Christopher Ogilvy, M.D. is the Director, Endovascular and Operative Neurovascular Surgery BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute and inaugural Robert G. and Jean A. Ojemann Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ogilvy is known nationally and internationally for his work in neurointerventional and operative procedures, and has been a moving force in the field of neurovascular disease for the last twenty five years. 

Dr. Ogilvy’s research and academic endeavors are in the areas of neurovascular disease including intracranial aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, atherosclerotic disease and moyamoya disease.  In the laboratory, efforts have been focused on studying cerebral ischemia in the setting of neurovascular procedures, with a recent focus on the response to the intracranial circulation to placement of flow diversion devices to treat saccular intracranial aneurysms.  He has pioneered several techniques in surgical procedures and is pursuing avenues of research in clinical treatment of patients with intracranial vascular problems using endovascular and operative techniques. 

Dr. Ogilvy is past President of the New England Neurosurgical Society and has served on a number of other national neurosurgical committees.  He is the Director of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, a national organization to help patients and families with brain aneurysms and to fund clinical and basic research.  He is an Associate Editor for the journal Neurosurgery and on seven other editoral boards.  He has published extensively, with over 550 manuscripts and over 130 book chapters in the area of neurovascular surgery.

Director, Endovascular and Operative Neurovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Brain Aneurysm Institute
110 Francis Street, Suite 3B
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617) 632-9940
Fax: (617) 632-0949