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    David Langer, MD

    Chairman
    Lenox Hill Hospital

    David Langer, MD, is the chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital and Vice President of neurosurgery for Northwell Health's Western Region. He is Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Nationally and Internationally recognized as a leading neurosurgeon and expert in cerebral revascularization and cerebral aneurysms, Dr. Langer brings over 25 years of experience to his highly personalized direct patient care practice and specialty in diseases of the brain vessels. Dr. Langer's award-winning work has been featured in numerous peer-reviewed publications and he has spoken nationally and internationally on vascular disorders such as aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain. Dr. Langer also maintains an active practice in spinal disease and benign brain tumors.
    A third-generation physician, Dr. Langer attended the University of Pennsylvania to receive both his undergraduate and medical school degrees. As a loyal Quaker, he remained at Penn to complete his neurosurgical residency. Since joining Northwell Health in 2010, Dr. Langer has been a pioneer across multiple areas. From establishing the Moyamoya Center of the Northwell Neuroscience Institute, dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and support of patients and their families with Moyamoya disease to developing Playback Health, a smartphone app employing clinical multimedia creation and communication to enhance patient experience and improve access to personalized medical information.
    Dr. Langer has been recognized as a Top Doctor and Best Doctor by numerous publications and has a global reputation in neurosurgical excellence. He is currently an investigator for several research studies and a peer-reviewer for the journals: Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery. Dr. Langer is a member of the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and the cerebrovascular subsection of these organizations. In addition, Dr. Langer serves on the editorial board for Operative Neurosurgery’s digital platforms in the journal’s Surgical Video section. In 2015, Dr. Langer received Northwell Health System's President's Award and in 2018,The Sally Harrington Goldwater Memorial Visiting Professor Award from the Barrow Neurological Foundation. He is a consultant for Medtronic Inc. as well as Olympus Inc. and serves as Chief Medical Officer for Playback Health, which he helped to found as well as Longeviti Inc.
    In June of 2020, Netflix launched “Lenox Hill,” an original docu-series starring Dr. Langer which provides an honest and empathetic look into his role as a neurosurgeon in New York City. In November 2015, Dr. Langer was featured in The Wall Street Journal article "What Patients Need to Remember After Leaving the Hospital" for his innovative technology to record crucial steps of patient's experience in the hospital. Dr. Langer helped to spearhead a global summer internship program, BRAINterns, offering free virtual education to high school through medical students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Adapting to a new way of teaching, the program offered over 15,000 students the physician shadowing experience through virtual webinars, academic seminars and virtually bringing them into the operating room to see live, neurosurgical procedures.

    Disclosure(s): Longeviti Inc: Advisor (Ongoing), Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Playback Health: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing), Ownership or Partnership (Ongoing)

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