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UB Expert

L. Nelson Hopkins

Expertise:

• He is a pioneer in the use of endovascular techniques -- working within the blood vessels with catheters -- to treat cerebrovascular diseases and prevent stroke

An internationally recognized neurosurgeon and Director of the Toshiba Stroke Research Center at UB, established in 1996 with a $3.6 million grant of advanced image-guidance equipment to be used in developing and perfecting new endovascular surgery techniques. Chairs the Joint Session on Cerebrovascular Surgery for the American Association of Neurosurgeons and the Congress of Neurosurgery. Has been featured prominently in local and regional media for his life-saving surgery in seemingly-hopeless cases of brain aneurysm. Active in the national movement to educate the public to the dangers of "brain attack" (stroke); has published widely in refereed journals and travels throughout the world teaching endovascular techniques in neurosurgery.