Nicholas Boulis, MD, PhD

Biography

A neurosurgeon-scientist, Nicholas Boulis, MD, PhD, has significant expertise in translational medicine, bridging the gap from proof-of-principle laboratory research to clinical trials and patient treatment. His research focus is on creating surgical techniques and therapeutics delivery strategies for diseases affecting brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.

Dr. Boulis is an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and serves as director of the Gene and Cell Therapy for Neurorestoration Laboratory at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also on faculty at Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Center for Regenerative Engineering and Medicine.

Education

Dr. Boulis received his MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship and his residency in neurological surgery at University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Titles & Roles

• Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

  Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Dr. Boulis has extensive expertise in the field of gene transfer to the nervous system. His lab pursues novel and advanced treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, as well as Parkinson’s disease, spinal muscular atrophy and refractory pain conditions. His lab also develops gene therapy vectors that deliver oncogenes and produce high-grade gliomas in the brain and spinal cord of rodents and large animals. These models are intended to serve as a testbed for new therapies for gliomas.

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