Scientific Advisors
Some of the world’s most eminent researchers and clinicians in the area of SAH and TBI also believe that NimoGel may present a major medical advancement. Edge Therapeutics, Inc. has assembled and has easy access to a group of noted researchers to get our products from the clinic to the patients. Our advisors include:
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E. Francois Aldrich, M.B., Ch.B. Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Chief of Cerebrovascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System |
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Bernard R. Bendok, MD Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University |
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Gretchen M. Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FCCM Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University(VCU), Critical Care Pharmacist in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NSICU) |
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Fady T. Charbel, MD, FACS Professor and Head Chief of Neurovascular Section, University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago |
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E. Sander Connolly, Jr, M.D. Bennett M. Stein Professor and Vice-Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery, Director, Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Surgical Director, Neuro-Intensive Care Unit, Columbia University Medical Center |
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Joseph Dasta, MSc Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University |
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Daniel Hänggi, MD Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University |
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Neal F. Kassell, MD Professor of Neurosurgery, Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Cerebrovascular Surgery division co-director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center |
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Hidetoshi Kasuya, MD Professor of Neurosurgery; Head of the Division of Neurosurgery, Medical Center East, Tokyo Women’s Medical University |
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Peter D. LeRoux, MD, FACS Associate Professor and Vice-Chairman of Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Neurosurgery, Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center |
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Stephen B. Lewis, MD, FRACS Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; James and Newton Eblen Eminent Scholar, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Tumor Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Florida |
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Stephan A. Mayer, MD, FCCM Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery Critical Care Neurology, Division Head, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center |
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J Mocco, MD, MS Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida |
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J. Paul Muizelaar, MD, PhD Professor of Neurosurgery; Chair, Program Director, Neurological Surgery, University of California at Davis Health System |
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Charles Prestigiacomo, MD Associate professor of neurosurgery, radiology and neurology, Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program, Department of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey |
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J. Javier Provencio, MD, FCCM Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Fellowship Director for the Neurocritical Care Program, Associate Director for Research for the Bakken Heart-Brain Institute, and Faculty in the Neuroinflammation Research Center at the Lerner Research Institute |
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Denise Rhoney, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy |
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Jose I. Suarez, MD Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Director of Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) |
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Paul M. Vespa, MD, FCCM Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Director, Neurological Intensive Care Unit, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
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Bryce Weir OC, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, FRCS (Ed) hon. Goldblatt Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Neurology, former Chief of Neurosurgery, Interim Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine, and Vice President for Medical Affairs, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
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Howard Yonas, MD Formerly Vice Chair of the department and the Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh; Director of the UNM Cerebrovascular Center, University of New Mexico |
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John H. Zhang, MD, PhD Professor of Basic Sciences, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Neurology and Pathology and Human Anatomy, Vice Chair, Basic Sciences, Physiology Division, Loma Linda University Medical Center |
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Gregory Zipfel, MD Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Washington University, Barnes –Jewish Hospital |

















