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    J Mocco, MD, MS

    Chairman of Neurosurgery
    NYP/ Weill Cornell

    Dr. J Mocco, an esteemed physician-scientist who specializes in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, has been appointed chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and neurosurgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

    Dr. Mocco will lead a large team of neurosurgeons and other experts who specialize in diseases that affect the blood vessels in the brain, known as cerebrovascular disease; brain and spinal tumors; movement disorders; and other diseases of the brain, spine and nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord. Dr. Mocco will seek to broaden the department’s scope in key areas, including neuro-oncology, pain syndromes, peripheral nerve surgery, and surgical procedures to promote cognitive restoration. He is also focused on advanced technologies, like augmented recovery, that leverage the brain’s natural ability to form new neural connections.

    Disclosure(s): Imperative Care, Endostream, Echovate, Viseon, BlinkTBI, Serenity, NTI Managers, RIST, Viz.ai, Synchron, Songbird, Tulavi, Vastrax, Neurolutions, Radical, E8, Borvo, Spinaker.: Stock Options (Ongoing); PCORI, Stryker, Penumbra, Microvention: Research Grant (Ongoing); Viseon, Endostream, RIST, Synchron, Perflow, Viz.ai, CVAid, Imperative Care, Mendaera.: Consultant (Ongoing)

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