Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA, FCNS, FAANS

Dr. Levy is a neurovascular surgeon whose work has helped shape the modern treatment of stroke. He helped develop and test thrombectomy, the removal of arterial clots, now the standard of care for certain types of acute ischemic stroke, and has served as principal investigator on national and international stroke trials.

Dr. Levy is the Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at University at Buffalo, Director of Neurosciences for Kaleida Health, and Medical Director of Neuroendovascular Services at the Gates Vascular Institute. He has co-authored more than 900 peer-reviewed publications, including several in the New England Journal of Medicine. He has served on the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Executive Committee since 2007 and is a past president of the CNS Foundation.

Dr. Levy graduated from Dartmouth College, earned his MD with distinction from the George Washington University School of Medicine, completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Pittsburgh, and his endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at the University at Buffalo. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University.