Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he graduated from medical school and completed Neurosurgical residency training. During residency, he spent one year as a post-doctoral cerebrovascular research fellowship under Drs. David J. Pinsky and E. Sander Connolly Jr. at Columbia University. Following residency, Dr. Mack completed an Interventional Neuroradiology fellowship at UCLA.

    Dr. Mack is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Cerebrovascular Laboratory in the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute. His overarching academic goal is to examine the effects of inflammation in experimental models of cerebrovascular disease. Dr. Mack is currently the Principal Investigator on active NIH grants. He serves on the National Advisory Council for the Neurosurgery K12 Neurosurgeon Research Career Development program.

    Dr. Mack is the Past President of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery and the Past Chair of the Cerebrovascular section of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons/ American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, and is an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery. Dr. Mack is Co-Chair of the NIH/ NINDS NST-1 study section and a member of the AHA Stroke Scientific Statement Oversight Committee.

    Disclosure(s): Borvo Medical, Inc.: Stock Options (Ongoing); Cerebrotech: Stock Options (Terminated); Egret Therapeutics: Stock Options (Ongoing); Endostream: Stock Options (Ongoing); Imperative Care: Consultant (Ongoing); Kaneka: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing); Q'Apel: Stock Options (Ongoing); Radical Catheter Technologies, Inc.: Stock Options (Ongoing); Spartan Micro: Stock Options (Ongoing); Stream Biomedical: Stock Options (Ongoing); Stryker: Consultant (Ongoing); Vastrax: Stock Options (Ongoing); Viseon: Stock Options (Ongoing)

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