As a neurointerventionalist, I perform about 40 mechanical thrombectomy cases per year as a surgeon and teach younger generations. As a researcher, I have published in the past in Circulation, Stroke, and J Am Heart Assoc. I reported in J Am Heart Assoc in 2019 that the lower the DWI-ASPECTS, the larger the range of core volume, and it was subsequently cited in many papers on large-core strokes (Stroke 2021;52:2220-2228, Stroke 2021;52:2229-2231. Stroke 2021;52:1561-1569, and Stroke 2020;51:3366-3370). I also reported in J Neurointerv Surg (2020 Dec 15; Neurosurg-2020-016934) on the area of the infarct core that may benefit from MT. In 2021, I reported the BEMP technique for M2O at ISC2021 and received the Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award. I am also a co-investigator of the ELAN study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and a member of the Image Evaluation Committee of RESCUE-LIMIT. In addition, I recently identified RNF213, a moyamoya disease susceptibility gene unique to East Asia, as a risk gene for stroke/TIA and have several publications to my credit.