Jorge Roa is a physician graduated from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. He was the first research fellow in our laboratory where he stayed during a two-year period. Afterwards, Dr Roa successfully matched in Neurosurgery Residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Jorge interests focus in vascular neurosurgery, cerebrovascular disease, and neurovascular research. Outside of medicine, he enjoys swimming and playing the piano.