Dr. Chimowitz completed a Neurology residency at Tufts –New England Medical Center and a Stroke fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. 

He has had faculty positions at the University of Michigan and Emory University, and is currently Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean of Faculty Development at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. 

His main career interests are in improving treatments for patients with intracranial arterial atherosclerotic stenosis and helping to mentor the next generation of clinical and translational scientists. 

He has led three large consecutive NIH / NINDS funded multicenter clinical studies over the past 18 years (the WASID trial, the NIH Wingspan Stent registry, and the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis [SAMMPRIS] trial), which have led to new standards of care for the treatment of atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis. 

He was awarded the 2013 William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke by the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association for this work. Additionally, he has extensive experience with mentoring trainees and junior faculty and has been the recipient of a NIH K24 award for this purpose. 

He is also the director of the KL2 mentoring program for MUSC’s CTSA award from NIH.

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