Brian Kopell, MD

Brian H. Kopell, MD is a global authority in neurosurgery and neuromodulation. He serves as Director of the Center for Neuromodulation, and Co-Director of the Bonnie and Tom Strauss Center for Movement Disorders. He revolutionized deep brain stimulation (DBS) by pioneering intraoperative imaging, significantly enhancing safety and efficiency, performed the first iMRI DBS case in NYC, and was the first in the world to record dopamine and serotonin in specific locations of the human brain.

Dr. Kopell's clinical trials have advanced neuromodulation for Parkinson’s disease, tremor, tinnitus, Tourette's syndrome, and major depression. Most recently, his work on the Living Brain Project revealed significant differences in RNA editing between postmortem and living human brain tissues.