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Patrick D. Lyden, MD is a highly respected neurologist who has conducted extensive research into cerebrovascular disease and potential treatments for stroke. He is Chair of the Department of Neurology and holds the Carmen and Louis Warschaw Chair in Neurology.
Dr. Lyden has held appointments at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he was Professor and Vice Chairman for Clinical Neurology, and served as the Clinical Chief of Neurology and Director of the Stroke Center at UCSD Medical Center.
A fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, Dr. Lyden has consistently been funded by the National Institutes of Health, and has published more than 200 journal articles and abstracts, edited a textbook on stroke intervention, and made many presentations at national and international conferences.
He helped lead a pivotal trial of the only proven treatment for stroke - the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA - and shared a prestigious "Cine" award with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for producing and directing a training video that is now used around the world.
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