Edward Chang (neurosurgeon)

Edward Chang is a neurosurgeon, professor, and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Chang, alongside Karunesh Ganguly, leads the BCI Restoration of Arm and Voice (BRAVO) clinical trial, which in July 2021 demonstrated in the New England Journal of Medicine the first brain machine interface capable of decoding full words from a paralyzed person.[1][2][3] In 2020, Chang was elected into the National Academy of Medicine.[4] He also co-directs the Center for Neural Engineering and Prostheses, which is a joint initiative between UCSF and UC Berkeley that aims to combine engineering with life sciences and machine learning to create biomedical devices.[5]

References
  1. Belluck, Pam (2021-07-14). "Tapping Into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  2. Willingham, Emily. "New Brain Implant Transmits Full Words from Neural Signals". Scientific American.
  3. "Facebook is ditching plans to make an interface that reads the brain". MIT Technology Review.
  4. "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". October 19, 2020.
  5. "Thinking Makes It Go". sanfran.com.
  6. "2022 NAS Awards Recipients Announced".


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