Paul M. Vespa MD, FCCM, FAAN, FANA, FNCS

Dr. Paul Vespa is the Assistant Dean of Critical Care Medicine, Research, the Gary L. Brinderson Family Chair in Neurocritical Care, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the director of the Neurocritical Care program at UCLA. He is a fellow-elect of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Neurology. He is Chair of United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties.

He has clinical and research interests in traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, status epilepticus, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage and coma. Dr. Vespa has pioneered the role of brain monitoring in the neurointensive care unit. He has also pioneered robotic telepresence in the Neuro-ICU.

He has published over 200 articles and is an editorial board member of several international journals. Dr. Vespa is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the State of California Neurotrauma Initiative. Dr. Vespa is leading the strategic planning effort for Critical Care Medicine at UCLA to help shape the future of critical care innovation, patient care and research.