Restoring Function Using Implantable Brain Computer Interfaces

Thursday, February 10, 2022

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

BIOMED Special Topics: Neuroengineering Seminar Series

Title:
Restoring Function Using Implantable Brain Computer Interfaces

Speaker:
Mijail “Misha” Serruya, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Co-director
Center for Neurorestoration
Thomas Jefferson University

Details:
Wearable and implantable neurotechnology, including both devices and biological constructs, have the potential to improve and restore independent function in children and adults with neurological disease and injury. This talk will review neurotechnology focused on restoring mobility, in particular reviewing lessons learned from the Cortimo clinical trial of an implantable brain-computer interface for chronic stroke, and will provide an update on the NuroSleeve clinical trial.

Biosketch:
Mijail “Misha” Serruya, MD, PhD, is based at Thomas Jefferson University, where he helps direct the new Center for Neurorestoration, and his passion is to work on chronically implantable direct brain-computer interfaces and wearable devices to restore and augment independent function in children and adults with neurological disease and injury.

Dr. Serruya earned his undergraduate, graduate neuroscience, and medical degrees at Brown University. He then completed a residency in neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, with pediatric rotations at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Dr. Serruya previously co-founded Cyberkinetics, and more recently co-founded Nuromo, LLC and founded Neurodelphus, LLC. Dr. Serruya lives in the Philadelphia region with his wife and three children.

Contact Information

Catherine von Reyn
crv33@drexel.edu