Overview
Dr. Mocco’s clinical and research interests have focused on a wide range of topics and techniques related to cerebrovascular diseases, stroke and neurointervention, including acute stroke therapy; management of bleeding within the brain, also known as intracerebral hemorrhage; aneurysm treatment; brain-computer interfaces that create a direct communication pathway between the brain’s electrical activity and a home computer; and many other groundbreaking technologies. He helped pioneer now-standard stroke treatments and is leading or co-leading clinical trials with more than $60 million of National Institutes of Health funding.
Highlights
- 1Journal of neurointerventional surgery · 2020
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Publications
Funding
Active
4 grants- PIUH3NS138638-02Minimally Invasive Neuroendoscopic Ultra-Early Targeted ICH Evacuation (MINUTE) TrialNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2026–2030
- PIU24NS135391-02New York City Collaborative Regional Coordinating Center (NYCC-RCC)NINDS · 2023–2028 · via NIH RePORTER
- Sub-PIOT2NS129366-01S3StrokeNet Thrombectomy Endovascular Platform (STEP)National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2025–2027 · via Medical University of South Carolina
- MPIUG3NS138638-01A1Minimally Invasive Neuroendoscopic Ultra-Early Targeted ICH Evacuation (MINUTE) Trial.National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2025–2026 · via Mount Sinai School of Medicine· 2 renewals
News mentions
- Dr. J Mocco Appointed Chair of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterOctober 21, 2025
Dr. Mocco will lead a large team of neurosurgeons and other experts who specialize in diseases that affect the blood vessels in the brain, known as cerebrovascular disease; brain and spinal tumors; movement disorders; and other diseases of the brain, spine and nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord.
Media highlights
- Philips Details $33.7M Push To Develop A Stroke RobotMedTech Dive · August 27, 2026
- Controversial Alzheimer's Surgery Is Said To Reverse Symptoms. Here's What Scientists SayScientific American · August 26, 2026
- A Controversial Alzheimer’s Surgery Is Said To Reverse Symptoms — Here’s What Scientists KnowNature · August 12, 2026
Mentoring
External relationships
Leadership Roles
Protembis GmbH · The Bee Foundation · Tulavi Therapeutics INC
Ownership
Adona Medical INC · Basecamp Vascular · Bend It Technologies LTD · BlinkTBI Inc · Borvo Medical INC · E8 INC · Endostream · Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. · Instylla Inc. · Kandu Health INC · Let's Get Proof INC · Myra Vision INC · Neurotechnology Investors, LLC · Q'Apel Medical INC · Radical Catheter Technologies INC · Serenity Medical Inc. · Sim&Cure · Synchron INC · Tulavi Therapeutics INC · Vastrax INC · Viseon INC · Viz.ai INC
Professional Services
Neurotechnology Investors, LLC
Other
Endostream · Imperativ, Inc. · Mendaera, INC. · Philips · Synchron INC