Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds | Edmund Hollis, Ph.D.

"Augmenting Peripheral Nerve Regeneration with Conditioning Electrical Stimulation" Presenter: Edmund Hollis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Department of Neurological Surgery Weill Cornell Medicine Edmund Hollis, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM). He performed his graduate and postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Diego with Mark H. Tuszynski, MD, PhD and Yimin Zuo, PhD, respectively. In 2016, he established his independent research program at the WCM-affiliated Burke Neurological Institute (BNI). He has received several research awards and was a recipient of a 2017 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. Dr. Hollis served as the BNI Postdoctoral Advancement Advisor from 2021-2025, WCM IACUC Chair since 2025, and as a post-hoc member on multiple NIH study sections. His laboratory studies neural circuit control over movement using a variety of experimental approaches including genetic manipulations, 2-photon imaging, optogenetic and chemogenetic control, and novel behavioral paradigms. In collaboration with Justin Brown, MD, at Massachusetts General Hospital, he is building on his pre-clinical studies on peripheral nerve regeneration to improve motor recovery in individuals with nerve transfer surgery to treat chronic spinal cord injury.