Sean I. Savitz, MD is a tenured Professor of Neurology, holds the Frank M. Yatsu Chair in Neurology, and directs the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth). 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. Dr. Savitz oversees a bidirectional, translational laboratory and clinical research program on cell therapies in stroke and has been conducting some of the first clinical trials testing cell therapies in stroke patients. He also oversees a fellowship program to train stroke specialists and has won several teaching awards both in Boston and at UTHealth. He is an author of over 200 publications in the biomedical literature.