Brian Nahed MD MSc, FCNS, FAANS, FACS

Summary

• Dr. Brian Nahed serves as Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Mass General Brigham. Dr. Nahed is a brain tumor specialist and expert using intra-operative technology to ensure the best patient outcomes. He is an internationally recognized expert in brain mapping, awake surgery, language and motor mapping, subcortical stimulation, and minimally invasive procedures to treat brain tumors aggressively and safely. He has pioneered the use of intraoperative ultrasound to improve patient outcomes and co-founded the international intraoperative ultrasound society which teaches advanced techniques in intraoperative imaging to improve surgery.
  
  Dr. Nahed completed his neurosurgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, and a postdoctoral fellowship with Drs. Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran in the MGH Cancer Center. Dr. Brian Nahed was recruited to the MGH Department of Neurosurgery, MGH Brain Tumor Center, and Harvard Medical School in 2011. Dr. Nahed is the first to develop a liquid biopsy blood test to identify and capture circulating tumor cells in the blood of patients with glioblastoma. Together with Dr. Shannon Stott, Nahed runs an NIH funded laboratory developing the first blood test for patients with brain tumors. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles
  
  Nationally, he serves as the President-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and President of the CNS/AANS National Tumor Section. He co-founded and developed the CNS Leadership Institute designing leadership courses for junior, mid, and senior neurosurgeons training over 250 neurosurgeons internationally. He developed the CNS+ app, launched a chatbot, and is a leader in digital biomarkers for brain health. Dr. Nahed serves as the Director of the Mass General Brigham Neurosurgery Residency Program. Dr. Nahed also serves as a lead neurotrauma consultant for the National Football League (NFL).
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