Kimon Bekelis, MD, FAANS, FAHA, FACS
Kimon Bekelis, MD, FAANS, FAHA, FACS
Chairman, Neurointerventional Services at Catholic Health
Director, Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
Co-Director, Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
Director, Population Health Research Institute of New York at CH
Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Dr. Bekelis is a board certified, fellowship trained neurosurgeon with subspecialty training in minimally invasive endovascular neurosurgery. He additionally specializes in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and complex spine, and brain operations.
After finishing his medical school education, he spent a year as a postdoctoral research fellow in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where he served as the chief resident, and his fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery and neuro-critical care at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, one of the largest stroke centers nationally.
As one of the most widely published stroke researchers in the country, with several national and international awards, Dr. Bekelis is the Chairman of Neurointerventional Services for Catholic Health (CH), the Director of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island, and the Co-Director of the Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (GSHMC).
Dr Bekelis was directly involved in the structural planning of this state-of-the-art facility, as well as the recruitment and staffing of highly skilled surgeons, nursing, and technical support staff. He led the team that achieved the certification of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, in less than a year after the inception of the program.
As the only such facility on the south shore of Long Island, the multi-million dollar Stroke Center is filling a significant healthcare void, and transforming stroke care in our region. The center’s current success is evidenced by the high volume of patients who are brought to GSHMC each day, from throughout the CH Hospital System and beyond, to benefit from the life-saving services and surgical expertise now available.
Dr. Bekelis' clinical work has been recognized by the community of Long Island. He received the Neurologic Science Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Award by the American Stroke/Heart Association, the Contemporary Award by the Long Island Elite, the RAISE Outstanding Individual Award by the National Stroke Association, the Innovations in Healthcare Award by the Long Island Business News, and the Excellence in Healthcare Award for Quality Improvement Champions by the National Hospital Fund.
Dr. Bekelis is also the Director of the Population Health Research Institute of New York at CH and an Assistant Professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He has been involved in several projects focusing on outcome predictive modeling, resource utilization, regional disparities, diffusion of innovation, intensity of care, workforce allocation, medicolegal issues, and cost. Dr. Bekelis is the author of over 130 peer reviewed journal publications, and 10 book chapters. He has developed two software applications on risk prediction, and has received funding support from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the Hitchcock Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. His research work has been honored with the Dandy Award, the Scoville award, the Robert Florin award, the Sam Hassenbusch Award, the Stroke Care in Emergency Medicine Award, the CNS Foundation Innovation Fellowship Award, and the first place of the socioeconomic category at a recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting. He led the research team that produced the Dartmouth Atlas national report on the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and developed a website highlighting the diffusion of stroke care in the United States. He is a reviewer for multiple scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, currently the top journal in all medical specialties.
Dr. Bekelis is well respected by his peers. He has held multiple leadership positions in several national committees in stroke, and neurosurgery. These include the AANS Development Committee, the Joint Guidelines Committee (which develops guidelines on stroke care among others), the N2QOD (the first national neurosurgery outcomes registry for spinal disorders), the National Quality Forum, and others. While still a resident, he was voted in the AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee after national elections, and he was selected as a Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) fellow (the health policy organization of neurosurgery), and subsequently as the fellow to the prestigious AANS/CNS Washington Committee, which focuses on health policy, management, advocacy, and legislative reform. Dr. Bekelis was elected as the 2016 Health Policy Scholar by the American College of Surgeons. He serves at the board of directors of the American Heart/Stroke Association, and the medical advisory board of the Lisa Colagrossi Foundation. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. For more information on Dr. Kimon Bekelis visit: kimonbekelis.com
Chairman, Neurointerventional Services at Catholic Health
Director, Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
Co-Director, Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
Director, Population Health Research Institute of New York at CH
Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Dr. Bekelis is a board certified, fellowship trained neurosurgeon with subspecialty training in minimally invasive endovascular neurosurgery. He additionally specializes in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and complex spine, and brain operations.
After finishing his medical school education, he spent a year as a postdoctoral research fellow in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where he served as the chief resident, and his fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery and neuro-critical care at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, one of the largest stroke centers nationally.
As one of the most widely published stroke researchers in the country, with several national and international awards, Dr. Bekelis is the Chairman of Neurointerventional Services for Catholic Health (CH), the Director of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island, and the Co-Director of the Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (GSHMC).
Dr Bekelis was directly involved in the structural planning of this state-of-the-art facility, as well as the recruitment and staffing of highly skilled surgeons, nursing, and technical support staff. He led the team that achieved the certification of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, in less than a year after the inception of the program.
As the only such facility on the south shore of Long Island, the multi-million dollar Stroke Center is filling a significant healthcare void, and transforming stroke care in our region. The center’s current success is evidenced by the high volume of patients who are brought to GSHMC each day, from throughout the CH Hospital System and beyond, to benefit from the life-saving services and surgical expertise now available.
Dr. Bekelis' clinical work has been recognized by the community of Long Island. He received the Neurologic Science Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Award by the American Stroke/Heart Association, the Contemporary Award by the Long Island Elite, the RAISE Outstanding Individual Award by the National Stroke Association, the Innovations in Healthcare Award by the Long Island Business News, and the Excellence in Healthcare Award for Quality Improvement Champions by the National Hospital Fund.
Dr. Bekelis is also the Director of the Population Health Research Institute of New York at CH and an Assistant Professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He has been involved in several projects focusing on outcome predictive modeling, resource utilization, regional disparities, diffusion of innovation, intensity of care, workforce allocation, medicolegal issues, and cost. Dr. Bekelis is the author of over 130 peer reviewed journal publications, and 10 book chapters. He has developed two software applications on risk prediction, and has received funding support from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the Hitchcock Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. His research work has been honored with the Dandy Award, the Scoville award, the Robert Florin award, the Sam Hassenbusch Award, the Stroke Care in Emergency Medicine Award, the CNS Foundation Innovation Fellowship Award, and the first place of the socioeconomic category at a recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting. He led the research team that produced the Dartmouth Atlas national report on the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and developed a website highlighting the diffusion of stroke care in the United States. He is a reviewer for multiple scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, currently the top journal in all medical specialties.
Dr. Bekelis is well respected by his peers. He has held multiple leadership positions in several national committees in stroke, and neurosurgery. These include the AANS Development Committee, the Joint Guidelines Committee (which develops guidelines on stroke care among others), the N2QOD (the first national neurosurgery outcomes registry for spinal disorders), the National Quality Forum, and others. While still a resident, he was voted in the AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee after national elections, and he was selected as a Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) fellow (the health policy organization of neurosurgery), and subsequently as the fellow to the prestigious AANS/CNS Washington Committee, which focuses on health policy, management, advocacy, and legislative reform. Dr. Bekelis was elected as the 2016 Health Policy Scholar by the American College of Surgeons. He serves at the board of directors of the American Heart/Stroke Association, and the medical advisory board of the Lisa Colagrossi Foundation. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. For more information on Dr. Kimon Bekelis visit: kimonbekelis.com
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