Santosh Murthy, M.D., M.P.H.

Santosh Murthy, M.D., M.P.H.
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About Santosh Murthy, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Murthy’s clinical responsibilities involve caring for patients admitted to the neurologic intensive care unit. His research focuses on understanding secondary injury following intracerebral hemorrhage, and its implications on patient outcomes. He has also conducted research on acute stroke treatment and subarachnoid hemorrhage. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Neurology, Stroke and Critical Care Medicine. His research is currently supported by the National Institutes of Health. He is also a prior recipient of the research training fellowship by the American Academy of Neurology and Leon Levy Foundation.
Dr. Santosh Murthy currently serves as an Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College and is the Associate Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell. Dr. Murthy earned his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College in India. He completed his Neurology residency from Baylor College of Medicine, where he also served as chief resident. He subsequently went on to do a fellowship in Neurocritical Care at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also has a Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas. Dr. Murthy is board certified in Neurology. His academic contributions have been recognized by the Stroke Care in Emergency Medicine Award by the American Heart Association and the Young Physician Scientist Award by the American Society of Clinical Investigation.
2025 Stroke Care in Emergency Award, American Heart Association
2025 Inducted as Fellow of the American Heart Association
2023 Inducted as Fellow of the American Neurological Association
2022 Top Reviewer, Neurocritical Care Journal
2021 Young Physician Scientist Award, American Society of Clinical Investigation
2021 Inducted as Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society
2021 Herman Biggs Society Scholar
2018 European Stroke Conference Young Investigator Award
2017 Leon Levy Foundation Research Fellowship
2016 American Academy of Neurology Clinical Research Traning Fellowship
2014 American Neurological Association Travel Grant
2014 Inducted into the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
2013 Texas Neurological Society 2nd Place in Research
2013 German Neurocritical Care Society (ANIM) Travel Award
2013 Integra Foundation Travel Grant Neurocritical Care Society
2013 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Resident Scholarship
2012 Rolak Teaching Award, Baylor College of Medicine
2005 Gold Medal in Pediatrics, Bangalore Medical College
1999 National Council of Education Research and Training Scholarship, India
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M.P.H.University of Texas School of Public Health2010
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M.B.,B.S.Bangalore Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (India)2007
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Associate Attending NeurologistNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Associate Professor of NeurologyWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Associate Professor of NeuroscienceWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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