A Great Neck man was named last week the new chair of neurology at North Shore University Hospital and LIJ Medical Center, as well as vice president of neurology services for the health system’s central and eastern locations.
Paul Wright will oversee all of the neurology programs in eastern Queens, Nassau County and Suffolk County, according to a release from the North Shore-LIJ Health System.
He will replace Ronald Kanner, chair of neurology for 24 years and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine neurology professor.
Before his appointment, Wright served as attending neurologist at NSUH and LIJ Medical Center for 14 years, and as director of performance improvement at the health system’s Cushing Neuroscience Institute, according to the release. He is also an assistant professor of neurology at Hofstra school of medicine.
Wright has conducted studies related to carotid artery disease and stroke, the release said. His research has been published in publications such as the European Journal of Neuroscience, the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.
Wright has also served in various elected positions at North Shore University Hospital, recently completing a term as president of the hospital’s medical staff society, according to the release. He is currently the president-elect of the society.
After completing his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, Wright went to Tel Aviv to get his medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine. He is also a veteran of the Israeli Army.
Wright will work closely on research in his new role, according to the release, with Souhel Najjar.
Najjar was also recently appointed to his position as chair of neurology at Hofstra School of Medicine, and Lenox Hill and Staten Island University hospitals.
