Ralph L. Sacco | |
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| Born | 1957 Margate City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | January 17, 2023 Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Scott Dutcher |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BS, Bio-electrical Engineering, 1979, Cornell University MD, 1983, Boston University School of Medicine MS, Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
Ralph Lewis Sacco (1957– January 17, 2023) was an American neurologist. He held the Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders, Miller Professor of Neurology, Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics, and Neurosurgery at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and Chief of the Neurology Service at Jackson Memorial Hospital. In 2020, Sacco was named editor-in-chief of the Stroke journal and the inaugural recipient of the Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture Award from the American Stroke Association.
Sacco was also the Executive Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. He was the first neurologist to become president of the American Heart Association and the first former AHA president to become president of the American Academy of Neurology. He died on 17 January 2023 due to brain tumor.