Neurosurgeon Ali Rezai, MD, who leads the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in Morgantown, was honored at an investiture ceremony April 16. The institute researches ways to tackle the opioid crisis and use technology to treat chronic pain and Alzheimer's disease, the Pittsburgh Business Times reports.
Here are three things to know.
1. Dr. Rezai was hired to lead the institute in 2017. Dr. Rezai is also the executive chair and vice president of WVU Medicine Neurosciences, as well as WVU School of Medicine associate dean and John D. Rockefeller IV tenured professor of neurosciences. He has been involved with five start-ups over the course of his career.
2. WVU also hired about 225 physicians and other key personnel in the past 18 months, as it opens new programs. The university plans to build a new children's tower at its Morgantown campus.
3. A building currently under renovation will house the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
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