ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2021
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
Santosh Murthy, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine, and the medical director of the neurointensive care unit at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Murthy attended medical school at Bangalore Medical College in India and completed his neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he also served as a chief resident. He subsequently pursued neurocritical care fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He also has a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. The goal of Dr. Murthy’s research is to understand ischemic complications after a hemorrhagic stroke, especially ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction, and the risks-benefits of antithrombotic therapy in the context of a recent brain hemorrhage to mitigate ischemic events. He is also interested in studying inflammation and cerebral edema after a hemorrhagic stroke. As a founding member of the Brain-Heart Taskforce of the World Stroke Organization, his research seeks to improve our understanding of the complex relationships between the brain and the heart. Dr. Murthy’s research is currently supported by the NIH/NINDS through a K23 Career Development Award. He has previously been the recipient of the American Academy of Neurology clinical research training fellowship, and a research fellowship awarded by the Leon Levy Foundation.