Boca Raton, FL – October 13, 2020 – Khalid A. Hanafy, M.D.,
Ph.D., has joined Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton Regional
Hospital, part of Baptist Health, as medical director of neurocritical
care and director of research. He specializes in the care of subarachnoid
hemorrhage patients and the study of neuroinflammation. He also serves
as associate professor of neurology at Florida Atlantic University Charles
E. Schmidt College of Medicine in Boca Raton. He is board certified in
neurology and neurocritical care.
Dr. Hanafy joined Marcus Neuroscience Institute from Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center/Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., where he served
as the director of the neurological intensive care unit and was an assistant
professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.
“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Hanafy to Marcus Neuroscience Institute,”
said Frank D. Vrionis, M.D., MPH, Ph.D., Institute director and chief
of neurosurgery. “His clinical skills, research acumen and leadership
in the field of neurology will greatly benefit our team and our patients.”
As the Institute’s director of research, Dr. Hanafy is principal
investigator of cutting-edge studies that seek to bring the most advanced,
personalized treatments to subarachnoid hemorrhage patients and improve
their survival rates and health outcomes. His groundbreaking work in neuroinflammation
has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association,
American Academy of Neurology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Marcus Neuroscience Institute is at the forefront of stem cell therapeutics,
and Dr. Hanafy and Dr. Vrionis have already initiated clinical trials
using stem cells in critically ill COVID patients. Together, they will
expand research and clinical trials using stem cells for the treatment
of other neurological conditions, such as stroke and brain tumors.
Dr. Hanafy has authored more than 40 articles, book chapters and invited
editorials in peer-reviewed scientific publications and serves on the
editorial boards of scholarly journals in his field. He is a member of
several professional societies, including the American Academy of Neurology,
Society for Neuroscience Research, Society of Critical Care Medicine,
and Neurocritical Care Society.
Dr. Hanafy earned his medical degree and doctorate degree in molecular
biology at the University of Texas Medical Scientist Training Program
at Houston, a dual degree program of the University of Texas McGovern
Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School
of Biomedical Sciences. He did his thesis graduate work under Dr. Ferid
Murad, the 1998 Nobel laureate. He returned to these Houston facilities
to complete a neurology residency following an internal medicine internship
at the University of Texas Southwestern at Parkland Memorial Hospital
in Dallas. He concluded his medical training with a two-year fellowship
in neurological critical care at Columbia University Medical Center in
New York City.
About the Marcus Neuroscience Institute
The Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital is an
innovative nexus for neurologic and neurosurgical care. The 57,000-square-foot
facility houses a 20-bed Neuro Intensive Care and Step-Down Unit, four
dedicated operating rooms — including one equipped with intraoperative
MRI and two with intraoperative CT capability — and a biplane angiography
suite, a crucial component in the diagnosis and care of neurological conditions.
The Institute has a staff of five neurosurgeons and nine neurologists
who represent some of the most respected clinicians in their fields and
is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt
College of Medicine.
About Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton Regional Hospital is part of Baptist Health South Florida,
the largest healthcare organization in the region, with 11 hospitals,
nearly 23,000 employees, more than 4,000 physicians and more than 100
outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices spanning
across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Baptist Health
has internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular
care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences. In addition,
it includes Baptist Health Medical Group; Baptist Health Quality Network;
and Baptist Health Care On Demand, a virtual health platform. A not-for-profit
organization supported by philanthropy and committed to our faith-based
charitable mission of medical excellence, Baptist Health has been recognized
by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America and
by Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. For
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