Primary Job Title Co-Founder and Chairman Primary Organization IKONA
Location West Islip, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
Website www.kimonbekelis.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Dr. Bekelis is a neurosurgeon with subspecialty training in minimally invasive endovascular neurosurgery. He additionally specializes in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and complex brain, and spine operations. He is the Chairman of Neuro-interventional Services for Catholic Health Services of Long Island, the Director of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm
Center of Long Island at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center and the co-director of the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at GSHMC. He is also an Assistant Professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the Director of the Population Health Research Institute of New York at CHSLI. As a researcher, he has led several projects focusing on outcome predictive modeling, comparative effectiveness, resource utilization, regional disparities, diffusion of innovation, intensity of care, workforce allocation, medico-legal issues, and cost. He is the co-founder of IKONA, a healthcare company focusing on optimizing the patient experience. Dr. Bekelis has created two iOS applications on personalized medicine, and a website on the diffusion of medical procedures and technology.
