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With over 30 years of experience, neurosurgeon Dr. Arthur Day has built an international reputation for clinical excellence and innovation in the field. As the Director of the Cerebrovascular Center and Neurologic Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Day contributed to numerous professional medical organizations. He has been a member of the American Heart Association and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons since the late 1970s, and he has held various posts with these organizations, including President of the Alachua County Heart Association, Chairman of the Florida Stroke Council, and chairman and treasurer of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Additionally, Dr. Day has served on the boards of the Florida Neurosurgical Society, the Neurosurgical Research Forum, the Southern Neurosurgical Society, the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, the Society of Neurological Surgeons, the World Congress of Neurological Surgery, and the American Association of Neurological Surgery. He has also served in various capacities on several editorial boards, including Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Neurosurgery, and Stroke. As an author, Dr. Day has published well over 100 original research articles and dozens of book chapters and reviews. His research interests include the biomarkers of neural injury, neuroprotection in ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, minimally invasive spinal surgery (especially for athletes), skull base approaches for tumors and vascular lesions, including intracranial aneurysms. Dr. Arthur Day has also been a participant in numerous research grants and clinical studies. Dr. Day was the Program Director for the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, from 1998 until 2002. Subsequently, he accepted a similar position at Harvard Medical School’s Neurological Surgery Residency Training Program. At both institutions, Dr. Day helped revise the curriculum in accordance with national standards, fostering an increased research focus and raising medical board examination scores. Dr. Day has also taught many leading neurosurgeons who practice in America and abroad, and he has built an international reputation for clinical excellence and innovation in the field. He is currently the Director of the Cerebrovascular Center and the Neurologic Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Day has been a member of the American Heart Association and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons since the late 1970s, and he has held various posts with these organizations, including President of the Alachua County Heart Association, Chairman of the Florida Stroke Council, and variously President, Chairman, and Treasurer of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Additionally, Dr. Day has served in leadership positions of the Florida Neurosurgical Society, the Neurosurgical Research Forum, the Southern Neurosurgical Society, the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, the Society of Neurological Surgeons, the World Congress of Neurological Surgery, and several other medical organizations. He has also contributed to several editorial boards, including Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, and Stroke. As an author, Dr. Day has published well over 100 original research articles and dozens of book chapters and reviews. His research interests include the biomarkers of neural injury, neuroprotection in ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, minimally invasive spinal surgery, and skull base approaches for vascular lesions, including intracranial aneurysms and tumors. Dr. Day has conducted neurological research in both basic laboratories and the operating room, and has served as an investigator on numerous clinical studies. Dr. Day was the Program Director and Co-Chairman for the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida from 1998 until 2002. Subsequently, he accepted a Professorship at Harvard Medical School, and the position of Vice-Chairman and Program Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Training Program at the Brigham and Women’s/Children’s Hospital Boston. At both institutions, he revised the curriculum in accordance with national standards, fostering an increased research focus and raising medical board examination scores. Dr. Day has also taught many leading neurosurgeons who practice in America and abroad.