Dr. John D Heiss is a Senior Clinician, the Head of the Surgical Neurology Branch’s Clinical Unit, and Program Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Training Program in the NINDS. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences and M.D. from the University of Michigan. He completed his surgical internship and his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Before joining NINDS, he was co-director of the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at the University of Cincinnati and a neurosurgeon at the Mayfield Neurological Institute. He completed a fellowship in neurosurgery research in the Surgical Neurology Branch before joining the senior staff of the Surgical Neurology Branch. Dr. Heiss is board-certified in neurological surgery. He served as Vice-Chair of the Combined Neurosciences Institutional Review Board and on grant review panels at the NIH. He is an expert in supervising and conducting clinical trials for CNS disorders.
