Hooman Kamel, M.D., M.S.

Hooman Kamel, M.D., M.S.
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About Hooman Kamel, M.D., M.S.
Dr. Kamel is the Helen and Albert Moon Professor, Chief of Neurocritical Care, and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine. He also directs the Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Kamel attended college at Harvard and medical school at Columbia, then trained as a neurology resident and neurocritical care fellow at UCSF before joining Weill Cornell Medicine in 2011. He has published over 450 scientific papers, including in leading journals such as NEJM and JAMA. He was a principal investigator for the NIH-funded ARCADIA trial, which tested antithrombotic strategies in patients with stroke and atrial cardiopathy. He is also a principal investigator of the NIH-funded ASPIRE trial, which is testing antithrombotic strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation and intracerebral hemorrhage. He serves on the NIH StrokeNet Executive Committee and chairs its Prevention Working Group, and he serves on the leadership committees of several multicenter randomized trials, including STROKE-AF, Librexia AF, REACT-AF, and LAAOS-4. He is the Deputy Editor of JAMA Neurology and an editorial board member of Stroke. His academic contributions have been recognized by the Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize from the American Academy of Neurology, and the Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award in Stroke, the Joseph A. Vita Award, and the Stroke Council Award from the American Heart Association.
2000 Undergraduate Leadership Scroll, Harvard
2005 Helen M. Sciarra Prize for Outstanding Performance in Neurology, Columbia
2009 Outstanding Research Award, UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute
2010 Innovation Fund Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators
2011 Loan Repayment Program Award, National Institutes of Health
2012 Cornell Neurology Residents’ Annual Award for Faculty Teaching
2013 American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant
2013 NIH/NINDS K23 Career Development Award
2013 Weill Cornell Healthcare Leadership Fellow
2014 Presidential Citation, Neurocritical Care Society
2014 Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize, American Academy of Neurology
2016 Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award, American Heart Association
2020 Joseph A. Vita Award, American Heart Association
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M.S.Columbia University2020
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M.D.Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons2005
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B.A.Harvard College2000
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Helen and Albert Moon Professor of NeurologyWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Professor of NeurologyWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Professor of NeuroscienceWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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