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Dr. Narayan's Biography — Dr. Narayan is an Attending Surgeon at Weill Cornell Medical Center in the Division of Trauma, Burns, Critical and Acute Care Surgery. He was previously Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, where he also served as Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Chief of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, where he founded and served as Medical Director for the Center of Injury Prevention & Policy. He was the Associate Director of the Division of Medical Education and Course Founder and Director for two new courses, the Humanism Symposium and the Surgical Boot Camp. Dr. Narayan received a B.S. (major-biology) from Old Dominion University and his MD from the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) as a member of the highly competitive joint BS/MD program. He stayed on to complete his internship and general surgery residency at EVMS. Dr. Narayan completed his Surgical Critical Care and Traumatology Fellowships at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He received a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Master of Business Administration from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. Dr. Narayan has also received his Master of Health Professions Education from Harvard Macy and the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Dr. Cisse's Biography — Dr. Babacar Cisse, Leon Levy Research Fellow at the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, is an award-winning neurosurgeon who performs a wide range of surgical procedures for brain and spine conditions. He has a special expertise in primary and metastatic brain and spinal tumors. He utilizes multiple modern and advanced techniques for the achievement of the safest outcomes for his patients. These techniques include neuro-navigation, ultrasound, advanced imaging, motor and speech mapping, and endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Cisse also conducts basic research that seeks to understand how brain tumors develop, grow, and become malignant. TRAINING Dr. Cisse received his Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Bard College. He then joined the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York, where he earned his medical degree and Ph.D. with Distinction. He completed his residency and chief residency in neurological surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then joined the clinical faculty at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center. He is also on the faculty of the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute. RESEARCH Dr. Cisse is the principle investigator of a basic research laboratory that studies the interactions between the immune system and brain tumors. These interactions are critical for the promotion or repression of brain tumors, their growth, and malignant transformation. The research is done using human brain tumor samples and mouse brain tumor models. The goal is to develop a thorough and basic understanding of how brain tumors develop and grow, and eventually identify therapeutic targets against which agents can be developed. His work has been published in respected peer-reviewed journals including Clinical Cancer Research, Cell, and Immunity.

Dr. Lin's Biography — Dr. Ning Lin is a Neurological Surgeon specializing in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology practicing at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens located in Flushing and Fresh Meadows, NY. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, completed his internship in General Surgery, residency in Neurological Surgery and fellowship in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology. He is an award-winning Neurosurgeon who brings a unique combination of Neurosurgical and Endovascular experience in treating a wide range of vascular diseases of the brain and spine. Dr. Lin has expertise in the treatment of cerebrovascular disorders including aneurysms, AVMs, carotid stenosis, cavernous malformations, moyamoya disease, intracranial atherosclerotic disease, and intracranial hemorrhage. He also specializes in the treatment of brain and spinal tumors, pituitary tumors, and chiari malformations. Dr. Lin sees patients and performs surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital, which is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and an affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Lin's research interests include neuronal protection and restoration post-stroke and intracranial hemorrhage; hemodynamic alteration after aneurysm treatment via flow diversion; and outcome studies of innovative, minimally invasive neurosurgical devices and techniques. He has also published on the topics of morphological parameters and aneurysm rupture risk, safety and efficacy of flow diversion for aneurysm treatment, and the utility of administrative database to study neurosurgical trends. Dr. Lin is a recipient of the prestigious Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) Fellowship Award and Research Updates in Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons (RUNN) Award.