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Leigh Hochberg

Leigh Hochberg

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Leigh Robert Hochberg is an American neurologist, neuroscientist, and neuroengineer. He is the Director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery at Massachusetts General Hospital and the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering at Brown University.[1] He is also affiliated with the VA RR&D Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology. Hochberg is known with his involvement in BrainGate and brain-computer interface research more broadly.[2] In 2021, he led a clinical trial demonstrating the first high-bandwidth wireless human brain-computer interface.[3]

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Hochberg earned his Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from Brown University in 1990. He completed his MD and Ph.D. at Emory University in 1999.[4]

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    Belluck, Pam (2021-07-14). "Tapping Into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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    "Wireless brain implant allows paralyzed woman to communicate, but is it safe?". PBS NewsHour. 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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    Andrew Paul. "The first successful wireless human brain-computer interface is here". Input. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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    "Hochberg, Leigh". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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