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Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD

Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Director, VA RR&D Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Providence VA Medical Center
Senior Lecturer on Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Hochberg is a vascular and critical care neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he also directs the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery. In addition, he is on the Consulting Staff at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Professor of Engineering at Brown University; Senior Lecturer on Neurology at Harvard Medical School; and Director, VA RR&D Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Providence RI. His research focuses on the translation of neurophysiology and computational neuroscience discoveries into devices to restore function for patients with neurologic disease or injury. His research has been published in journals such as Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Science Translational Medicine, and the Journal of Neuroscience. As Principal Investigator and lead Clinical Investigator of the BrainGate Neural Interface System pilot clinical trials, he has earned numerous awards, including a Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award, the Jospeph B. Martin Award in Basic Science, the Herbert Pardes Prize in Clinical Research, and the Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholars award.

MGH Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery

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Suite #310

101 Merrimac St.

Boston, MA, 02114

Phone: (617) 724-9247
Email: neurotechnology@mgh.harvard.edu

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