Chief, Neurovascular Surgery
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. Adel Malek is Chief of Neurovascular Surgery and Director of the Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division in the department of Neurosurgery at Tufts Medical Center and Professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Malek is co-founder of CereVasc Inc. and co-inventor of the percutaneous eShunt endovascular device for treatment of communicating hydrocephalus and central nervous system therapeutics. He is a board-certified neurosurgeon in Boston specializing in the treatment of brain aneurysms and AVMs. Dr. Malek has dual training in microsurgical neurosurgery and in minimally invasive endovascular neuro-interventional treatment. Dr. Malek is also active in translational research through the Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Hemodynamics which he heads. His research interests include the mechanism of development of brain aneurysms and the factors leading to aneurysm rupture. He is actively involved in clinical research to improve the safety of neuro-endovascular aneurysm treatment by using magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging.
(SSC) HARV Talk, E-shunt: Novel Methods for Treatment of Hydrocephalus
Sunday, April 23, 2023
4:50pm – 4:59pm PST
Disclosure(s): CereVasc Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing), Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Cerus Endovascular Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)