Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr Emad Eskandar is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) and Montefiore Health System (MHS). He obtained his MD at the University of Southern California, and completed residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS). He was an NIH research scholar for two years during medical school, received an NRSA award for an additional two years of research fellowship at HMS during residency, and a K08 award at the completion of residency He has an active physiology laboratory with continuous federal funding for over 20 years.
Dr. Eskandar is the Bergstein Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery at Einstein/Montefiore. He is a pioneer in deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat indications such as major depression and OCD. He heads a large and active basic research laboratory investigating the role of basal ganglia in learning, motivation, and addiction. Among other endeavors, the laboratory uses microelectrode recordings and electrical micro-stimulation to evaluate the role of the subcortical nuclei in both animals and humans performing complex behavioral tasks. Dr. Eskandar has a range of diverse scientific and translational interests including development of brain-machine interfaces, use of artificial intelligence to model and treat neurosurgical and neuropsychiatric disorders, and the development of minimally invasive yet responsive neuro-modulatory devices