Primer on Cerebrovascular Research

Dong-Eog Kim graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea, and received MS and PhD in Neuroscience at Seoul National University Graduate School of Medicine. After completing his neurology residency and stroke fellowship at Seoul National University Hospital, he worked as a basic research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a professor of Neurology and director of Biomedical Research Center at Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, as well as director of Molecular Imaging & Neurovascular Research Laboratory. He also directs the Korean Brain MRI data center and National Priority Research Center for Stroke. He has published 178 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Circulation, JAMA Neurology, PLOS Medicine, Annals of Neurology, Neurology, and Stroke, and has written many book chapters and books.

Alastair Buchan is a translational stroke expert with contributions including molecular biology, in vivo stroke models, clinical trials, and quantitative imaging. He developed the ASPECTS score.

Eng H. Lo is a basic neurovascular scientist who helped develop the neurovascular unit concept.

Jeffrey Saver is a leader in stroke research and clinical trials. He helped lay the foundations of trial design for neuroprotection and thrombectomy.