Hakan Ay, MD

Professional Information

Experience: 

Associate Profesor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Education: 

MD Medicine, Hacettepe University Med School, Turkey, 1991

Position: 
Martinos Faculty

Contact

Mailing Address

Building 149, Rm 2301
13th Street
Charlestown, MA 02129 USA

General Contact Information

Phone: 
617-724-4507
Location: 
149-2244

Biosketch

Dr. Hakan Ay is a clinical neurologist who is appointed by departments of Neurology and Radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ay is specialized in stroke and cerebrovascular disorders. Dr. Ay`s research at the A.A. Martinos Center involves using imaging to investigate the clinic-anatomic-functional relationships in ischemic brain injury. Dr. Ay has developed various MRI-based methods to map clinical deficits using non-a priori anatomical hypotheses, to identify stroke etiology, and to predict tissue and clinical outcome following ischemic stroke. Dr. Ay`s other research interests include transient ischemic attacks, neurocardiology, stroke recovery, and genetic and plasma markers of ischemic brain injury.