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Bernard and Ronni Lacroute-William Randolph Hearst
Professor of Neurosurgery and the Neurosciences

Founder and Co-Director, Stanford Stroke Center
Former Chair (1995-2020), Department of Neurosurgery
Stanford University

Gary K. Steinberg was raised in
Westchester County, New York and grad-
uated summa cum laude with Honors in
Biology from Yale University. Before at-
tending medical school, he studied classi-
cal trumpet on a scholarship at the Insti-
tute for Advanced Musical Studies in Mon-
treux, Switzerland. He graduated with an
M.D. and Ph.D. in Neurosciences in 1980
from Stanford University, where he also
completed his neurosurgical residency
under Dr. John Hanbery. His dedication to the understand-
ing and treatment of cerebrovascular disorders began dur-
ing his training, where he received an NIH NINDS Award to
investigate aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and
when he spent a formative year studying cerebrovascular
surgery with Dr. Charles Drake in London, Ontario.

Dr. Steinberg joined the faculty at Stanford in 1987 and
served as Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery from
1995-2020. He founded the Stanford Stroke Center and the
Stanford Moyamoya Center, where he remains as co-
director. He continues his busy clinical practice specializing
in cerebrovascular surgery and leads a large clinical re-
search team focused on developing innovative approaches
for treating patients with complex cerebrovascular disor-
ders. He has trained scores of residents, with students and
fellows coming from all over the world to be trained and
mentored by him. His lab has also spearheaded novel neu-
roprotective and neurorestorative techniques, which has led
to some of the world’s first clinical trials of stem cell trans-
plantation for chronic stroke and subacute spinal cord inju-
ry.