Marc Mayberg, M.D. received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he played varsity football. During medical school at Mayo Clinic, he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Thoralf Sundt. Dr. Mayberg did his residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also did a research fellowship with Dr. Michael Moskowitz. In 1985, he was the Van Wagenen Fellow at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in London, England and worked in the laboratory of Professor Lindsay Symon. He joined the neurosurgery faculty at the University of Washington in 1986, where he became Professor. In 1998, Dr. Mayberg became Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic where he developed one of the first integrated multi-specialty programs in Neurosciences. In 2004, he became the Executive Director of the Swedish Neuroscience Institute, a multi-disciplinary academic program at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. He has a special clinical interest in acoustic neuromas, pituitary tumors, and cerebrovascular disease.

Dr. Mayberg has been active in several national organizations. In 1996-97, he was President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Prior to his election as President, Dr. Mayberg served the CNS as Vice-President, Executive Committee member, Annual Meeting Chair, Scientific Program Chair, and Chair of the Education Committee. He was a Director on the American Board of Neurological Surgery from 2001-2007, including leadership roles as Treasurer and Vice-Chairman. Dr. Mayberg’s national responsibilities in organized neurosurgery have included Joint Officers, Washington Committee, Executive Committee of the Cerebrovascular Section, Co-chair of the Carotid Endarterectomy Task Force, and Chair of AANS/CNS Devices and Drugs Committee. As Chairman of the AANS Endovascular Task Force, Dr. Mayberg was instrumental in establishing the process by which the endovascular training and clinical practice were integrated into neurosurgery. Dr. Mayberg has been active in several national stroke organizations, including the Executive Committee of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, which he chaired in 2002-2004. He was a founding member of the Brain Attack Coalition and was directly involved in the development and implementation of national guidelines for the certification of stroke centers.

Dr. Mayberg has maintained a research program in cerebral vessel wall biology since his residency, including research in cerebral vasospasm, mechanisms of smooth muscle proliferation, the response of arteries to radiation, and the physiology of blood-brain-barrier in stroke and tumors. His research awards have included the Resident Award from the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, the Young Clinician-Investor Award from AANS, the Neufeld Award, the NIH Clinical Investigator Development Award, continuous R01 funding from NIH since 1990, and Merit Review funding from the VA. He has authored over 180 scientific journal articles and over 50 book chapters. Dr. Mayberg currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery, was co-editor of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America and serves on the editorial boards of Stroke, Neurosurgery, Perspectives in Neurosurgery, Surgical Research and Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease.