Bradford C. Berk, MD, PhD, is a board-certified cardiologist and a Distinguished University Professor in Medicine, Neurology, Pathology, Pharmacology & Physiology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He is the founder and Director of the University of Rochester Neurorestoration Institute. He was formerly Chief of the Cardiology Division at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and then Chairman of Medicine, before being named CEO of University of Rochester Medical Center and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences at the University of Rochester. In 2021 he was named one of City & State New York’s Life Sciences Power 50 for cofounding NeuroCuresNY, a clinical trials network that uses robotic technology to measure the effect of drugs on recovery from paralysis. He lives in Pittsford, New York.