Dennis Choi

Dennis Choi is Chair of the Department of Neurology, Director of the Institute for Advanced Neurosciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Long Island, New York 11794. Dr. Choi is a distinguished scientist and neurologist who has enjoyed a very broad career in research, academia, and industry. Dr. Choi was Executive Vice President for neuroscience at Merck Research Labs from 2001-2006 and served as vice president for Academic Health Affairs at Emory University and Executive Vice President of the Simons Foundation in New York. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and its Board on Health Sciences Policy, the Executive Committee of the Dana Alliance for Brain Research, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A former president of the Society for Neuroscience, Dr. Choi served as head of the neurology department at Washington University School of Medicine from 1991 until 2001 and as neurologist-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Choi previously served as chairman of the U.S. National Committee to the International Brain Research Organization, vice-president of the American Neurological Association, and founding co-editor of the research journal, Neurobiology of Disease. He is the recipient of several awards recognizing his research on mechanisms of brain and spinal cord injury, including the Silvio O. Conte Decade of the Brain Award, the Wakeman Award for Neurosciences Research, the Christopher Reeve Research Medal, and the Ho-Am Prize in Medical Science. Dennis received his Medical Degree from the combined Harvard University / Massachusetts Institute of Technology joint Health Sciences and Technology Program, as well as a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Harvard.