Elad Levy
Elad I. Levy is an American neurosurgeon who played a role in the development and testing of thrombectomy, which improved quality of life and survival of stroke patients. He has focused his career and research on developing evidence based medicine and literature showing the benefits of thrombectomy for the treatment of stroke. He is Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology, and the L. Nelson Hopkins, MD Professor Endowed Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
In 2011 Levy founded and is the president for the Program for Understanding Childhood Concussion & Stroke, which has raised over $750,000 which is aimed towards promoting research and preventing concussions in all sports. In addition Levy is co-chair of CycleNation for the American Heart Association raising over $500,000 geared towards prevention and education of stroke and heart disease. In 2013 he became the unaffiliated National Football League Neurotrauma consultant for the Buffalo Bills. In 2017 he was appointed as one of 12 National Directors to the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.
In 2011 Levy founded and is the president for the Program for Understanding Childhood Concussion & Stroke, which has raised over $750,000 which is aimed towards promoting research and preventing concussions in all sports. In addition Levy is co-chair of CycleNation for the American Heart Association raising over $500,000 geared towards prevention and education of stroke and heart disease. In 2013 he became the unaffiliated National Football League Neurotrauma consultant for the Buffalo Bills. In 2017 he was appointed as one of 12 National Directors to the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.
