Murat Gunel MD, FACS, FAHA

Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Genetics and of Neurobiology; Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics; Director, Neurovascular Surgery

Biographical Info

Dr. Murat Gunel, Professor of Neurosurgery, assumed the position of chief of Neurovascular Surgery Program in January of 2001. Dr. Gunel is a board certified neurosurgeon and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has special interest in treating brain aneurysms and vascular malformations with special emphasis on arterio-venous malformations and cavernous malformations. He also has expertise in occlusive vascular disorders such as carotid disease and gamma knife surgery (radiosurgery).

His laboratory interests parallel his expertise in clinical neurovascular surgery and focus on gene discovery in disorders of the nervous system and its vasculature. Dr. Gunel's lab completed the two largest genome wide association studies (GWAS) aimed at understanding common variants that underlie intracranial aneurysm genetic risk based on the analysis of over 20,000 subjects. In addition, he is interested in the identification of genes important in human brain development through the study of rare, consanguineous families with recessive forms of malformations of cortical development.

International Activity

• Molecular Genetics
  Turkey (2007)
  Collaboration on genetics of malformations of brain development

Education & Training

M.D.

Istanbul University (1991)

Chief Resident

Yale-New Haven Hospital, Neurosurgery (1997 - 1998)

Intern

Yale-New Haven Hospital, General Surgery (1991 - 1992)

Resident

Yale-New Haven Hospital, Neurosurgery (1992 - 1997)

Board Certification

Neurological Surgery, Board Certified  (2002)

Honors & Recognition

• Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degree
  Bahcesehir University, Turkey (2010)
• Nixdorff-German Professor
  Yale University (2009)
• Honorary Master of Arts Privatim Degree
  Yale University (2010)
• Outstanding Poster Award in Basic Science
  5th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery (2002)
• Outstanding Poster Award in Basic Science
  4th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery (2001)
• Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award
  Minister of Health, Turkey (2010)
• Young Investigator Award
  American Epilepsy Society (1999)