Michael A. Pizzi, D.O., Ph.D.

Michael A. Pizzi, D.O., Ph.D., FCCM is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Critical Care, with joint appointments in the Departments of Neurology and Neurologic Surgery, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He serves as Division Chair of Neurocritical Care within the Department of Critical Care and holds the academic rank of Associate Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Education and training

Dr. Pizzi earned a MS in Neuroscience at Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Medical College of Wisconsin, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research at the University of Kentucky. He subsequently earned his DO from Midwestern University. Dr. Pizzi completed his internal medicine internship, neurology residency, and a term as Chief Resident in Neurology at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, before completing his fellowship in Neurocritical Care at Mayo Clinic Florida.

He is board certified in Neurology and Neurocritical Care by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Research and scholarship

Dr. Pizzi's research spans characterizing matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and proteoglycans in spinal cord injury, and in vivo imaging of blood-brain barrier changes in mouse models of traumatic brain injury and acute ischemic stroke using 2-photon microscopy. He has served as an investigator in BOOST-3, BLOCK-SAH, and Neuro-DIGIT.

Dr. Pizzi also serves on the Board of Directors of Brain Injury Florida, and the editorial board for Critical Care Explorations.