J. Marc Simard

Biography

 Marc is Professor of Neurosurgery, Pathology and Physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is a board-certified clinical neurosurgeon with an active practice, specializing in vascular neurosurgery, which includes the surgery and management of patients with stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage and other vascular lesions of the brain. He also serves as chief of Neurological Surgery at the Baltimore Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. Marc is an experienced investigative scientist who is responsible for the original discovery of the Sur1-Trpm4 channel (previously, the Sur1-regulated NCCa-ATP channel), and for initiating the work showing involvement of the channel in acute diseases of the CNS. His work on the Sur1-Trpm4 channel has led to the award of 21 US and international patents, as well as filings for several others.

Research Interest

 Neurosurgery, Pathology and Physiology