Sean Savitz, MD
University of Texas Health Sciences Center

Sean I. Savitz, MD is a Professor of Neurology, the Frank M. Yatsu Chair, Director of the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and a part of UTHealth Neurosciences. He graduated from Harvard College, received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed neurology residency training and a cerebrovascular fellowship at the Harvard Medical School Neurology Training Program. Dr. Savitz’s research focuses on stroke recovery, rehabilitation, and the application of stem cells as an innovative treatment for stroke. He has been investigating mechanisms of how cell therapies promote stroke recovery in animal models and he has been conducting clinical trials of autologous and allogeneic cells in stroke patients. He also oversees an NIH funded fellowship program to train stroke specialists and has won several teaching awards. He has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the American Heart Association, and is an author of over 200 publications in the biomedical literature. As part of his clinical responsibilities, he serves as the stroke medical director the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.