Prof. Georgios Tsivgoulis is a Professor of Neurology in the Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases, the Director of the Neurosonology Laboratory, and the Director of Resident Training and Cerebrovascular Fellowship Program. He is also a Visiting Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of Stroke Research, in the Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. He also serves as the Chair of ESO’s International Liaison Committee (ILC) and the first in our series of interviews with young stroke professionals.