Brett C. Meyer

Brett C. Meyer, MD, is a Stroke Neurologist and Co-Director of the Stroke Center at UCSD Medical Center, and is a Professor of Clinical Neurosciences in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego. He is the Clinical Director of Telehealth for the UCSD Telehealth Program. He is Board certified in Neurology, and subspecialty Board certified in Cerebrovascular diseases, by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He specializes in acute cerebrovascular disease therapies and technological evaluation and treatment techniques as the Director of UCSD Stroke Telehealth network and initiatives.

Dr. Meyer’s clinical research is varied, encompassing clinical stroke scale evaluations, acute and hyper- acute therapies for stroke, and Internet applications of telemedicine and advanced technologies for the evaluation and treatment of stroke. Dr. Meyer was the Principal Investigator for an NIH-SPOTRIAS clinical trial assessing the use of telemedicine in acute stroke management. He is currently the PI of a Regional Coordinating Center for NIH StrokeNet, which is developing late phase stroke therapies for acute, prevention, and rehabilitation.

In his role as Clinical Director of Telehealth, he is responsible for the clinical development, implementation, and medical oversight of numerous telehealth initiatives for primary care and all specialties throughout the entire health system and its external partners. Dr. Meyer has presented at major academic meetings, and has been published in numerous journals including Lancet Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Stroke, Neurology, The International Journal of Stroke, The Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Academic Medicine, and Quality Management in Healthcare.