Affiliation: University of Texas

Sean I. Savitz, MD is a Professor of Neurology, the Frank M. Yatsu Chair, and Director of the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth).  He graduated from Harvard College, received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed neurology residency training and a cerebrovascular fellowship at the Harvard Medical School Neurology Training Program.  He and his team run one of the largest academic stroke programs in the world, developing novel treatments and health care delivery models for patients with ischemic stroke and brain hemorrhage. He also oversees an NIH funded fellowship program to train stroke specialists and has won several teaching awards.  He has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the American Heart Association, and is an author of over 200 publications in the biomedical literature. As part of his clinical responsibilities, he serves as the stroke medical director in the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston.