Sean I. Savitz, MD is a Professor of Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Frank M. Yatsu Chair, and Director of the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth).  He graduated from Harvard College, received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed neurology residency training and a cerebrovascular fellowship at the Harvard Medical School Neurology Training Program.  With over 40 participating faculty, the UTHealth Stroke Institute’s mission is to develop novel treatments and health care delivery models for patients with ischemic stroke and brain hemorrhage.  He has 10 years’ experience leading comprehensive stroke centers of care and served as medical director for the first certified integrated system of stroke centers in the US.  Dr. Savitz’s research focuses on stroke recovery, rehabilitation, and the application of stem cells as an innovative treatment for stroke.  He also oversees an NIH funded fellowship program to train stroke specialists and has won several teaching awards in Boston and Houston.  He has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the American Heart Association, and is an author of over 300 publications in the biomedical literature.   

Education & Training

Neurology Residency

Harvard Medical School Neurology Residency Program/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Clinical Fellow, Cerebrovascular Disease

Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA