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Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, FAAN, FAHA
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Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, FAAN, FAHA, is chief of the stroke division at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) department of neurology, and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. A cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, she also holds a master of public health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Rost trained in neurology and vascular neurology at MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital residency and fellowship programs.
Dr. Rost is internationally recognized for her expertise in vascular neurology, neuroimaging of cerebrovascular disease, and big-data science applications to personalized clinical outcome prediction in acute stroke. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and is coauthor of the Harvard Medical School Special Health Report Stroke: Strategies to prevent, treat, and recover from a "brain attack" and the MGH Handbook of Neurology.
Dr. Rost is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and American Heart Association, former president of the Boston board of the American Heart Association (2014–2016), scientific chair of the 2022 NINDS Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias Summit, and she serves as associate editor of the journal Stroke.

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