Dr. Pavlakis is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Director of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology at Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital, where he is Chief Scientific Officer for Maimonides Medical Center Office of Health Sciences and Research and the Maimonides Research Foundation. His research interests include mitochondrial diseases, stroke, sickle cell disease, as well as pediatric hypertension and its affects on vasculature. His received his Bachelor of Science in biology and an MD from Brown University, and trained at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
