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Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, MLS, FAAn

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, MLS, FAAN, is professor of neurology and associate dean at the University of California, San Francisco, as well as chief of staff at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Prior to these roles, he served for six years as professor of neurology and chair of the department of neurology at the Medical University of South Carolina.

His primary research involves the translation of evidence-based interventions into clinical practice and community settings to improve stroke outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations in the United States and around the world. He currently leads several NIH-funded studies of stroke in the US and sub-Saharan Africa. Ovbiagele has published over 600 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 87) in the areas of stroke prevention, epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes, and has edited five textbooks. His work has been recognized with several awards including the Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Award and Robert Wartenberg Lecture award from the AAN; Penn Award from the American Neurological Association; Mridha Humanitarian Award from the American Brain Foundation; Feinberg Award and Stroke Council Award from the American Stroke Association; Haddock International Impact Award and Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association; and Meritorious Achievement Award from the National Medical Association.

Ovbiagele has been a member of the AAN since 1998. He has been privileged to serve on several committees and subcommittees including the Clinical Research Training Fellowship Award Committee, Clinical Research Subcommittee, Minority Scholars Subcommittee, and Education Committee. He was a Neurology on the Hill participant in 2008, Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum graduate in 2009, and Minority Scholars Visiting Professor to Morehouse School of Medicine in 2011. He has served as director of stroke courses at both the Annual Meeting and Fall Conference, faculty chair/guest editor for a Continuum® issue, and abstracts reviewer for the AAN Annual Meeting. He presently directs the Health Equity for Neurologists course at the Annual Meeting. Ovbiagele is a member of the AAN’s Media Expert Panel.

Ovbiagele chaired the International Stroke Conference (2016–2018), served as an associate editor of Stroke (2020–2022), and is the current editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Heart Association. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and Association of American Physicians; as well as an elected fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, World Stroke Organization, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal College of Physicians (London), and Royal Society of Public Health.